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Blue-bell, Campanula rotundifolia L., Sdlla festalis Salisb. ; -berry 



(Am.), Vaccininm spp. ; -bottle, Centaurea Cyamis L. ; -flag (Am.), 



Iris ; -grass (Am.), Poa pratensis L. ; -gum, Eucalyptus Globulus 



Labill.; -lettuce (Am.), Mttlgedium ; -tangle (Am.), Gaylussacia 



frondosa Ton. et Gray; -weed (Am.), Echiuin. 



Bluet, Vaccinium pennsylvanicum Lam., Houstonia. 



Blumea DC. Compositae (4). 80 palaeotrop. Ai or ngai camphor is 

 distilled from B. balsamifera DC. (S.W. China). 



Blumenbachia Schrad. Loasaceae. 6 temp. S. Am. Fr. very light, 

 twisted, covered with grapnel hairs. 



Blumeodendron Muell.-Arg. =Mallotus Lour. p.p. (Euphorb.). 



Blunt, with rounded end. 



Blysmus Panz. =Scirpus Tourn. p.p. (Cyper.). 



Blyxa Noronha. Hydrocharidaceae. 10 * warm. 



Blyxopsis O. Ktze. (Enhydrias Ridl.). Hydrocharid. i Malay Penin. 



Bo (Ceylon), Ficus religiosa L. 



Bobartia L. Iridaceae (n). 10 S. Afr. L. sword-like or centric. 



Bobea Gaudich. Rubiaceae (n. 2). 5 Sandwich Is. 



Bobua DC. = Symplocos L. p.p. (Symploc.). 



Bocagea St. Hil. Anonaceae (i). ro trop. Am. and As. 



Bocconia Plum, ex L. (BH. inch Macleya Reichb.). Papaveraceae (ti). 

 2 Mex. to Peru, W.I. Apetalous. 



Bocoa Aubl. (InocarpiiS Forst. Bff.}. Leguminosae (in. 8). i Guiana. 

 The seeds are ed. 



Bocquillonia Baill. Euphorbiaceae (A. 11.2). 6 New Caled. 



Bodinieria Leveille et Vaniot. Ranunc. (2). i China. 



Bodinieriella Leveille. Ericaceae (n. i). i China. 



Boea Comm. ex Lam. Gesneriaceae (i). 25 trop. As. and Austr. 



Boebera Willd. = Dyssodia Cav. p.p. (Compos.). 



Boeberastrum Rydberg (Dyssodia p.p.). Compos. (10). 3 S.W. U.S. 



Boeckeleria T. Durand (Decalepis Boeck.). Cyper. (n). i S. Afr. 



Boehmeria Jacq. Urticaceae (3). 60 trop. and N. subtrop. B. nivea 

 Gaudich. has good drip-tips (cf. Acer). It is cult, in China for the 

 fibre (China grass, rhea) obtained from the inner bark (cf. Linum), 

 perhaps the longest, toughest, and most silky of all veg. fibres, but 

 most difficult to prepare. In the trop. the var. tenacissima (ramie) is 

 cult. 



Boehmeriopsis Komarow. Urticaceae (3). i Corea. 



Boeica C. B. Clarke. Gesneriaceae (i). 6 S.E. As. 



Boenninghausenia Reichb. Rutaceae (n). i Khasias to Japan. 



Boerhaavia Vaill. ex L. Nyctaginaceae. 40 cosmop. Anthocarp 

 often glandular, aiding in seed-dispersal. 



Boerlagea Cogn. Melastomaceae (i). i Borneo. 



Boerlagella Pierre. Sapotaceae (n). i Sumatra. 



Boerlagiodendron Harms. Araliaceae (i). 20 Malaya. 



Bog-asphodel, Narthecium 'ossifragum Huds. ; -bean, Menyanthes tri- 

 foliata L. ; -myrtle, Myrica Gale L. ; -rush (\\\\.},Juncus. 



Bogoria J. J. Sm. Orchidaceae (11. 20). r Java. 



Bois fldele, Citharexylum ; -immortelle, Erythrina nmbrosa. 



Boisduvalia Spach (Oenothera p.p. BH.}. Onagr. (2). 8 W. coast 

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