86 BOISSIERA 



Boissiera Hochst. et Steud. Gramineae (10). i W. As. 



Bojeria DC. (Inula p.p. EP.}. Compositae (4). 3 Maclag., S. Afr. 



Bolandra A. Gray. Saxifragaceae (i). 2 Pac. N. Am. 



Bolanosa A. Gray. Compositae (i). i Mex. 



Bolax Comm. ex Juss. = Azorella Lam. (Umbell.). 



Bolbophyllaria Reichb. f. Orchidaceae (n. 16). 6 trop. 



Bolbophyllum Sprang. = Bulbophyllum Thou. (Orchid.). 



Bolboschoenus Palla (Scirfius p.p.). Cyper. (i). i cosmop. 



Bolboxalis Small (Oxalis p.p.). Oxalidaceae. i S. Afr. 



Boldo, Peumus Boldns Molina. 



Boldoa Cav. Nyctaginaceae. i Mex., W.I. 



Boldoa Endl. = Peumus Molina. (Monim.) 



Bole, straight main trunk. 



Boleum Desv. Cruciferae (2). i Spain. 



Bolivaria Cham, et Schlecht. = Menodora Humb. et Bonpl. p.p. 



Boll, a capsule, especially of cotton. 



Bollea Reichb. f. (Zygopetalum p.p. BH.}. Orchid, (n. 14). 3 W. 

 trop. Am. 



Bollwilleria Zabel (Pyrus p.p.). Rosaceae (n). 2 Eur., Meclit. 



Boltonia L'Herit. Compositae (3). 4 U.S. 



Bolusanthus Harms (Lonchocarpus p.p.). Leguni. (ill. i). i S. Afr. 



Bolusia Benth. Leguminosae (ill. 6). i S. Afr. 



Bomarea Mirb. Amaryllidaceae (in). 90 Mex., C. and S. Am. L. 

 like Alstroemeria. Often climbing. Umbels cymose. Cult. orn. fl. 



Bombacaceae (EP. ; Malvaceae^, p. BH. ). Dicots.(Archichl.Malvales). 

 20 gen., 140 sp., trop., esp. Am. Trees, often very large, with thick 

 stems, sometimes egg-shaped owing to formation of water storage 

 tissue ; 1. entire or palmate, with deciduous slips. Fl. , often 

 large, usu. reg. K (5), valvate, often with epicalyx ; C 5, conv., pets, 

 asymmetric ; A 5 oo , free or united into a tube, pollen smooth ; 

 G (2 5), in the latter case the cpls. opp. the pets., multiloc. ; style 

 simple, lobed or capitate ; ovulus 2 oo in each loc.. erect, anatr. 

 Capsule ; seeds smooth, often embedded in hairs springing from wall ; 

 enclosp. little or o. The Adansonieae are myrmecophilous (cf. 

 Acacia), with extrafloral nectaries on 1., K, or fl. stalk. Chief genera 

 Adansonia, Bombax, Chorisia, Durio, Eriodendron. 



Bombax L. (incl. Pachira Aubl. EP.). Bombacaceae. 60 trop. B. 

 inalabaricum DC. (cotton-tree, Ind., Ceylon) drops its 1. in Dec. and 

 remains leafless till Apr., but fls. in Jan. The cotton is used for 

 cushions, &c. Dug-out canoes are made of the soft wood. 



Bombay aloe, Agave \ -hemp, Crotalaria, Agave. 



Bombycidendron Zoll. ct Morr. (Hibiscus p.p.). Malv. (4). 4 Phil. Is. 



Bombycinus (Lat.), silky. 



Bombynia Nor. Inc. sed. Nomen. 



Bonace (W.I.), Daphnopsis. 



Bonamia Thou. Convolvulaceae (i). 3 Sandwich Is., Madag. 



Bonania A. Rich. Euphorbiaceae (A. n. 7). 6 Cuba. 



Bonannia Guss. Umbelliferae (in. 6). 2 S. Eur. 



Bonapartea Haw. = Agave L. (Amaryll.). 



Bonatea Willd. (Ilabenaria p.p.). Orchid, (n. i). ,s trop. and S. Afr. 



Bonatia Schlechter et Krause. Rubiaceae (i. 8). i New Calecl. 



