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Brunonia Sm. Brunoniaceae. i Austr , Tasm. Herb with rad. entire 



exstip. 1. Blue fl. in heads, 5 . K (5), C (5), A 5, G i-loc. i-ovuled. 



Achi-ne. Exalb. 

 Brunoniaceae (EP. ; Cioodeniaceae p.p. BH.}. Dicots. (Sympet. Cam- 



panulatae). Only genus Brunonia, q.v. 



Brunsvigia Heist. Amanllidaceae (i). 10 Afr. Cult. orn. fl. 

 Brush (N.S. Wales, Queensland), forest ; -box, Tristunia. 

 Brussels sprouts, Brassica oleracea L. var. 

 Bruxanelia Demist. Rubiaceae (inc. sed.). i E. Ind. 

 Bruyere, Erica sropana L. 

 Brya P. Br. Leguminosae (in. 7). 5 Cent. Am., W. Ind B. Ebenus 



DC. yields the \vood Jamaica or American ebony, cocus or cocos 



wood, the heart wood turning black with age (ff. Diospyrosj. 

 Bryanthus S. G. Gmel. Ericaceae (i. 3). i E. Siberia. 

 BrylKinia F. Schmidt, Graniineae (loj. i Japan, Saghalien. 

 Bryo- (Gr. pref. ), moss. 



Bryocarpum Hook. f. et Thorns Primulaceae. i Sikkim. 

 Bryodes Benth. Scrophulariaceae (11. 6). i Mauritius. 

 Bryomorphe Harv. Compositae (4). i Cape Colony. 

 Bryonia L. Cucurbitaceae (3). 10 Eur., As., Afr. B. dioica Jacq. 



(Brit., white bryony) marks the N. limit of the family in Eur. 3 fl. 



larger. Honey secreted at the base of the P. 

 Bryonopsis Am. Cucurbitaceae (3). 2 trop. Afr. and As. 

 Bryony, bastard (W.I. ), Cissits; black-, Tamns comm-unis L. ; white-, 



Bryonia dtoica |acq. 

 Bryophyllum Salisb. Crassul. 4 trop. In the notche. on the 1. of 



B. calycimim Salisb. adv. buds develops, giving rise to new pi. In 



B. proliferum Bowie there are simple and cpd. 1. on the same pi. 



K and C both gamophyllous. Cult. orn. 



Bryopsis Reiche (Lyallia^ Rcicheella p.p ). Caryo. (i. 3). i Chili. 

 Buaze fibre, Securidaca longipedunculata Fres. (trop. Afr.). 

 Bubon L. =Seseli L. (Umbel ). 

 Bucco Wendl. = Agathosma Willd. (Rutac.). 

 Bucephalandra Schott. Araceae (v). i Borneo. 

 Bucephalon L. =Trophis P. Br. (Morac.). 

 Buceragenia Greenman. Acanthaceae (iv. B). i Mexico. 

 Buceras Hall, ex All. = Trigonella L. p.p. (Legum.). 

 Buchanania Spre'ig. Anacard. (i). 20 trop. As. G 4 6, one fertile. 

 Buchenavia Eichl. (Terminalia p.p. BH.}. Comhret. 8 Brazil., W.I. 

 Bucbenroedera Eckl. et Zeyh. Leguminosae (in. 3). 15 S. Afr. 

 Buchholzia FLngl. Capparidaceae (n). 3 trop. Afr. 

 BucMngera Boiss. et Hohen. Cruciferae (4). i Persia. 

 Buchloe Engelm. (Bulbilis Rafin.). Gramineae (n). i (B. dactyloides 



Engelm.) the buffalo-grass of the western prairies of the U.S., a good 



fodder. It is a small creeping grass. 



Buclinera L. Scrophulariaceae (in. 2) 60 trop. and subtrop. 

 Buchnerodendron Giirke. Flacourtiaceae (2). 6 trop. Afr. 

 Bucholzia Mart.--Telanthera R. Br. (BH.} Alternanthera Forsk. 

 Bucbu, Bai-o^ma betuiina Bartl. et Wendl. f. and others. 

 Bucida L. (Terminalia p.p. BH.}. Combret. i Cent. Am., W I. 

 Buck-bean, Menyanthes trifoliata L. ; -eye (Am.), Aesculus ohioensis 



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