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3. OI.ITORIUS., GARDF.v. 



Ca})sules oblong, ventricok: ; ihe lowest scrraUircs of , the leaves setaceous. 



This is a native of the East Indies^ and is called the bristly havid C, or pommon.' 

 Javs iDultcw. It: grows ahoiJt two fet^t hii;li, h;iving sessile soiiiary yellow flowers. It, 

 is sown in great plenty about Ali^ppo as a. pot herb, aiul the Jews there boU tiia leaves 

 and eat with, their me^t. 



4. CAP.Si;:,ARiS. GAP3ULAR.- 



Capsules roundish, depressed, wrinkled.; the lower senatines of the leaves, 

 setaceous. 



This has heart shaped leaves, and is also a native of the East ludies. It rises witii *.-. 

 slcjider stalk abqut three feet high. - ' 



See MfiLOCHu and Mountain Broomweed. 



Brown Jolly See Egg Plant. 

 Bru NFELSiA 'See Trumpet Flower. 



BRYONY. BRYONIA. 



Cl. 21, OR. 10. Monoecia syngenhia. Nat. or. CucurlUaccte. 

 Gen. ciLiR. The male calyx is a one-leafed, bell-shaped, five-toothed, periantli^ 

 the corolla five-parted, bell-shaped; filaments throe, verysiiort; anthers five,, 

 two connate on each of two fiiaments, and a single one on the third. The fewale 

 flowers have the calyx as in tjie male, superior, deciduous ; corolla as in tiie male ; 

 the pistil has an inferior germ, a irifid style, eniargiuate stigmas ; the pericarpiura' 

 is a sub-globular smooth even berry ; seeds few, fastened to the coat, sub-ovate. 

 One species is a native of Jamaica. 



R.4CEM05A. HACEMF.D. 



Fpliis h'irtis, trilohisvcl quinquelobts, denticulatis i racemis minorihnt 

 uhribus. Browne, p. 355. 



This Browme calls the viountain bryony, and says he found it growing wild in the 

 mountains of New Liguanea. It runs a great way and bears small roundish berriesj 

 which contain each three or four, c)r six seeds. I'iie stigma or top of the style, is, in 

 each female flower, divided into three thin reflected lobes, and the fruit seldom ex^ 

 Oeeds three-quarters of an inch in diameter. Browne, p. 355. 



No English Nmne. BUCHNERA. 



Cl. 14, OR. 2. Diclynamia angiospermia. Nat. or. Pcrsonat/v. 

 This was so named by Linneus in honour of A. E. Buchner, a German naturalist. 

 Gen. char. Calyx a perianth, one-leafed ; obscurely live-toothed, scabrous, per* 

 iarient; corolla monopetalous, tube long, filiform, bowed ; border flat, five-cieftj 



equal ^ 



