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BOITGAINVILLiEA. This genus comprises seven or 



eight species of shrubs or small trees, rarely sarmentose or 

 somewhat climbing, natives of tropical and sub-tropical 

 South America. Elowers inserted below the middle of the 

 bracts ; perianth tubular, slightly curved ; inflorescences 

 solitary or fascicled, axillary or terminal. Leaves alter- 

 nate, petiolate, rounded-ovate or elliptic-lanceolate, entire. 

 To the species described on pp. 205-6, Vol. I., the following 

 should now be added : 



B* refulgens (shining). /., bracts brilliant purple-mauve, pro- 

 duced in long, pendulous racemes. L dark green, pubeycent. 

 Brazil, 1887. Stove. 



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BOnVAKDIA. This genus comprises about twenty- 

 six species of herbs and shrubs, mostly Mexican. To the 

 species and hybrids described on p. 207, ^ol. I., the 

 following should now be added : 



B« scabra (scabrous), ft, bright pink, ^in. in diameter, freely 

 produced in dense, corymbose cymes ; corolla tube ten to twelve 

 lines long, the lobes elliptic- ovate, sub-acute. January. I, in 

 distant whorls of three or rarely four, ovate, acuminate, 

 narrowed to a very short petiole ; lower ones 2in. to 3in. long, 

 lin. to IJin. broad, the upper ones gradually smaller. Stems 

 terete, herbaceous, hairy, 1ft. to IJft. high. 



Hybrids, These choice greenhouse flowers are being 

 more sought for year by year, owiog to their great value 

 for late autumn and winter flowering, especially for the 

 purpose of making tip small bouquets, and for table 

 decoration. The following are valuable additions : 



Candidissima, pure white ; Intermedia, salmon-pink ; Rosalind, 

 salmon; Sang Lorraine, vermilion, double; Umbellata alba, 

 white ; Victor Lemoine, bright scarlet, very double, 



BRAHEA. Of the four known species of this genus, 

 one is indigenous to Mexican Texas and the mountains of 

 Mexico, and the rest inhabit Mexico and the Andes. To 

 that described on p. 209, Vol, I., the following should now 

 be added : 



B. nitida (shining), fl., spadix very large, much -branched, 

 glabrous, /r. black, about the size of a pea. L large, fan-like, 

 palniately cleft, glaucous -green. Mexico, 1887. (R. H. 1887, 

 p. 344. f. 67-70.) 



S. Roezlii (Roezl's). A synonym of Erythea armata. 



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BKiASSAVO!LA. Several species formerly included 

 here are now referred to Lcelia. 



BBiASSIA. This genus embraces about a score 

 species. To those described on pp. 209-10, Vol. I., the 

 following should now be added: 



B. cinnamoniea (cinnamon). A synonym of B. KeUiana. 



B« elegantula (rather elegant). Jl. small ; sepals green, with 

 brown bars, spreading ; lip white, with two keels, hairy inside, 

 dotted purplish-brown in front of the calli ; raceme two to live- 

 flowered. I. and pseudo-bulbs glaucous. Mexico, 1885. An 



elegant species, 



B. Keiliana (Keil's). Jl. disposed in a loose, many-flowered 

 raceme ; sepals and petals at first yellow, eventually turning 

 brownish- orange ; lip whitish ; bracts boat-shaped, longer than 

 the ovaries. New Grenada. A dwarf and compact species : it 

 will thrive in the ' Cattleya house. Sy.ns. B. einnamomea, 

 OncidiuTTi Kcilianum, 



B. maculata major (larger). Jl, freely produced; sepals and 

 petals greenish-yellow, spotted brown ; lip white, spotted dark 

 brown. Jamaica. 



' BBAVOA. There are two or three species, natives of 



Mexico. Mowers twin; perianth persistent, incurved 



below the middle, the lobes short, ovate, sub-equal; ra- 



,cemes long. Eadical leaves few, ligulate, long-lanceolate, 



or linear ; cauline ones rare, much smaller. To the species 



described on p. 211, Yol. I., the following should now be 

 added : 



B. BulUana (Bull's). /., perianth whitish, tii 

 purple outside, dull yellow within. IJin. long, funner-shaped. 

 the tube abruptly curved at the middle ; raceme 6in. Jong, with 

 five or SIX pairs of flowers ; peduncle flexuous, 2ft. to 3ft. long. 

 I. three, lanceolate, 6m. long, IJin. broad, acuminate. 1884. 



BBIZA. The ten species of this genus inhabit Europe, 



•North Africa, temperate Asia, and South America. Leaves 



flat or narrowly convolute, sometimes bristly. To the 



species described on pp. 211-2, Vol, L, the following 



should now be added : 



Briz a — contin ued, 



B. rotundata (round), fl. disposed in narrow panicles ; spike- 

 lets erect. I. erect, narrow. Mexico, Brazil, and Chili, 1887. 

 An ornameiital, annual Grass. (R. G. 1887, p. 638.) 



BRODIiEA. About thirty species, all extra -tropical 

 American, compose this genus. To those described on 

 p. 213, Vol. I., the following should now be added: 



B. Bouglasii (Douglas*). Jl. violet-blue, inodorous, ten to twenty 

 in a dense umbel ; perianth funnel-shaped, lin. long, the seg- 

 ments oblong, acute ; scape slender, 1ft. to l^ft. long. May. 

 generally two, light green, flaccid, deeply channelled, shorter 

 than the scape. Bulb small, globose. California, &c., 1876. 

 (B. M. 6907.) 



B. grandiflora Warei (Ware's). Jl. lilac-rose, 3in. long ; scape 

 2ft. to 2if t. high. California, 1886. A beautiful variety. 



BBOMELIA AMAZONIGA, A synonym of 

 Karat as amazonica (which see). 



BROWALIiIA. Tropical America is the home of 

 the half-dozen sp^ecies included in this genus. To those 

 described on p. 214, Vol. I., the following should now be 

 added : 



B* ViSGOsa (viscous). Jt.^ calyx segments lanceolate, acute ; corolla 

 with violaceous, obovate, emarginate segments, the largest 

 spotted white at base, the tube whitish, inflated at top; pe- 

 duncles crowded at the tops of the branches. Summer. L 

 roundish-ovate, obtuse, hairy, lin. to l^in. long. A. 1ft. to 2ft. 

 New Grenada. Half-hardy annual. (R. G. 142.) 



BRUNSVIOZA. 



species. To those 

 following should now 



This genus embraces seven or eight 

 described on p. 216, Vol. I., the 

 be added: 



B* magnifica (magnificent), ft, twenty to thirty ; perianth tube 

 short, the segments white, with a broad, reddish-purple, central 

 stripe, lanceolate- oblong, reflexed, 5iin. long; peduncle brown, 

 4in. long. L oblong, deeply channelled, acuminate, serrated, 

 Hft. to l|ft. long, 3^m. broad, recumbent. Bulb large, globose. 

 1885. (I. H. 1885, 552.) This ''is a Crinum, either identical with 

 Forbesianum or near it " (J. G. Baker). 



BULBOFKYIiIalTM. Of this genus there are about 

 eighty species, mostly dispersed through tropical Africa 

 and Asia ; a few are South American or Australian, and one 

 is found in New Zealand- To those described on p. 222, 

 Vol. I., the following should now be added : 



B« ^andiflorum (large-flowered). Jl, solitary, large, densely 

 reticulated with brown on a pale ground; sepals lanceolate- 

 attenuate, 4in. to Sin. long, free, the upper one twice as broad as 

 the lateral ones, strongly arching over at the base, and hanging 

 down in front. I. solitary, elliptic, 2§in. to Sin. long. Pseudo- 

 bulbs about lin. long, distant, four-angled. Rhizome creeping. 

 New Guinea, 1887. More grotesque than beautiful. 



, sanroceplialnin (lizard's-head). JL very curious ; sepals 

 light ochreous, nerved brown; petals white, with reddish mid- 

 line and borders, small ; lip ochreous, deep purple at base ; rachis 

 bright red, thick, clavate, loaded with flowers. Pseudo-bulbs 

 four or five-angled, one-leaved. Philippine Islands, 1886. An 

 interesting species. 



B. Silleznlanum (Sillem's). /., sepals short, blunt, triangular; 

 petals nearly orange, shorter, ligulate-falcate ; lip mauve above, 

 whitish beneath, cordate at base, five-angled, with a reflexed 

 apex ; column very short. I. cune ate -ligulate, acute^ Pseudo- 

 bulbs nearly spherical. Birma, 1884. 



BT7FKANXS (a misprint, subsequently corrected by 

 Herbert, for Bup/ione, from hous, an ox, and phone, de- 

 struction, in allusion to the poisonous properties of the 

 plant ; but Bupliane is the name adopted by the authors 

 of the "Genera Plantarum," and by Eaker inhia"Ama- 

 ryllideffi "). Originally EoopTiane. OifD. Amaryllidece, A 

 small genus (two species) of greenhouse, bulbous plants, 

 natives of tropical and South Africa. Plowers long-pedi- 

 cellate, numerous in an umbel; perianth funnel or salver- 

 shaped, with a short tube, and equal, linear lobes ; invo- 

 lucral bracts two; scape solid. Leaves loriform, appearing 



late. For culture, see Brunsvigia, on p. 216, Vol. I. 



B. ciliaris (ciliated). The correct name of the plant described on 

 p. 216, Vol, I., as BruTisvigia ciJiarls. 



B, disticba (two-ranked). Cape Poison Bulb. The correct name 

 of the plant described on p. 216, Vol. I-, as Bninsvigia toxicaria. 



BUKIiIXGTONIA. According to Bentham and 

 Hooker, Rodrignezia is the correct name of this genus, 

 which comprises about twenty species, natives of tropical 

 America, from Brazil aa far as Central America. To those 



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