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Banksia—continued. 
B. occidentalis (western).* /l. yellow, rather handsome, in spikes 
about 4in. April to August. Z. 5in. to 
Be - Pa} West coast of New Holland. A beautiful species. 
B. oleifolia (olive-leaved). Synonymous with B. integrifolia. 
B. Solanderi (Solander’s).* Z. 4in. to 6in. long, and over 2in. wide, 
deeply pinnatifid, with three to six pairs of lobes on each leaf; 
ge — off ; upper side dark green, under silvery white. 
B. speciosa (showy).* l. 8in. to 14in. long, about sin. wide, 
pinnatifid, but divided almost to the midrib; lobes semicircular, 
with a spine on the end of each ; upper side deep green, beneath 
silvery white, with the midrib clothed with ferruginous woolly 
hairs. h. 6ft. 1805. Both this and the preceding species are very 
handsome, and highly deserving of the most extensive culture. 
B. quercifolia (Oak-leaved). l. cuneate-oblong, deeply incised 
at the manina and having a short spine upon each lobe. A. 5ft. 
1805. (B. R. 1430.) 
BAOBAB-TREE. See Adansonia. 
BAPHIA (from baphe, a dye; the tree produces the 
camwood of commerce). Camwood or Barwood. ORD. 
Leguminose. <A stove tree, requiring a loam and peat soil. 
Cuttings, not deprived of any of their leaves, will root if 
planted i in a pot of sand, with a hand glass placed over 
them, in heat. 
B. Ferd shining), fl. white; corolla with a roundish 
vexill wings, which are about the length of 
lum, ond an acute sp nel i ls two to three together, one- 
flowered, Jun l. entire, oval-oblong, 
shining. h. 30ft. ‘Sierra Léons, 1793. (L. B. C. 36 3 
BAPTISIA (from bapto, to dye; so named aoe the 
economical use of some of the species). ORD. Leguminose. 
North American hardy herbaceous plants, with trifoliate, 
rarely simple leaves, and racemes of yellowish or blue 
flowers. They are somewhat shy bloomers, but grow freely 
in a loamy soil. Propagated by divisions, or, more easily, 
by seed, which latter may be sown in sand and leaf mould 
in the open, or in pots placed in a cold frame. 
B. alba (white).* fl. white; racemes terminal. June. Z. stalked, 
glabrous; leaflets elliptic- ‘oblong, obtuse ; stipules deciduous, 
subulate, shorter than the petioles. Branches divaricate. h. 2ft. 
1724. (B. M. 1177.) 
B. australis (southern).* fl. blue; racemes few-flowered, elon- 
ted, shorter than the branches. June. l stalked, smooth ; 
eaflets oblong-cuneated, obtuse, four times longer than the 
acumina 
tiole ; stipules lanceolate, acute, twice the length of the Bee a 
Etem branched, diffuse. A. dft. to bit. 1758." (Flora, 1856, 2; 
B. M. 509.) 
B. confusa ( confused). f dark blue, alternate, bracteate ; 
prc l, stalked, smooth ; leaflets oblo 
mah 
te; pra linear-lanceolate, ' tis the length 
of the petioles. ain branched. 1758. 
x” Spinal many-flowered, 
B. exaltata (e 3 eee: ft. 
elongated, twice the 7 h of ke pts June, J, ternate, 
stalked; leaflets lan -obovate, five times longer than the 
petioles ; stipules lanceolate, acuminated, three times mes longer than 
the petioles Stem erect, branched. A. 3ft. to 4ft. 1812. (5. B. 
B. leucophæa (dusky-white). . cream-coloured ; racemes many- 
flowered, lateral, with the flowers leaning to one side. July. 
i sessile, somewhat villous ; leaflets rhomboid-obovate ; stipules 
and bracts ovate, acute, broad, leafy. h. 1ft. 1870. (B. "M. 
B. minor (less). /l. blue; racemes axillary, bracteate. June. 
l, leaflets rhomboid-lanceolate ; stipules lanceolate, longer than 
the petioles. Stem erect, solid. A. 1ft. to 2ft. 1829. 
B. uate (perfoliate-leaved).* fl. yellow, small, axillary, 
solitary. August. l. pee. roundish, quite entire, rather 
glaucous. A. 3ft. 1793. (B. M. 3121.) 
. tinctoria (dyers’).* fl. yellow, with wings each furnished with 
callosity, or lateral tooth ; racemes terminal. Z. stalked, upper 
near e; leaflets roundish- fy the i, sti 
5 R. 2ft. to 3ft. 1759. (L. B 
BARBACENIA (named after M. RBeiaoiie. a Gover- 
nor of Minas Geraes). Formerly placed in ORD. Hæmo- 
doracee, but now referred by Bentham and Hooker to 
Amaryllidacee. Very Singular and pretty stove ever- 
green herbaceous perennials, allied to Vellozia. Flowers 
purple, large, showy; perianth tunue:-shaped, resinosely 
hairy on the outside; limb spreading ; scapes one-flowered, 
usually clothed with glandular hairs. Leaves firm, spiral, 
spreading, acutely keeled. Lindley says that they are 
‘capable of existing in a ay, hot air without a with 
setaceous, 
6in. long, fin. broad. - 
. 
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Barbacenia—continued. ` 
the earth, on whiéh account they are favourites in South 
American ‘gardens, where, with Orchids and Bromeliads, 
they are suspended in the dwelling houses, or hung to 
the balustrades of the balconies, in which situation they 
flower abundantly, filling e air with their fragrance. 
ey are rarely seen in our gardens, They may be grown 
n baskets of fibrous loam: and peat, with some nodules of 
iğ 
charooal mer 7 
Fic. 205. FLOWER OF BARBACENIA PURPUREA. 
B. purpurea (purple).* fl. funnel-shaped, six-cleft, terminal, soli- 
tary; ovarium elongat , tuberculated. July. i. linear, keeled 
with Spy) serratures. h. lift. Brazil, 1825. See Fig. 20 
(B. M 
purple; scape and ovaria tubercled ; 
B. Rogieri (Rogers’).* jf 
filaments broad, bifid. July. i. linear, acuminated, imbricate, 
with broad stem-clasping bases, finely spiny -serrated on the mar- 
and keel recurved; caudex short. h. lłft. Brazil, 1850, 
fist. 82) 
BARBADOS CHERRY. ‘cee Malpighia. 
BARBADOS GOOSEBERRY. ‘ve Pereskia. 
BARBADOS r LILY. See Hippeastrum equestre, 
BARBAREA (anciently called Herb of St. Barbara). 
Winter Cress; American Cress. ORD. Crucifere. Hardy $ 
perennial herbs, very smooth, with fibrous roots. Flowers : 
yellow; racemes erect, terminal. Stems erect. They are 
easily grown in common garden soil, but scarcely worth. 
cultivation in the pleasure garden. Propagated by cut- 
tings, suckers, division of the roots, or by seeds. 
m ae caai gaint S EARE linear otloug, quite ‘entire. A 
lft. to fe to Tatt.” Commonly known as American, or Black American 
ere and there on roadsides, and in dry gravelly places 
fn Greed Britain. An escape from cultivation. (Sy. En. B. 124.) 
B. vulgaris (common). l, lower ones lyrate; terminal Tr 
roundish ; upper ones obovate, toothed, or pinnatifid. h. lif 
The double owering form of this native s cies is the only se 
of this genus worth growing for beauty ; it is generally known 
as Double Yellow Rocket. The variegated form is also rather 
pretty, and comes true from seed. (Sy. En. B. 120.) 
BARBATUS. Having long weak hairs, in one or 
more tufts; bearded. 
BARBERRY. See Berberis. 
BARBIERIA (in honour of J. B. G. Barbier, 
a French physician and naturalist, author of 
cipes Generaux de Pharmacologie on de Matière Medicale,” — 
Paris, 1806). ORD. Leguminose. An ornamental stove 
evergreen, requiring a mixture of peat, loam, and sand. 
Propagated by cuttings of half-ripened wood, which should 
be placed in sand, under a glass, in stove heat. 
B. polyphylla ( (many ainet ft. scarlet, 2in. long; racemes 
axillary, few-fi orter than the leaves. l. impari-pinnate, 
ite sie to closer tic-oblong, ‘mucronate 1 
at in an € j 8. Syns, Chitorea 
polyphylla and Galactia pinnata. i ; oi 
