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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Bauhinia—continued. 
B. acuminata (taper-pointed- bared. E pure white ; petals 
broadly ovate, ges stipitate. June. rather cordate at the 
base, smoothish ; leaflets connected beyond the middle, ovate, 
acuminated, parallel, four- nerved. A. 5ft. to 6ft. Malabar, 
1808. 
B. aurita (eared). fl. white; ; petals ovate, on short stipes. August. 
i. glabrous, cordate at the base ; leaflets connected the fourth 
part of their length, oblong-lanceolate, nearly parallel, six to 
eight-nerved. h. 4it. "to 6ft. “Jamaica, 1756. 
B. corymbosa (corymbose).* ji. in loose racemes; petals pinkish, 
regular, crenulated at the edge. Summer. Z., leaflets semi-oval, 
obtuse, parallel, connected nearly’ to the middle, three-nerved, 
cordate at the base, the nerves on the under surface, as wellas 
me etioles, branches, and calyces, clothed with rufous villi. 
“i Cam climber. India, 1818. (G.C. 1881, xvi., p. 204.) 
a inermis (unarmed). fl. white ; petals linear ; racemes terminal, 
leafiess, simple. J. ovate at the base, ferruginous beneath ; leaf- 
lets oblong, acute, four-nerved, parallel, connected a little beyond 
the middle. h. 6ft. to 8ft, cae 1810. 
B. multinerva_(many-nerved). snow-white; petals linear. 
Legume 8in. to 12in. long, l elliptic, ded at the base, mem- 
branous, shining above, rather pilose beneath; nerves dexragin ous 5 
leaflets semi-ovate, obtuse, approximate, five- nerved ; free. h. 
20ft. Caraccas, 1817. 
B. natalensis (Natal),* fi. white, lłin. across, opposlio the leaves. 
September. l. small, ee e of two obliquely-oblong rounded 
leaflets. Natal, 1870. (B.M . 6086.) 
B. petiolata (long- tae agp J. white, 3in. long, in terminal 
clusters. Autumn. ed, ovate. -acuminate, five-nerved, 
glabrous. Columbia, 1862. SYN. ‘Casparia speciosa. (B.M 6277.) 
B. pubescens (downy). fi. white, large, much crowded; petals 
obovate ; peduncles three to four-flowered,’ l rather cordate at 
the base, Batre ea beneath and on the petioles; leaflets con- 
nected AT the i Ney apma four-nerved, nearly 
parallel. 4ft. to 6ft. oo 
me e). ae 
ite on per nd me linear, lft, long. 
glabrous ; leafle 
connected much above the the middle, eal A so obtuse, four- 
nerved; free. h. 6ft. India, 1778. 
= one of them streaked with 
B. racemose) ; petals obo obtuse ; 
raceme eraan Ah i Sora hi urdak at the ae "akon with 
silky villi beneath, as well as on the rou ovate, obtuse, o0 seems oo 
calyces, and petals ; leaflets broadly ovate, connected to 
ee Je five-nerved. India, 790. ‘Shrubby climber, (B. F. S. 
B. tomentosa ( — Em Lee va ni pae eo ghd a , witha red spot 
at the claw, obovate, o es one to three-flowered. 
l. ovate or roun at the'be base; Par surface villous, as well as 
the petioles, branches, stil ules, oe bracts, and calyces ; 
leaflets connected a he middle, oval, obtuse, three to four- 
nerved. h. 6ft. to 12ft. Ceylon, 1808. 
variegata (variegated).* fl. red, pea with white, and 
yellow at the base, in loose terminal racem ovate, nearly 
sessile. June. J. cordate at the base, ahan: leaflets broadly- 
ovate, obtuse, five-neryed, connected beyond the middle ; free. 
h. 20ft. Malabar, 1690. 
B. v. chinensis (Chinese). fl, petals lilac, with nie pyh spot 
at the base of each, acute. J. Eso at the base. ina, ~ 
BAWD-MONEY. See Meum. 
BAY-TREE. See Laurus nobilis. 
BEAK. Anything resembling the beak of a bird, as in 
Aconitum ; the point which ends the helmet or upper sepal ; 
| hard, sharp points. 
BEAN BEETLE (Bruchus granarius). This insect, 
pitino. ho gla seeds of Beans and Peas, 
ria tts A 
when sowing, all seoda infested’ by. ity and. this may be 
detected by the skin of the seed being unusually trans- 
parent above the tunnel for exit. Im seeds of 
Broad Beans are often much infested. “Dipping the 
Beans or Peas in boiling water for one minute is stated 
to kill the grub inside; but, as dipping for four minutes 
generally destroys the germinating power, the eoe 
is much too hazardous for general use” (Ormerod). 
BEAN CAPER. Se Zygophyllum 
BEAN FLY. See Aphides and Black Bb 
| or 
BEANS. There are three sections of these in cul- 
tivation for garden purposes, viz.: The Dwarf or French 
Bean ; the Climbing, or Scarlet Runner; and the ordinary 
Broad Bean. See also Faba and Phaseolus. 
G. 209. BROAD BEAN PLANT IN FLOWER (FABA VULGARIS), 
Soil. All Beans like a somewhat loamy soil, which, 
to secure good crops, must be deeply worked and heavily 
© Fic. 210. Pops oF BRoaD BEAN. 
d. The Kidney Beans, dwarf and tall, however, do 
not aaa for oo henry aen il as the Broad and ‘Long-podded 
kinds; and this fact should be borne in mind when selecting 
Fig. 211. BROAD BEAN SEED, 
situations. The term Kidney is generally 
their respective 
oe the Dwarf: op Praha 
OT ocr 
