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Bergera—continued. 
B. Koonigi (Konig’s). fl. whitish-yellow, small; racemes many, 
forming a corymb at the top of the branches. June. l., leaflets 
serrated. h. 40ft. India, 1820, (L. B. ©. 1019.) 
BERKHEYA (named after M. J. L. de Berkhey, a 
Dutch botanist). ORD. Composite. A genus of ornamental 
greenhouse or hardy thistle-like herbs or shrubs. Flower- 
heads surrounded by a spiny involucre, the scales of 
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l y; pappus of many flat, 
_ obtuse, or pointed, scales. They are of easy cultivation in 
a sandy loam soil. The perennials are increased by cuttings 
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placed under a glass; the herbaceous perennials usually 
by divisions of the plant in spring. The species most 
frequently seen in English gardens is B. purpurea. 
B. grandiflora (large-flowered).* jl.-heads yellow; scales of in- 
volucre spiny toothed. July. 7. opposite, lanceolate, three- 
nerved, spiny toothed, downy beneath. h. 2ft. Cape of Good 
Hope, 1812. ‘Greenhouse evergreen. (B. M. 1844.) ° 
B, pinnata (pinnate). fl.-heads yellow: involucral scales spine- 
pointed, entite or toothed. Autumn. l oblong, woolly beneath, 
deeply cut into lance-shaped segments. SYN. Stobea pinnata. 
(B. M. 1788.) 
B. purpurea (purplish).* /l.-heads numerous, pedunculate, corym- 
bose, circular, šin. across, surrounded by an ac of spread- 
ing or reflexed linear oblong bracts. J., lower ones 15in. to 18in, 
long, 2in. to 2}in. wide, dark green, viscid above, paler and 
cottony beneath. h. 3ft. South Africa, A very handsome, 
hardy, herbaceous perennial. (G. C. 1872, p. 1261.) SYN. Stobea 
purpurea. nae 
B. uniflora (one-flowered), jl.-heads yellow ; scales of involucre 
spiny toothed. June. J. alternate, lanceolate, three-nerved, 
spiny toothed, downy beneath. h. 3ft. Cape of Good Hope, 1815. 
Greenhouse evergreen. (B. M. 2094.) 
bermu- 
BERMUDA CEDAR. See Juniperus 
diana, P 
BERRY. A fleshy fruit, containing seeds. _ | 
BERTHOLLETIA (in honour of Louis Claude Ber- 
thollet, a celebrated French chemist). Brazil Nut Tree. 
