& i Fic. 256. BLECHNUM BRAZILIENSk, 
ra rachis and surfaces naked or slightly pubescent ; texture coriaceous. 
= Temperate South America, 1841. Greenhouse species. 
B. Lanceola (lance-leaved). rhiz. slender, creeping, stoloniferous. 
an sti. slender, erect, 2in. to 4in. long. fronds lanceolate, undivided, 
k 4in. to 6in. long, in. broad, or less, narrowed gradually from the 
i centre towards each end. Tropical America, 1820. Stove species. 
1 B. L. trifoliatum (three-leaved). fronds furnished with one or 
f two pairs of small oblong-obtuse lateral pion at the base of the 
large terminal one. Stove variety. (H. S. F. & 94.) . y 
B. longifolium (long-leaved).* rhiz. shior. creeping. sti. firm, 
i erect, nearly naked, 6in. to 12in. long. fronds 6in. to Yin. long, 
d with a terminal pinna, and three to six lateral ones on each side, 
which are 3in. to Sin. long, and }in. broad, narrowed gradually 
towards the point. soriin broad lines gow to the midrib ; texture 
Mos ical America, 1820. m is a variety 
found in nda under the name of J) P Ati oita with a 
; pinne six to eight on a "a 
habit more a an mo, 
> sometimes lin. termedium -) and B. 
: aih ge often ’s hag gafiiens, are slen 
1 r í i edigh im 
B. nitidum (shining t, erect, nak naked, 3in. to 4in. long. 
fronds oblong-lanceolate, siege more jong, in 
pinay numerous, ‘sub- al ear, 3in, to iene, ie. to nA 
road, narrowed gråd wards the int, dilated. and con- 
nected at the base; “ie undulate-den’ ; texture ceoUus 5 
both surfaces smooth. species. The variety actum, 
often seen in gard has Ey ork contracted, and the edge 
much undulated. Brazil. ( 3, 65.9 
B. occidentale Biese. Ae ge cau. s ereet, scaly at the top. 
sti. 6in. to 12in. long, erect, scaly below. fronds ovate-acuminate, 
Yin. to 18in. long, fin. to 8in. broad, with twelve to twenty-four 
linear pinne on each side, which are 2in. to 4in. long, and about 
ĝin. broad, narrowed gradually to a point, truncate or cordate ; 
texture coriaceous. West Indies, southwards to Chili and South 
Brazil, 1823, A very handsome stove or greenhouse fe $ 
B. s multifidum (much-cut). * A pretty variety, said to hive been 
rom Dominica; the apices of the pinne are copiously 
crested eh tasselled, rendering it very desirable. Stove variety. 
B. orientale (orientat) cau. stout, erect, clothed at the crown 
sti. ameg to ĉin, long, Mron erect, herd 
PL ea ae at Pgceaseer 
A 
setae Tagan aios South China and the Hi 
B. polypodioides (Polypodium-like). A synonym of B. unilate- 
me 6in. to 12in. lng iron cau. elongated, » stout, ascending. 
erect, sm nearlymaked. 
co ong acuminate, long, 6in. to 9in. broad, with twelve 
plane ot aod pairs of uite distinct articulated linear oblo 
are about 4in. to din. in. 
narrowed gradnally towards the Point, and downwards = a narrow 
wing vari er 3 
É perennials, closely allied to Mona 
= s% 3 : 
+ z AN ENCYCLOPADIA OF HORTICULTURE: — PH 195 
Blechmum— continued. š Blechnum —continueđ. - s - `; 4e 
base, the margins finely- incised. Florida, &c., 
1819. te es or greenhouse. SYN. B, striatum, 
*(H. 8. F. y 
z i 
e a B, striatum (striped). A synnyn ot B; as $ 
gs nlp (one-sided rgated, 
aes a E Ss eae ext go ba 
lin. to 4i AN lightly sg agg 3 3 
lanceolate, bin. to 12in. long, Ijin. to 2in. age 
pinnæ numerous, spreading inode, ly, linear, > 
gin. tò lin. long, central ones jin. s : aroa, 7 
point usually mucronate ; edge en "ashe ly j 
so, the lower pant dilated broad . sort Pa 
in a line close e midrib, Tropical America, 
1829, ael at ibuted Stove or t vay 
cies. SYN. B. olypodioides, der w aki 
usu foun n gardens, 4 
BLE JM @ Greek name for’ an t 
known plant, supposed to resemble I Marjoram). # 
ORD. Acanthacew. Stove herbacee 
nials. For culture, &c., see Jus 
B. Brownei (Browne’s). - = 
bracteated spike, which ur-cornered bracts + 
ovate, downy. Summer. elliptical, some- 
what toothed, h. 2ft. West Indies 1780. The 
other species introduced are : angustifolium, blue; 
braziliense, blue ; and laxiflorum, white. A a y 
(from blepharis, the eye- 
lash; in refe to the fringed bracts of 
the calyx). ORD. Acanthaceæ. Dwarf shrubs 
or herbs, often spiny and woody, allied to 
Acanthus. Flowers in bracteate spikes; calyx 
cruciately four-parted, bracteate ; -upper seg- aes 
-A ment entire, three-nerved lower, two-nerved; 
corolla-tube very short; lip five-lobed, three 
lobes often paoter than the others; stamens four, 
sub- didynamots. or culture, & Ay see Acanthus. 
B. boerhaaviæfolia (Boerhaavia-leaved). tes, July. l 
usually four in a whorl, elliptic, toothed. India, 1829. 
Stove annual. 
B. capensis (Cape Colony).* fl. blue. July. l me lanceolate, 
spinose. h. lft. Cape of Good Hope, 1816. Greenhouse biennial. 
white, in a E ies 
B. furcata (for ed-spined). blue. J l lanceolate, entire 
or spiny ; bracts large, stro spinose. n Sit. of Good 
“Hope, 1846. Greenhouse evergreen shrub. ws 
B. linearifolia (narrow-leaved blue. July. l long entire 
linear, open or hairy, st shia. h. ze G 
Stove annual. i $ 
B. procumbens (trailing).* bias: al, L armaani praene 
spiny. h, lft. Cape of Dodi Hope, 1825. ‘Greenhouse 
trailer. 
BLEPHILIA (from blepharis, the Sah., A 
to the ciliated bracts). ORD. Labiate. 
a, Ornamental hardy 
but differing from it 
in the calyx tube having thirteen i of fifteen nerves, 
arid being naked in the throat, while the corollas are much 
smaller and more dilated. They are of easy culture in 
ordinary soil. Increased readily by dividing the roots in 
early spring. 
B. ciliata (ciliated). f. blue; whorls all distinct; bracts 
ciliated, reddish at top. July. J. almost sessile, ovate-oblong, 
narrowed at the bass, canescent beneath. A. lft. to 2ft. Nort! 
America, 1798. 
B. hirsuta (hairy). jl. purple or blue; whorls more numerous 
than in the preceding ; upper ones approximate. July. l pe- 
tiolate, = roundly cordate at the base, hai on both surfaces, 
h. lft. to 2ft. Virginia, 1798. Habit more bra welled 
than in B. ciliata. 
BLESSED THISTLE. See Cnicus Dex 
properly Carbenia benedicta. 
BLETIA (in honour of Don Lonis Biot, a Spams 
botanist). ORD. Orchideæ. A large genus of, for the 
most part, stove terrestrial „orchids. Flowers purple or 
whitish, in terminal racemes. Leaves narrow, grass-liko. 
Pseudo-bulbs ne See, The flowers are 
produced wh are thoroughly establish 
are valuable for eer as git for their | 
as for the time they last in perfection. se ae arire 
best in a compost of loam and leaf mould. 
of crock, teasers S BE f 
