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OF HORTICULTURE. 
Boronia—continued. 
When in the cutting state, water must be very carefully 
given around the rim of the pot, without taking off the 
glass. If placed in a temperature of about 50deg., and 
shaded from bright noonday sun, they soon root, when 
-. they may be potted off singly into small pots, and plunged 
in sawdust, or cocoa-nut fibre refuse, in which situation 
but little water is needed. Pinching repeatedly, when 
young, is the only means to secure good ultimate growth. 
Air must be given on all possible opportunities. 
i B. alata (winged). jl. pale rose-colour, small; peduncles dicho- 
E - tomous, usually three-flowered; bracts fringed. May. l, leaf- 
j lets three to five pairs, or more, crenate, revolute, pilose on the 
3 nerves beneath, as well as the rachis. h. 2ft. to 6ft. New Hol- 
4 land, 1823. (L. B. C. 1833.) 
q B. anemonifolia (Anemone-leaved). jl. pink; peduncles axillary, 
solitary, one-flowered. May. J. stalked, trifid; segments narrow, 
wedge-shaped, furnished with two or three teeth at the apex, or 
quite entire. h. lft. to 3ft. New Holland, 1824. -(P. M. B. 9, 123.) 
B. crenulata (crenulate).* f. red, small, with a fringed calyx; 
pedicels axillary and terminal, one-flowered. July. 1. obovate, 
mucronulate, crenulated. A, lft. to 4ft. King George’s Sound. 
(B. M. 3915.) 
B. denticulata (finely-toothed), _/l. rose-coloured; bracts de- 
ciduous; peduncles corymbose. March to August. l. linear, 
retuse, toothleted, terminated by a small point. h. 2ft to 6ft. 
King George’s Sound, 1823. (B. R. 1000.) 3 
B. Drummondi (Drummond’s).* fl. ponr rosy pma freely pro- 
duced during spring and summer. ¿. pinnatitid. h. 2ft. New 
Holland. A very pretty species, with a slender but compact habit 
of growth. There is a white-flowered variety of this species. 
(F. d. 8. 9, 881.) 
B. elatior (tallest).* fl. pendulous, rosy carmine,. very fragrant,* 
disposed in long dense clusters along the ends of the branches. 
May. l. very prettily pinnately cut into linear segments. R. 4ft. 
Western Australia, 1874. (B. M. 6285.) 
B. ledifolia (Ledum-leaved). fl. red; peduncles axillary, one- 
flowered, each bearing two bracts in the middle. March. 
l. linear-lanceolate, quite entire, downy beneath. h. 1ft. to 2ft. 
New Holland, 1814. (P. M. B. 8, 123.) 
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Fic. 266. FLOWERING BRANCHES OF BORONIA MEGASTIGMA. 
B. megastigma (large-stigma).* fl. numerous, axillary, fragrant 
drooping, jin, in diameter, pet campanulate ; petals 
nearly orbicular, concave, maroon purple outside, and yellow 
P 
Boronia—continued. 
within. l. sessile, ae with three to five narrow linear rigid 
leaflets. h. 1ft. Of slender habit, with twiggy branches. South- 
western Australia, 1873. See Fig. 266. 
B. pinnata (pinnate).* fl. pink, with a scent like that of Haw- 
thorn ; peduncles dichotomous. February to May. l, leaflets 
two, three or four pairs, linear, cyte quite smooth. h. lft. to 3ft. 
New Holland, 1794. (B. M. 1763. 
B. polygalefolia (Polygala-leaved), jl. red; peduncles axillary, 
sole one-flowered. March to July. L pe a aeri 
quito entire, opposite, alternate, and three in a whorl. h. lft, to 
ft. Port Jackson, 1824. 
B. serrulata (serrulate).* /l. of a 
peduncles aggregate, terminal. July tra 
serrulated in front, smooth, full of glandular dots. 
Port Jackson, 1816. (B. R. 842.) 
B. tetrandra (four-stamened). fl. pale purple; pedicels short, 
one-flowered. May. l yp tah meg 8 leaflets four to five pairs, 
linear, obtuse, smo 4 i ” 
Holland, 1824. (P. MB. 168 21) aaea aar 
BORRERIA (named after William Borrer, F.L.S., a 
profound botanist and cryptogamist). ORD. Rubiaceæ. A 
large genus of stove herbs or sub-shrubs, now referred to 
Spermacoce. Flowers small, white, rarely blue, disposed 
in verticillate heads, in the axils of the leaves, or on the 
tops of the branches, rarely cymose or corymbose. Leaves 
opposite, or the young ones disposed in fascicles in the 
axils of the old ones, and therefore appearing verticillate ; 
stipules joining with the petioles, more or less sheathing, 
fringed by many bristles. Stems and branches usually. 
tetragonal. The species are of easy culture, thriving in 
a light soil. Cuttings of the perennial kinds strike root 
readily in the same kind of soil, in heat. The annual 
kinds require a similar treatment to other tender annuals. 
B. stricta (straight). A dwarf shrub, but closely allied to the 
next species. Porto Rico. 
Tay ran ‘ 
peziform, acute, 
h. lft. to 6ft. 
deep Toa çoroun 
B, verticillata (whorled-flowered). fi. white. July.” 1. linear 
lanceolate, acuminated, opposite, but appearing verticillate from 
> fascicles of young leaves in the axils. h. 2ft. West Indies, 
1732. 
BOSCIA (named after Louis Bosc, a French professor 
of agriculture). Syn. Podoria. ORD. Capparidacee. A 
small genus of stove plants, requiring a soil of lumpy, fibry 
loam and peat. Propagated by cuttings of firm wood, 
placed in sand, under a glass, in heat. 
B. sene; (Senegal). jl. white, small, apetalous, corym- 
Luck n Bonegal, 1600 An nosrmed evereremm Mni 
(L. E. M. 395.) 
BOSSIÆA (named after M. Bossier Lamartinière, a 
French botanist, who accompanied the unfortunate La 
Peyrouse round the world). ORD. Leguminosæ. A genus 
of elegant Australian greenhouse shrubs. Flowers yellow, 
axillary and solitary, the base of the vexillum or the keel 
generally blotched or veined with purple. Leaves simple, 
of various forms. A mixture of turfy loam, leaf mould, 
peat, and sand, with very free drainage, suits these plants 
best. Half-ripened cuttings will root freely if placed in a 
pot of sand with a bell glass over them, in a cool house. 
Seeds should be sown, in March, on a slight hotbed. 
B. cinerea (ashy-grey). fl. yellow, the vexillum furnished with 
a purple circle at the base, and the keel dark purple. May. 
i. nearly sessile, cordate acute, ending in a spiny mucrone, 
scabrous above, but pilose on the nerves beneath, with recurved 
margins. Branches terete, crowded with leaves, villous. A. Ift. 
to 3ft. 1824. Syns. B. cordifolia, B. tenuicaulis. (B. M. 3895.) 
B. cordifolia (heart-leaved). A synonym of B. cinerea. 
B. disticha (two-ranked).* fl. yellowish-red ; peduncles solitary, — 
axillary, one-flowered, longer than the leaves. March a 
l. distichous, ovate, obtuse. Young branches terete. %. 1jtt. 
Swan River, 1840. (B. R. 1841, 55.) ; 
B. ensata (sword-shaped). fl. yellowish, with the back and base 
of the vexillum of PE manet Rance colour ; keel brownish- 
urple. April. Branches flat, linear, leafless, toothed, the teeth 
teacies the flowers; upper bracts distant from the lower ones, 
shorter than the pedicel. h. lft. to 2ft. 1825. (S. F. A. 5L) 
B. foliosa (leafy). jl. yellow and orange. May to June. l alter- 
nate, small, orbicular, retuse, scabrous, withrevolute margins, silky 
beneath ; stipules permanent, hooked, a the petioles. 
Branches straight, terete, villous. A. lft. ) Sit. 1824. 
B. lenticularis (lentil-leaved). A synonym of B. rhombifolia, 
yellow; keel 
= dark brown; 
the calyx; pedicels 
(Linnæa-like).* fl. solitary. 
linnæoides (Lir ; 
corolla about twice the length of 
