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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Bowenia—continued. 
B. s. serrulata (finely-toothed).* This differs from the type in 
= z the margins distinctly toothed or serrated. Rockingham 
BOWIEA (named after J. Bowie, a botanical collector 
for the Royal Gardens, Kew). ORD. Liliacee. A very 
interesting greenhouse or half-hardy twiring bulbous 
Fic. 275. BOWIEA VOLUBILIS, showing Habit, Flower, and Fruit. 
perennial, thriving in a sunny border, under the wall of 
a greenhouse, where it will i tion during 
winter. 
may be propagated by seeds or offsets. 
= 
not developed for years; but the green, fleshy, mostly a 
a ae performs their functions. South Africa, 1866. 
See Fig. i 
BOX. See Buxus. 
BOX ELDER. See Negundo. 
BOX THORN. See Lycium. 
BRABEIUM (from brabeion, a sceptre; in reference 
to the racemosed flowers). African Almond. OỌORrbDp. Pro- 
teaceew. An ornamental greenhouse evergreen tree. For 
culture, &c., see Banksia. 
= B, stellatifolium (star-leaved). fl. white, sweet-scented, dis- 
posed in elegant, axillary, spiked racemes, August. l. whorled, 
serrate. A. 15ft. Cape of Good Hope, 1731, 
_  BRACHYCHITON (from brachys, short, and chiton, 
a coat of mail; plants covered with imbricated hairs and 
scales). ORD. Sterculiacew. A genus of tropical or sub- 
tropical Aus a trees or shrubs, allied to Sterculia, 
from which it differs in very minor points. They are of 
easy culture in a loamy soil. Propagated by young cut- 
aaas planted in sandy soil, in gentle heat. 
acerifolinm (AcerJeaved), jf, bri 
deeply five to eves a a Gore to iai. ee 
B. Bidwillii (Bidwill’s).* A. bri i 
bunches, 4 stalked, hearts Pele gar aged. in axillary 
covered with a soft pubescence. (BOM. 6133.) 
B. diversifolinm (various-lea l coriaceous, obtuse, lanceo- 
late, entire, or three-lobéd, atest lobes senna, h. 20ft. 
to 60ft. 1824. 
BRACHY COME (from brachys, short, and kome, hair). 
Swan River Daisy. ORD. Composite. A genus of beauti- 
ful little half-hardy perennials or annuals, closely resem- 
bling Bellis in structure. Involucral bracts membranous 
at the margin; receptacle pitted, naked. Fruit com- 
pressed, surmounted by a very short bristly pappus. 
E iberidifolia is one of the prettiest of sammer annuals, 
and in the open border it flowers profusely, if in a dry, 
It does well in any light well drained soil, and 
Brachycome—conlinued. * 
sunny spot. Towards the autumn, it may be removed 
to the greenhouse, where it will still continue flowering 
for several weeks. Seeds may be sown in a gentle hot- 
bed, early in the spring, and, when large enough, planted 
out in borders or beds, Gin. apart; or they may be 
sown thinly out of doors, late in April, and ‘thinned out, 
when they will flower a month later than those sown in 
the hotbed. 
B. iberidifolia (Iberis-leaved).* fl.-heads blue or white, with 
a dark centre, about lin. in diameter, 
l. pinnate ; segments linear. 
See Fig. 274. 
Summer and autumn. 
l Plant erect, glabrous. A. 1ft. 
Swan River, 1843. 
Fic. 274. BRACHYCOME IBERIDIFOLIA, showing Habit and 
Flowering Branch. 
BRACHYLZNA (from brachys, short, and lena, a 
cloak or covering; referring to the shortness of the invo- 
lucre). ORD. Composite. A genus of South African ever- 
green greenhouse shrubs, nearly allied to Baccharis. They 
thrive in a compost of peat and loam. .Propagated by 
cuttings, made of half-ripened shoots, placed in a well- 
drained pot of sandy soil, under a bell glass. 
B. dentata (toothed). j.-heads yellow. l. lanceolate, acute, en- 
tire, rusty beneath when young, when adult quite glabrous. 
B. nerifolia (Nerium-leaved).* jl.-heads yellow, in branching ra- 
cemes or panicles, August to November. l, lanceolate, serrated 
with one or two teeth forward. h. 2ft. Cape of Good Hope, 
1752. 
BRACHYOTUM (from brachys, short, and otos, the 
ear; in reference to the short appendages at the base of 
the anthers). ORD. Melastomacee. A handsome green- 
house evergreen shrub, with a bushy habit. Allied, and 
requiring similar culture, to Pleroma (which see). 
mii odding, with 
ate, small, 
1873. (B.M. 
oN rro with adpressed hairs. Andes, P 
BRACHYSEMA (from brachys, short, and sema, & 
standard; the standard of the flower is very short). ORD. 
Leguminose. Elegant procumbent or climbing greenhouse, 
evergreen shrubs. Racemes axillary and terminal, few- 
flowered. Leaves alternate, oval or ovate, entire, mucro- 
nate, silky on the under surface. They thrive in a compost 
of peat, leaf soil, and loam, in equal proportions, made 
 porous,.if necessary, by the addition of sand. 
Increased 
by cuttings, made of half-ripened shoots in summer, placed 
in sandy soil, under a bell glass, in a gentle bottom heat; 
or by layers. Seeds may be sown in March, in heat. 
Brachysemas require thorough drainage, whether. grown 
in pots or planted out. B. latifolium does best under 
the latter treatment, when it forms a magnificent climber 
for pillars or the roof. 
B. lanceolatum (lanceolate-leaved). jl. rich scarlet, with the 
‘margin of the vexillum white, red at the disk, with a large yellow 
spot in the centre, each about lin. long, in axillary, ' 
