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b. A. viscosa L. (Rhododendron viscosum Torr. ). Eastern U. S. 

 to Texas. Swamp Pink, Meadow Pink, Swamp Honeysuckle, 

 White or Clammy Honeysuckle, Clammy Azalea, Spring- bloom. 

 Var. glauca Michx. is Cinnamon Honeysuckle. [Other in- 

 digenous species are (c) A. arboresceus Pursh, Tree or Smooth 

 Azalea, Smooth Honeysuckle; (d) A. caneseens Michx., Moun- 

 tain or Hoary Azalea; (e) A. liitea L., Flame Azalea, Yellow 

 Honeysuckle.] 



220. BACCHARIS, L. Baccharis, Groundsel. Compositae. 



Greek name of an aromatic plant. Dioecious shrubs with 

 small flower heads. About 275 species, all American; 20 in 

 . . U.S. 



a. B. halimifolia L. Eastern and southern U. S. near sea-board, 



also West Indies. Groundsel tree, Groundsel bush. Pencil-tree, 

 Cotton-seed tree. Plowman's Spikenard. Plant aromatic, de- 

 mulcent. 



b. B. pilularis DC. California. Kidney-root. Plant, diuretic. 



227. BAERIA, Fisch. & Mey. Baeria. Compositae. 

 Named for Karl Ernst von Baer, Russian naturalist. *Syn. 



Dichfeta, Burrielia, in part. Mostly annual, with yellow flowei-s. 

 About 23 species, all of California. 



228. BAHIA, Lag. - Bahia. - Compositae. 



Named for J. F. Bahi, Spanish botanist. Syn. Trichophyl- 

 lum, in part. Herbs or sub-shrubs with yellow flowers. About 

 16 species, all American; 12 in U. S. 



229. BAILEYA5 Harv. & Gray. ■ Baileya. Compositae. 



Named for Jacob Whitman Bailey, American microscopist. 

 Floccose- woolly herbs. 5 Three species, southwestern U. S. 



230. BALLOTA, L. Black Horehound, etc. Labiatae. 

 The ancient Greek name, "rejected", i. e. by cattle. Peren- 

 nial hairy herbs, some shrubby. About 25 species, Old World; 

 1 nat. in U. S. 



a. B. nigra, L. (B. foetid a Lam. ). Europe, adv. in U. S. Black 

 Horehound, Hairhound, Black Archangel, Dunny Nettle; Fetid, 

 Stinking or Bastard Horehound, Henbit, Stinking-Roger; Ger. 

 Schwarzer A.ndorn, Gemeine Ballote; Fr. Marube noir, Marube 

 fetide. Flowering herb, H. ballotse, H. manibii nigri v. foetidi, 

 antispasmodic, anthelmintic. 



281. BALSAMORHiZ.4, Hook. Balsam root. Compositae. 



From Greek, "balsam root". Syn. Kalliactis, Espeletia, 

 Buphthalraum, Helianthus, in part. Perennials with fleshy 

 balsamic roots. Ten species, all of western U. S. 



a. B. sagittata (Pursh) Nutt. (Buphthalmum sagittatum Pursh, 

 E. sagittata Nutt. Includes also B. helianthoides Nutt.). 

 Colorado and northwestward. Boots of this and some other 

 species, notably (b) B. incana Nutt. used as food by the 

 aborigines. 



