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b. B. latifolia Koxb. (lllipe latifolia Muell. ). Bengal. Mahwa 



tree (Mahwah), Mohwatree. Fleshy Jiouers saccharine, used as 

 food. Seeds yield Mahwa butter. 



c. B. longifolia L. East Indies. Illupi, E;ilooj)a, Meetru. 



Flowers esculent. Seeds yield elloopa oil. Bark astringent, 

 antipruritic. 



d. B. Pdrkii Ct. Don. (Butyrospermum Parkii Kotschy (Kew), 



the preferable name). Tropical Africa. Shea tree, African 

 Butter tree. JSeeds yield a solid fat called 8hea butter, (ialain 

 butter or Bambuk butter. 



241. BATIS, L. Jamaica Saltwort or Samphire. Batidaceae. 



Maritime shrub, probably a single species, N. America to 

 Philippine Islands (U. »S. ). 



242. BATRACHIUM, S. F. (iray. Water Crowfoot. Raniincula- 



ceaf. 



From Greek, **frog plant", alluding to the habitat. Syn. 

 Ranunculus, in part. Aquatic herbs with white flowers. 

 About 20 species; 4 in I'. S. 



a. B. trichophyllum (Chaix) Bossch. (R. trichophyllus Chaix, 

 R. aquatilis var. trichophyllus Gray ). Northern Europe, Asia 

 and N. America, south to North Carolina and California. 

 White Water-crowfoot, Green P>l-grass, Pickerol-weed*, Wa- 

 ter Milfoil*. 



243. BAIIHINIA, L. St. Thomas' tree, etc. (!aesalpinaceae. 



Named for the brothers Jean and Gaspard Bauhin. Swiss 

 botanists, d. 1613 and 1624, the suggestion coming from the 

 two-lobed leaves. Woody climbers, shrubs or trees. About 

 180 species, tropical regions. 



a. B. tomentosa L. India and tropical Africa. St. Thomas' 



tree (flowers spotted with the martyr's blood). Buds and 

 leaves used in dysentery. 



b. B. variegata L. China and East Indies. Mountain Ebony. 



Bark astringent. 



244. BEBBIA, Greene. ^ - Bebbia. - Coiiipositae. 



Named for M. S. Webb, American botanist, nineteenth 

 Century. Syn. Carphephorus, in part. Suflruticose herb 

 with fragrant golden-yellow blossoms. One species, south- 

 western U. S. 



246. BEG6sIA, L. Begonia, Elephant' s-ear. Begoniaceae. 



Named for Gov. Begon of San Domingo, 17th Century. 

 Ornamental herbs with oblique leaves, flowers commonly wax- 

 like and rose-colored. Many species cult, in gardens. 



24C. BE J ARIA, Mutis (Befaria). Bejaria. Ericaceae. 



Named for Prof. Bejar, botanist of Cadiz. Shrubs. About 

 20 species, New World, mostly of S. America; 1 in U. S. 



