66 PLANT NAMES AND SYK0X13IS 



a. B. edulis, He:- Tropical America. Tubers esculent. 



284. BORIGO, L. - Borage. - Bora;?inaceae. 



The Latin name, "rough hairy". Hairy herbs v.ith 8howy 

 blue flowers. About 17 s}3ecies, Mediterranean region. 



a. B. officinalis L. Levant, cult, in gardens and adv. in U. S. 

 Borage, Burr age, Bee-bread, Cool-tankard, Lang-de-beef, Star- 

 flower; Ger. Borasch, Boretsch; Fr. Bourrache (Codex); Sp. 

 Borraja. Herb emollient, diuretic, febrifuge. 



285. BORASSUS, L. Palmyra Palm. Sabalaceae. 

 From Greek name of palm fruit. Tall large Paltns, two 



principal species, one of Asia one of Africa. 



a. B. flabellifer L. (B. flabelliformisMurr. ). Southeastern Asia. 

 Palmyra Palm, Fan Palm, Toddy Palm. Sap yields palm wine 

 (toddy) and palm sugar (jaggery, whence Latin saccharmn). 

 Young seedlings esculent. 



286. B0RB6nIA, L. Borbonia. Fapilionaceae. 



Shrubs or suflrutescent herbs. About 30 species, mostly of 

 southern Africa. 



a. B cordata L. S. Africa. Leav&i used for tea. 



287. BORRICHIA, Adans. Sea Ox-eye. Compositao. 

 Named for Olaf Borrick, Danish botanist. Syn. Buphthal- 



mum, in part. Fleshy littoral shrubs. About 5 species, tropi- 

 cal America; 2 in U. S. 



a. B. frutescens (L. )DC. (Buphthalmum frutescens L. ). South 

 eastern U. S. and West Indies. Sea Ox-eye, Jamaica Sam- 

 phire. See Batis. 



288. BOSCHNIAKIA, C. A. Meyer. Boschniakia. Orobaiieliaceae. 



Scaly herbs. Five known species, eastern Asia, Japan and 

 N. America; 3 in U. S. 



a. B. strobilacea Gray. California. Squirrel' s-grandfather. 



289. BOSWELLIA, Eoxb. Boswellia. Burseraceae. 



Named for John Boswell of Edinburgh. Trees. About 10 

 species, southern Asia and eastern Africa. 



a. B. Carterii Birdw., and probably other species of Arabia and 



Somali-land, yield the gum resin, Olibanum or Frankincense, 

 Gummi-resina Olibanum, Thus; Ger. Weihrauch; Fr. Encens, 

 Oliban (Codex); Sp. Incienso. Balsamic, antiseptic, vulnerary. 



b. B. Frerejina Birdw. Somali-land. Gum-renn, African or 



Oriental Elemi, Luban Mayeti (Mati); used as a masticatory. 



c. B. papyrifera Hochst. Abyssinia. Gum resin resembles that 



of (a). 



d. B. serrdta Eoxb. (B. thurifera Coleb. ). India. Salai tree. 



Gum-resin, Indian Olibanum, Gum Thus, Male incense, prob- 

 ably the frankincense of the ancients; used in India for incense. 



