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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING. 
BIGNONIA. This genus embraces about 120 species, 
all American, and mostly tropical. To those described on 
p. 189, Vol. I., the following should now be added: 
B. regalis (royal). #. bright yellow and red, large and_ex- 
ceedingly beautiful. J. opposite, elliptic-lanceolate. British 
Guiana, 1885. A very handsome climber. 
BILLBERGIA. Tropical America is the home of the 
score species included in this genus. To the species and 
varieties described on pp. 190-1, Vol. I., the following 
should now be added: 
B. andegavensis (Angers). jl. having a spreading limb, the 
tube and centre dark red, broadly bordered with violaceous- 
indigo; bracts bright red; flower-stem arching, mealy-white. 
l. broad, obtuse, pale green. 1886. A garden hybrid between 
B. thyrsoidea and B, Moreli. 
B, Breautéana (Breauteé’s). jl. pale flesh-colour, with violet 
tips; bracts bright rose, lanceolate; stem shorter than the 
leaves, recurving, glabrous. Jl. 2ft. long, 2in. broad, recurving, 
lorate, obtuse, slightly channelled, rather thin, bordered with 
tive distant teeth, bright green above, striated and with mealy- 
white zones below. 1884. A garden hybrid between B. pallescens 
and B. vittata. (R. H. 1885, p. 300.) Syn. B. Cappet. 
B. Bruanti (Bruant’s). /l., calyx very pale green, tipped with 
blue; corolla very pale yellowish-green; bracts dark red; stem 
rosy, slender, nearly as long as the leaves. J. green, obtuse, 
toothed, forming a cup-like rosette. 1885. A garden hybrid 
between B. pallescens and B. decora. 
B. Cappei (Cappe’s). A synonym of B, Breautéana. 
B. decora (comely). jl., petals greenish, 2in. long, curling up 
spirally from the base; spike dense, pendulous, simple, 3in. to 
4in. long, almost hidden by the large, bright red, oblong-lanceo- 
late bracts; peduncle 1ft. long. {cane i. eight or ten ina 
rosette, lorate, acute, 14ft. to 2ft. long, 2in. broad in the middle, 
dilated and clasping at base, with transverse, mealy bands, the 
margins spiny. Amazon Valley, 1864. (B. M. 6937.) 
B. Enderi (Ender's). jl. blue, jin. long; bracts bright coral-red ; 
spike short, few-flowered; scape longer than the leaves, the 
sheaths bright coral-red. J. 1ft. to 14ft. long, 14in. to 2in, broad, 
ascending. Brazil, 1886. (R. G. 1217.) 
B, Euphemiz (Mme. Morren’s), 7. six to twelve in a lax, droop- 
ing raceme, nearly sessile, the lower ones subtended by large 
bracts; sepals reddish, horny; petals about 2in. long, with 
greenish-yellow claws and bright violet tips. J/., produced ones 
five or six in a closely conyolute rosette, about lft. long, lin. to 
Zin. broad, horny, narrowed to an acute point, lepidote-scaly, the 
margins minutely prickly. Brazil. (B. M. 6632.) 
B. Gireoudiana (Gireoud’s). /. on an upright spike ; calyx with 
triangular sepals, rose, faintly bluish towards the tips; petals 
twice as long as the sepals, linear-lanceolate, blunt, the claw 
reddish- white at the base, azure-blue at the tip ; scape white, with 
a number of narrow-ovate, carmine-red bracts. 1. broadly strap- 
shaped (the inner ones rolled round each other into a wide tube), 
tinely serrated, bright green above, beset with nwmberless whitish 
scales, the lower surface striped red, deep blackish-purple 
towards the base. A garden hybrid, of which B. thyrsoidea is 
one of the parents. 
B, Glazioviana (Glaziou’s). jl. in a dense, ovate-oblong spike 3 
sepals white-woolly, elliptic-oblong ; petals at first violet-rose, at 
length reddish-brown, oblong, erect, cucullate-obtuse towards 
the apex; bracts elliptic-oblong, imbricated ; scape red, white- 
woolly, one-third shorter than the leaves. J. coriaceous, 
channelled, ligulate, acuminate, 24ft. to 3ft. long, 24in. broad, 
dark green and glabrous above, dark green with silvery-lepidote 
horizontal zones beneath, the margins shortly spiny-toothed. 
Brazil, 1885. (R. G. 1203.) 
B. Porteana (Porte’s). /l., petals green, lanceolate, above 2in. 
long, rolling up spirally and disclosing the violet-purple filaments ; 
spike loose, simple, drooping, 6in. to 8in. long; peduncle 2ft. 
long, with several bright red bract leaves. Summer. /., pro- 
duced ones five or six in a rosette, erect, lorate, 3ft. to 4ft. long, 
dull green, tinted on the back with claret-purple, and trans- 
ero). banded with white. Brazil. Plant stemless. (B. M. 
B. Rancougnei (Rancougne’s). j., corolla bluish-green, tipped 
with indigo, 2in. long; stamens indigo; bracts rosy, woolly- 
tomentose at the base, together with the ovary and calyx ; stem 
Sft. high. J. 3ft. long, 2sin. broad, spreading-recurved, finely 
toothed. 1885. A hybrid, of which B. Liboniana is one of the 
parents. 
B. rhodocyanea (red and blue). fl. arranged in a capitate 
thyrse, clothed with numerous rose-coloured bracts; petals at 
first rose-coloured, then white, gradually passing into blue, the 
petals slightly convolute. J. radical; outer ones lft. to 14ft. long, 
the inner ones gradually shorter and more upright, all ligulate, 
obtuse, with an acuminate mucro, tinged purple and transversely 
banded with whitish lines, the sides incurved, the margins 
Sarton prickly. (B. M. 4883; F. d. S. 207; R. H. 1857, 
p. 482. 
B. r. purpurea (purple). This plant is distinguished from the 
type in having all its parts red instead of light green. 
Billbergia—continued. 
B. Sanderiana (Sander’s). i. 2in. long; calyx and corolla green, 
tipped with blue ; bracts rosy, with one to three flowers to each ; 
panicle pendulous. J. erect, broad, green, coriaceous, obtuse, 
mucronate, armed with stout spines on the margins. Brazil, 
1885. A fine plant. (B. H. 1884, 1-2.) 
B. thyrsoidea splendida (splendid). 1. scarlet, tipped with 
violet; bracts scarlet, large. Brazil, 1883. A handsome form. 
(R. H. 1883, p. 300.) 
B. Windii (Wind's). jl. few, racemose, about 3in. long; sepals 
iridescent, reddish at base, blue at the tips, jin. long ; corolla 
greenish-yellow, the lobes 2in. long, circinately rolled up; bracts 
rich, bright rosy-crimson, boat-shaped, broadly lanceolate, acu- 
minate; peduncle cylindrical, glabrous, pendulous, lft. long. 
Belgian gardens, 1884. A pretty hybrid between B. Bara- 
quiniana and B, nutans. 
B. Worleana (Worlee’s). jl. about a dozen ; calyx rosy and blue; 
corolla dark blue; scape adorned with numerous rosy bracts, 
long, slender, arching. 1885. A graceful and ornamental hybrid 
between B. nutans and B. Moreli, having the outer leaves narrow, 
asin B. nutans, and the inner ones broader, as in B, Moreli. 
BILLIOTTIA (of Brown). A synonym of Agonis 
(which see). 
BISMARCKIA (commemorative, in honour of the 
great German statesman). Orp. Palme. An imperfectly 
known genus. 8B. nobilis, the only species, is an orna- 
mental Palm, with somewhat the habit of a Pritchardia. 
For culture, see Stevensonia, on p. 502, Vol. III. 
B. nobilis (noble). jr. one-celled, with two rudimentary cells ; 
seeds ovoid, deeply wrinkled. J. large, digitately divided into 
from eight to ten long-linear segments and several drooping, 
thread-like ones. Madagascar, 1886. (R. G. 1220.) 
BLECHNUM. This genus comprises about a score 
species of closely resembling Ferns, widely diffused 
throughout tropical and South temperate regions. To 
those described on pp. 193-5, Vol. I., the following 
should now be added: 
B. rugosum (wrinkled). sti. 3in. to 6in. long, densely glandular- 
hairy above, as is the rachis. fronds linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 
about lft. long, the surface wrinkled, glandular-hairy; pinnz 
with a stalk-like base below, confluent above, oblong, blunt or 
sometimes abruptly acute, falcately curved. soré linear, medial, 
extending from the base nearly to the apex of the pinne. 1884. 
Greenhouse. 
BLETIA. About ascore species have been referred to 
this genus; they are mostly natives of tropical America, 
with one Chinese and Japanese. To those described on 
p. 196, Vol. I., the following should now be added : 
B. graminifolium (Grass-leaved). A synonym of Arundina 
bambuscefolia. 
B. hyacinthina albo- striata (white-striated). 
variety, having all the nerves of the leaves white. 
in the cool house. 
B. Thomsoniana (Thomson's). 
Thomsoniana. 
BOLLEA PULVINARIS. This does not appear to 
differ from Zygopetalum cceleste (which see, on page 245). 
BOMAREA. Upwards of fifty species, all American, 
have been referred to this genus. ‘To those described on 
p. 200, Vol. I., the following should now be added: 
B. Kalbreyeri (Kalbreyer's). //l. pedicellate, in large, terminal 
umbels, the three outer segments brick-red, about lin. long, 
oblong-spathulate, the three inner ones orange-yellow, spotted 
red, longer than the outer ones, obovate-cuneate. Jl. shortly 
stalked, oblong, acuminate, glabrous above, downy beneath. 
New Grenada, 1883. (R. H. 1883, p. 546.) 
B. vitellina (egg-yolk-colour). 7. of a rich, deep orange-yellow, 
narrowly-campanulate, 2in. long, numerously disposed in large, 
drooping, wmbellate cymes; outer and inner perianth segments 
unequal in length. J. ovate-oblong, acute. Stems smooth. 
Columbia, 1882. A very beautiful, tuberous-rooted climber, 
adapted for conservatory decoration. (G. C. n. s., xvii., p. 151.) 
BOOPHANE. See Buphane. 
BORONIA. Australia is the home of this genus, 
which embraces about fifty species. Only one plant calls 
for addition to those described on p. 203, Vol. I. 
B. heterophylla brevipes (variable-leaved, short-stalked). 1. 
bright scarlet, whorled at the leaf axils, usually in fours or sixes, 
drooping, sub-globose, 4in, to jin. in diameter; petals broadly 
ovate, concave, sub-acute. April. J. very variable, sometimes 
quite simple, lin. to lin, long, narrowly linear, apiculate, some- 
times with one or two pairs of linear leaflets. Western Australia, 
1881. An erect shrub, ‘‘said to attain the height of a man.” 
(B. M. 6845.) 
A pretty 
It will thrive 
A synonym of Schomburgkia 
