SUPPLEMENT. 
BOUGAINVILLZA. This genus comprises seven or 
eight species of shrubs or small trees, rarely sarmentose or 
somewhat climbing, natives of tropical and sub-tropical 
South America. Flowers inserted below the middle of the 
bracts; perianth tubular, slightly curved; inflorescences 
solitary or fascicled, axillary or terminal. Leaves alter- 
nate, petiolate, rounded-ovate or elliptic-lanceolate, entire. 
To the species described on pp. 205-6, Vol. I., the following 
should now be added: 
B. refulgens (shining). /., bracts brilliant purple-mauve, pro- 
duced in long, pendulous racemes. Jl. dark green, pubescent. 
Brazil, 1887. Stove. 
BOUVARDIA. This genus comprises about twenty- 
six species of herbs and shrubs, mostly Mexican. To the 
species and hybrids described on p. 207, Vol. I., the 
following should now be added: 
B. scabra (scabrous). jl. bright pink, sin. in diameter, freely 
produced in dense, corymbose cymes; corolla tube ten to twelve 
lines long, the lobes elliptic-ovate, sub-acute. January. J. in 
distant whorls of three or rarely four, ovate, acuminate, 
narrowed ‘to a very short petiole; lower ones 2in. to 3in. long, 
lin. to ljin. broad, the upper ones gradually smaller. Stems 
terete, herbaceous, hairy, lft. to 1}ft. high. 
Hybrids. These choice greenhouse flowers are being 
more sought for year by year, owing to their great value 
for late autumn and winter flowering, especially for the 
purpose of making up small bouquets, and for table 
decoration. The following are valuable additions: 
CANDIDISSIMA, pure white ; INTERMEDIA, salmon-pink ; ROSALIND, 
salmon; SANG LORRAINE, vermilion, double ; UMBELLATA ALBA, 
white ; Victor LEMOINE, bright scarlet, very double. 
BRAHEA. Of the four known species of this genus, 
one is indigenous to Mexican Texas and the mountains of 
Mexico, and the rest inhabit Mexico and the Andes. To 
that described on p. 209, Vol. I., the following should now 
be added : 
B. nitida (shining). /., spadix very large, much-branched, 
glabrous. jr. black, about the size of a pea. Jl. large, fan-like, 
palmately cleft, glaucous-green. Mexico, 1887. (R. H. 1887, 
p. 344, f. 67-70.) , 
B. Roézlii (Roézl’s). A synonym of Erythea armata. 
BRASSAVOLA. Several species formerly included 
here are now referred to Lelia. 
BRASSIA. This genus embraces about a score 
species. To those described on pp. 209-10, Vol. I., the 
following should now be added: 
B, cinnamomea (cinnamon). A synonym of B. Keiliana. 
B. elegantula (rather elegant). #. small; sepals green, with 
brown bars, spreading ; lip white, with two keels, hairy inside, 
dotted purplish-brown in front of the calli; raceme two to five- 
flowered. /. and pseudo-bulbs glaucous. Mexico, 1885. An 
elegant species. 
B. Keiliana (Keil’s). j. disposed in a loose, many-flowered 
raceme; sepals and petals at first yellow, eventually turning 
brownish-orange ; lip whitish; bracts boat-shaped, longer than 
the ovaries. New Grenada. A dwarf and compact species: it 
will thrive in the Cattleya house. Syns. B. cinnamomea, 
Oncidium Keilianum. 
B. maculata major (larger). /l. freely produced; sepals and 
petals greenish-yellow, spotted brown; lip white, spotted dark 
brown, Jamaica. 
BRAVOA. There are two or three species, natives of 
Mexico. Flowers twin; perianth persistent, incurved 
below the middle, the lobes short, ovate, sub-equal; ra- 
cemes long. Radical leaves few, ligulate, long-lanceolate, 
or linear; cauline ones rare, much smaller. To the species 
described on p. 211, Vol. I., the following should now be 
added : 
B. Bulliana (Bull’s). /., perianth whitish, Minged reenish- 
purple outside, dull yellow within, ljin. long, funnel-shaped, 
the tube abruptly curved at the middle; raceme 6in. Jong, with 
five or six pairs of flowers; peduncle flexuous, 2ft. to 3ft. long. 
1. three, lanceolate, 6in. long, 1jin. broad, acuminate. 1884. 
BRIZA. The ten species of this genus inhabit Europe, 
North Africa, temperate Asia, and South America. Leaves 
flat or narrowly convolute, sometimes bristly. To the 
species described on pp. 211-2, Vol. 1, the following 
should now be added : 
501 
Briza—continued. 
B. rotundata (round). /. disposed in narrow panicles; spike- 
lets erect. JU. erect, narrow. Mexico, Brazil, and Chili, 1887. 
An ornamental, annual Grass. (R. G. 1887, p. 638.) 
BRODIZA. About thirty species, all extra-tropical 
American, compose this genus. To those described on 
p- 213, Vol. I., the following should now be added: 
B. Douglasii (Douglas’). jl. violet-blue, inodorous, ten to twenty 
in a dense umbel; perianth funnel-shaped, lin. long, the seg- 
ments oblong, acute; scape slender, lft. to 14ft. long. May. 
generally two, light green, flaccid, deeply channelled, shorter 
than the scape. Bulb small, globose. California, &c., 1876. 
(B. M. 6907.) 
B. grandiflora Warei (Ware’s). /l. lilac-rose, Sin. long ; scape 
2ft. to 2}ft. high. California, 1886, A beautiful variety. 
BROMELIA AMAZONICA. A 
Karatas amazonica (which see). 
BROWALLIA. Tropical America is the home of 
the half-dozen species included in this genus. ‘To those 
described on p. 214, Vol. I., the following should now be 
added : 
B. viscosa (viscous). /l., calyx segments lanceolate, acute; corolla 
with violaceous, obovate, emarginate segments, the largest 
spotted white at base, the tube whitish, inflated at top; pe- 
duncles crowded at the tops of the branches. Summer. — 1. 
roundish-ovate, obtuse, hairy, lin, to 1sin. long. A. lft. to 2ft. 
New Grenada. Half-hardy annual. (R. G. 142.) 
BRUNSVIGIA. This genus embraces seven or eight 
species. To those described on p. 216, Vol. I., the 
following should now be added: 
B. magnifica (magnificent). . twenty to thirty; perianth tube 
short, the segments white, with a broad, reddish-purple, central 
stripe, lanceolate-oblong, reflexed, Ssin. long; peduncle brown, 
4in. long. l. oblong, deeply channelled, acuminate, serrated, 
lift. to 1#ft. long, 3}in. broad, recumbent. Bulb large, globose. 
1885. (I. H. 1885, 552.) This ‘‘is a Crinum, either identical with 
Forbesianum or near it” (J. G, Baker). 
BULBOPHYLLUM. Of this genus there are about 
eighty species, mostly dispersed through tropical Africa 
and Asia; a few are South American or Australian, and one 
is found in New Zealand. To those described on p. 222, 
Vol. I., the following should now be added : 
B. grandiflorum (large-flowered). jl. solitary, large, densely 
reticulated with brown on a pale ground; sepals lanceolate- 
attenuate, 4in. to 5in. long, free, the upper one twice as broad as 
the lateral ones, strongly arching over at the base, and hanging 
down in front. J. solitary, elliptic, 24in. to din. long. Pseudo- 
bulbs about lin. long, distant, four-angled. Rhizome creeping. 
New Guinea, 1887. More grotesque than beautiful. 
B. saurocephalum (lizard’s-head). jl. very curious; sepals 
light ochreous, nerved brown; petals white, with reddish mid- 
line and borders, small; lip ochreous, deep purple at base; rachis 
bright red, thick, clavate, loaded with flowers. _Pseudo-bulbs 
four or five-angled, one-leaved. Philippine Islands, 1886. An 
interesting species. 
B. Sillemianum (Sillem’s). l., sepals short, blunt, triangular ; 
petals nearly orange, shorter, ligulate-falcate ; lip mauve aboye, 
whitish beneath, cordate at base, five-angled, with a reflexed 
apex; column very short. J. cuneate-ligulate, acute. Pseudo- 
bulbs nearly spherical. Birma, 1884. 
BUPHANE (a misprint, subsequently corrected by 
Herbert, for Buphone, from bows, an ox, and phone, de- 
struction, in allusion to the poisonous properties of the 
plant; but Buwphane is the name adopted by the authors 
of the “Genera Plantarum,” and by Baker in his ‘‘ Ama- 
ryllidew’’). Originally Boophane. Orv. Amaryllidee. A 
small genus (two species) of greenhouse, bulbous plants, 
natives of tropical and South Africa. Flowers long-pedi- 
cellate, numerous in an umbel; perianth funnel or salver- 
shaped, with a short tube, and equal, linear lobes; invo- 
lueral bracts two; scape solid. Leaves loriform, appearing 
late. For culture, see Brunsvigia, on p. 216, Vol. I. 
B. ciliaris (ciliated). The correct name of the plant described on 
p. 216, Vol. I., as Brunsvigia ciliaris. 
B. disticha (two-ranked). Cape Poison Bulb. The correct name 
of the plant described on p. 216, Vol. I., as Brunsvigia toxicaria. 
BURLINGTONIA. According to Bentham and 
Hooker, Rodviguezia is the correct name of this genus, 
which comprises about twenty species, natives of tropical 
America, from Brazil as far as Central America. To those 
synonym of 
