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Brodiza—continued. 
B. californica (Californian). This is closely related to B. grandi- 
flora, but has flowers varying from rose-colour to deep purple, 
sin. to 2in. long, twenty-five in an umbel, and borne on a longer 
scape. Sacramento Valley. The best of all the species. 
B. capitata pauciflora (few-flowered). jl. fewer and pedicels 
longer than in the type. 1896. There is also a white variety, 
alba (G. C. 1896, xx., p. 238, f. 44). : 
B. coccinea. The correct name is Brevoortia Ida-maia. 
B. Douglasii (Douglas’). 1. 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. J. 
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). 1. lilac-rose, Sin. long ; scape 
2ft. to 24ft. high. California, 1886. A beautiful variety. 
B. Howellii lilacina (lilac-coloured). A charming little hardy 
plant, producing umbels of deep bluish-lilac flowers, not unlike 
an Agapanthus in shape. 1894. (Gn., 1894, xlvi., p. 502, pl. 992.) 
B. hyacinthina lactea (hyacinth-blue, milky). The correct 
name of B. lactea. (G. C. 1896, xx., p. 459, f. 80). 
B. ixioides erecta (erect). /. bright yellow, about thirty in a 
spreading umbel. 1896, A dwarf form. 
B. minor (lesser). jl. two to six in an umbel; perianth lin. or 
less in length, with a more spreading limb } scape slender, 3in. 
to 6in. long. Otherwise like B. grandiflora. Southern Cali- 
fornia, 
B. Orcuttii (Orcutt’s). jl. bright lilac, less than lin. long, with a 
very short tube, five to fifteen in an umbel; filaments longer 
than the anthers; peduncle stout, lft. or more in length. 
1. linear, flat, conduplicate. San Diego, 1896, (G. C. 1896, xx., 
p. 215, f. 40.) ; - 
B. Palmeri (Palmer's). 1. bright lilac, sin. long, shortly stalked, 
many in an umbel ; segments oblong, as long as the obconic tube. 
7. numerous, firm, very thin, linear. A. lft. to 2ft. California, 
1889. This plant produces a large number of small bulbils on the 
surface of the ground. (G. & F. 1889, p. 245, f. 107.) e 
B. rosea (rosy). jl, rose-red, less than lin. long, five to eight in an 
umbel; free portion of fertile filaments dilated; staminodia 
white ; jie 3in. to 6in. long. 7, sub-terete. Lake County, 
1896. (G. C. 1896, xx., p. 213, f. 39.) 
B. volubilis. The correct name is Stropholirion californicum. 
BROMELIA. Syn. Agallostachys. As this genus at 
present stands, according to J. G. Baker, it embraces only 
half-a-dozen species, a large number of plants formerly 
placed under Bromelia being now classed under those 
genera named on p. 213, Vol. I., and under Distiacanthus 
and Rhodostachys. Inflorescence a dense panicle, the lower 
braneh-bracts with a serrated cusp, and the crowded, 
arcuate stem-leaves similar to the rosette-leaves in texture, 
but shorter and often bright red. Fruit a large, yellowish 
berry. . 
B. amazonica (Amazon), A synonym of Disteganthus scarlatinus 
and Karatas amazonica, 
B. antiacantha is a synonym of B. /astuosa. 
B. bicolor is a synonym of Rhodostachys bicolor. 
B. Binoti (Binot’s). A garden form of B. Pinguin. 
B. carnea (fleshy). A synonym of Rhodostachys andina. 
B. fastuosa (proud), jl. reddish-violet ; panicle 1ft. to 2ft. long, 
stiffly erect, the branch-bracts pale, with spine-edged cusps ; 
peduncle lft. long, its leaves 1ft. to sft. long, often bright red. 
August. /. 100 or more in a rosette, 4ft. to 5ft. long, 14in. to 2in. 
broad, with copious hooked, pungent, yellowish prickles. 
Central and South Brazil, 1815. Plant stemless. (I, ©. B. 1; 
R, G. 493.) Syns. B. antiacantha, Karatas antiacantha. 
B. Joinvillei is a synonym of Rhodostachys bicolor. 
B. laciniosa (torn). /. in a very dense panicle 2in. to 3in. in 
diameter ; petals dull lilac, faintly tomentose at tip; peduncle 
. lft. long, its leaves bright red. /. rigid, ensiform, sub-erect in 
the lower half, 4ft. to 5ft. long, l4in. broad, with large, hooked 
prickles. North Brazil, 1873. Plant stemless. Syn. Karatas 
quianensis, 
B. paraguayensis (Paraguay). A garden form of B. Pinguin 
B. Pinguin (native name). #. in a dense, stiffly erect panicle 
lft, to 2ft. long, with densely mealy branches; petals reddish, 
densely white-tomentose at tip; peduncle ‘erect, lft. long. 
March, 7, 100 or more in a rosette, erect in the lower half, 
5ft. to 6ff. long, I4in. to Zin. broad, with very large, toothed, 
brown prickles. Tropical America, 1690. Plant stemless. 
B. Binoti and B. paraguayensis are garden varieties with bright 
red inner leaves. 
B. undulata (wavy). A synonym of Ananas macrodontes. 
B. zebrina (zebra-streaked). A synonym of Billbergia zebrina. 
THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, ° 
BROMHEADIA (named in honour of Sir E. F. 
Bromhead, Bart). Orb. Orchidex. A small genus (about 
four species) of rigid, terrestrial or epiphytal, stove 
Orchids, extending from Siam and Birma to Singapore 
and the Malayan and Philippine Islands. Flowers usually 
showy, white or orange; sepals lanceolate, acute, keeled ;,_ 
petals rather shorter and broader than the sepals; lip 
three-lobed, the lateral lobes erect, the middle one longer; 
column curved, elongated; pollen masses two; racemes 
one- to three- or many-flowered, flexuous, elongated, rarely 
short and congested. Leaves distichous, rigid, usually 
lanceolate, obtuse, bilobed at apex, rarely ensiform, re 
eurved, pointed. Stems not bulbous, compressed. 
B. palustris, which is probably the only species known 
in gardens, thrives in a compost of fibry peat and sand. 
It may be increased by means of offsets or by division 
after the flowering period. The name palustris is, ac- 
cording to Mr. H. N. Ridley (Journal of the Linnean 
Society,” vol. xxviii, p. 331), most inapt, as the plant 
prefers hot, sunny places as its habitat. . : 
B. palustris (marsh-loving). fl. large, sweetly scented, opening 
in the early morning and very soon closing ; sepals pure white 
or enees with pink, lsin. long; petals pure w. nite ; lip white, 
veined with violet-pink ; raceme flexuous, about 3in. long. June. 
l. spreading, rather distant below, and gradually. passing into 
sheaths at the top of the otherwise bare stem. A. lft. to 6ft. 
Cochin China, &c., 1840. (B. M. 4001.) 
BRONGNIARTIA. Including Peraltea. . The eight 
species forming this genus are distributed over Chili, 
Bolivia, and Central America. 
BROOK-WEED. See Samolus. 
BROOM, ROCK. Sce Genista. 
BROOM, RUSH. See Spartium junceum and 
Viminaria. 
BROSIMUM. Cow-tree. With this genus Bentham 
and Hooker regard Galactodendron (see p. 39, Vol. II.) 
and Piratinera as synonymous. It includes about eight 
species, natives of tropical America. ‘ 
B. Galactodendron. The correct name of Galactodendron utile. | 
BROTERA (of Willdenow). A synonym of Cardo- 
patium (which see). 
BROTERA (of Cavanilles). 
hania (which see). 
BROTERA (of Sprengel). 
(which see). 
BROWALLIA. Orv. Solanacex. Tropical America 
is the home of the half-dozen species included in this 
genus. ‘To those described on p. 214, Vol. L., the follow- 
ing should be added : 
B. Czerwiakowski (Czerwiakowski’s). 
VUSCOsa, 
B. elata is synonymous with B. demissa. 
B. pulchella (pretty). A garden synonym of B. viscosa. 
B. speciosa (showy). jl. solitary, thrice the size of those of | 
B. grandiflora ; corolla hypocrateriform, the tube thrice the length 
of the calyx, the limb pale lilac beneath, dark purple above, 
striated. September, /. opposite or alternate, ovate, acuminate. 
Stem erect. /. 2ff. Tolima and Quindiu, 1846. (B. M. 4339.) 
The variety major has larger flowers than the type. 1894. 
B. viscosa (clammy). jl., 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. 
7. roundish-ovate, obtuse, hairy, lin. to l4in. long. A. lft. to 
2ft. Colombia. Half-hardy annual, (R. G. 142.) Syns. B. 
Czerwiakowskt, B. pulchella (of gardens). 
BROWN CLOVER. See Trifolium spadiceum. 
BROWNEA. About eight species, all tropical 
American, are included in this genus. To those described 
on p. 215, Vol. I., the following should be added : 
B. Crawfordii(W. H. Crawford's), 7. rich rosy-red, 3in. long, 
lin. across, disposed in clusters of as many as seventy, 7. abont 
2ft. long; leatlets six to “ten pairs, the largest lft. long and 
3in. broad. A. 15ft. 1891, A hybrid between B. grandiceps and 
B. macrophylla, . 
B. erecta (erect). A synonym of Talisia princeps. 
B. princeps (of gardens). A synonym of Talisia princeps. 
A synonym of Mel- 
A synonym of Hyptis 
A synonym of B. 
