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The Dictionary of Gardening, 



BossisBa — continued. 



one.flowered, elongated. May. I. elliptic, mucronate. Branches 

 terete, prostrate, puherulous. 1824. A procumbent .shrub. 

 B. linopbylla (FIax-IeavccI).» fl. orange and purple. July to 

 August. (. hnear, with recurved margins. Branches compressed, 

 leafy, h. 1ft. to Ift. 1805. (H. M. 2191.) 



B. mlcrophylla (small-leaved). I. cuneiformly obcordate, ela- 

 hrous. Branches terete, leafy, .spinescentj young branclies 



rather compressed and pubescent. A". 1ft. to 2ft. 

 656.) 



1803. (L. B. C. 



• 'I'O'nWfoUa (diamond-leaved).* fl. yellow, the vexillum having 

 a darli red zonate mark at the base ; wings red at the base • keel 

 brownish, purple. April. I. rhomboidal - orbicular, somewhat 

 emargin,ate and mucronate. Branches terete; branchlets com- 

 pressed, leafy. I:. 1ft. to 3ft. 1820. SvN. S. lenticutaris. (L. B. C. 



B. rotnndifolia(ronnd-Ieaved). t. roundish, or broadly obovate 

 somewhat mucronate, flat, four to five lines long and five to six 



iTk"^ noon'^'''""^'''''* ''"'' '""anchlets leafy, compre.ssed. Ii. 1ft. to 



tilt. 1824. 



B. scolopendrium (plank-plant). /. yellow, with the back of 

 the vexillum and keel brownish-red. May. I. (when present) 

 ovate and smooth. Branches flat, linear, leafless, toothed, with 

 the teeth bearing the flowers ; keel naked ; superior bracts 

 Pennanent, imbricate, equal in length to the peduncles, h. 3ft. 



B. tenuicaulls (slender-stemmed). Synonymous with B. cincrea. 



BOSWULLIA (named after Dr. Boswell, formerly of 

 Etlinburgh). Olibannm Tree. Obd. Burseraceas. Orna- 

 mental and economic evergreen stove trees. Flowers her- 

 maphrodite ; calyx five-toothed, permanent ; petals five, 

 oboyate-oblong', spreading, with the margins incumbent in 

 sestivation ; disk cup-shaped, crenate ; stamens ten ; cap- 

 sule trigonal. They are of easy culture, thriving well in 

 loam and peat soil. Cuttings root readily if placed in sand 

 under a glass. 



B. glabra (glabrous), fl. white, small, with a red nectary and 

 yellow anthers ; racemes aggregate, simple, terminal, shorter than 

 the leaves. I. impari-pinnate ; leaflets broad, lanceolate, blunt, 

 serrated, smooth, h. 30ft. Coromandel, 1823. (B. F. S. 124.) 



B. serrata (saw-edged-leaved).* /, whitish-yellow ; racemes axil- 

 lary, simple. ;. impari-pinnate ; leaflets ovate-oblong, taper- 

 pointed, serrated, pubescent. 7i. 20ft. India, 1820. (T. L. S. xv., 4.) 



BOTANY BAY GUM. See Xanthorrhaa 

 arborea. 



BOTANY BAY TEA (and TREE). See Smilax 



glycyphylla. 



BOTHY. A residence for under-gardeners, usually 

 built behind the hothouses, or some high wall, in what is 

 called a back shed. The place is too frequently a cramped, 

 iU-ventilated hovel. A Bothy proper should be an indepen- 

 dent structure, and fitted with modern conveniences ; for, of 

 all people, gardeners are the most susceptible to colds, &c. 

 A library of standard horticultural and botanical works, as 

 well as a few on other scientific subjects, and a moderate 

 number of high-class books of fiction, one or more weekly 

 gardening and other papers, should be supplied by the em- 

 ployer. During the winter months, for mutual improve- 

 ment, lectures should be delivered, or papers read, by each 

 gardener, on various subjects, after which a free discussion 

 should take place upon the paper or lecture, by which means 

 a great amount of good would be accomplished. 



BOTRYCHIUM (from hotrys, a bunch; in reference 

 to the bunch-like disposition of the indusia). Moonwort. 

 Okd. Filices. A genus of very interesting and pretty little 

 hardy ferns. Capsules sessile, arranged in two rows on 

 the face of spikes which form a compound panicle. They 

 require a compost of sandy loam ; perfect drainage is most 

 essential. For general culture, see Ferns. 

 B. australe (southern). A variety of B. lernahim. 



B. daucifolium (Daucus-leaved). sti. stout, 6iii. to 12in. long ; 

 petiole of sterile segments lin. to 6in. long, the latter 6in. to 12in. 

 each way, deltoid, tripiniiatifi<l or tripinnate, the lower pinnae 

 largest; segments laiiculati-olilong, Jin. to |in. broad, finely 

 toothed, fertile petluncle oiiualling the sterile segments when 

 mature ; panicle 2in. to 4in. long ; tripinnate, not very close. 

 Himalayas, &c. Greenhouse species. Syn. B. subcarnosum. 



B. Lunaria. Common Moonwort.* «?;'. lin. to 4in. long, aterilc 

 segments sessile, or nearly so, lin. to 3in. long, ^in. to Ini. broad, 

 base much broader than the middle, cut down to a flattened 



Botrychinm— co7i(i/H(ed. 



racbis into several distinct, close, entire, or notched cuneate- 

 naoellate pinna; on both sides. /ertiU peduncU e(iualling or 

 ILTl'.?".."® .';'''"■''' portion ; panicle close, lin. to 2in. long. 

 Ungland, &e. Hardy. See Fig. 257 



Fig, 



267. BOTRVCHIUM Lunaria, showing Habit, Capsule, and 

 Spores. 



B. Innarioides (Lunaria-like). A variety of B. tenmtum. 



B. obliquum (oblique). A variety of B. teninttiyn. 



B. subcarnosum (sub-fleshy). A synonym of B. daiici/oUum. 



B. tematum (ternate).* sti. lin. to 2in. long, petiole of the 



