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BBOWNEA (named after Patrick Browne, M.D., 

 author of a History of Jamaica). Ord. Leguminosce. 

 Very handsome stove evergTcen trees or shrubs, allied to 

 Amhei-stia. Flowers of a rose-scarlet colour, rising in 

 fascicled heads from the axillary buds. Leaves abrnptly- 

 pinnate, when young flaccid, and with the leaflets revoluto 

 at the edges ; leaf-biid long and stipulaoeous. All the 

 species are well worthy of the most extensive cultivation. 

 A mixtiu-e of loam, peat, and sand, is a soil well adapted 

 for them, and great care should be taken not to over-water 

 the plants in winter, as too great a supply will be sure to 

 kill them. Propagated by cuttings, taken from ripened 

 wood, planted in a pot of sand, and placed under a hand 

 glass, in a moist heat. 



B. Ariza (Ariza).* JJ. richest scarlet, produced in a large, globular, 

 tlionpiug head of immense size. Suramev. I. pinnate, usuall.v 

 with six or eight pairs of pinna?, which are oblong-lanceolate, anil 

 sharply tapered to a point. It. 20ft. to 40ft. Columbia, 1343. 

 This noble tree requires a large house to fuUy perfect its beauty. 

 SVN. B. princeys. (B. M. 6459.) 



B. Birschellii (Birschell's). rf. rose-coloured, in drooping racemes. 

 Apvil to .luly. (. pinnate ; leaflets ohlanceolate, 6in. long. h. 10ft. 

 til 20ft. La tiuayra, 1872. (B. M. 5998.) 



B. ooccinea (scarlet).* fi. scarlet, fascicled. July to August. 

 I. with two to three pairs of oval-oblong, acuminated leaflets. 

 h. 6ft. to 10ft. Venezuela, 1793. (B. M. 3964.) 



B. grandiceps (large-hearted).* fl. red, in dense capitate spikes, 

 .luly. I. with usiuvlly twelve pairs of oblong-lanceolate glanrtless 

 leaflets, enrting in a long cuspidate acumen ; branches and pe- 

 tioles pubescent, h. (in its native home) 60ft. Caraccas, 1829. 

 (U. M. 4859.) 



B. latifolia (bvoad-Ieaved). fl. red, in dense fascicles ; invo- 

 lucre toniontuse. l. with one to three pairs of ovate or obovate- 

 cuspidate kaflets. A. 6ft. to 8ft. Caraccas, 1824. 



B. macrophylla (large-leaved).* fl. orange-scarlet, in dense 

 beads, often measuring nearly 3ft. in circumference. Central 

 America, 1879. (G. C. 1873, p. 779.) 



B. princeps (chief). A synonym of B. Ariza. 



B. racemosa (clustered).* fl. rose-coloured, racemose ; invo- 

 lucre and calyx clothed with tine tomentum. I. with four pairs 

 of uneqtial-sidid, oliloug, or oblong-lanceolate, cuspidately-acu- 

 minated leaflets, which are gUiuduliferous at the base. h. 4ft. 

 ■ Caraccas, 1826. 



B. Rosa del Monte. fl. scarlet, in dense heads ; leaflets 

 of the involucre roundish, imbricated, and, when in a young 

 state, rather velvety. June. I. with two to three pairs of oval- 

 oblong acuminated leaflets ; branches and petioles glabrous. 

 Ii. 8ft. South America, 1820. (B. R. 1472.) 



BBOWNtOWIA (named in honour of Lady Brown- 

 low, daughter of Sir Abraham Hume, and a great patroness 

 of botany). Ord. Tiliaceos. Very handsome greenhouse 

 evergreen trees, thriving well in a mixture of loam and 

 peat. Cuttings of ripe shoots will root if placed in sand, 

 under a hand glass, in heat. 



B. elata (tall).* fl. yellow ; panicle terminal, coiucal, spreading. 

 JIay. ;. large, cordate, acute, seven-nerved, smooth, h. 601t. 

 India, 1823. (B. R. 1472.) 



BBiITCEA (commemorative of James Bruce, the cele- 

 brated African traveller). Ord. Simai'ubecE. Ornamental 

 stove evergreen shrubs. Flowers small, purplish inside, 

 disposed in interrupted glomerate spikes, or racemes. 

 Leaves impari-pinnate, with six pairs of opposite, entire 

 or serrated leaflets, without dots. Branches, peduncles, 

 petioles, and nerves of leaves, clothed with rufescent down. 

 They thrive in a loamy soil ; and cuttings from ripened 

 wood strike freely, in a pot of sand, under a band glass, 

 in a moderate heat. 



B. antldysenterica (antidysenteric). fl., racemes simple, spike- 

 like. May. I., leaflets quite entire, clothed with rusty villi on 

 the nerves beneath, h. 8ft. Abyssinia, 1775. . 



B. sumatrana (Sumatra).* fl. dark purple ; racemes usually 

 compound. May. Z., leaflets "serrated, vUlous beneath, h. 20ft. 

 Sumatra, 1822. 



BBUCHUS GKATTABIUS. See Bean Beetle. 



BBUCHUS PISI. See Pea Weevil. 



BH.UGMANSIA. See Datura. 



BRUNFELSIA (named after Otto Brunfels, of Mentz, 

 first a Carthusian monk, and afterwards a physician ; he 

 published the first good figures of plants in 1530). Syn. 

 Francisrca. Ord. Scrophularinece. Elegant free-flowering 



Brunfelsia — continued. 

 stove evergreens. Flowers sweet-scented ; coroUa large, 

 funnel or salvor-shaped, with a long tube, and a flat, five- 

 lobed, obtuse, nearly equal limb. A light rich soil, or a 

 compost of loam, leaf soil, and peat, is necessary to grow 

 these plants suocessfully. Propagated by cuttings, planted 

 in sand, and placed under bell glasses, in a moderate heat. 

 When rooted, they should be placed in smaU pots, in a com- 

 post somewhat more sandy than that already mentioned. 

 While growing, they require to be kept in a moist stove 

 temperature, and shoidd be hardened by placing them in 

 a drier, and somewhat cooler, temperature after each 

 growth is completed ; the pots should be changed as often 

 as the roots become thick around the ball of earth. The 

 larger plants flower freely, and should be slightly pruned 

 in annually, before commencing their new growth, thus 

 securing neat and compact specimens. Eepotting should 

 be effected directly they have done flowering. The plants 

 should then be placed in a temperature ranging from 

 60deg. to 68deg., and both the roots and foliage liberally 

 supplied with water. When flowers appear — about October 

 or November — the syringing must be less frequently per- 

 formed. At this period, if it be desirable to prolong the 

 flowering season, the plants should be removed to a tem- 

 perature of about 4Sdeg. A few administrations of weak 

 liquid manure during the growing season are of great value. 



B. acuminata (taper-pointcil-leaved).* fl. blinsh-violet, few, sub- 

 cymose, terminal. April. (. oblong, acuminated, attenuated a 

 little at the base, glabrous ; bracts lanceolate, acuminated, 

 ghibrous. It. 1ft. to 2ft. Rio Janeiro, 1840. (B. M. 4189.) 



B. amerlcana (American).* .rt. first yellow, then white, very sweet- 

 scented ; axillary flowers solitary, terminal ones utmierous. June. 

 I. obov.ate, elliptic, acuminated, longer than the petioles, h. 4ft. 

 to 6ft. West Indies, 1735. There are narrow and broart-leaved 

 v,arieties of this species. (B. M. 393.) 



Fig. 284. Flower of Brunia nodifloba. 



B> calycina (cup-sliaped).* fl. purple, disposed in large trusses, 

 whiili arr pinilucoil in suiression throughout the wiiole year. 

 i. laige, tiuivi.lato, shining light green, /i. 2ft. Brazil, 1850. One 

 of tlio largest-flowered species grown. (B. M. 4583.) 



B. confertiflora (dense-flowered), fl. soft blue, cymosely crowded, 

 terminal. Jaimary to June. I. nearly sessile, oblong-acute, at- 

 tenuated at the base, rather pilose, ciliated, yellowish-green 



