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BTTIiLACE. Sep. Prunus insititia. 



Bni.I.ACi:. or MUSCADINE. See Vitis vul- 

 pina. 



BUIiIiATE. Blistpred or puckered. 



BULRUSH, or CLUB-RUSH. See. Typha. 



BUNCHOSIA {from bunchos, the Arabic name for 

 Coffee ; in allusion to the similarity between the seeds of 

 this g-enns and those of Coffee). Ord. Mnlpifjliiacem. 

 Ornamental groenhonse evei-o^reen shrubs, nearly allied to 

 Malpighia, but having the racemes of flowei's axillary. 

 Fruit fleshy, indehiscent, externally smooth, and containing- 

 two or three seeds. They thrive best in a compost of loam, 

 peat, leaf soil, and sand, in about equal proportions. 



Buncliosia — continued. 



B. odorata (fra^ant).* jl. yellow, sweet-scented; racemes op- 

 posit.-. May. L. ovate, eniarjriiiate, downy on Itoth surfaces. 

 h. 7ft. Carthasreiia. 1806. 



BUFHTHALMUM (from hous, an ox, and ophthal- 

 mos, the eye; the disk of the flower being* ox-eye-like). 

 Oxeye. Ord. Compositce. Very showy and ornamental hardy 

 perennial plants, thriving freely in common garden soil. 

 They are propag"ated by divisions, made in antumn or 

 spring. 



B. grandiflorum (I arse- flowered).* jt.-hcaifx yeWow, large; in- 

 volucre naked. June to Octol>er. I. alternate-lanceolate, some- 

 what toothleted, smooth. k. Uft. Austria, 1722. Havdy 

 liertiaceoHS perennial. 



B, salicifoUum (Willow-leaved).* fi.-heads yellow, solitary, rather 



Fro. 302. BuRBinoKA nitida. 



Cuttings of ripened shoots will root in sand under a bell 

 glass, in moist bottom heat, taking several weeks to do so. 

 Good drainage is essential, both in striking- cuttings and in 

 the cultivation of the plants. 



B. argentea (silvery).* ji. yellow ; racemes opposite, .simple, 

 pubescent. July. I. lanieolate, silvery beneath. Branches 

 puberulous. k. 10ft. Caraccas, 1810. 



B. ^landnlifera (gland-bearing). Jl. yellow ; racemes simple, 

 axillary. March to May. L elliptical-ovate, on short petioles, 

 wavy, pubescent on both surfaces, furnished with four glands 

 beneath at the base. h. 10ft. Caraccas. 1806. 



B. nitida (shining), ft. yellow; racemes elongated, almost the 

 length of the leaves. July. /r. large, red ; it is much eaten by 

 turkeys and other large fowl. /. 4in. long, ohiong. acuminated, 

 smooth, glandless. A. 4ft. Jamaica, 1800. 



large, termmal ; involucre naked. June. I. alternate, oblong- 

 lanceolate, sub-serrated, three-nerved, villous, h. l^ft. Austria. 

 1759. Hardy herbaceous perennial. 

 B. speciosissimum (showiest).* jl.-heads yellow. July. h. 2ft. 

 S(.utli Kurnpe. 1826. Hardy herbaceous perennial. SVN. Telekia 



BUPIiEURUM (derivation not satisfactorily explained). 

 Hare's- Ear. Ord. UmbellifercB. A somewhat extensive 

 genus of quite glabrous shrubs or herbaceons plants. 

 Flowers yellowish ; umbels compound. Leaves mostly 

 quite entire. But few of this genus are worth growing, 

 and all are of the easiest cnlture in common garden soil. 

 Seeds of the annuals may be sown out of doors in March 

 or April; divisions of the herbaceous perennials made in 



