BAN 



BAN 



manv, like tViosp of Gooscfoot, bvit stiffer, ir- 

 regularly set uii the branches. Flowers crowded, 

 naked, at the end of the twig-; : they are not 

 very beautiful, but the leaves continue green 

 through the year. It is a native of X'irginia, 

 and flowers in October. 



CvUnre. — The first apecies is capable of being 

 increased, either by cuttings or tl>c seeds : the 

 iir=t should be planted out ni shady borders, or 

 in pots in the sunnncr months, and care taken to 

 give water frequenllv in drv w eather, tdl they be 

 well rooted : the seeds may be sown in borders 

 that are not too much exposed to the sun, or in 

 pots in the early spring season. 



As the second sort is not easily increased by 

 cuttings, and seldom sends out shoots from the 

 root to bi laid down, the whole head of the 

 plant is sometimes laid down into the ground, 

 being confined there, and the small branches 

 slit as in the culture of carnations : they should 

 be frequently watered, and after they have had 

 a twelvemonth's growth, may be separated 

 and planted out in pots of light earth, being 

 placed in a shadv situation till they become well 

 rooted, when thev should be managed as other 

 green-house plants. 



The third species may be readily raised by 

 cuttings, which should be planted out in a shady 

 bed or" in pots, in the spring season, being well 

 watered in dry weather. The young plants may 

 be removed in the autumn, into pots or other 

 places where thev are to grow. 



The first and third species are somewhat hardy : 

 but the second requires the protection of a green- 

 house in the winter. Some of the other sorts 

 should likewise be cultivated in pots and pro- 

 tected in winter, as they arc apt to be destroyed 

 by frost in severe srasons. 



These two sorts are often planted in sbriib- 

 hcxv and other quarters of pleasure grounds. 

 BALM. See xMklissa. 

 BAXISTERIA, a genus comprising different 

 plants of the tender exotic kind. 



It belongs to the class and order Decandria 

 Trigynia, and ranks in the natural order of Tri- 

 hi/ntcB. 



The characters are : that the calyx is a four- or 

 five-parted pcrianihium, very small, stiff un- 

 derneath with tubercles, permanent. Ttiere are 

 two melliferous glands under each division of 

 the calyx, cxcept^^one ; they are therefore eight 

 in number : the corolla has five petals, orbicu- 

 laie, very large, spreading, crenate ; claws ob- 

 long and linear : they consist often filaments, 

 very small, coalescent at bottom: the anthers 

 are simple : the pistillum three-winged, coa- 

 lesoent germs : the styles three, simple : the 

 stigmas arc obtuse : the pencaipium consists of 



three capsules, running out into a long wing,^ 

 one-celled, marked at the sides with small ap- 

 pendiclcs, not gapmg : ih? seeds are solitary, 

 covered, and toothed on the lateral edge. 



The species principally cu'uivated in the stove 

 are; 1. B. ffffirf/.'i'^Yf, Angled Banisleiia ; 9. B. 

 purpurea, Purple Baaistena; 3. B. laurif'olia, 

 Bav-leaved Banistena ; 4. B. bracteata. Cross- 

 armed Banisteria; b. B.fitlgcnf, Flame-coloured 

 Banistcria. 



The first has a twining; stem, with opposite 

 branches, thickened at ine base : the leaves are 

 cordate, angular, the breadth equal to the length, 

 ending at "top in a short dagger p-iint, green 

 above^ whitish beneath, nea ly equal to the pe- 

 tioles, on which and near die leaf are two op- 

 posite glands. 1 here are no stipules : the 

 flowers are in opposite axillary umbeL : com- 

 mon peduncle elonga.ed : the rays five to seven, 

 an inch long, jointed, having tno sLort op- 

 posite braetes" At the mserti- ■ <f the rays are 

 two small suborbicuiate leaves : the corolla is 

 sulphur-coloured. It is a native of the island of 

 Dominique. 



The second species has tlie stems strong and 

 woodv, dividing into manv branches, v/bich 

 are opposite andtAin.ug. it ramps with these 

 over the hedges : the leaves are ovate, some- 

 times round, an inch long, on short petioles, and 

 making the branch as it were pinnate. There 

 are five or six pairs of these, nearly of the same 

 size with those of the common Acacia, but 

 whitish ontheir under side : the flowers are axil- 

 larv, in a kind of spike ; with the partial pedun- 

 cles opposite, jointed, and having a pair of very 

 short bractes : the petals are purplish and shorts 

 It is a native of the Caribbee islands. 



The third sort has the stem shrubby, climb- 

 iucr, wuh loose, reflex, diverging, roundish, 

 rujged branches : the leaves are petioled, ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute, entire, coriaceous-membrana- 

 ceous, nerved, smooth : the racemes paniclcd x 

 terminating branches and twigs decussate, fer- 

 rueinous-tomeutose ; peduncles commonly one- 

 flowered, ferruginous, short and yellow : the 

 leaflets at the base of the peduncles two, op- 

 posite, minute, and tomentose : the calyx is 

 five-leaved : leaflets ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 with two round, depressed, green glands fast- 

 ened to the base : the petals are spatulate : an- 

 thers elliptic ; the germ three-coloured andtrifid 

 at the tip : the styles are subulate and short : 

 stiarmas dilated, and as it were halved. One of 

 the three ca]3sules is usually abortive : wings 

 three or four times longer than the capsules. It 

 is a native of .Tamaica. 



The fourth species has much the appearance of 

 the following, but the leaves are more blunt: the 



