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end • or in considerably cxlL-ndcd pits, a double the anthers, the upper oblong, the lower wither- 



fire-plaec may be formed iu the middle, behind, 

 or at each end, as most convenient. 



Detached pits lure scmetimes formed of wood 

 only, by means of posts and planking, serving 

 tbr'particnlar purposes where no lire-heat is re- 

 quired. In such kinds of pits, where additional 

 heat is occasionally !iccessary, it is eRected by 

 applying a strong lining of hot dung to the out- 

 sider, by which a good consiant heat may be 

 supported. In these bark-pits sometimes the 



the pistilhmi is an ovate germ : .he style 

 filiform, the length of the stamens: the stigma 

 bilid : the pericarpium is an acute, flat -quadran- 

 gular, two-celled, two-valved rapsule, gaping 

 elastieallv at the claws : the partition contrarv : 

 the seeds two, compressed, and roundish. 



The species principally cultivated in the stove 

 are : 1.5. solamfolJa, Solanum-leaved Barleria ; 

 'J. B. priuiiitis, Prionite Barleria ; 3. B. hixi- 

 folia, Box-leaved Barleria ; 4. B. cocci/ica,ScaT- 



voun'rcr pine-;ippie plants are deposited and let Barleria. _ 



nursed ior the first year: they may likewise be The first has tne stein bluntly quadrangular, 

 occasionallv used for the purposes of propa- erect, and hispid. The leaves are opposite, lauc.-o- 

 o-atino- raisins, and nursing lender plants and late-sword-shaped, quite entire, thnce the length 

 flDwe'rs in spnn<!: and summer, as well as for of the internodcs. The flowers are in whorls 

 forciu"- early esculent crops. The principal de- and axillary. The spines of the stem are three 

 tached Ijark-plts should, however, always be on each side, the length of the whorls. It is a 



native of the East Indies. 



The second species has the stem herbaceous, 

 round, and stitV. The leaves , ire opposite, run- 

 ning down the petioles, and pubescent under- 

 neath : between the branch and the leaf is a spine 

 with four sharp rays from the same centre. The 

 flowers sessile in the axil*. The calyxes acu- 

 minate-spiny. Two of tlie four stamens very 

 small at the bottom of the corolla, with little 

 anthers. The capsule has a longish solid point, 

 and bursts without internal elastic points. It 

 i-cction from the top of the tree or Uiugh to the is a native of the East Indies, 

 bottom in the very early spring season, the The third has shrubby stalks, five or six feet 

 gaping,' when considerable, being filled up with high, with strong spines under the leaves, 

 some composition of an adhesive nature. Cau- flowers are produced in whorls towards the u 

 tion should however be employed in making 

 such incisions, and more attention be had to 



formed with brick walls, as being the most 

 -effectual for general use, and of the greatest du- 

 ration. See Hot-Bkds. 



At figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, in the plate on bark- 

 pits, are seen the most impro\ed forms and con- 

 structions of these sorts of pits. 



Baric-bound, a supposed vegetable disease m 

 fruit- and other trees. It jirobably depends upon 

 the imperfect growth of the plants. The ge- 

 neral mode of removing it has been by making 

 incisions through the bark in a longitudinal di- 



rhe 



pper 



part of the stalk ; these are succeeded by short 

 seed-vessels conlainmg three or four flat seeds. 

 It is a nati\e of .lamaiea, &c. 



The fourth has the stems smooth, and four 



feet high. The flowers are scarlet, in whorls at 



Bark-galled, an affection produced in the the joints, appearing from July to September, 



bark of trees and plants, by their rubbing and succeeded by short pod; 



the state of the roots, as injury instead of ad- 

 vantao-e may sometimes be produced by such 



means. 



ao-ainst other plants, or the stakes to which they 

 are tied for support. It may be removed by 

 binding some adhesive soft material on the part 

 by hay ropes. In binding trees to supports, care 

 should always l)e had to'mtroduce a portion of 



nciosing flat seeds. 



It is a native of South America. 



Culture. — Ti.csc plants may be increased by 

 seeds, layers, and cuttings, accordina' to the 

 kinds. In the first, third, and fourth species, 

 the seeds should be sown in pots filled w Irh tight 



the rope between the tree and the support to fresh earth, in the spring; and in the autnnm, 



which it is to be fastened. when the plants are sufficiently strong, they 



BARLERIA, a lienus comprehending diiTercnt should be removed into separate pots; which 



plants of the tender perennial exotic kind. must be plunged into a moderate bark-hot-bed. 



It belongs to the class and order Dicli/iianiiti in which they must be constantly retained. 



An'^iospcrmiu, and ranks in the natural order of When they produce seeds, they frequently sow 



PersonulcE. themselves in the pots which are near them. 



The characters are : that the calyx is a four- The second sort, as well as the others, may 



parted permaiu:nt perianthium ; two opposite likewise be raised by laying down the young 



leaflets larser : the corolla is monopetalous, shoots in pots during the early summer monthSj 



funnel-form, quinqutfid, subequal : the fifth proper shade and moisture being given until they 



division deeper : the stamina consist of four liave stricken fresh root. In the follow ing au- 



fliforin Jilamente ; two very short and capillary : luuin they will be ready to be transplanted out 



