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or their peduncles ; often petaloid and gayly colored. In 



Orchids they are never absent, though occasionally de- 

 ciduous, and sometimes add greatly to the beauty of the 



inflorescence. 

 Bractescens. Having very large bracts or a strong tendency 



to the development of bracts. 

 Brasavola. In honor of Antonio Musa Brasavola, a noble 



Venetian, one of the most enlightened botanists of his 



day. 



Brasavolae. Like a Brasavola. 

 Brassia. Commemorative of Mr. Brass, a botanist who 



about 1790 collected plants in Africa, for Sir Joseph 



Banks. 



Brevifolius, -a, -um. Short-leaved. 

 Brocklehurstianus, -a, -um. Complimentary to the late 



Thomas Brocklehurst, a distinguished Orchid amateur 



near Manchester. Ob. Nov. 7, 1870. 

 Bromheadia. In honor of Sir Edward French Bromhead, 



a zealous botanist. 

 Brookei. Complimentary to Sir Richard Brooke, Norton 



Priory, near Runcorn. Ob. Nov. u, 1865. 

 Broughtonia. In memory of Arthur Broughton, a botanist 



in Jamaica. 

 Brysianus, -a, -um. Complimentary to the Belgian botanist, 



Mr. Brys. 

 Bucephalus. A horse of Alexander the Great. 



> Resembling a toad. 

 Bufonius, -a, -um. ) 



Bulbosus, -a, -um. Having bulbs. Applied to abnormal 

 stems of similar shape. 



Bulleni. ) Complimentary to Mr. R. Bullen, for 



Bullenianus, -a, -um. ) many years a foreman at Messrs. 

 Lows. 



Burlingtonia. Complimentary to Blanche Georgiana, Count- 

 ess of Burlington. Ob. April 27, 1840. 



