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Banksia continued. 

 B. occiden tails (western).* JL yellow, rather handsome, in spikes 



about 4m. long. April to August J. Sin. to 6in. long, Jin. broad. 



A. 5ft 1803. West coast of New Holland. A beautiful species. 



(B. M. 3535.) 



B. oleifolla (Olive-leaved). Synonymous with B. \nUgr\fol\a. 

 B. Solanderi (Solander's).* L 4in. to 6in. long, and over 2in. wide, 



deeply pinnatifid, with three to six pairs of lobes on each leaf ; 



apex as if bitten off ; upper side dark green, under silvery white. 



B. speciosa (showy).* I. 8in. to 14in. long, about *in. wide, 

 pinnatifld, but divided almost to the midrib ; lobes semicircular, 

 with a spine on the end of each ; upper side deep green, beneath 

 silvery white, with the midrib clothed with ferruginous woolly 

 hairs. A. 6ft 1805. Both this and the preceding species are very 

 handsome, and highly deserving of the most extensive culture. 



B. qnercifolia (Oak-leaved). L cuneate-oblong, deeply incised 

 at the margins, and having a short spine upon each lobe. A. 5ft 

 1806. (B.R.1430.) 



BANKSIA (of Forster). A synonym of Pimelea. 



BAOBAB-TREE. See Adansonia. 



BAPHIA (from baphe, a dye; the tree produces the 

 camwood of commerce). Camwood or Barwood. ORD. 

 Leguminota. A stove tree, requiring a loam and peat soil. 

 Cuttings, not deprived of any of their leaves, will root in a 

 pot of sand, under a hand glass, in heat 



B. nltlda (shining), fl. white; corolla with a roundish spreading 

 vexillum, linear wings, which are about the length of the vexil- 

 lum, and an acute carina ; pedicels two to three together, one- 

 flowered, axillary. June. I. entire, oval-oblong, acuminated, 

 shining. A. 30ft Sierra Leone, 1793. (L. B. C. 367.) 



BAPTISIA (from bapto, to dye; so named from the 

 economical use of some of the species). OBD. Leguminosoe. 

 North American hardy herbaceous plants, with trifoliate, 

 rarely simple leaves, and racemes of yellowish or blue 

 flowers. They are somewhat shy blossomers,' but grow freely 

 in a loamy soiL Propagated by divisions, or, more easily, 

 by seed, which latter may be sown in sand and leaf mould 

 in the open, or in pots placed in a cold frame. 



B. alba (white).* JL white ; racemes terminal June. I. stalked, 

 glabrous ; leaflets elliptic-ob'.ong, obtuse ; stipules deciduous, 

 subulate, shorter than the petioles. Branches divaricate. A. 2ft 

 1724. (B. M. 1177.) 



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gated, shorter than the branches. June. L stalked, smooth ; 

 leaflets oblong-cuneated, obtuse, four times longer than the 



B. australia (southern).* JL blue ; racemes few-flowered, elon- 



er than the branches. 

 blong-c 



petiole ; stipules lanceolate, acute, twice the length of the petiole. 

 Stem branched, diffuse. A. 4ft to 5ft 1758. (Flora, 1856, 2 ; 

 B. M. 509.) 



B, confusa (confused). /L dark bine, alternate, bracteate; 

 racemes elongated. June. L stalked, smooth ; leaflets oblong- 

 cuneated or obovate ; stipules linear-lanceolate, twice the length 

 of the petioles. Stem branched, h. 1ft. to 2ft 1758. 

 B. exaltata (exalted).* fl. deep blue ; racemes many-flowered, 

 elongated, twice the length of the branches. June. I. termite, 

 stalked ; leaflets lanceolate-obovate, five times longer than the 

 petioles ; stipules lanceolate, acuminated, three times longer than 

 the petioles. Stem erect branched. A. 3ft. to 4ft 1812. (S. B. 

 F. G. 97.) 



B. lencophoa (dusky-white). Jl. cream-coloured ; racemes many- 



flowered; lateral, with the flowers leaning to one side. July. 



1. sessile, somewhat villous ; leaflets rhomboid-obovate ; stipules 



and bracts ovate, acute, broad, leafy. A. 1ft 1870. (B. AL 5900.) 



B. minor (less). jL blue ; racemes axillary, bracteate. June. 



I., leaflets rhomboid-lanceolate ; stipules lanceolate, longer than 



the petioles. Stem erect, solid. A. If t to 2ft 1829. 



B. perfoliata (perfoliate-leaved).* Jl. yellow, small, axillary, 



solitary. August I. perfoliate, roundish, quite entire, rather 



glaucous. A. 3ft. 1793. (B. M. 3121.) 



B. tinctorla (dyersV /. yellow, with wings each furnished with 



a callosity, or lateral tooth ; racemes terminal. I. stalked, upper 



ones nearly sessile ; leaflets roundish-obovate ; stipules setaceous, 



almost obsolete. A. 2ft to 3ft 1759. (L. B. C. 588.) 



BARBACENIA (named after M. Barbacena, a Cover- 



nor of Minas Geraes). Formerly placed in OBD. Hasmo- 



doraceae, but now referred by Bentham and Hooker to 



Amaryllidece. Very singular and pretty greenhouse ever- 



green herbaceous perennial^, allied to Vellozia. Flowers 



purple, large, showy; perianth funnel-shaped, resinosely 



hairy on the onteide; limb spreading ; scapes one-flowered, 



usually clothed with glandular hairs. Leaves firm, spiral, 



spreading, acutely keeled. Lindley says the plants are 



. capable of existing in a dry hot air, without contact with 



Barbacenia continued. 



the earth, on which account they are favourites in South 

 American gardens, where, with Orchids and Bromeliads 

 they are suspended in the dwelling house*, or hung to 

 the balustrades of the balconies, in which situation they 

 flower abundantly, filling the air with their fragrance. 

 They are rarely seen in our gardens. They may be grown 

 in baskets of fibrous loam and peat, with some nodules of 

 charcoal added. 



FIG. 205. FLOWER OF BARBACE.MA PURPUREA. 



B, purpurea (purple).* JL funnel-shaped, six cleft, ttrminal, soli- 

 tary ; ovarium elongated, tuberculated. July. I. linear, keeled, 

 with spiny serratures. A. I 2 ft. Brazil, 1825. See Fig. 205. 

 (B. M. 2777.) 



B. Rogierl (Rogers')-* #., scape and ovaria tnberc'ed ; filaments 

 broad, bifid. July. I. linear, acuminated, imbricate, with 

 broad stem-clasping bases, finely .-pinely serrated on the margin, 

 and keel recurved ; caudex short. A. Ijft. Brazil, 1850. 

 (L. J. F. 82.) 



BARBADOS CHERRY. See Malpighia. 

 BARBADOS GOOSEBERRY. See Pereskia 

 aculeata. 



BARBADOS LILY. See Hippeastrum eqnestre. 

 BARB AREA (anciently called Herb of St. Barbara). 

 Winter Cress ; American Cress. OBD. Cruciferae. Hardy 

 glabrous perennial herbs. ' Flowers yellow ; racemes erect, 

 terminal. Stems erect. They are of easy culture, but 

 scarcely worth growing in the pleasure garden. Propagated 

 by cuttings, suckers, divisions, or seeds. 



B. praecox (early). L, lower ones lyrat* ; terminal lobe ovate ; 

 upper ones pinnate-parted ; lobes linear-oblong, quite entire. A. 



1ft to lift " Commonly known as American, or Black American 



Here and there on roadsides, and in dry gravel 

 in Great Britain. An escape from cultivation. (Sy. En. B. 124.) 



F- 



B. 



elly places 



I., lower ones lyrate ; terminal lobe 



roundish ; upper ones obovate, toothed, or pinnatifid. A. lift 

 The double flowering fo 



form of this native species is the only one 

 rowing for beauty ; it is gen 

 ket The variegated form i 

 pretty, and comes true from seed. (Sy. En. B. 120.) 



of this genus worth growing for beauty ; it is generally known 

 Double Yellow Rocket The variegated form is also rather 



BARBATUS. Having long weak hairs, in one or 

 more tufts; bearded. 



BARBERRY. See Berberia. 



BARBIE RIA (in honour of J. B. G. Barbier, M.D., 

 a French physician and naturalist, author of "Prin- 

 cipes Generaux de Phannacologie on de Matiere Medicale," 

 Paris, 1806). OBD. Leguminosct. An ornamental stove 

 evergreen, requiring a mixture of peat, loam, and sand. 

 Propagated by cuttings of half-ripened wood, which should 

 be placed in sand, under a glass, in stove heat. 

 B, polyphylla (many -leaved).* JL scarlet, 2in. long: racemes 



axillary, few-flowered, shorter than the leaves. L impari-pinnate, 



with nine to eleven pairs of elliptic-oblong, mncronate leaflets, 



pubescent in an adult state. Porto Rico, 1818. STNS. Clitoria, 



polyphylla and Galactia pinnata. 



