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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Banhinia continued. 



B. acnmlnata (taper-pointed-leaved), ft. pure white; petals 

 broadly ovate, hardly stipitate. June. I. rather cordate at the 

 base, smoothish ; leaflets connected beyond the middle, ovate, 

 acuminated, parallel, four-nerved. A. 5ft. to 6ft. Malabar, 

 1808. 



B. anrlta (eared). /. white ; petals ovate, on short stipes. August. 

 I. glabrous, cordate at the base ; leaflets connected the fourth 

 part of their length, oblong-lanceolate, nearly parallel, six to 

 eight-nerved. A, 4ft. to 6ft. Jamaica, 1756. 



B. corymbosa (corymbose). 

 regular, crenulated at the edg 



/. In loose racemes ; petals pinkish, 



regular, crenulated at the ege. Summer. I., leaflets semi-oval, 

 obtuse, parallel, connected nearly to .the middle, three-nerved, 

 cordate at the base, the nerves on the under surface, as well as 

 the petioles, branches, and calyces, clothed with rufous villi. 

 Shrubby climber. India, 1818. (G. C. 1881, xvi., p. 204.) 



B. inermls (unarmed). /. white ; petals linear ; racemes terminal, 

 leafless, simple, i. ovate at the base, ferruginous beneath ; leaf- 

 lets oblong, acute, four-nerved, parallel, connected a little beyond 

 the middle, h. 6ft. to 8ft. Mexico, 1810. 



B. mnltlnerva (many-nerved), fl. snow-white; petals linear. 

 Legume Sin. to 12m. long. I. elliptic, rounded at the base, mem- 

 branous, shining above, rather pilose beneath; nerves ferruginous ; 

 leaflets semi-ovate, obtuse, approximate, five-nerved ; free. h. 

 20ft Caraccas, 1817. 



B. natalensis (Natal).* fl. white, 1 Jin. across, opposite the leaves. 

 September. I. small, alternate, of two obliquely-oblong rounded 

 leaflets. Natal, 1870. (B. M. 6086.) 



B. petiolata (long-petioled). fl. white, Sin. long, in terminal 

 clusters. Autumn. 1. stalked, ovate -acuminate, flye-nerved, 

 glabrous. Columbia, 1862. SYN. Casparia spedosa. (B. M. 6277.) 



B. pubescens (downy), fl. white, large, much crowded ; petals 

 obovate ; peduncles three to four-flowered. I. rather cordate at 

 the base, pubescent beneath and on the petioles ; leaflets con- 

 nected beyond the middle, oval, obtuse, four-nerved, nearly 

 parallel. A. 4ft. to 6ft. Jamaica, 1823. 



B. purpurea (purple), fl., petals red, one of them streaked with 

 white on the claw, lanceolate, acute. Legume linear, 1ft. long. 

 I. cordate at the base, coriaceous, ultimately glabrous ; leaflets 

 connected much above the middle, broadly ovate, obtuse, four- 

 nerved ; free. A. 6ft. India, 1778. 



B. racemosa (racemose), fl. white; petals obovate, obtuse; 

 raceme somewhat corymbose. I. cordate at the base, clothed with 

 silky villi beneath, as well as on the peduncles, petioles, branches, 

 calyces, and petals ; leaflets broadly ovate, obtuse, connected to 

 the middle, five-nerved. India, 1790. Shrubby climber. (B. F. S. 

 182.) 



B. tomentosa (tomentose). fl. , petals pale yellow, with a red spot 

 at the claw, obovate, obtuse ; peduncles one to three-flowered. 

 I. ovate or roundish at the base ; under surface villous, as well as 

 the petioles, branches, stipules, peduncles, bracts, and calyces ; 

 leaflets connected beyond the middle, oval, obtuse, three to four- 

 nerved. A. 6ft. to 12ft. Ceylon, 1808. 



B. varlegata (variegated).* fl. red, marked with white, and 

 yellow at the base, in loose terminal racemes ; petals ovate, nearly 

 sessile. June. I. cordate at the base, glabrous ; leaflets broadly- 

 ovate, obtuse, five-nerved, connected beyond the middle ; free. 

 h. 20ft. Malabar, 1690. 



B. V. chlnensis (Chinese). /., petals lilac, with one purple spot 

 at the base of each, acute. I. rounded at the base. China. 



BAWD-MONEY. See Meum. 



BAT-TREE. See Lauras nobilis. 



BEAK. Anything resembling the beak of a bird, as in 

 Aconitum ; the point which ends the helmet or upper sepal ; 

 hard, sharp points. 



BEAM TREE. See Pyros Aria. 



BEAN BEETLE (Brur.hus granarius). This insect, 

 by depositing its eggs in the seeds of Beans and Peas, 

 causes a great amount of injury. It is about an eighth of 

 an inch long, black, with brown hairs and white spots ; tip 

 of the tail prolonged, downy; front pair of legs reddish. 

 The most effectual means of prevention is to destroy, 

 when sowing, all seeds infested by it; and this may be 

 detected by the skin of the seed being unusually trans- 

 parent above the tunnel for exit. Imported seeds of 

 Broad Beans are often much infested. " Dipping the 

 Beans or Peas in boiling water for one minute is stated 

 to kill the grub inside ; but, as dipping for four minute? 

 generally destroys the germinating power, the experiment 

 is much too hazardous for general use " (Ormerod). 



BEAN CAPER. See Zygophylluin. 



BEAN FLY. See Aphides and Black Fly. 



BEANS. There are three sections of these in cul- 

 tivation for garden purposes, viz. : The Dwarf or French 

 Bean ; j;he Climbing, or Scarlet Eunner ; and the ordinary 

 See also Faba and Phaseolus. 



FIG. 209. BROAD BEAN PLANT IN FLOWER (FABA VDI.GARIS). 



Soil. All Beans like a somewhat loamy soil, which, 

 to secure good crops, must be deeply worked and heavily 



FIG. 210. PODS OF BROAD BEA.N. . 



manured. The Kidney Beans, dwarf and tall, however, do 

 not care for so heavy a soil as the Broad and Long-podded 

 kinds ; and this fact should be borne in mind when selecting 



FIG. 211. BROAD BEAN SEED. 



their respective situations. The term Kidney is generally 

 applied to both the Dwarf or French and the Climbing 

 or Scarlet Eunner. 



