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Broccoli continued. 



Purple Sprouting, Model, Willcove, Leamington, and Cat- 

 tell's Eclipse. 



BB.ODI2BA (named after J. J. Brodie, a Scotch crypto- 

 gamist). STN. Hookera. ORD. Liliacece. Pretty, slender, 

 hardy, or in some positions only half-hardy, bulbs. The 

 flowers are generally borne in large clusters or nmbels ; 

 the scape is usually straight and slender, but strong. 

 Leaves from two to four in number, enveloping the part of 

 the scape beneath the surface, and procumbent thereon. 

 Most of the species are of easy culture in rich sandy loam ; 

 if grown in pots, a mixture of loam, leaf soil, and sand, 

 suits them well. Increased freely by offsets, which should 

 be left undisturbed with the parent bulbs till they reach 

 a flowering state, when they may be divided and replanted 

 in autumn. 

 B. capitate (headed).* fl. deep violet-blue, funnel-shaped, dis- 



posed in a compact, many-flowered umbel ; valves of the spathe 



also deep violet May. 1. narrow, linear. A. 1ft. to 2ft California, 



1871. 



FIG. 281. BRODI.EA COCCINEA, showing Flower and Habit. 



B. coccinea (scarlet).* fl. IJin. long, tubular, rich blood-red below, 

 the apex of the tube and the segments yellowish-green ; umbels 

 composed of five to fifteen drooping flowers. June. I. linear, 

 loose, shorter than the scape, h. lift. California, 1870. Very 

 handsome, distinct from all other species, requiring a warm, well- 

 drained, and sunny position, and to remain undisturbed. STN. 

 Brewvrtia coccinea. See Fig. 281. (B. M. 5857.) 



B. congesta (close-headed).* fl. blue, with the crown paler ; seg- 

 ments cleft at the top ; umbel bearing six to eight blossoms. The 

 stamens in this species are metamorphosed into fleshy scales, 

 which adhere to the mouth of the perianth. Summer. I. few, 

 long, slender, channelled on the inside. Bulb small, roundish, 

 and much wrinkled, h. 1ft. Georgia, &c., 1806. A very free- 

 growing and rapidly increasing species. 



B. c. alba (white).* fl. white ; in other respects like the type, but 

 not so vigorous. 



B. gracilis (graceful).* fl. deep yellow, with brown nerves, *in. or 

 rather more long, in few-flowered umbels. July. I. solitary, 

 about Jin. broad, longer than the scape, h. 5in. to 4in. California, 

 1876. A scarce and rather tender little species, but very pretty. 



B. grandiflora (large-flowered).* fl. bluish-purple, with entire 

 pointed segments ; umbels bearing two to seven somewhat 

 scattered blooms. Summer. I. two to three or more, linear, 

 pointed, slender, grooved on the inside, furnished with a few 

 membranous scales. Bulb small, roundish, dry and wrinkled. 

 h. lift. North America, 1806. SY.\. Hookera coronaria. (B. R. 

 1183.) 



B. Howellil (Howell's).* fl. purplish-blue, about fin. across, sub- 

 bell-shaped, in many-flowered umbels. July and August. I. 

 narrow acute, grooved, shorter than the scape. A. 18in. to 24in. 

 California, 1880. 



Brodisea continued. 



B. ixloides (Ixia-like). See Calllprora lutca. 



B. laotea (milky-white).* /. white, usually with green midribs, 

 iin. to |m. across, saucer-shaped, in many-flowered umbels. June 

 and July. I. linear, acute, nearly as long as the scape, h 1ft 

 to 2ft California, 1833. SYNS. HesperoScordon lact%lm, A 

 hyacinthina. 



B. multlflora (many-flowered).* fl. blue-purple, very numerous, 

 in sub-globose heads. May. 1. linear, elongate, 1ft to 2ft. long, 

 rather fleshy, h. 1ft to lift California, 1872. (B. M. 5989.) 



B. volubilis (twining). /. rose-coloured, in dense umbels, each 

 containing fifteen to thirty blossoms ; scape twining, sometimes 

 12ft. long. July. I. narrow, linear-lanceolate, 1ft. long, synan- 

 thous. California, 1874. Half-hardy bulb. (B. M. 6123.) 



BROMEIiIA (named after Bromel, a Swedish botanist). 

 ORD. Bromeliacece. A genus of stove herbaceous perennials, 

 allied to the Pineapple. Flowers, corolla three-petaled, 

 convolute, erect, or spreading at the top. Leaves densely 

 packed, rigid, lanceolate, with spiny margins. Stems short 

 These plants require much the same treatment as Bill- 

 bergia. Allied genera are ^Echmea, Ananas, Billbergia, 

 Disteganthus, Greigia, Karatas (which see). 



B. *nMfl. n tlift (opposite-spined). fl. purple, scarlet Brazil, 



1864. SYN. B. sceptrum. 

 B. bicolor (two-coloured).* fl. scarlet, in a close central sessile 



head. March. 1. numerous, narrow, ensiform, outer green, central 



crimson; elegantly radiate. Chili, 1872. SYN. B. Joinvillei, B. pit- 



cairnicefolia. (B. H. 14.) 

 B. bracteata (red-bracted).* fl. pink ; scape elongated ; raceme 



compound ; bracts red, ovate-lanceolate. September. /. serrate, 



spiny, h. 2ft. Jamaica, 1785. 

 B. Fernanda (Fernanda's).* /. yellowish, in ovoid heads ; bracts 



orange-red. July. I. linear-ligulate, 24in. to 30in. long, recurved, 



spiny-edged. Para, 1872. 



B. Joinvillei (Joinville's). A synonym of B. bicolor. 

 B. Karatas. See Karatas Plumieri. 



B. pitcairnieafolia (Pitcairnia-leaved). A synonym of B. bicolor. 

 B. sceptrum (sceptre-like). A synonym of B. antiacantha and 



Karatas Plumieri. 



BROMELIACE.3:. An extensive order of stemless or 

 short-stemmed plants, having rigid, channelled, and usually 

 spiny leaves. Flowers very showy ; outer perianth three- 

 cleft, persistent, inner one of three withering segments; 

 stamens six, inserted in the tube of the perianth. To this 

 order belongs the Pineapple. The genera best known in 

 gardens are JEchmea, Ananas, Billbergia, Bromelia, and 

 Tillandsia. 



BROMHEADIA (in honour of Sir Edward Finch 

 Bromhead). OBD. Orchidece. A small genus of stove 

 Orchids, comprising a couple of species, with erect stems, 

 large flowers, and cncullate lip, which is parallel with the 

 column. For culture, see Ansellia. 

 B. palnatris (marsh). fl., sepals and calyx white; lip white ex- 



ternally, within streaked with purple, and having a yellow blotch 



in centre; spike terminal, distichous, uc^uuuo, .ua..ij -.>..., 

 a long peduncle; bracts short, stiff, tooth-like. June. I. dis- 



tichous, oblong-line 

 (B. R. 30, 18.) 



rginate. 



exuous, many-flowered, on 

 )th-like. June. I. dis- 

 h. 2ft Singapore, 1840. 



FIG. 282. BROMUS BRIZ.EFORMIS. 



BROMUS (from Bromos, the Greek name for a wild 

 oat). ORD. Gramineae. B. brizceformis (see Fig. 282) is an 

 elegant biennial Grass, with drooping panicles of spikeleta, 



