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BBOWNEA (named after Patrick Browne, M.D., 

 anthor of a History of Jamaica). OED. Leguminosae. 

 Very handsome store evergreen trees or shrubs, allied to 

 Amherstia. Flowers of a rose-scarlet colour, rising in 

 fascicled heads from the axillary buds. Leaves abruptly- 

 pinnate, when young flaccid, and with the leaflets revolnte 

 at the edges ; leaf -bud long and stipulaceous. All the 

 species are well worthy of the most extensive cultivation. 

 A mixture of loam, peat, and sand, is a soil well adapted 

 for them, and great care should be taken not to over-water 

 the plants in winter, as too great a supply will be sure to 

 kill them. Propagated by cuttings, taken from ripened 

 wood, planted in a pot of sand, and placed under a hand 

 glass, in a moist heat. 



B. Ariza (Ariza).* fl. richest scarlet, produced in a large, globular, 

 drooping head of immense size. Summer. I. pinnate, usually 

 with six or eight pairs of pinnae, which are oblong-lanceolate, and 

 sharply tapered to a point, /u 20ft. to 40ft Columbia, 1843. 

 This noble tree requires a large house to fully perfect its beauty. 

 SYX B. princeps. (B. M. 6469.) 



B. Birschellii (Birschell's). fl. rose-coloured, in drooping racemes. 

 April to July. I. pinnate ; leaflets oblanceolate, 6in. long. A. 10ft. 

 to 20ft. La Guayra, 1872. (B. M. 5998.) 



B. coccinea (scarlet).* fl. scarlet, fascicled. July and August. 

 I. with two to three pairs of oval-oblong, acuminated leaflets. 

 h. 6ft. to 10ft Venezuela, 1793. (B. M. 3964.) 

 B. grandiceps (large-headed).* /. red, in dense capitate spikes. 

 July. I. with usually twelve pairs of oblong-lanceolate glandless 

 leaflets, ending in a long cuspidate acumen ; branches and pe- 

 tioles pubescent A. (in its native home) 60ft. Caraccas, 1829. 

 (B. M. 4859.) 



B. latifolia (broad-leaved), fl. red, in dense fascicles; invo- 

 lucre tomentose. 1. with one to three pairs of ovate or obovate- 

 cuspidate leaflets. A. 6ft to 8ft Caraccas, 1824. 

 B. macrophylla (large-leaved).* fl. orange-scarlet, in dense 

 heads, often measuring nearly 3ft in circumference. Central 

 America, 1879. (G. C. 1873, p. 779.) 

 B. princeps (chief). A synonym of B. Ariza. 

 B. racemosa (clustered).* fl. rose-coloured, racemose ; invo- 

 lucre and calyx clothed with fine tomentum. I. with four pairs 

 of unequal-sided, oblong, or oblong-lanceolate, cuspidately-acu- 

 minated leaflets, which are glanduliferous at the base. A. 4ft 

 Caraccas, 1826. 



B. Rosa del Monte. fl. scarlet, in dense heads; leaflets 

 of the involucre roundish, imbricated, and, when in a young 

 state, rather velvety. June. I. with two to three pairs of oval- 

 oblong acuminated leaflets ; branches and petioles glabrous. 

 A. 8ft South America, 1820. (B. R. 1472.) 



BROWNLOWTA (named in honour of Lady Brown- 

 low, daughter of Sir Abraham Hume, and a great patroness 

 of botany). OED. Tiliacece. Very handsome greenhouse 

 evergreen trees, thriving well in a mixture of loam and 

 peat. Cuttings of ripe shoots will root if placed in sand, 

 under a hand glass, in heat. 

 B. elata (tall).* fl. yellow ; panicle terminal, conical, spreading. 



May. I. large, cordate, acute, seven-nerved, smooth. A. 60ft 



India, 1823. (B. B. 1472.) 



BRUCEA (commemorative of James Bruce, the cele- 

 brated African traveller). OED. SimarubecB. Ornamental 

 stove evergreen shrubs. Flowers small, purplish inside, 

 disposed in interrupted glomerate spikes, or racemes. 

 Leaves impari-pinnate, with six pairs of opposite, entire 

 or serrated leaflets, without dots. Branches, peduncles, 

 petioles, and nerves of leaves, clothed with rufescent down. 

 They thrive in a loamy soil; and cuttings from ripened 

 wood strike freely, in a pot of sand, under a hand glass, 

 in a moderate heat. 



B. antldysenterlca (antidysenteric). fl., racemes simple, .spike- 

 like. May. I., leaflets quite entire, clothed with rusty nlh on 



the nerves beneath. A. 8ft Abyssinia, 1775. 

 B. sTimatrana (Sumatra).* fl. dark purple; racemes usually 



compound. May. I., leaflets serrated, villous beneath. A. 20ft 



Sumatra, 1822. 



BBUCHUS GRAM-ABJTTS. See Bean Beetle. 



BK.TJCHUS PISI. See Pea (INSECTS). 

 BRUGMANSIA. See Datura. 



BRUNFELSIA (named after Otto Brunfels, of Mentz, 

 first a Carthusian monk, and afterwards a physician ; he 

 published the first good figures of plants in 1530). STN. 

 Franciscea. ORD. Scrophularinece. Elegant free-flowering 



Brunfelsia continued. 



stove evergreens. Flowers sweet-scented; corolla large, 

 funnel or salver-shaped, with a long tube, and a flat, five- 

 lobed, obtuse, nearly equal limb. A light rich soil, or a 

 compost of loam, leaf soil, and peat, is necessary to grow 

 these plants successfully. Propagated by cuttings, planted 

 in sand, and placed under bell glasses, in a moderate heat. 

 When rooted, they should be placed in small pots, in a com- 

 post somewhat more sandy than that already mentioned. 

 While growing, they require to be kept in a moist stove 

 temperature, and should be hardened by placing them in 

 a drier, and somewhat cooler, temperature after each 

 growth is completed ; the pots should be changed as often 

 as the roots become thick around the ball of earth. The 

 larger plants flower freely, and should be slightly pruned 

 in annually, before commencing their new growth, thus 

 securing neat and compact specimens. Eepotting should 

 be effected directly they have done flowering. The plants 

 should then be placed in a temperature ranging from 

 60deg. to 68deg., and both the roots and foliage liberally 

 supplied with water. When flowers appear about October 

 or November the syringing must be less frequently per- 

 formed. At this period, if it be desirable to prolong the 

 flowering season, the plants should be removed to a tem- 

 perature of about 48deg. A few administrations of weak 

 liquid manure during the growing season are of great value. 



B. acnminata (taper-pointed-leaved).* fl. bluish-violet, few, sub- 

 cymose, terminal. April. I. oblong, acuminated, attenuated a 

 little at the base, glabrous ; bracts lanceolate, acuminated, 

 glabrous. A. 1ft. to 2ft Kio Janeiro, 1840. (B. M. 4189.) 



B. amerlcana (American).* it. first yellow, then white, very sweet- 

 scented ; axillary flowers solitary, terminal ones numerous. June. 

 I. obovate, elliptic, acuminated, longer than the petioles. A. 4ft 

 to 6ft. West Indies, 1735. There are narrow and broad-leaved 

 varieties of this species. (B. M. 393.) 



FIG. 284. FLOWER OP BRUMA KODIFLORA. 



B. calyclna (cup-shaped).* fl- purple, disposed in large trusses, 

 which are produced in succession throughout the whole year. 

 I. large, lanceolate, shining light green. A. 2ft Brazil, 1850. One 

 of the largest-flowered species grown. (B. M. 4583.) 



B. conferttfiora (dense-flowered), fl. soft blue, cymosely crowded, 

 terminal. January to June. I. nearly sessile, oblong-acute, at- 

 tenuated at the base, rather pilose, ciliated, yellowish-green 



