BACCHARIS— BETA. 



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glatxcous beneath, nei-vc bristle-bearing, 

 margin ciliate ; iiowers very viscous ; tube 

 of tlie corolla twice as long as its divisions ; 

 calyx veiy short ; filaments about equal to 

 the divisions of the corolla ; rather lov/- 

 er than the other species ; flowers abun. 

 dant. Perhaps tliis is a variety of the vis- 

 cosa. 



bico'lor, (r. w. M. T?.) naked-flowered; 

 leaves obovate, covered on both sides with 

 fine, whitish hairs, the nerve not bristled ; 

 flowers small, not viscid ; the tube scarcely 

 longer than the segments of the corolla ; 

 calyx very short, one segment naiTow, and 

 4 times longer than the rest; filaments 

 longer than the tube ; smaller branches 

 haiiy and hispid. 2-8 f. 8. 



BACCHARIS. 17—2. (Corymhifera:.) [Dedi- 

 cated to Bacchus.] 



halbnifo'lla, (\v. S. ^ .) leaves obovate and 

 oval, inclsely toothed near the summit; pan- 

 icle compound, leafy ; heads of flowers pe- 

 duncled ; egret of the fertile florets hairy, 

 twice as long as the corolla. The whole 

 plant is covered with a wliitish dust. 16-12 

 f. Groundsel tree. 



B^EOMY'CES. 21—5. {Algm.) 



rose' It !i, crust uniform, warty, white ; 

 peduncle (podetia) short, cylindric ; recep- 

 tacle sub-globose, pale red. On the earth. 



BALLO'TA. 13—1. (Labiatce.) [From ballo, 



to put forth, otos, the ear.] 



ni'gra, (black hoi-ehound, fp .) leaves un- 

 divided, ovate, serrate ; calyx dilated above, 

 SHb-truncate, with spreading teeth ; flow- 

 ers purple or white, in axiUaiy whorls. 

 2-3 f. 



BAPTI'SIA. 10—1. (Leguminos<E.) [From 



ba-pto, to dye] 



tincto'ria, (wild indigo, y. Ju. 2X-) veiy 

 glabrous and branching; leaves ternate, 

 sub-sessile, leafets wedge-obovate, round- 

 obtuse, becoming black in drying ; stipules 

 obsolete, oblong-acute, much shorter than 

 the petioles ; racemes terminal ; legumes 

 ovate, long-stiped. 2-3 f. 



aV'ha, (w. J. 2J!.) branches spreading ; 

 leaves ternate, petioled; leafets lanceolate, 

 wedge -form at the base, obtuse, mucronate, 

 glabrous; stipules subulate, shorter than 

 the i)etiolcs ; racemes terminal. 2 f (S. 



cceni'lea, (spiked indigo weed, b. Ju. 2X.) 

 glabrous; leaves ternate, short- petioled; 

 leafets oblong, wedge-form, obtu.-^e ; stip- 

 ules lanceolate, acute, twice as long as the 

 petioles ; racemes spiked, elongated ; le- 

 gumes acuminate. 



BARBARE'A. 14—2. (Crucifercs.) 



vulffa'rir., (J. 2/. y.) lower leaves lyrate, 

 the terminal lobes roundish ; upper ones 

 sessile, obovate, toothed ; pod 4-sided, taper- 

 ing into a slender style ; flowers in co- 

 rymbs, small. Bitter winter cress; found 

 in old fields. 12-18 i. 



BARTO'NIA. 11-1. (Onagrte.) [In honor 



of Dr. Barton, of Phil] 



IfBvkaii'Iia, (w. .1.) petals 5, stamens 5; 

 petalloid ; bracts ; stem very smooth ; seeds 

 winged. 



parvijl(/ra,.{yv. J.) petals 5; stamens 5-7, 



petalloid ; bracts ; stem scabrous ; seeds 



winged. 



BART"S[A. 13—2. (Scrophulcria.) 



paU'lidd, (white painted cup, w-y. Au. 

 11.) leaves alternate, hncar, undivided, 

 upper ones- lanceolate, floral ones sub-oval, 

 sub-toothed at the summit, all are 3-nerved ; 

 teeth of the calyx acute. 



acmnvia'ta, {!(..) leaves altemate, long- 

 linear ; floral leaves ovate, long-acuminate, 

 3nerved, all undivided ; flowers shorter 

 than the bracts ; teeth of the calyx acute. 



tenuifo'Ha, (y. Ju. 2/.) very hirsute , 

 leaves alternate, linear, gash-pinnatifid, 

 divisions filiform ; bracts (yellow) membra- 

 naceous, oblong, obtuse, tooth-hastate at the 

 base on each side, longer than the flowers ; 

 calyx short, hairy, with subulate teeth. 1 f. 



BATSCir'IA. .^—1. {BoraginecB.) [In honor 



of Bat.sch, a German.] 



canes"cens, (puccoon, Ju. 2^.) whitish- 

 villose ; leaves all oblong ; calyx short ; 

 divisions of the corolla entire. Hills. Flow- 

 ers axillary, crowded near the top of the 

 stem, bright orange. The root is used by 

 the Indians as a red dye.^ 



gmeli'na, (r-y. Ap. 2^.) hirsute, floral 

 leaves ovate ; segments of the calyx long, 

 sub-lanceolate. Diy woods. 10-16 i. 



longijlo'ra, ^y. Ju. 2^.) hirsute, erect; 

 leaves approximating, long-linear, margin 

 reflexed, fascicles fastigiate ; tube of the 

 corolla sub-pentangular ; border flat, with 

 fringed crenatures. S. 



decum"bens, hirsute ; stem decumbent , 

 segments of the calyx and leaves linear; 

 flo^ver3 scattered ; lobes of the corolla 

 fringed-crenate, shorter than the tube. S. 



BE.IA'RIA. 12—1. (Rhodendra.) [In honoi 



of a Spanish botanist.] 



racemo'sa, (Av-r. J. ^ .) leaves lance-ovate, 

 glabrous ; flowers in a panicled raceme, 

 tenninal ; stem hispid. 3 f Sandy plains. *5 



BEL"LIS. 17—2. iCorymbifera.) [From Ac7- 



lus, handsome.] 



pereii"nh, (daisy, w. and p. Ap. 11-) 

 leaves obovate, crenate ; scape nakedi 

 l-flowered. Ex. 



integrifo'lia, caulescent; leaves entire, 

 lower Olios obovate, upper ones lanceolate ; 

 leafets of the calyx veiy acute, and acumi 

 nated with a hair. S. 

 BER"BERIS. fi— 1. (Berherides.) [From 6er- 



beri, Arabic, signifying wild.] 



vulga'rix, (barberry, y. M. Ip.) branches 

 punctate; prickles mo.stiy in threes ; leaves 

 obovate, remotely serrate; flowers racemcd 



canaden"fii!i, (.tu. Tp .) brandies verrucose- 

 dotted, with short tripple spines; leaves spat- 

 ulate-oblong, remotely serrate, witli some 

 what bristly teeth ; racemes sub-corymbose 

 few-flowered ; petals cmarginatc ; berries 

 sub-globose, or oval. 2-3 f. Virginia, Geor 

 gia. 

 BE'TA. 5—2. {AtripHcr.s.) [So called from the 



river BcEtis, in Spain, where it grows wild.] 



vidga'rix, (beet, g. Au. $ .) flowers heaped ' 

 together; lower leaves ovate. Ex. 



ci'cia, (wliite beet, ^ .) flowers in threes 

 radical leaves petioled, cauline ones sessile 

 lateral spikes very long. Ex. 



