BRODI^A— CALANDRINIA. 



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CRODI^'A. 6—1. (Narcusi.) [In honor of 

 James Rrodie.] 



grandijio'ra, (Ap. 2^.) umbels many-flow- 

 ered ; flowers pedicelled ; stamens alter- 

 nate, with membranaceous margins. Mis- 

 souri hyacinth. S. 

 BRO'MUS. 3—2. (Graminece.) iBromos, a 



species of wi)d oats.] 



secdli'rms, (chess, J. ^.) panicle nodding, 

 spikelets ovate, compressed ; glumes naked, 

 distinct ; awns shorter, subulate, straightish- 

 zigzag. Florets about 10 in each spikelet ; 

 leaves somewhat hairy. Common in rj-c 

 and wheat fields. 



puhes"cens, f broom grass, J. Z/.) culm 

 haiiy below ; joints brown ; stipules very 

 short ; panicle at length nodding, pubes 

 cent; glumes less than paleas, 8 to 12-flow 

 ered ; paleas pubescent, one valve awned 

 beneath the apex. Var. cllia'tushasa. ciliate 

 valve in each palea ; 8 to 10 flowered. Var. 

 cana(lcn"sis,ha9 one very hairy 7-nerved 

 valve in each palea, and a short bristle. 



mol"lis, (Ju.) panicle erect, compact ; pe 

 duncles ramose ; sjiikclets ovate ; florets 

 imbricate, depressed, nerved, pubescent ; 

 bristle straight, nearly as long as the paleas ; 

 leaves with short hairs. 

 BROUSSONE'TIA. 20-4. (Urticea.) [In 



honor of Broussonnet.] 



papyrij" erce, (M. ^ .) leaves sub-cordate, 

 lobed or undivided ; roots sending off suck- 

 ers. 20 f. Paper mulberry. Ex. 

 BRUNNICH"IA. 8--3. {Tolygomm.) 



cirrho'sa, (2|.) climbing; leaves cordate, 

 acute, glabrous, entire ; panicles terminal ; 

 bracts ovate, mucronate. S. 

 BRYOPHYL"LUM. 8—4. (Sempervivem.) 



calyci' num., (leaf plant, sprout leaf, r-g. 

 Ju. IX) leaves remarkably thick and succu- 

 lent, crenate-serrate, oval; petioled, chan- 

 neled above ; leafets in pairs ; flowers long- 

 cylindric, pendulous. Ex. 

 BUCIINE'RA. 13—2. {Jasminea.) 



america'na, (blue-hearts, b. Au. 2^.) stem 

 simple ; leaves lanceolate, sub-dentate, 

 rough, 3-uerved ; flowers remote, spiked. 

 If. 

 BUPLEU'RUM. 5—2. (Umbdliferem.) [Named 



from the stiff striated leaves of some of the 



species.] 



rotundrfo'lium, (hare's-ear, or thorough- 

 wax, y. Ju. 0.) leaves perfoliate, broadlg^ 

 egg-shape, alternate. 1 f. Ex. 

 BUX"US. 19—4. (Euphorbia.) [From the 



Greek, signifying hard.] 

 _ sempei-vi'rens, (box, >>.) leaves ovate, pe- 

 tioled, somewhat hairy at the margin ; an- 

 thers ovate, arrow-form. Var. angustifo'lia, 

 lanceolate leaves. Suffnitico'sa, leaves 

 obovate, stem hardly woody. Ex. 

 CACA'LIA, 17—1. (Corymbifercc.) [From 



kakon, bad, and Han, exceedingly, because it 



is bad for the soil.] 



alnpUcifo'lia, (wild caraway, w- Au. If.) 

 Btem herbaceou.s ; leaves petioled, smooth, 

 glaucous beneath ; radical ones cordate, 

 toothed ; cauiine ones rhomboidal ; flowers 

 rorymbed, erect ; involucrum 5-flowered. : 

 Low ground. .3-6 f I 



cocc'ni'ca, tassel-flower ; from the East 

 Indies. 18 i. The flowers of a scarlet color. 



ovafta, (w. Oc.) stem herbaceous; leaves 

 ovate, obtuse ; obtusely toothed, nerved, 

 slightly glaucous beneath ; the lower ones 

 petioled ; involucre 5-leavcd ; 5-flowered. 

 3-4 f. S. 



lanceola'ta, (y. w.) stem herbaceous ; 

 leaves narrow-lanceolate, acute at each end, 

 remotely-toothed, nerved, slightly glaucous 

 beneath ; involucre 5-leaved, 5-flowered, 

 4-6 f. S. 

 CACTUS. 11—1. {Cacti.) [A Greek word, 



signifying prickly.] * 



opun"tia, (prickly-pear, S. y. J. 2.^.) pro- 

 liferous; articulations compres.sed, ovate; 

 bristle fasicular. The plant appears like a 

 series of thick succulent leaves, one grow- 

 ing from the top of another. Ex. 



phyVlanthoi'des, (leaf flowered, prickly 

 pear, r. Oc.) branches leaf-life, ensiform, 

 comprc.'jsed, obovate with spreading round 

 ed teeth ; spines few^, setaceou.s, longer 

 than the woody covering. 2 f Ex. 



vivipa'rus, (r. Ju. 2^.) roundish, manifold 

 or cespito.se ; tubercles cylindric, bearded, 

 grooved and proliferous above the furrows. 

 S. 



mammilla'ris, tubercles ovate, terete, 

 bearded ; flowers scarcely exserted ; ber- 

 ries scarlet, about equal with the tuber- 

 cles. S. 



fe^rox, (y. & r. Ju.) proliferous ; articula- 

 lations large, nearly circular, spiny ; spines 

 double ; larger ones radiate, persistent ; 

 fruit dry, spiny. S. 



fragW'is, proliferous ; articulations short, 

 oblong, somewhat terete, fragile ; spines 

 double; flowers solitary, small; fruit dry 

 spiny. S. 



cyliri"dncxts, (p. ^.) very branching, 

 terminal branches consisting of long cylin 

 drical articulations ; surface reticulated with 

 decussate furro%vs. tS. 

 CALAMlN"TnA. 13—1. (LabiatcE.) [From 



kalos, beautiful, mentha, mint.] 



grandijio'ra, (mountain calamint, r. Ju.) 

 suffruticose ; leaves ovate, obtuse, crenate, 

 smooth ; whorls many-flowered, on short 

 peduncles, shorter than the leaves. IS- 

 IS i. S. 



ncpe'ta, (r-w. J. If.) pubescent, very 

 branching; whorls peduncled, diclioto- 

 mous-corymbed, longer than the leaves; 

 leaves ovate, obtuse, sub-serrate ; down or 

 wool of the calyx prominent. S. 

 CAK"ILE. 14-1. (Crucifera.) [From a 



Latin word, signifying noise, alluding to the 



rattling of the seeds.] 



america'na, (p. Oct. ^, American sea- 

 rocket,) leaves fleshy, oblong, obtuse 

 margins toothed, joints of the pouch one- 

 seeded; the upper ones ovate, acute. Sea- 

 coast, shores of the great lakes. Plant 

 fleshy, branched, decumbent. Plowers co- 

 lymbed. 



CALANDRIN"IA. 12—1 (Portulaccca.) [From 

 kalos, be.iutiful, amlrion, stamen.] 



specio'sa, (p.) glabrou.s, diffuse ; leaves' 

 spatulate, acute, attenuate into a petiole; 

 flowers racemcd ; peduncles shorter that 

 the bracts; petals longer than the calyx 

 4-5 i. Cdifornia. Var. g^andijk/ra, the 

 flowers, notwithstanding its name, are 



