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THE UNIVERSAL HERBAL ; 



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lanceolate at the tip, internally hollowed by a little cavity, 

 acute. Stamina: filamenta none; anthers four, lanceolate, 

 sessile in the cavity of the parts of the corolla. Pistil : ger- 

 men superior, minute ; style filiform, stiff, longer than the 

 corolla; stigma pyramidate, acute. Pericarp : capsule ovate 

 or globose, woody, one-celled, two-valved. Seeds: two, 

 obovate, convex on one side, flat on the other, terminated 

 by a very large membranaceous veinless wing. ESSENTIAL 

 CHARACTER. Calix : four-cleft, inferior. Corolla: four- 

 parted ; tube very short ; border very long, linear-lanceolate ; 

 antherae sessile in the cavity of the parts of the corolla. 

 C-ipsule : two-seeded, one or two celled, two-valved. Some 

 of the species of this genus have flowered and seeded in Eng- 

 land. They have not yet been increased any other way but 

 by seeds. These, and the plants in general from the South 

 Seas, are hardy, considering their climate, and may be treated 

 much in the same manner with the Cape plants. They covet 

 abundance of air, and flourish best near the front of the dry- 

 stove. The species are, 



1 . Banksia Serrata ; Serrate-leaved Banksia. Leaves 

 linear, attenuated into the petiole, equally serrate, truncate 

 at the end with a point, This is the most handsome spe- 

 cies of the genus. The leaves are at the ends of the branches 

 confluent, scattered, seven or eight inches long, narrow, 

 smooth, coriaceous, flat, spreading much, surrounding the 

 ament, which is very large, thick, columnar, obtuse, erect ; 

 flowers much spreading, ascending, the borders pubescent 

 on the outside, and hoary. Native of New South Wales. 



2. Banksia Integrifolia ; Entire-leaved Banksia. Leaves 

 wedge-form, quite entire, white-toiuentose underneath. 

 Native of the South Sea islands, 



3. Banksia Ericaefolia ; Heath-leaved Banksia. Leaves 

 approximating acerose, truncate-emarginate, smooth. The 

 leaves of this are very small. Native of New South Wales. 



4. Banksia Dentata ; Tooth-leaved Banksia. Leaves ob- 

 long, attenuated into the petiole, curved, flexuose, toothed ; 

 teeth ending in a spinule, white underneath. The flowers in 



.this species are smaller than in the others. Native of New 

 South Wales. 



5. Banksia Pyriformis ; Pear-fruited Banksia. Flowers 

 solitary; capsules ovate, pubescent; leaves lanceolate, very 

 entire, smooth. Native of New South Wales. 



6. Banksia Gibbosa ; Gibbous-fruited Banksia. Flowers 

 solitary ; capsules ovate, gibbous, wrinkled ; leaves colum- 

 nar, pale green, smooth. Native of New South Wales. 



7. Banksia Musculiformis ; Muscle-fruited Banksia. Flow- 

 ers solitary ; capsules ovate-conical, muscle-shaped, pointed, 

 with tubercles on the outside ; leaves obovate, emarginate. 

 Native of Amboyna. 



8. Banksia Spinulosa ; Prickly -leaved Banksia. Leaves 

 linear-revolute, with a little sharp point, and with spinous 

 denticulations towards the top. Native of New South Wales. 



Barbadoes Cherry. See Malpighia. 



Biirbadoes Gooseberry. See Cactus Pereskia. 



Bardadoes Wild Olive. See Bontia. 



Baric-beds. See Hot-beds. 



Hark, Jesuit's. See Cinchona. 



Barleria ; a genus of the class Didynamia, order Angio- 

 spe'rmia. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix: perianth four- 

 parted, permanent ; two opposite leaflets larger. Corolla : 

 monopctalous, funnel-form, quinquefid, subequal ; the fifth 

 division deeper. Stamina: filamenta four, filiform, two very 

 short, capillary. Antherse oblong, the two lower withered. 

 Pistil : germen ovate ; style filiform, the length of the sta- 

 mina ; stigma bifid. Pericarp; capsule acute, flat-qua- 

 drangular, two-celled, two-valved, gaping elastically at the 



claws; partition contrary. Seeds: two, compressed, round- 

 ish. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. Calir : four-parted. Sta- 

 mina: two, far less than the others. Capsule: quadrangular, 

 bilocular, bivalvujar, elastic without the claws. Seeds: two. 

 Barlerias being all natives either of the East Indies or 

 South America, require the protection of the bark-stove. 

 The species are, 



1. Barleria Longifolia. Spines of the whorls six-fold ; 

 leaves ensiform, very long, scabrous ; flowers in whorls, axil- 

 lary. Native of the East Indies. 



2. Barleria Solanifolia. Spines axillary ; leaves lanceo- 

 late, toothletted ; flowers blue, and more completely labiated 

 than any of the other species. Native of Panama. The 

 roots of this species will continue three or four years, but 

 after the second year the plants grow too rambling, and the 

 lower parts of the branches being naked, are not so sightly 

 as the young plants ; therefore a succession of these should 

 be raised and the old ones turned out. They are propa- 

 gated by seeds, which will sow themselves in the pots which 

 are near them in the stove, when the plants are once ob- 

 tained ; but where the seeds are received from abroad, they 

 must be sown upon a hot-bed in the spring ; and when the 

 plants are fit to remove, they must be each planted in a 

 separate pot, and plunged into a hot-bed of tanner's bark, 

 where they must constantly remain, and be managed in the 

 same manner as other tender exotics from the same coun- 

 tries, giving them water frequently in summer, and letting 

 the fresh air to them every day in warm, weather, but in 

 winter they should have less water, and be kept warm. 

 They flower from June to November, and their seeds ripen 

 soon after. 



3. Barleria Hystrix. Spines axillary, twin, simple ; leaves 

 quite entire, lanceolate, ovate, smooth on both sides. The 

 stem is wand-like, not firm. Native of the East Indies. 



4. Barleria Prionitis. Spines axillary, pedate, four-fold; 

 leaves quite entire, lanceolate-ovate; stem herbaceous, round, 

 stiff. Native of the East Indies. It has flexible perennial 

 stalks, which, if cut off during the summer, and made into 

 lengths of six or eight inches, and planted in pots, plunging 

 them into a hot -bed, and duly watered and shaded from the 

 sun, will soon put out roots ; when they may be planted each 

 in a small pot, and plunged into the tan-bed in the stove ; 

 for although this sort may be kept in a dry-stove through the 

 winter, yet the plants will not grow near so fast, nor will, 

 their leaves be so large, as those which are plunged into the 

 bark. By this means the plants may be propagated in plenty; 

 but as they rarely produce flowers in England, so two or 

 three plants will be sufficient to maintain the species. 



5. Barleria Buxifolia. Spines axillary, opposite solitary: 

 leaves roundish, quite entire. Native of Jamaica, and the 

 East Indies. This will produce seed in England, provided 

 the plants are kept in the tan-bed in the stove, and may 

 therefore be propagated by seeds, which should be sown in 

 the hot-bed ; and the plants afterwards treated in the same 

 manner as those of the fourth species. 



6. Barleria Noctiflora. Spines axillary, branching ; leaves 

 lanceolate, quite entire, cuspidated ; bractes ovate, scariose; 

 tube elongated ; flowers blue, and expanding during the 

 night. Observed nearTanjour in the East Indies 



7. Baleria Cristate. Leaves oblong, quite entire ; two 

 leaflets of the calix broader, ciliated, and two linear acute; 

 stem round ; corolla blue, with ovate lobes. 



8. Barleria Coccinea. Unarmed : leaves ovate, tooth- 

 letted, petioled ; stem smooth, four feet high ; flowers 

 scarlet, in whorls at the joints, appearing from July till Sep- 

 tember. Native of South America. See the fifth species. 



