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B U C 



THE UNIVERSAL HERBAL : 



BUD 



treated in the same way as the Coffee-tree, keeping them 

 always in the tan-bed in the stove. 



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

 spermia. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix : perianth, one- 

 leafed, obscurely five-toothed, scabrous, permanent. Corolla : 

 monopetalous : tube very long, filiform, liowed ; border flat, 

 short, five-cleft, equal ; the two upper divisions very short, 

 reflex; the three tower cordate, nearly equal. Stamina: 

 filamenta four, very short, in the throat of the corolla ; the 

 two upper ones prominent, outward, short: anthene oblong, 

 obtuse. Pistil: germen ovate-oblong; style filiform, the 

 length of the tube ; stigma obtuse. Pericarp .- capsule 

 acuminate, covered, two-celled, gaping at the top into two 

 parts, partition contrary. Seeds: numerous, angular. Re- 

 ceptacle: fastened to the middle of the partition. ESSEN- 

 TIAL CHARACTER. Calix : obscurely five-toothed. Corolla: 

 border five-cleft, equal ; lobes cordate. Capsule : two- 

 celled. The species are, 



I. Buchnera Americana; North American Buchnera. 

 Leaves toothed, lanceolate, three-nerved ; stem scarcely 

 branching ; flowers in a spike. This herb grows black in 

 drying. It is hardy, and a native of Virginia and Canada. 



'2. Buchnera Cernua; Drooping Buchnera. Leaves 

 wedged, five-toothed, smooth ; flowers spiked ; stem 

 shrubby .-^Native of the Cape of Good Hope, requiring the 

 protection of the dry stove, conservatory, or glass-case. 



3. Buchnera Cuneifolia; Wedge-leaved Buchnera. Leaves 

 wedge-form, smooth, seven-toothed at the end. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope ; to be propagated in the same way 

 as the other Cape plants. 



4. Buchnera Cordifolia ; Heart-letved Buchnera. Stem 

 four-cornered ; leaves opposite, cordate, three-nerved, ser- 

 rate; racemes terminal, subspiked. Native of the East Indies. 



5. Buchnera Grandiflora ; Great-flowered Buchnera. Sca- 

 brous ; leaves opposite, sessile, oblong, entire ; peduncles 

 axillary, one-flowered, two-leaved ; calix funnel-form. This 

 is a very beautiful plant, with an upright, smooth, and very 

 simple stem. It was found in South America by Mutis. 



6. Buchnera .dlthiopica. Leaves three-toothed ; flowers 

 peduncled ; stem shrubby; calix somewhat hispid. Corolla 

 yellow. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



7. Buchnera Capensis. Leaves toothed, linear ; calices 

 pubescent. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



8. Buchnera Asiatica ; Eastern Buchnera. Leaves quite 

 entire, linear ; calices scabrous. The corolla has a bifid 

 purple border ; one of the segments almost upright, and 

 trifid ; the other, spreading and widely cordate. Native of 

 Ceylon and China. 



9. Buchnera Pinnatifida ; Pinna tifid- leaved Buchnera. 

 Leaves pinnatifid, smooth. Found at the Cape of Good 

 Hope by Thunberg. 



10. Buchnera Viscosa ; Clammy Buchnera. Leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, loosely toothed, somewhat glutinous ; flowers 

 peduncled ; stem shrubby. The flowers are purple, with a 

 yellow eye. It does not boast much beauty, but neverthe- 

 less occupies little room, and flowers during most of the 

 summer. Found at the Cape of Good Hope. 



II. Buchncru Elongata. Leaves entire, opposite; calices 

 somewhat hairy, longer than the fruit. Native of South 

 America and Jamaica. It must be kept in the bark-stove, 

 if cultivated in England. 



Bucida a genus of the class Decandria, order Monogynia. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix: perianth one-leafed, 

 bell-form, obscurely five-toothed, superior, permanent. Co- 

 rolla : none. Stamina : filamenta ten, capillary, inserted 

 into the base of the calix, and longer than it ; antherce 



cordate, erect. Pistil: germen inferior, ovate; style filifor.u 

 the length of the stamina ; stigma obtuse. Pericarp: berry 

 dry, ovate, one celled, crowned with the calix. Seed : one, 

 ovate. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. Calix; five-toothed, su- 

 perior. Corolla : none. Berry : one-seeded. The only 



known species is, 



1. Bucida Buceras ; Olive Bark Tree. Brown observes, 

 that this tree is remarkable for its slender crooked branches, 

 and the tufted disposition of the leaves ; that it grows to a 

 considerable size, twenty to thirty feet in height, and one in 

 diameter ; is reckoned an excellent timber tree, and the bark 

 is greatly esteemed by the tanners. It is a native of the West 

 Indies, in low swampey clayey lands near the coast, flowering 

 in spring : in Jamaica it is called Black Olive ; in Antigua, 

 French Oak ; and in the French islands, Grignon. 



Buckbean. See Menyanthes. 



Buckler Mustard. See Biscutella and Clypeola. 



Buckthorn. See Rhamnus. 



Buckwheat. See Polygonum. 



Budding. See Inoculating. 



Buddlea ; a genus of the class Tetrandria, order Monogy- 

 nia. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix: perianth very small, 

 four-cleft, acute, erect, permanent. Corolla: monopetalous, 

 bell-form, four cleft half way, erect, three times greater than 

 the calix ; divisions ovate, straight, acute. Stamina: fila- 

 menta four, very short, placed at the divisions of the corolla ; 

 anthera? very short, simple. Pistil : germen ovate, style 

 simple, shorter by half than the corolla ; stigma obtuse. Pe- 

 ricarp: capsule ovate, oblong, two-furrowed, two-celled. 

 Seeds: numerous, extremely minute, adhering to a fungous 

 receptacle. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. Calix: four-cleft. 

 Corolla: four-cleft. Stamina: from the divisions. Cap- 

 sule : two-furrowed, two-celled, many-seeded. The spe- 

 cies are, 



1. Buddlea Americana; Long-spiked Buddlea. This is a 

 shrub, about the height of a man, branched, and all over 

 hoary ; the leaves ovate, lanceolate, opposite, serrate ; the 

 flowers in long slender spikes, axillary and terminating. Na- 

 tive of the West Indies. Brown informs us, that it is used in 

 emollient baths and fomentations, and is thought to have all 

 the properties of the Mullein. It is propagated by seeds, 

 which should be brought over in their capsules or pods ; for 

 those which are taken out before they are sent, seldom grow. 

 They must be.sown in small pots filled with light rich earth, 

 and very lightly covered ; for as these seeds are very small, 

 if they are buried deep, they perish. The pots should be 

 plunged into a moderate hot-bed, and very third or fourth day 

 must be gently watered, being very careful not to wash the 

 seeds out of the ground by too hastily watering them. If tin- 

 seeds be fresh and good, the plants will come up in about six 

 weeks, provided they are sown in the spring; and if they grow 

 kindly, will be large enough to transplant in four months 

 after; they then should be carefully separated, and each 

 planted into a small pot filled with light rich eurth, and 

 plunged into the hot-bed again, observing to shade them 

 from the sun until they have taken new root, as also to re- 

 fresh them with water when they require it. After the plants 

 "have again struck root in these pots, there should be 

 fresh air admitted to them every day, in proportion to the 

 warmth of the season; they must also be frequently but mo- 

 derately refreshed with water. If the plants thrive well, they 

 will have filled these small pots with their roots by the mid- 

 dle of August, at which time it will be proper to shift 

 them into pots one size larger, that they may have time to 

 take good root again before the cold weather comes on. 

 When these are potted, the tan should be turned over, to 



