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THE UNIVERSAL HERBAL; 



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dry weather, they should be refreshed now and then with a 

 little water, while their leaves continue green ; but when 

 these decay, the pots should be removed to a shady situation, 

 where they may remain till autumn, observing to keep them 

 clean from weeds. In October, there should be a little fresh 

 earth laid on the surface of the other, and the pots placed 

 in shelter again till the following spring, when they must be 

 treated in the same manner as in the former year until their 

 leaves decay ; then the roots should be carefully taken up, 

 and transplanted into the borders of the flower-garden, treat- 

 ing them as the old roots, and in the spring following they 

 will produce their flowers. 



Bulrush. See Scirpus. 



Bumalda ; a genus of the class Pentandria, order Digynia. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix: perianth one-leafed, five- 

 parted almost to the base ; divisions ovate, obtuse, concave, 

 a little shorter than the corolla. Corolla > five-petalled, pe- 

 tals linear-obovate, inserted into the germen. Stamina . 

 lilamcnta five, inserted into the claws of the petals, filiform, 

 erect, rough with hairs, almost the length of the corolla ; an- 

 therae inserted into the back, ovate, twin. Pistil: germen 

 superior, conic, villose ; styles two, erect, yillose, the length 

 of the filamenta ; stigmas simple, headed, truncate. Peri- 

 carp .- seems to be a two-celled capsule. Seeds : not ascer- 

 tained. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. Corolla : five-petalled. 

 Styles : villose ; capsule two-celled, two-beaked. The 

 only known species is, 



1. Bumalda Trifolia. Stem shrubby; branches close, in 

 all parts smooth, obscurely angular, jointed, purple ; divisions 

 opposite, filiform, much spreading, leafy; leaves opposite, 

 petioled,ternate; leaves ovate, acuminate, finely serrate, pale 

 underneath, on very short capillary petioles, spreading very 

 much, or reflex ; flowers terminating the branches in ra- 

 cemes, on capillary peduncles. Native of Japan. 



Bumeliu; a genus of the class Pentandria, order Mono- 

 gynia. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calue; perianth five-leaved j 

 leaflets roundish-ovate, incumbent, concave. Corolla : one- 

 petalled, five-cleft, or five-parted; tube very short, round ; 

 border five-parted ; parts ovate, entire, spreading, concave, 

 with two little scales at the base of each ; nectary five- 

 leaved ; segments smaller than the corolla, :it the base of the 

 filamenta, surrounding the germen, acute. Stamina : fila- 

 menta five, inserted into the corolla, at the bottom of the 

 tube, between the lower segments, the length of the tube ; 

 anthera? ovate, erect. Pistil : germen superior, ovate; style 

 thick, erect, shorter than the stamina ; stigma obtuse. Peri- 

 carp: drupe oval. Seed: kernel single, oblong, smooth, with 

 a lateral scar. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. Corolla: five-cleft, 



with a five-leaved nectary. Drupe: one-seeded. The 



species are, 



1. Bumelia Nigra ; Bastard Bully-tree. Branches wand- 

 like, spreading ; leaves terminating, oblong-lanceolate, 

 smooth, waved about the edge; branchlets flower-bearing; 

 fruit small, smooth. Native of Jamaica. 



2. Bumelia Pallida; Pale Bumelia. Branches upright; 

 leaves terminating, elliptic, obtuse ; flowers crowded, late- 

 ral. Native of Jamaica. 



3. Bumelia Retusa; Mountain Bastard Bully-tree. Leaves 

 opposite, wedge-ovate, obtuse, rigid ; flowers crowded, 

 axillary; fruit small, smooth. Native of the West Indies. 



4. Bumelia Montana ; Mountain Bumelia. Leaves scat- 

 tered, alternate, oblong, obtuse ,- flowers axillary, peduncled. 

 Native of Jamaica. 



5. Bumelia Salicifolia ; Willow-leaved Bumelia. Leaves 

 lanceolate-ovate, acuminate ; flowers crowded, axillary, and 

 lateral. See Achras Salicifolia. 



6. Bumelia Rotundifolia; Round-leaved Bumelia. Leaves 

 suborbiculate, margined, veined, coriaceous, smooth on both 

 sides. Native of the West Indies. 



7. Bumelia Pentagona ; Pentagon-fruited Bunelia. Leaves 

 lanceolate, acuminate, shining ; flowers axillary ; drupes 

 five-cornered. Native of the island of St. Vincent. 



Bunias; a genus of the class Tetradynamia, order Sili- 

 quosa. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix : perianth four-leaved; 

 leaflets ovate-oblong, spreading deciduous. Corolla : tetra- 

 petalous, cruciform ; petals obovate, twice as long as the 

 calix; claws attenuated, erect. Stamina: filamenta six, the 

 length of the calix ; of which two opposite a little shorter. 

 Anthene erect, bifid at the base. Pistil : germen oblong ; 

 style none ; stigma obtuse. Pericarp : silicic irregular, ovate- 

 oblong, four-sided, the angles with an acumen or two, not 

 bursting, deciduous. Seeds: few, one under each acumen 

 of the silicle, roundish. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. Silicle : 

 deciduous, four-sided, muricated with unequal acuminate 

 angles. These plants are all propagated by seed, to be sown 

 where they are designed to remain, either in April or in 

 autumn. When the plants come up, they should be thinned 

 to the distance of one foot from each other; and after that 

 they will require no other care, but to keep them clean from 

 weeds. They are all hardy enough to flower in the open air, 

 but some of them will scarcely perfect their seeds unless they 

 be sown in the autumn. The species are, 



1. Bunias Cornuta; Horned Bunias. Silicles divaricate, 

 two-horned, spiny at the base. This is a very singular plant : 

 it has a silicle transversely oval, finishing on each side in a 

 horn, or very long and strong spine, so that the silicle resem- 

 bles a pair of horns ; in the middle of the silicle are four 

 small spines, directed different ways. Native of the Levant 

 and Siberia. 



2. Bunias Spinosa ; Thorny Bunias. Raceme spinescent. 

 This is an annual plant. Stems a foot high, upright, branch- 

 ing, subdivided, round, rushy, very smooth and even, green ; 

 leaves ovate-oblong, blunt, petioled. Native of the Levant. 



3. Bunias Erucago; Prickly-podded Buniat. Silicles 

 four-cornered ;' angles two-crested. This is also an annual 

 plant, sending out many branches, which spread, and incline 

 towards the ground. The leaves are glaucous, and deeply 

 divided into many segments, almost like those of Swine's cress. 

 The flowers are produced singly from the axils of the leaves, 

 towards the extremity of the branches, they are small, and 

 of a pale yellowish colour. Native of the south of France, 

 Switzerland, Austria, and Italy. 



4. Bunias Orientalis ; Oriental Bunias. Silicles ovate, gib- 

 bose, warted ; root perennial, with an annual stalk. It 

 grows naturally in the Levant, and Howers from May to July. 



5. Bunias Cochlearioides ; Scurry-grats Buttias. Silicles 

 cordate-ovate, even, inflected. It is about two feel high ; 

 the root slender, and fibrose at the sides. The corolla is 

 white and veiny. Found in low meadows near the river Jaik. 



6. Bunias Cakile ; Sea Rocket. Silicles ovate, even, anci- 

 pital. It is a smooth, annual, glaucous plant, with a saltish 

 taste ; root slender, woody, running deep into the sand ; stem 

 woody, about a foot high, with widely divaricating branches; 

 leaves oblong-wedge-shaped, deeply cut, thick and succulent ; 

 flowers in short spikes or clusters, pale red, or purple ; pods 

 short, but large and fleshy, two-celled, with one or two round- 

 ish seeds in each. It is a native of the sea-coast, in many 

 parts of Europe, and North America : with us, on the coast 

 of Norfolk, Suffolk, Scotland, and Ireland, in deep sand, fre- 

 quently near high-water mark: flowering in June and July. 



7. Bunias Myagroides ; Myagrum-lilte Bunias. Silicles 

 two-jointed, ancipital, torulose above; leaves pinnate, with 



