600 



BUPHTHALMUM 



BUTEA 



and showy, on an upward-thickened peduncle: 3^ ft., 

 blooming in June and later. J.H. III. 53:187. B.M. 

 3466 (as Telekia speciosa). The best of all, a bold free 

 and showy perennial growing very close and making 

 good mass-effects. L_ jj g 



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BUPLEURUM (Greek, ox and rife; of no obvious ap- 

 plication). Umbettiferx. A genus of 75 species of weedy 

 plants of the Old World, of which one (B. rolundifblium, 



Linn.), is natural- 

 ized in the eastern 

 states, and another 

 (B.falcatum, Linn . ) , 

 is cult, in Japan for 

 greens (A.G. 13:9). 

 Lvs. simple ; entire, 

 often perfohate: fls. 

 umbellate mostly 

 without an invo- 

 lucre except in the 

 species below; 

 calyx-teeth mostly 

 none. 



fruticosum, Linn. 

 Fig. 697. Shrubby, 

 3-5 ft. : Ivs. oblong, 

 leathery, mucro- 

 nate, sometimes 

 persistent, usually 

 quite sessile : fls. 

 with a reflexed in- 

 volucre, the umbels 

 also with a set of 

 bracts, also re- 

 curved: fr. oblong. 

 S.Eu. Suitable for 

 dry, almost sterile, 

 places. 



B. crdceum, Fenzl. A 

 showy perennial with 

 fls. and involucral bracts 

 bright yellow. Asia 

 Minor. 



N. TAYLOR. 



697. Bupleurum 

 fruticosum. 



BURBiDGEA 



(after F. W. Bur- 

 bidge, who dis- 

 covered it in Bor- 

 neo). Zingiber&cese. Allied to Hedychium, but with no 

 lateral perianth segms. and the lip reduced to a small 

 blade. The showy orange-scarlet fls. rival cannas in 

 brilliancy. For cult., see Alpinia and Hedychium. 



nitida, Hook. f. Tender herbaceous perennial : height 

 2-3 ft.: rootstock creeping, matted: sts. tufted, slen- 

 der: If .-blades glossy, 4-6 in. long, eared at junction 

 with the sheath: panicle terminal, 4-6 in. long, many- 

 fld.; inner perianth-tube 1-1 ^ in. long; outer segms. 

 1H-2 in. long, orange-scarlet, the dorsal one shorter 

 and more roundish than the 2 lateral ones. B.M. 6403. 

 G.C. II. 12:401. 



B. schiiocheila, Hort. Dwarfer and more compact in habit than 

 B. nitida: Lvs. dull green above, brown-red beneath: fls. oranee- 

 yellow. Malaya. 



BURCHELLIA (W. Burchell, botanical traveler). 

 Rubtacex. One species from S. Afr., an evergreen 

 shrub, with opposite short-petioled Ivs. and dense ter- 

 minal clusters of sessile scarlet fls.: corolla tubular, 

 bell-shaped; stamens 5, inserted in the tube: fr. a 

 2-celled, many-seeded berry. B. capensis, R. Br., has 

 been in the American trade, being cult, for its rich, dark 

 foliage and brilliant fls. It is very variable, and has 

 received several names. Three to 10 ft. Prop, by 

 cuttings. Grown under glass. B.M. 2339 (as B. buba- 

 lina). R.H. 1886:420. J.H. III. 34:81. L.B.C 7-664 

 B. R. 466. 



BURDOCK: Arclium. 

 BURLINGTONIA: Rodriguciia. 



BURNET (Polkrium Sanguisbrba, Linn.). A hardy 

 rosaceous perennial, the piquant Ivs. of which are some- 

 times used in flavoring soups and salads. The dried 

 roots are occasionally used as a family remedy. Burnet 

 is little known in this country as a condimental herb. 

 It is worthy a place in the hardy border for the orna- 

 mental character of its odd-pinnate Ivs. and its little 

 heads of fls. with drooping stamens. The Ifts. are 

 very dark green, ovate and notched: sts. 1-2 ft. high, 

 bearing oblong or globular monoecious heads. Of e;i 

 cult., either from seeds or by division of the clumps. 

 Native of Eu. L H B 



BURNING-BUSH: Euonymus. 

 BURRIELIA: Baeria. 



BURSARIA (Bursa, a pouch, alluding to the shape 

 of the pods). Pittospordcese, Two species of shrubs 

 with white fls. in clusters; sepals, petals and stamens 

 each 5, the petals soon withering: fr. a2-loculed caps., 

 in shape like that of the shepherd's purse. 



spindsa, Cav. An elegant spiny shrub or small tree, 

 with drooping branches and pretty white fls., produced 

 in summer: Ivs. small, oblong-cuneate, alternate and 

 nearly sessile Y r \ in. long: fls. small, lateral or terminal, 

 mostly terminal in broad pyramidal panicles. Austral. 

 Tasmania. B.M. 1767. Andr. Bot. Rep. 314. Cult 

 in S. Calif. 



BURSERA (Joachim Burser, a disciple of Caspar 

 Bauhin). Burseracese. Usually tall trees, with sim- 

 ple or pinnately compound Ivs. : fls. small, in clusters, 

 4-5-parted, with twice as many stamens as petals or 

 sepals, and a 3-parted ovary containing 6 ovules: fr. a 

 3-parted drupe with usually only 1 seed. About 40 spe- 

 cies of trees in Trop. Amer. For B. serrata, see Protium. 



Simaruha, Sarg. (B. gummifera, Jacq.). GUMBO- 

 LIMBO or WEST INDIAN BIRCH. Lvs. odd-pinnate, with 

 3-5 pairs of Ifts. ; Ifts. ovate, acute, membranous, smooth 

 on both sides, entire, the netted veins prominent on the 

 under side: fls. staminate and pistillate, appearing be- 

 fore the Ivs. or as they unfold, in knotty racemes some- 

 what resembling those of the choke cherry: fr. a drupe, 

 with a 3-valved succulent rind and 3-5 nuts. A tall 

 tree with a straight trunk and spreading head, found in 

 Fla., Mex., and Cent. Amer. and the W. Indies. Wood 

 very light, specific gravity when dry 30; useless even for 

 fuel; decays very rapidly. It yields a sweet, aromatic 

 balsam, which is used in Trop. Amer. as a medicine for 

 internal and external application; dried, it is known in 

 the trade as Chibou, or Cachibou resin, or Gomart 

 resin. It is known as a hardy greenhouse plant, and 

 thrives in a compost of loam and peat. Prop, by cuttings 

 under glass, with bottom heat. Q j> HASTINGS 



BUSH-FRUITS. A term used to designate those 

 small-fruits that grow on woody bushes. It includes 

 all small-fruits as that term is used in America ex- 

 cepting strawberries and cranberries. Bush-fruits is an 

 English term, but it has been adopted in this 

 country, notably in Card's book on "Bush- Fruits." 

 The common bush-fruits are currants, gooseberries, 

 raspberries, blackberries, and dewberries. 



BUTCHER'S BROOM: Sarcococca. 



BUTEA (Earl of Bute). Leguminbsx. Three or 4 

 species of trees or woody vines of India and China, with 

 deep scarlet papilionaceous fls. in racemes, and pinnate 

 Ivs. In the Old World rarely grown in stoves. In this 

 country 1 is cult, in S. Calif. 



f rondosa, Roxbg. A leafy tree, yielding gum or lac : 

 Ifts. 3, roundish, pubescent beneath, the lateral ones 



