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minosa3), native of the West Indies and tropical America. It 

 lias become naturalised in the South of Europe and most warm 

 countries. 4. Aclenmithcra pavonina, a tree of the Bean family 

 (Leguminosae), native of India ; the seeds are of a bright-red 

 colour {see Sandal-wood, Eed). 5. Erythrina Corallodenchony 

 has bright-red seeds {see Coral Tree). 6. Cmsalipinia {Guilan- 

 dina) Bondiic and C. Bondiicella {see Bonduc and Bonducella). 

 7. Bhynclwsia 'precatoria, a climbing shrub of the Bean family 

 (Leguminosse), native of Mexico. It has small, pretty, pea-like 

 seeds, half black, half scarlet. 8. Elccocarpus Ganitrus, a large 

 tree of the Lime Tree family (Tiliacese), native of India and the 

 Malayan Islands. Its fruit is a drupe about the size of a j)lum, 

 containing a hard corrugated nut, which is made into rosaries, 

 bracelets, necklaces, and similar articles. There are many other 

 seeds and fruits- besides those enumerated that are used as 

 beads for ornamental purposes, such, for instance, as the fruits of 

 the Australian s]3ecies of Santahcm or Fusanus, and the very 

 hard and bony seeds of Coix lachryma. {See Job's Tears.) 



Bean, a general name for seeds enclosed in a bivalved pod, 

 of which the pea, scarlet-runner bean, and garden bean, are 

 familiar examples. The latter {Faha vulgaris) is an erect, 

 wing- leaved annual, of the tamily to which it gives its trivial 

 name, and of the natural family (Leguminosse), of which there 

 are two kinds. First, the Field Bean, extensively cultivated 

 for feeding horses ; second, the broad or Windsor Bean, culti- 

 vated in gardens. 



Bean Caper (Zygophylhcm Fahago), a desert plant of the 

 Lignum Vitse family (Zygophyllaceae), 2 to 3 feet high, native of 

 Syria, Egypt, and North Africa. It is a soft-leaved shrub, having 

 the leaves in pairs. Its flower-buds are used as a substitute for 

 capers. 



Bearberry {Arhuhis Uva-ursi), a low evergreen shrub of the 

 Heath family (Ericacese), with small leaves, abounding in moun- 

 tamous districts throughout Europe and North America. In 

 this country it is found in Wales, and is abundant in the High- 

 lands of Scotland. It has red berries, which afford food for 



