68 DICTIONARY OF POPULAR NAMES BUKKUM 



family (Eanunciilace^e), native of Eastern Europe and Siberia. 

 It is called Stinking Bugwort, and is used for destroying insects, 

 particularly the pests from which it takes its name. 



Bukkum-wood. (See Sappan-wood.) 



Bull Kelp, a seaweed common on the south coast of 

 Australia, used as a food by the aboriginal natives. The party 

 sent to King's Island to bury the dead of the ill-fated ship 

 Catarique, fell short of provisions, and lived upon this weed for 

 several days. It has been described as exceedingly nutritious 

 and fattening. 



BuUace {Prunus insititia), a spiny shrub of the Plum 

 family (Drupacese), native of this country, growing in hedges and 

 waste places. The fruit is larger than that of the sloe, and is 

 palatable ; there is a variety with white berries, sold as white 

 damsons. 



Bullock's Heart {Anona reticulata). (See Custard Apple.) 



Bully Tree (Bumelia nig7^a), a large tree of the Star Apple 

 family (Sapotaceee), native of Jamaica, and indigenous to Bar- 

 badoes. Its fruit is clammy, but of a sweet agreeable flavour. 

 It is also called Bully Berry. The name Bully Tree is some- 

 times applied to Sapota sideroxylon and Myrsine Imta. 



Bulrush, Common (Scirpus lacustris), a marsh plant of the 

 Sedge family (Cyperacese), it has cylindrical stems like the 

 common rush, but stouter and taller, often attaining the height 

 of from 4 to 6 feet. It grows abundantly in ditches and on 

 banks of rivers in this and other countries of Europe and in 

 Western Asia. It is extensively used for making mats and 

 ropes, but more especially for chair-bottoms and hassocks. In 

 this country in early times it was called Pool-rush. In Cali- 

 fornia it is called Teele, and used for paper-making. Typha 

 latifolia is by some called Bulrush. (See Mace-reed.) 



Bulrush of the Nile. (See Papyrus.) 



Bunkuss, a name in India for Spocliopogoyi angustifolms, a 

 grass of the Andropogon section of the Grass family (Gra- 

 minaceie). It is used in North- West India for making ropes, 

 also shoes, mats, and other domestic utensils. 



