BRU 



BUB 



the latter species, and afford variety in the green- 

 house. 



BRUNIA, a genus containing a plant of the 

 shrubby exotic kind. 



It belongs to the class and order Pentandria 

 Monogynia, and ranks in the natural order of 

 Aggregate' . 



The characters are : that the calyx is a com- 

 mon, roundish, imbricate, many-flowered pe- 

 rianthium : the leaflets ovate-oblong. Proper 

 five-leaved, inferior: leaflets oblong, and villose : 

 the corolla consists of five petals: claws slender : 

 borders roundish, and spreading : the stamina 

 consist of five capillary filaments, inserted into 

 the claws of the petals : the anthers are ovate- 

 oblong: the pistillum is a very small, superior 

 germ : the style simple and cylindric : the 

 stigma obtuse : there is no pericarpium : the 

 seeds solitary: the receptacle common and 

 hairy. 



The species is the J5. lanuginosa, Heath- 

 leaved Brunia. 



It has the stem rising about a foot in height 

 and shrubby. The leaves are linear-filiform, 

 smooth and short, with black lips. The flowers 

 are white, and produced in heads. It is a native 

 of the Cape. 



Culture. — It may be increased by cuttings or 

 slips made from the young branches or shoots, 

 which should be planted out in pots of rich 

 earth, and plunged in a hot-bed, a little water 

 being frequently given. After the plants have 

 stricken good root, they should be removed into 

 separate pots to undergo the ordinary culture of 

 other green-house plants. 



BRUNSFELSIA, a genus comprehending a 

 plant of the shrubby exotic sort. 



It belongs to the class and order Dhlynam'ia 

 jingiospermia, and ranks in the natural order of 

 Per son a tee. 



The characters are : that the calyx is a one- 

 leafed, bell-shaped, five-toothed, very obtuse, 

 small, permanent perianfhium : the corolla isone- 

 petalled, funnel-form : the tube very long, slightly 

 curved inwards : the border is flat, five-cleft and 

 blunt : the stamina consist of four very short fila- 

 ments: the anthers are oblong and upright; two 

 a littlehigher than the others, prominent from the 

 mouth of the tube: the pistillum is a roundish 

 small germ, the style filiform, the length of 

 the tube : the stigma is thickish : the pericar- 



Eium is a capsule, berried on the outside, glo- 

 ular, one-celled, two-valved : the seeds are 

 very many, compressed, convex on one side, 

 ansular on the other, rugged with dots : the 

 receptacle is fastened to the bottom of the cap- 

 sule, chaffy : the chaff's coadunate, subulate at 

 the tip, separating the seeds. 



The species is the B. Americana, American 

 Brunsfelsia. 



It rises to the height of from five or six 

 to eight, ten, or more feet, with a smooth 

 even trunk and loose branches : the leaves an'. 

 alternate, entire, smooth, somewhat shining ; 

 on cylindric, short petioles-, somewhat reflex : 

 the flowers axillary and terminating, peduncled, 

 produced three or four together : the corolla 

 yellow, turning white, very sweet-scented, hav- 

 ing a tube four or five inches in length : the 

 anthers are globular, and bifid : those of the up- 

 per filaments, together with the stigma, close up 

 the aperture of the tube : the fruit is green, with 

 a red conceptacle. It is a native of Jamaica, 

 and known by the title of Trumpet Flower. 



Culture. — These plants are capable of being- 

 increased, either by seeds or cuttings, which 

 should be sown or set in pots of fresh light earth 

 in the spring, and plunged in the bark hot-bed, 

 watering them as may be neccssarv. When 

 the plants have attained sufficient growth, they 

 shoidd be removed into other pots of the same 

 earth, and replaced in the hot-bed, water and 

 shade being given till they become well rooted, 

 when free air should be admitted. In their 

 more advanced growth, they may be removed 

 into the bark-stow, and have free air during 

 summer, but should be well protected in the 

 winter. These plants afford variety in the stove. 



BUBON, a genus containing plants of the 

 shrubby tender kind for the green-house. 



It belongs to the class and order Pentandria 

 DigyniO) and ranks in the natural order of Um- 

 betlatce. 



Its characters are : that the calyx is an uni- 

 versal umbel, of about ten rays, the middle ones 

 shorter : partial of fifteen to twenty rays : in- 

 volucre universal, five-leaved : the leaflets lan- 

 ceolate-acuminate, patulous, equal, much shorter 

 than the umbel, and permanent : partial with ra- 

 ther more leaflets, of the same shape, the length of 

 the umbellule : the perianth proper five-toothed, 

 very small and permanent : the corolla universal 

 uniform : all the floscules fertile. Proper of 

 five, lanceolate, inflex petals : the stamina con- 

 sist of five simple filaments, the length of the 

 corollule : the anthers are simple : the pistil- 

 lum is an ovate, inferior germ : the styles two, 

 setaceous, permanent, hardly the length of the 

 corollule, spreading and reflex : the stigmas 

 are obtuse : no pericarpium : the fruit ovate, 

 striated, villose, bipartite, and crowned : the 

 seeds two, ovate, flat on one side and convex 

 on the other, striated and villose. 



The species cultivated are ; 1. B. Gallanum, 

 Lovage- leaved Shrubby Bubon. 2. B. gum- 

 miferum, Gum-bearing Shrubby Bubon, 



