BANKSIA 



BARBADOS LILY 



453 



470. Banksia ericifolia. 



(XH) 



the pistillate ones ultimately forming thick woody 

 strobiles. — Species 40, more than 23 of which have been 

 more or less cult, in England, but only 2 or 3 so far 

 known here. 



Propagation is difficult, and by seeds is usually an 

 unsatisfactory method, although B. serrata has been 

 grown satisfactorily from seeds. Cuttings under a bell- 

 jar, without too much heat, root fairly well. 



The following have been recently catalogued in 

 North America; none of them has ''gained a perma- 

 nent foothold" in California. Several species are known 

 in American botanic gardens. 



integrifolia, Linn. Ten to 12 ft.: Ivs. 6 in. long, 1-1 J^ 

 in. \sdde, entire, or rarely a httle dentate, the upper side 

 dark green, silveiy white beneath, scattered or some- 

 times irregularh' verticillate; spikes 3-6 in. long; peri- 

 anth about 1 in. long, greenish yellow. Cav. Ic. 546. 

 B. M. 2770. Lam. Encyc. 

 54. 



serrata, Linn. Tree, 10-20 

 ft., the yoimg branches to- 

 mentose: Ivs. oblong-lanceo- 

 late, 3-6 in. long, coriaceous 

 and deeply and regularly ser- 

 rate: fis. similar to the pre- 

 ceding, but red. B. R. 1316 

 (as B. undidnln). Cav. Ic. 

 539, 540.^Almost perfectly 

 hardy in Cent. Fla. 



ericifdlia, Linn. Fig. 470. 

 Shrub or small tree, 12-14 

 ft. : Ivs. scarcely longer than 

 ^in., heath-like: spikes 6-10 

 in. long, the yellow perianth 

 about Jiin. long. B.M. 738. 

 Andr. Bot. Rep., pi. 156. 

 Cav. Ic. 538. 



B. latifdlia, R. Br. Stout shrub: Ivs. irregularly almost spiny 

 serrate, 4-8 in. long, 1^2-3 in. wide: spikes 3-5 in. long: perianth 

 slender, scarcely 1 in. long, greenish. B.M. 2406. — B. priondtes, 

 Lindl. Tree. 15-2.5 ft.: Ivs. 8-11 in. long, ^^1 in. wide, pinnatifid.: 

 spikes 3-5 in. long; perianth scarcely an inch long, villotis; style 

 rigid, included at the base. ^ TaTLOR 



BANUCALAG: AleurUes trisperma, 



BANYAN TREE: Ficus indica, and other species. 



BAOBAB: Adansonia. 



BAPHIA (name meaning dye). Lequniinbsx. Cam- 

 wood. Barwood. Shrubs or small trees, sparingly 

 planted far south. 



Erect or climbing: Ivs. 1-foholate, exstipellate, the 

 stipules small: fls. white or yellow, papiUonaceous, fas- 

 cicled or racemose; calyx short-toothed but becoming 

 slit a.s the fl. opens; standard orbicular, and wings 

 oblong or obovate, keel obtuse and sUghtly incurved; 

 stiimens not united: pod linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 flattened. — A dozen species in Trop. Afr. and Mada- 

 gascar. Sometimes grown in hothouses. Prop, by cut- 

 tings bearing Ivs. 



racemdsa, Hochst. Erect, 8 ft., branches glabrous: 

 Ivs, leathery, 3 in. long, oblong or nearly so, acute: fls. 

 large in a leafy panicle; corolla much exceeding the 

 calyx, white with purple veins on the standard: pod 

 2 in. long, about 2-seeded. S. Cent. Afr. and Xatal. 

 — Offered in S. Fla. j^ H g_ 



BAPTISIA (Greek, to dye, alluding to the coloring 

 matter in some species). Legumind.'ne. False Indigo. 

 About twenty-five erect perennial herbs of eastern 

 North America, sometimes planted in borders and 

 collections. 



Branching herbs: Ivs. alternate, mostly 3-foliolate: 

 corolla papilionaceous, the .standard not larger than the 

 wings: calyx campanulate, the 5 teeth separate and 

 equal or the 2 upper ones united: stamens 10, distinct: 



pod stalked in the calyx. — Plants usually turn black in 

 drying. 



Baptisias thrive in any ordinary .soil and under com- 

 mon treatment, preferring free exposure to sun. Prop- 

 agation is by division or seeds. 



A. Lf. -blades simple: fls. yellow. 

 simplicifdlia, Croom. Branchy, 2-3 ft.: Ivs. 2-4 in. 

 long, sessile, broadly ovate and obtuse: fls. in numerous 

 terminal racemes. Fla., in dry pine- or oak-lands. — 

 Intro. 1891. 



perfoliata, R. Br., with small axillary fls. and broad 

 perfoliate Ivs., is occasionally planted, and is hardy as 

 far north as Washington, but is evidently not in the 

 trade. S. C. and Ga., on sand-hills. B.M. 3121. 



AA. Lf. -blades compound, S-foliolate. 

 B. Fls. yellow. 

 tinctoria, R. Br. Wild Indigo. Bushy-branched, 

 2-4 ft., glabrous: Ivs. stalked, the Ifts. small, obovate or 

 oblanceolate, and nearly or quite sessile 

 and entire: fls. J^in. long, bright yellow, 

 in numerous few-fid. racemes. Common 

 in eastern states and to La. B.M. 1099. 

 Mn. 5:81. — A kind of indigo may be 

 extracted from this plant, and it has been 

 used by dyers. The root and sometimes 

 the herb are employed medicinally. 



lanceolata, Ell. About 2 ft., pubescent 

 when young, but becoming nearly gla- 

 brous: Ivs. short-stalked, the Ifts. thick, lanceolate to 

 obovate and obtuse: fls. large, dull yellow, axillary and 

 solitary but close together near ends of branches. Pine 

 barrens, N. C. to Fla. 



BB. Fls. blue. 



australis, R. Br. (S. aeridea, Eaton & Wright. B. 

 exaltata. Sweet). Stout, 4-6 ft., glabrous: Ivs. short- 

 stalked; Ifts. oblanceolate to oval, entire, obtuse: fls. 

 lupine-like, indigo-blue, nearly or quite an inch long, 

 in loose-fld., long terminal racemes. Pa., W. and S. 

 J.H. III. 29:64; 34:511.— Handsome. Probably the 

 best species for cult. 



BBB. Fls. white or whitish. 



Slba, R. Br. Wide-branching, 1-3 ft., smooth: Ivs. 

 stalked; Ifts. oblong or lanceolate, obtuse, thin, drying 

 green: fls. white, ^i^n. long, in long-peduncled, elonga- 

 ted lateral racemes. N. C, W. and S., and extending 

 northward. B.M. 1177. 



leucantha, Torr. & Gray. Branching, more or less 

 succulent, 2-4 ft., glabrous: Ivs. stalked; Ifts. obovate to 

 oblanceolate to cuneate, very obtuse, drj'ing black: fls. 

 white, nearly an inch long, in loose-fld., lateral racemes. 

 Ont. to Texas. 



leucophjea, Nutt. St. stout and angled, but low and 

 wide-branched, 1-23^2 ft., hairy or nearly glabrous: Ivs. 

 short petioled; Ifts. oblanceolate to obovate, stiff, dry- 

 ing black: fls. large and cream-colored, on slender erect 

 pedicels, borne in 1-sided declined racemes. Mich, to 

 Texas. B.M. 5900. Mn. 3:177. F.S. 23:2449. 



L. H. B. 



BARBACENIA (Barbacena, a Brazihan governor). 

 Amaryllidace^. About 30 Brazilian plants, with scape 

 bearing a single purple fl. Grown mostly in baskets, 

 after the manner of many orchids. B. purp&rea, Hook., 

 is occasionally seen in fine collections, but does not 

 appear to be in the American trade. Grown in a warm, 

 moist house. It has many scapes which are much 

 longer than the long, grass-like, toothed, prominently 

 keeled Ivs; IH ft- Summer. B.M. 2777. — The genus 

 is anomalous. It has been placed in the Hamodoracese 

 ;is well as in AmnTyllidncea-; and Engler & Prantl 

 place it in the small family Velloziacex. 



BARBADOS LILY: Hip-peastrum. 



