600 



BUPHTHALMUM 



and shcnvy. on an upward-thickened pod_uncle|_ 3^ ft . 

 bUHMuing in June =»'d Jf er J.H. 111. .>.J- 1;^'- U.^1^ 

 34»W uw* Telekio siH'ciosa).—T.hc best of all, a bold tree 

 and showy perennial growing very close antl niakiiif, 

 pxxl niiiss-enects. L. H. B. 



N. Taylor.T 

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

 plication!. VmUUlfcra. A genus of 7.^ species of weedy 

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

 *^ Linn.), IK natural- 



ized in the eastern 

 state-s and another 

 {B.falcaluiti,lAnn.), 

 is cult, in Japan for 

 greens (A.G. 13:9). 

 Lvs. simple, entire, 

 often perfoliate: 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. crdceiim, Fpnzl. A 

 showy porcnnial with 

 fls. and involucral bracts 

 bright yellow. Asia 

 Minor. 



N. Taylor. 



BURBiDGEA 



(after F. W. Bur- 

 bid ge, who dis- 

 covered it in Bor- 

 neo). Zingiheracex. AlUed to Hedychium, but with no 

 lateral perianth segms. and the lip reduced to a small 

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

 brilliancv. For cult., see Alpinia and Hedychium. 



nltida," Hrwk. f . Tender herbaceous perennial : height 

 2-3 ft.: root.st<jck creeping, matted: sts. tufted, slen- 

 der' If -blades glossv, 4-6 in. long, eared at junction 

 with the sheath: panicle terminal, i-f> in. long, many- 

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

 1 14-2 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 KhizorMila. Hort. Dwarfer and more compact in habit than 

 B.nitida: Lvv dull green above, brown-red beneath: fls. orange- 

 yellow. .Malaya. 



BURCHELLIA (\V. Burchell, botanical traveler). 

 Ru'ruia^. One species from S. Afr., an evergreen 

 shnib, with opposite short-petiolcd Ivs. and dense ter- 

 minal cliLsters of sessile scarlet fls.: corolla tubular, 

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

 2-cell«l, manv-seeded berry. B. capensis, H. Br., has 

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

 foUage and brilUant fls. It is very variable, and has 

 received B»;veral name.s. Three to 10 ft. Prop, by 

 cutting.s. Grown under gla.ss. B.M. 2339 (as iJ bitba- 

 lin^i). K.H. 1886:420. J.H. III. 34:81. L.B.C. 7 :664. 

 B. R. 406. 



697. Bupleurum 

 fruticosum. 



BUTEA 



BURDOCK: Arctium. 

 BURLINGT6NIA: Rodriguezia. 



BURNET (rotcrium Sanguisorba, 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 coimtry as a condimental herb. 

 It is worthv 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 l/ts- are 

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

 bearing oblong or globular monoecious heads. Of easiest 

 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). Pittosporacese. Two species of shrubs 

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

 each 5, the petals soon withering: fr. a 2-loculed caps., 

 in shape like that of the shepherd's purse. 



spindsa, Cav. An elegant sjiiny shrub or smaU tree, 

 with drooping branches and pretty white fls., produced 

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

 nearly sessile 1 .^-1 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). Burs(race:e. Usually tall trees, with sim- 

 ple or iiinnatelv 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 Protiuyn. 



Simarfiba, 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 t.he 

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

 fore the lvs. 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 \\ . 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 f9r 

 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. G. T. Hastings. 



BUSH-FRUITS. A term used to designate those 

 small-fruits that grow on woody bushes. It includes 

 aU 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). Legumindsx. Three or 4 

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

 <leep scarlet papilionaceous fls. in racemes, and pmnate 

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

 country 1 is cult, in S. Calif. 



frondSsa, Roxbg. A leafy tree, yielding gum or lac: 

 Ifts 3, roundish, pubescent beneath, the lateral ones 



