HENDERSON'S HANDBOOK OF PLANTS. 



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resinous or oleo-resinous substances. 

 Bayee Balsam, a product of Balsamoden- 

 dron pubescens. Canadian Balsam, a pro- 

 duct of Abies balsamea. Carpathian Bal- 

 sam, a product of Pinus Cembra. Copalm 

 Balsam, a product of Liquidambar styraci- 

 flua. Garden Balsam, Impatiens Balsami- 

 na, sometimes called Balsamina hortensis. 

 Hungarian Balsam, an oleo-resinous pro- 

 duct of Pinus Pumilio. Balsam of Acou- 

 chi, a product of Idea Aracouchini. Bal- 

 sam of Copaiva, an acrid production of 

 various species of Copaifera. Balsam of 

 Maria, a product of Verticillaria acuminata. 

 Balsam of Peru, a product of Myrospermum 

 Peruiferum. Balsam of Quinquino, a pro- 

 duct of Myrospermum pubescens, sold as 

 White Balsam. Balsam of Tolu, a product 

 of Myrospermum toluiferum. Balsam of 

 Umiri, a product of Humirium floribun- 

 dum. Tamacoari Balsam, a product of 

 a Brazilian species of Caraipa. White 

 Balsam, the same as the Balsam of Quin- 

 quino above. 



Balsaminacece, (Hydrocerece. ) The large 

 genus Impatiens, and a single species sep- 

 arated from it under the name of Hydro- 

 cera, included by Jussieu in the Geranium 

 family, have been raised to the rank of a 

 distinct order, on account of the remark- 

 able irregularities in the flowers, which 

 have been variously explained by differ- 

 ent botanists. The sepals and petals, all 

 colored, consist usually of six pieces, 

 two outer ones, small, flat, and oblique ; 

 the next large, hood-shaped, ending be- 

 low in a conical spur ; the fourth oppo- 

 site to it, small, but yet very broad and 

 concave, the two innermost very oblique, 

 and more or less divided into two un- 

 equal lobes. It has been a matter of 

 much dispute which of them should be 

 considered as sepals and which as petals. 



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It has now, however, been proved by the 

 examination of some Asiatic species, 

 where there are two additional small se- 

 pals, and especially of the Hydrocera, 

 where the flowers are less irregular, that 

 the two outer pieces, and the large spur- 

 red one, with the two occasional additional 

 ones, are the sepals, that the two inner- 

 most lobed pieces consist each of two 

 united petals, and that the broad concave 

 one is the fifth petal, thus bringing the 

 structure more into conformity with that 

 of our true Geraniacece, with which Bal- 

 sams agree also in their ovary, and in the 

 fruit which, in bursting open, leaves the 

 attachment of the seeds adhering to the 

 persistent axis. The Balsaminacece may 

 therefore be again considered as a tribe 

 only of Geraniacece. 



Banded. Marked with cross-bars of color ; 

 when stripes of color are arranged trans- 

 versely. 



Bands. Applied to the spaces between the 

 lines or ribs of the fruit of umbelliferous 

 plants. 



Band-shaped. Narrow and very long. 



Barb. A hooked hair; a double hook at 

 the end of some bristles, as on the fruit 

 of Echinospermum Lappula. 



Barbate. Having long, soft hairs in one or 

 more tufts. 



Barbatus. Bearded, having tufts of soft 

 hairs, as in Chelone barbata. 



Barbettce. The hairs of the pappus of Com- 

 posites, when they are short, stiff, and 

 straight 



Barbellulce. Small, conical, spine -like pro- 

 cesses of the pappus of Composites, as in 

 Aster. 



Barbula. The inner row of fringes or teeth 

 in the peristome (which see) of such 

 Mosses as Tortula. Also the name of a 



