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BERTOLONIA 



B£B6AM0T. Name applied to various aromatic 

 plants, particularly to members of the Labiiitff, as 

 Menthas and Monardas. The Bergamot essence of 

 commerce is made from a citrous fruit. See Citrus. 



B£BRIA ( after Dr. Andrew Berry, a Madras botanist). 

 .'^yn., I^'iij/it, DC, not Klein. TiliAcea. A genus of 

 <.]]<• c.r t«.i species, with no familiar allies. 



Ammonilla, Roxb. High tree: Ivs. entire, heart-shaped, 

 i.,i,:..-l„ ii,,l,..l, smooth, 5-7-nerved, alternate: fls. in 

 ra. , 1,1. -. Miiall, white, Terv numerous: fr.aS-celled cap- 

 ful. \\ III i; wings, the 3-12 seeds with stiff hairs, which 

 r. ,,(|il\ I" II. trate the skiii and produce a painful itching. 

 II1..1VIII- iilmndantly in the Philippines and Ceylon, 

 vvhi 1.! II Is one of the largest and most valuable timber 

 trees. The wood, being light and strong, is used for 

 building, for oil casks, and for boats. It is exported as 

 "Trincomalee wood." Cult, by Dr. Franceschi, Santa 

 Barbara, Calif. q_ x. Hastings. 



BEETHOLLfiTIA (after Louis Claude Berthollet, 

 French chemist). MyrtAceie. Brazil, Nut. Para 

 Nit. CkkamNut. Nigger Toe. Large trees : Ivs. al- 

 i.iiii.t.'. i.riLrlit green, leathery, about 2 ft. long, 6 in. 

 i iiaiu colored ; calyx parts united and tear- 



- - i.iirts when the flower opens ; petals 6, sta- 



in. m i..:.]iv. united into a hood-shaped mass, the upper 

 niu-s siiiii,. : fr. round, about 6 in. in diam., with a hard 

 shell containing 18-2-1 3-sided nuts. Fig. 230. Spe- 



apex and with f e\v I . . ' I .■ i ' I' i .. -H. 



umbelldta.WM. I.^s .h . , -|..,i-. • ..,.,.,. i ,. .■imps 



loug-peduncled, \uii1jc1 Ilk. . lliin.il. 1;,.M. j,.!'.., ;;.;.... my/is, 

 Hook. Lvs. decidiirms. small, eiitiro or romntt'ly siiinulosp, 

 pale green : fis. greenish yellow, fascicled, or in very short 

 racemes. B.M. 7116. 



Alfred Rehder and Fred W. Card. 



BEBCHfiMIA (derivation uncertain). Rhamnhcew. 

 Shrubs, mostly climbing, rarely trees : lvs. deciduous, 

 alternate, slender, petioled, entire or nearly so, with mi- 



iisiKillv ],-iifv'i.:iiii.'l.-^ : Ir. :i -n. 'li'i., , i-- I'lk,. drupe witli 

 •J-.'..|l..l st..ii.'. 'I\v.l\ . — |i. . . 1 , ,\'.Amer.,E. 



for covering trellis work in sunny jiositions. They 

 grow in almost any soil. Prop, by seeds and by root- 

 cuttings in spring under glass ; also by layering the 

 young shoots and by cuttings of mature wood in fall 

 under glass. 



scindens, Koch (B. voh'ibiUs, DC). Supple Jack. 

 Ten to If) ft.: lvs. ovate or oblong-ovate, acuminate, 

 often undulate, 1-2 in. long, with 9-12 pairs of lateral 

 veins : fls. greenish white : fr. bluish black. June. 

 8. states. 



racemdsa, Sieb. & Zucc. Closely allied to the former. 

 Lvs. cordate, ovate, with 6-8 pairs of veins : fls. green- 

 ish : fr. first red, becoming black at length. July. Jap., 

 China. -Hardier than the former, not biKh-climbing ; 

 attractive in late summer, with its red fruits. 



Alfred Rehder. 



cies 2, both of which furnish Brazil nuts. Curiously 

 enouK'li. the criiiiHin trade name of the Brazil nut is 

 CastaTH-a, wlii.'li is properly the name of the genus that 



exc61sa, llunil.. & Biinpl. Fig. 2:ii). A tree, 100-150 ft.; 

 with a smooth trunk :; 1 iiiii.iiini.: i. ranches near the 

 top. It forms large f.. I. . ■ .i i i.ks of the Amazon 

 and Rio Negro. Tli.' i iln- nuts in large 



tender for growth anywhere in the United Status. -Cult. 

 at Santa Barbara, Calif. q. t. Hastings. 



BEETOLONIA (after A. Bertolini, Italian botanist). 

 MelastomAceat. Splendid warnihouse foliage plants 

 from Brazil, always dwarf, and sometimes creeping; the 

 garden forms with membranaceous, 5-7-nerved leaves 

 5-8 in. long, and purple beneath : fls. rose-colored, 5- 

 petaled, in scorpioid r.tcemes or spikes. Within the 

 restricted definition of the latest monographer of the 

 Melastomacece (A. Coigneaux, in DC Mon. Phan. vol. 7), 

 there are only five good species, but some earlier bota- 

 nists do not separate certain allied genera which usu- 

 ally cannot be distinguished by habit alone. The surest 

 character is the inflated and 3-angled or 3-winged calyx 

 of Bertolonia. In Bertolonia, flower-parts are in 5's, but 



