BOWIEA 



no Ivs. except two small, linear, erect scales at the apex 

 of the bulb, which quickly vanish. The Ivs. show its 

 relation to Drimia and Scilla. 



volClbilis, Harv. Fig. 253. Perianth O-cleft to the base : 

 segments incurved at the tips. S. Afr. B.M. 5619.— ' 

 Sold by Reasoner Bros., Oneco, Fla., and cult, in botanic 

 gardens with cactus-like Euphorbias and other curi- 

 osities. W. M. 



Boifiea voluhilis is a useful plant for twining on the 

 supports of a moderately warm greenhouse, and is of 

 the easiest possible culture. Propagation is effected by 



253. Bovriea volubilis. 



the 



divi' 



of 



I I ' X h.-n tho bulbs sho'uM l.f repotted in 



• Ml _i.i I, I -wil, and ki'pt wi'll \\.itLTed until the 

 -fill- >' ,-1. 1 HI, irure, which u-ually cccurs in May, 

 when wati-r should be gradually withheld, and the 

 plants stored away in some shaded part of the green- 

 house and kept quite dry untU the season of growth 

 begins again. Edward J. Canning. 



BOX. See Buxxis. 



BOX ELDEE [Acer Negundo, which see). Fig. 254. 

 A very popular small native tree for planting on the 

 prairies and in trying climates. It propagates most 

 readily from seeds! It is an excellent nurse tree for 

 other species. The wood is of inferior quality. It grows 

 with great rapidity for a few years. 



BBACHYCniTA (Greek, s?iorf. bristle). Compdsitce. 

 One species, growing in open woods from Ky. to N. C. 

 and Ga. Closely allied to Solidago, from which it differs 

 in the very short pappus (the bristles shorter than the 

 akene), and the lower Ivs. cordate. B. cordita, Torr. & 



BEAHEA 175 



Gray, which has been int. by dealers in native plants, 

 is 2-.3 ft. high, soft-pubescent, with thin, serrate Ivs.: 

 Hs. golden yellow, in small heads, which are borne on 

 raceme-like secund branchlets. Recommended for the 

 native border. 



BRACHYCOME (short 

 hair, from the Greek, al- 

 luding to the pappus). 

 Compdsitw. Australian 

 herbs, with membrana- 

 ceous involucral bracts, 

 naked receptacle, very 

 short pappus bristles, anil 

 diffuse leafy growth. One 

 species in cult. : 



iberidifdlia.Benth. Swan 

 River Daisy. Figs. 255, 

 256. A very graceful little 

 annual(6-12 in. high) from 

 Austral., suited to bor- 

 ders, and also attractive 

 in pots; seeds may be sown in the 

 open or under glass. Fls. blue or 

 white, an inch across: Ivs. small, 

 pinnate, with very narrow divis- 

 ions ; ^abrous. l. h. B. 



BBAHEA (Tycho Brahe, the 

 astronomer). Palm&ceif, tribe 

 Coryphe(€. Spineless palms, with 

 medium caudices, ringed below, 

 and clothed above with the bases 

 of the fibrous sheaths. Leaves 

 terminal, orbicular, somewhat 

 peltate, flabellate - plicate, split 

 down the middle, the lobes bifid, 

 infolded, filamentous on the i 

 gins ; rachis short, narrow ; ligule 

 Bubtriangular; petioles flattened, 

 dentate along the margins ; 

 sheaths fibrous : spadices long, 

 pendulous, paniculately much 

 branched, the ultimate long ver- 

 miform obtuse branches rigid, 254. Raceme of youne 

 spreading, very densely velvety fruit of Box Elder. 

 tomentose : spathes many, long- 

 linear, firm, coriaceous, split, glabrous ; bracts and 

 bractlets minute: fls. sninllir than the diameter of the 

 branches, hiddiu in tlw f^mi.iitnni : fi-. '■■, in. long, ob- 

 liquelv fUipsui.hil. minntrlv ihiIh -i-, nt. laterally keeled, 

 pale when dry. S|h ,i.s 1, .M.:x. t.. il.i' Andes. Of sim- 

 ple culture iu a Ijbruus compust, witli an admixture of 

 sand. Prop, by seeds. 



diilcis, Mart. Palma Dotce. Stem 10-20 ft., 6-8 in. 

 thick, cylindrical : Ivs. 4-5 ft. long ; petiole plano-con- 

 vex, green, with pale marL-in« : liirnlc short, subtriangu- 



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