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. 



volibilis, Harv. Fig. 253. Perianth G-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. 



Bouiefl roliitiUs 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 



BRAHEA 



175 



253. Bowiea volubilis. 



bulbs. Th.- seas 

 first of Octub.-r, 

 anv li^'llt. ri.-li ; 



.f trr.iwth 



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

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

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

 raceme-like secund branchlets. Recommended for the 

 native border. 



BKACHYCdME {short 

 hair, from the Greek, al- 

 luding to the pappus). 

 Compdsita. Australian 

 herbs, with membrana- 

 ceoius involucral bracts, 

 naked receptacle, very 

 short pappus bristles, and 

 diffuse leafy growth. One 

 species in cult. : 



iberidifolia.Benth. Sw w 

 RivEE Daisy. Fiirs. ■_'.-,:,. 

 256. Avery graceful littN- 

 annual(6-r2 in. liJ!;li i \v>i\\ 

 Austral., suiTiMi tu Im.t 

 ders, and als(. attiaitivi- 

 in pots; seeds may hv >own ii 

 open or under glass. Fls. blv 

 white, an inch across: Ivs. sn 

 pinnate, with very narrow d 

 ions ; glabrous. l, -q 



BKAHEA (Tyeho Brahe. the 

 astronomer). Palmare,' . trib.- 

 Corfipheit. Spinelesspalms. with 

 medium caudices, ringed below, 

 and clothed above with the bases 

 of the fibrous sheaths. Leaves 

 terminal, orbicular, somewhat 

 peltate, flabellat.- - ].li.-at.-, sjilit 

 down the miililli-. tli, \.,],r-. I.ifid, 

 infolded, fllaui.nt.iu- ..,, il,, mar- 

 gins; rachis sli"i-t. narr.iw : liijule 

 subtriangular; pctiulis rlatliiicd. 

 dentate along the margins ; 

 sheaths fibrous : spadices long, 

 pendulous, paniculately much 

 branched, the ultimate long ver- 

 miform obtuse branches rigid, 

 spreading, very densely velvety 

 tomentose : spathes many, long- 

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

 bractlets minute : Hs. smaller than the diameter of the 

 branches, hidden in the toracntum: frs. »., in. long, ob- 

 liquely ellipsoidal, minutely pul>escent. laterally keeled, 

 pale when dry. Species 4. Mex. to the Andes. Of sim- 

 ple culture in a fibrous compost, with an admixture of 

 sand. Prop, by seeds. 



dulcis, Mart. Palma Dulce. Stem 10-20 ft., 6-8 in. 

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

 vex, green, with pale margins; ligule short, subtriangu- 



wiu- 



>il. and kept well wat.Tf.l until the 

 lature. which usually u.curs in May, 

 when water should be gradually withheld, and the 

 plants stored away in some shaded part of the green- 

 house and kept quite dry until the season of growth 

 begins again. Edward .1. Canning. 



BOX. See B»j-».v. 



BOX ELDER {Acer Negnndo, 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. 



BRACHYCHiETA (Greek, short bristle). Compdsitm. 

 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. & 



SMM 



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255. Brachyo 



