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B.Brazilie'nse (Brazilian), f. Brown. June. 

 Brazil. 1820. 



cartilagi'ncum (cartilaginous). 1. Brown. 



July. N. Holland. 1820. 



Corcovade'nse (Corcovado). 4. Brown. July. 



Brazil. 1837. 



denticula'tum (toothed). Brown. June. Te- 



neriffe. 182". 



Finlaysonia'num (Finlayson's). Brown. Ma- 



lacca. 



Fontanesia'num (Desfontaine's). Brown. July. 



Brazil. 



glajidu/o'surn (glanded). $. Brown. April. 



Brazil. 1823. 



gra'cile (slender). 2. Brown. November. 



Brazil. 1830. 



hasta'tum (halbert-shaped). 1. Brown. July. 



Chili. 1841. 



intermedium (intermediate). 1. Brown. July. 



Brazil. 1841. 



lance' ola (lance- Jeaued). 3. Brown. Sep- 



tember. Brazil. 1829. 



IcBviga'tum (smooth). 1. Brown. July. N. 



Holland. 1821. 



longifo'lium (long-leaved). 1. Brown. July. 



Caraccas. 1820. 



ni'tidum (shining). Brown. Isle of Luzon. 



occidenta'le (western). 1. Brown. August. 



Brazil. 1823. 



orienta'le (eastern). Brown. July. E. Ind. 



pectina 1 turn (comb-leaved). 1. Brown. Au- 



gust. S. Amer. 1827. 



polypodioi'des (polypodium-like). 1. Brown. 



September. "Brazil. 1829- 



serrula'tum (sa.\v-edged). f. Brown. July. 



Florida. 1819- 



stria' turn (furrowed), f . Brown. July. N. 



Holland. 1824. 



triangula're (three-angled). Brown. July. 



Moxico. 1841. 



trifolia'tum (three-leaved). Brown. July. 



Brazil. 1841. 



BLE'CHUM. (From a Greek name for 

 an unknown plant, supposed to be Mar- 

 joram. Nat. ord., Acanthads [Acantha- 

 cese]. Linn., 14-Didynamia %-Angiosper- 

 mia. Allied to Dicliptera.) 



Stove herbaceous perennials. Cuttings of young, 

 firm shoots in spring or summer; peat and loam. 

 Summer temp., 60 to 80; winter, 48 to 55. 

 B angustifo' Hum (narrow-leaved). 1. Blue. 

 June. Jamaica. 1824. 



Brazilie'nse (Brazilian). 1. Blue. June. 



Brazil. 1824. 



Bro'wnei (Brown's). 2. June. W. Ind. 1/80. 



laxifio'rum (loose-flowered). 2. White. Ja- 



maica. IS 18. 



BLEEDING. See EXTRAVASATED SAP. 



BLE'PHARIS. (From blepharis, the eye- 

 lash ; in reference to the fringed bractes. 

 Nat. OTidi.,Acanihads [Acanthacese]. Linn., 

 ].<L-Didynamia 2-Angiospermia. Allied to 

 Acanthus.) 



The annuals and biennials by seed in hotbed, 

 as tender annuals ; the trailers and under-shrubs 

 by the same means, and by cuttings in heat, 

 under a bell-glass. 



B. Boerhanieefu'lia (Boerhavia-leaved). 1. Blue. 

 July. E. ind. 1829- Stove annual. 



Cape'mis (Cape). 1. Blue. July. Cape of 



Good Hope. 18 1 6. Greenhouse biennial. 



B.furca'ta (fork-spinel). 2. July. Cape of 

 Good Hope. 1816. Greenhouse ever- 

 green shrub. 



linear if o'lia (narrow-leaved). 2. Blue. July. 



Guinea. 1823. Stove annual. 



procu'mbens (procumbent). 1. July. Cape 



of Good Hope. 1825. Greenhouse ever- 

 green trailer. 



BLEPHI'LIA. (From llcpharis, the eye- 

 lash ; in reference to the fringed bractes. 

 Nat. ord., Labiates [Lamiacece]. Linn., 

 2-Diandria I-Monogynia. Allied to Mo- 

 narda.) 



Hardy herbaceous perennials. Seeds, and divi- 

 ding the roots in April and September. Common 

 soil. 



B. cilia'ta (hair-fringed). 3. Red. July. N. 

 Amer. 



hirsu'ta (hairy). Purple. August. N. Amer. 



1/98. 



BLESSED THISTLE. Centau'rca fone- 

 di'cta. 



BLE'TIA. (Named after a Spanish 

 botanist of the name of Blet. Nat. ord., 

 Orchids [ Orchid acese]. Linn., 20 -Gy- 

 nandria l-Monandria.) 



Stove terrestrial orchids, except where otherwise 

 specified. Division of the roots, when dona 

 flowering or starting into growth ; peat, loam, 

 and a little sand, enriched with top dressings of 

 cow-dung or manure, watering when growing. 

 Summer temp., 60 to 90 ; winter, 48 to 58. 

 B. acutipe'tala (acute-petaled). 5. Purple. Sep- 

 tember. America. Greenhouse. 



campanula 1 tn (bell-flowered'). Purple and 



white. Peru. 



capita' ta (headed). June. W. Ind. 1795. 



catenula'tu (linked). 1$. Purple. Peru. 1844. 



fltfrida (florid). 2. Rose. February. Tri- 



nidad. 1786. 



Gebi'na (Japanese}. 1. White. April. Japan* 



1846. 



gra'cilis (slender-scaped). Ij. Yellow. July* 



Mexico. 1830. 



Guinee'nsis (Guinea). 2. Purple. Sierra 



Leone. 1822. 



Havane'nsis (Havannah). 2j. Purple. April. 



Havannah. 1835. 



hyaci'nthina (hyacinth-like). 1. Rose and 



crimson. April. China. 18C2. 



pa'iula(spTezding-flowered). 2. Purple. Hayti. 



Parkinso'nii (Parkinson's). 1. Rose. Ja- 



nuary. Mexico. 1838. 



refle'xi (bent-back-sepated). 2. Purple, green. 



Mexico. 



secu'nda (one-sided). Green, crimson. Mexico. 



1840. 



verecu'nda (modest). 3. Purple. March. W. 



Ind. 1733. 



Shephc'rdii (Shepherd's). 2. Purple and 



yellow. January. Jamaica. 1825. 



BLI'GHIA SA'PIDA. The Akee-tree, the 

 berry of which is so much esteemed in 

 the West Indies. It was named after 

 Captain Bligh, the introducer of the 

 Bread-fruit from the Society Islands. It 

 is now united to Cupania. 



BLIND PLANTS frequently occur in the 



