BAS 



[118] 



BAIT 



BASTARD OLBIA. Lavate'ra o'lbia. 



BASTARD TOAD-FLAX. The slum. 



BASTARD QUINCE. Py rus-cham&me' s- 

 pilus. 



BASTARD VERVAIN. Stachyta rpheta. 



BASTARD VETCH. Pha'ca. 



BASTARD WIND-FLOWER. Gentia'na 

 Pseid do-pneumona' n the. 



BASTARD WOOD - SAGE. Teitcrium 

 Pserf do-scorodo' ma. 



BATA'TAS. (Aboriginal name. Nat. ord., 

 Bindweeds [Convolvulacese]. Linn., 5- 

 Pentandria, \-monogynia). Allied to Phar- 

 bitis and Ipomoea). All stove deciduous 

 climbers. Cuttings of stumpy side-shoots, 

 or young shoots slipped from the tubers, 

 just as they begin to grow; in sandy 

 soil in bottom heat, and under a hand- 

 glass; rich sandy loam and fibry peat, 

 with manure water when growing. Temp., 

 summer, 60 to 85, with moisture ; win- 

 ter, 48 to 55. 



B.beta'cea (beet-like). 6. Pale violet. De- 

 merara. 1839. 



bignonioi'des (Bignonia-like). Dark purple. 



July. Cayenne. 1824. 



bonarie'nsis (Buenos Ayres). 10. Purple. 



Cavanillefsii (Cavanilles'). White red. Au- 



gust. 1815. 



edtflis (eatable-//-MJted). White purple. 



East Indies. 1797. 



glauciftflia (milky-green-leaved). Purplish. 



June. Mexico. 1732. 



heterophtf lla (various-leaved). Pale purple. 



September. Cuba. 1817. 

 jala' pa (jalap). Rose. August. Mexico. 1845. 



panicula'ta (panicled). Purple. July. East 



Indies. 1799. 



pentaphi/lla (five-leaved). White. August. 



East Indies. 1739. 



se negate? nsis (Senegal) . White. July. Gui- 



nea. 1823. 



terna'ta (three-leafleted). White. July. 



Brazil. 1824. 



veru/sa (veiny). Purple. July. Mauritius. 



1820. 



Waldeckfii (Waldeck's). White and purple. 



South America. 1847. 



Willdcm/vii (Willdenow's). Purple. July. 



1818. 



BATEMA'NNIA. (Called after Mr. Bate- 

 man, a keen collector, and ardent culti- 

 vator of orchids, and author of a splendid 

 work on the orchids of Mexico and Gua- 

 timala. Nat. ord., Orchids [Orchidaceoe]. 

 Linn., ZQ-Gynandria, \-monogynia. Allied 

 to Maxillaria). Stove orchid; divisions 

 and offsets; peat, broken crocks, and 

 sphagnum, plant raised considerably above 

 the surface of pot, or suspended in shallow 

 baskets. Summer temp., 70 to 85 ; 

 winter, 60 to 65\ 



B. Ctfllcyi (Colley's). \. Purple green. Au- 

 gust. Demerara. 1834. 

 BA'TSCHIA. (Named after /. G. Batch, 

 a German botanist. Nat. ord., Borage- 

 worts [Boragynaceae]. Linn., 5-Pentan- 

 dria, \-monogynia). This really shotild 

 be united to Lithospermum. All hardy 

 herbaceous perennials ; seeds, or divi- 

 sions ; common soil. 



B. cane'sccns (hoary). 2. Yellow. July. North 

 America. 1826. 



Gmeli'ni (Gmelin's). . Yellow. June. 



Carolina. 1812. 



longiflo'ra (long-flowered). . Yellow. June. 



Missouri. 1812. 



seri'cea (silky). . Yellow. July. North 



America. 1825. 



BA'TJERA. (Named after Francis and Fer- 

 dinand Bauer, Germanbotanical draughts- 

 men. Nat. ord., Hydrangeads [Hydran- 

 geacese]. Linn., I3-Polyandria, 1-Digy- 

 nia}. Bauera is a botanical anomaly 

 which has puzzled the learned as to its 

 proper order. Dr. Lindley has placed it 

 with Hydrangea. Greenhouse evergreen 

 under shrubs ; cuttings in sandy soil, 

 under a glass ; sandy loam and peat. 

 Summer temp., 50 to 65 ; winter, 38 

 to 45. 



B. hit 'mills (dwarf). 1. Red. September. 

 New South Wales. 1804. 



mbicefo'lia (madder-leaved). 1J. Pink. 



September. New South Wales. 1793. 



BATJHI'NIA. Mountain Ebony. (Named 

 after the brothers John and Caspar Bau- 

 hin, botanists in the 16th century. Nat. 

 ord., Leguminous plants [Fabaccre]. Linn., 

 lQ-l)ecandria, \-monogynia). One of the 

 tribes of Cocsalpinia. All stove evergreen 

 shrubs, except where otherwise specified. 

 Half-ripe cuttings in summer, in sand 



? laced under a glsss, and in moist bottom 

 eat ; light sandy loam, and a little peat. 

 Summer temp., 60 to 85 ; winter, 55 

 to 60. 



B. aculca'ta (prickly -stalked} . 6. White. West 

 Indies. 1737. 



acumina'ta (taper-pointed-leaved). 8. 



White. July. East Indies. 1808. 



arma'ta (armed)." 6. White. Braral, 1824. 



Climber. 



auri'ta (long-eared). 6. White. Jamaica. 



1756. 



chinJnsis (Chinese). 6. Red. China. 1800. 



corymWsa (corymbed). 6. White. East 



Indies. 1818. Climber. 



cumanefnins (Cumana). 20. White. July. 



Cumana. 1826. Climber. 

 feiruffi'nca (rnsty-leaved). 10. White. East 



Indies. 1820. Climber. 

 forfica'ta (pincer-teared) . 6. White. Brazil. 



1823. 



