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BEL 



B. hirsu'ta (shaggy-leaved}. 1. White. June. 

 West Indies. 1789. Stove biennial. 



hirte'lla (small-haired). 1. White. Sep. 



tember. 1824. Stove herbaceous pe- 

 rennial. 



Hooke'ri (Sir W. Hooker's). 2. Pink. 



Mexico. 1827. 



homo' ny ma (ambiguous). 3. White. June. 



Brazil. 



hu' milis (humble), f. White. Septem- 



ber. West Indies. 1788. Stove 

 biennial. 



hydrocotylifo' Ha (hydrocotyle-leaved) . . 



Pink. June. South America. 1843. 

 Stove herbaceous perennial. 



htfbrida (hybrid). 11. 



Pink. March. 



inca' na (hoary). White. April. Mexico. 



1838. Stove herbaceous perennial. 



incarna'ta (flesh-coloured). 2. Pink. Brazil. 



1829. 



insi'gnis (striking) . Pink. December. South 



America. 1826. 



lauri'na (laurel-leaved). 3. Pink. July. 



Stove herbaceous perennial. 



Lindleya'na (Dr. Lindley's). 3. White. 



June. Guatemala. 



luxu'rians (luxuriant). Bluish white. South 



America. 



lon'gipes (long flower-stalked). 3i. White. 



March. Mexico. 1828. 



lu'cida (shining). 1. White. August. West 



Indies. 1816. 



macrophy'lla (large-leaved). 3. White. 



July. Jamaica. 1793. 



manica'ta (collared). 3. Pale pink. April. 



Brazil. Stove herbaceous perennial. 



Martia'na (Martin's). 3. Pink. July. 



Brazil. 1829. Stove tuberous-rooted. 



^-Meyefri (Meyer's). 3. White. February. 

 Brazil. 1838. 



murica'ta (muricated). 3. White. Sep- 

 tember. Brazil. Stove herbaceous 

 perennial. 



multibulbillo'sa (many-bulbed). 2. White. 



Brazil. 1830. Stove tuberous-rooted. 



*- ni'tida (shining-leaved). 1|. Pink. Au- 

 gust. Jamaica. 1777. 



-T-octope'tala (eight-petaled). 2. Greenish 

 white. October. Peru. 1835. Stove 

 tuberous-rooted. 



odora'ta (fragrant). 1. White. Septem- 



ber. 1824. Stove herbaceous pe- 

 rennial. 



palma'ta (hand-shaped). 1. White. Au- 

 gust. Nepaul. 1819. 



papilla' sa (pimpled). 3. Pink. July. 



Brazil. 1826. 



parvifo'lia (small-leaved). 3. White. May. 

 Cape of Good Hope. 18 36. 



pa' tula (spreading). 1. White. June. 



West Indies. 1818. 



peltifo'lia (shield-leaved). 3. White. 1816. 



Stove herbaceous perennial. 



pentaphy'lla (five-leaved). 3. White. July. 



Brazil. 



pi' eta (painted). J. Pink. August. Ne- 



paul. 1818. Stove tuberous-rooted. 



platanifo' lia (plane-tree leaved). 10. Pink. 



September. Brazil. 1829. 

 +-pulche>lla (neat). . White. July. Bra- 

 zil. 1823. Stove annual. 



B.puncta'ta (spotted). Rose. May. Mexico. 

 1839. 



ramenta'cea (scaly-stemmed). 1. Whitish 



blush. June. Brazil. 1830. Stove 

 herbaceous perennial. 



renifo'rmis (kidney - shaped). 1. White. 



July. Brazil. 1818. 



rubricau' Us (red-stemmed). 1. Blush. 



rupe'stris (rock). 2. Pink. April. Bra- 



zil. Stove herbaceous perennial. 



sangui'nea (blood-red leaved). 3. White. 



June. Brazil. 1829. 



Sello'ivii (Sellow's). White. September. 



Stove herbaceous perennial. 



semper flo'rens (ever-blooming). Pink. Bra- 



zil. 1829. 



sinua'ta (vandyked). 2. White. June. 



Brazil. 1836. 



spatula' ta (spatulate). 1. White. Sep- 



tember. West Indies. 1819. Stove 

 herbaceous perennial. 



stigmo'sa (spotted - leaved) . 1^. White. 



Stove herbaceous perennial. 



suave' olens (sweet-scented). 1. White. 



August. West Indies. 1816. 



tubero'sa (tuberous). \. White. August. 



Amboyna. 1810. Stove tuberous- 

 rooted. 



undula' ta (waved). 2. White. July. Bra- 



zil. 1825. 



vitifo'lla (vine-leaved). 3. White. April. 



Brazil. 



zebri'na (zebra-striped). 3. Pink. Bra- 



zil. Stove herbaceous perennial. 



BEJA'RIA. (Named after M. Bejar, a 

 Spanish botanist. Nat. ord., Heath- 

 worts [Ericaceae], Linn., ll-Dodecandria, 

 \-monogynia). Greenhouse evergreen 

 shrubs, except where otherwise specified. 

 Cuttings of young wood, firm at the 

 base : loam and peat. 

 B. ce'stuans (glowing). 12. Rose. Peru. 

 1846. 



cinnamo'mea (cinnamon). Peru. 1847. 



coarcta'ta (close-headed). 5. Purple. Peru. 



1847. 



glau'ca (milky-green). 3. Purple. June. 



New Greneda. 1826. Stove evergreen. 



ledifo'lia (Ledum-leaved). 5. May. 1847. 



racemo'sa (raceme -flowered). 4. Purple. 



June. Florida. 1810. 



BELLADONNA LILY. Amaryllis bella- 

 donna. 



BELLEISLE CRESS. JBarba'rea pre'cox, 

 See AMERICAN CRESS. 



BELLEVA'LIA. (Named after P. E. 

 Belkval, a French botanist. Nat. ord., 

 Lilt/worts [Liliaceae]. Linn., 6-Hexan- 

 dria, \-monogynia. Allied to the SQUILLS). 

 Hardy bulbs ; offsets ; common garden 

 soil. 



B. opercula'ta (lid-covered). 1. White. May. 

 Italy. 1596. 



syri'aca (Syrian). Orange blue. May. 



Syria. 1844. 

 BELL-FLOWER. Campanula. 



