BACCHARIS- BELLI S. 8J. 



late-oblone:, or ovai, smooth or pubescent, uniform-coloured ; nerves on ihn 

 upper side downy, and beneath bristly ; margin ciliate ; flowers abundant, 

 not viscous; their lubes longer than their divisions; teeth of the calyx 

 short, oval, sub-rounded ; stamens very much exsert. A variety, coccinea, 

 has scarlet flowers, and minute calyx ; another, carnea, has pale red flow- 

 ers, with red bases and leafy calyx ; another, alba, has while flowers, with 

 a middling calyx ; another,' papilionacea, has red flowers, wilh the lowei 

 divisions white, calyx leafy; another, ^ar^ite, has flesh-coloured flowers, 

 5-parled to the base ; another, polyandria, has rose-coloured floweis A'ith 

 from 10 to 20 stamens. Woods. 2-6 f. 



visco'sa, (white honeysuckle, w. J. Ij.) leafy; branches hispid; leaves oblong- 

 obovate, acute, glabrous, and one-coloured; flowers viscous, tube twice as 

 long as the divisions ; teeth of the calyx very short, rounded. Flowers 

 very sweet-scented. 



procum"be7is, {3a. \2- r.) stems difi'usely procumbent; leaves opposite, ellipti- 

 cal, glabrous, revolate on the margins ; corolla bell-form, glabrous ; fila- 

 ments enclosed, equal. High mountains. Northern. Flowers small, in 

 small terminal umbels or corymbs. 3-4 i. 



CACCIIARIS. 17—2. (Corymbiferm.) [Dedicated to Bacchuis.] 

 halimefo'iia, (w. S. hO leaves obovate and oval, incisely toothed near the sum- 

 mit ; panicle compound, leafy; heads of flowers peduncled. Egret of the 

 fertile florets hairy, twice as long as the corolla. The whole plant is cov- 

 ered with a whitish dust. G-12 f. Groundsel-tree. 



BiEOMYCES. 21—5. (Algcu.) 

 ros"eous, crust uniform, warty, white ; peduncle (podetia) short, cylindric ; 

 receptacle sub-globose, pale red. On the earth. 

 BALLOTA. 13—1. {Labiatm.) [From hallo, to put forth, otos, the ear.] 

 ni'gra, (black horehound, l-j.) leaves undivided, ovate, serrate ; calyx dilated 

 above, sub-truncate, with spreading teeth. Flowers purple or white, in ax- 

 illary whorls. 2-3 f. 



BAPTISIA. 10—1. (Legmninosce.) [From bapto, to dye.] 



tindo'ria, (wild indigo, y. Jii. %) very glabrous and branching; leaves ter- 

 nate, sub-sessile ; leafets wedge-obovate, round-obtuse, becoming black in 

 drying ; stipules obsolete, oblong-acute, much shorter than the peliioles; ra- 

 cemes terminal ; legumes ovate, long stiped. 2-3 f. 



a,l"ba, (w. J. '2J..) branches spreading; leaves ternate, petioled ; leafets lance- 

 olate, wedge-form at the base, obtuse, mucronate, glabrous ; stipules subu- 

 late, shorter than the petioles ; racemes terminal. 2 f. iS. 

 BARBAREA. 14—2. (Cruciferm.) 



vulga'ris, {J. %..Y.) lower lesives lyrate, the terminal lobes roundish; upper 

 ones sessile, obovate, toothed ; pod 4-sided, tapering into a slender style. 

 Flowers in corymbs, small. Bitter winter-cress; found in old fields. IS- 

 IS i. 

 BARTSIA. 13—2. {Scrophularia.) 



paV'lida, (white painted cup, w-y. Au. %.) leaves alternate, linear, undivided ; 

 upper ones lanceolate ; floral ones sub-oval, sub-toothed at the summit ; all 

 are 3-nerved ; teeth of the calyx acute. 



BATSCHIA. 5—1. iBoraginem.) [In honour of Batsch, aGerman.] 

 canes"ce7is, (puccoon, Ju. %.) whitish-villose; leaves all oblong; calyx short, 

 divisions of the corolla entire. Hills. Flowers axillary, crowded near 

 the top of the stem, bright orange. The root is used by the Indians as a 

 red dye. 

 BEJARIA. 12—1. (Rhodendra.) [In honour of a Spanish botanist.] 

 raccviosa, (w-r. J. l^.) leaves lance-ovate, glabrous; flowers in a panicled 

 raceme, terminal ; stem hispid. 3 f. Sandy plains. S. 



BELI.IS. 17—2. (,Corymbifera>.) [From bellus, handsome.] 

 percii"nis, (daisy, w. and p. Ap. If..) leaves obovate, crenate; scape naked, 1- 

 flowered. Ex. 



