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bo-er-haay’-i-ze-fol’-i-a 
DPo-jé’-ri 
bo-lam-put’-ti-en’-sis 
bol-iv-i-a’-na ... 
bom-bai-ea’-se 
Bom-bax 
Bon '-a-noxX 
Bon’-duc 
Bon-duc-el’-la 
Bor-a’-gin-a’-ce- 
Bor-as’-sus 
Bor-bo -nic-a ... 
Bor-o-'ni-a 
Bo-ry-a -num 
Bos-wel’-li-a ... 
bot-ry-o-i’-des 
bot-ul-if-or’—mis 
Bon-che’-a 
Bou-zain-vil’-la 
Bour-dil -lon-i 
Bou-var -di-a 
Bow-e -ni-a 
Bow-man’-ni ... 
brach-i-a’-ta 
brach-yl-ot’-ry-a 
Brach-yl’-ep-is 
brach-yp’-od-a 
brach-ys-tach-y-um i 
Brach-ys-tel-’ma 
brac-te-a’-ta . 
Bra-gan’-ti-a ... 
Bren-di’-si-i ... 
bras-il-1-en’-sis 
Bras-s2 -1-a 
brev-il’-ob-um 
brev-ic-ol’-lis 
PRONUNCIATION AND DERIVATION. 
(Latin), with leaves like those of Boerhaavia (N. 1/195) ; 
(com.) of M. Bojer, collector of plants in Zanzibar and else- 
where ; 
(loc.) of the Bolampatt: valley, in the Coimbatore district ; 
(loc.) of Bolivia, in South America ; 
(loc.) of Bombay ; ' ‘ 
Cotton ; (all :) the silk-cotton in the pods (N. 1/200) ; 
(Latin), Good night; (all:) flowers opening at night and shut- 
ting by day ; 
Bandak (Arabic), a filbert (corylus avellana) ; (all :) supposed 
resemblance of seed to that nut (McL. 150); 
(Latin), Small Bonduc ; 
(Latin), Borage (Borago (derivation unknown]) Family or 
Order ; 
Borassos (Greek), spathe of a date palm (N. 1/201); perhaps 
suggested by the Sanskrit term Purashaka, i.e., rough, a 
term used for the Date Palm; 
(loc.) of the island of Bourbon (or Réunion), east of Madagas- 
car in the Indian Ocean off the East Coast of Africa ; 
(com.) Francis Boroni, Italian Servant of Dr. Sibthorp, who 
collected many specimens figared in “Flora Groeca’’(N. 1/202); 
(com.) of Jean Baptiste Georges Marie Bory de Saint Vincent 
((pr:) Zhong Bar-teest Zorzh Mar-ree-Bo-ree de Sang Vang- 
song | 1780--1846, distinguished french naturalist and tra- 
veller ; 
(com.) Dr. Boswell, of Edinburgh (N. 1/204) ; ' 
botrys, Eidos (Greek), botryoidal, or a centripetal inflores- 
cence (H.) ; 
(Latin), Sausage shaped; long, cylindrical, curved inwards 
towards each end ; 
(com.) C. & P. Bouche [(pr :) Boohyay] German naturalists, 
ar /205) 3 
(com.) De Bouganville [(pr:) der-Boo-gang-veel] French navi- 
gator (N. 1/205). 
(com.) T. F. Bourdillon, Conservator of Forests, Travancore, S. 
India, aud distinguished botanist , author of “ Forest Trees, 
of Travancore, ”* 1908 ; 
(com.) Dr. Charles Bouvard !pr. Boo varr]j, formerly 
Superintendent of the “ Jardin du Roi” at Paris),N. 1/206); 
(com.) Sir G. Bowen, Governor of Queensland (N, 1/207) ; 
(com.), Bowmann, botanical collector in Queensland, Australia 
(N- 1/473) ; 
(Latin), brachiate, when ramifications proceed from a 
common axis nearly at night angles, alternately in opposite 
directions ; 
brachus, botrys (Greek), short bunch ; 
brachus, lepis (Greek), short, scale ; (all :) the broad scales of the 
corona of the flower ; ) 
brachus, pous ( 9. podos), (Greek), short, foot, or stalk ; 
(Greek), with short spikes; 
Brachus, Stelma (Greek), short, crown ; (ali:) the short segments 
of the corona of the flower (N. 1/309). 
(Latin), furnished with bracts or small leaves about tho base of 
the flower or inflorescence (H) ; 
(com.) Braganti, of Portugal ; 
(com.) Sir D. Brandis, K.c.8.1., Inspector-General of Forests in 
India, author of ‘‘ Indian Trees,” ete. ; 
(loc.) of Brazil, in South America ; 
(com.) Lady Anne Brassey, English traveller, married Lord 
Thos. Brassey, 1860, died at sea 1887. 
(Latin), short, lobed; 
(Latin), short, necked ; 
