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Bastard mouse-ear. See Bieracium Pseudo- 

 pilosilla. 



Bastard <5lbia. See Lavat&ra Pseudo-tibia. 



Bastard orpine. See Andrdchne. 



Bastard pimpernel. See Oentunculus bi- 

 cbmis. 



Bastard quince. See Pprus-chamcemSspilus. 



Bastard rocket. See Brdssica Pseudo-erueds- 

 trum. 



Bastard toad-flax. See Thlsium. 



Bastard vervain. See Stachylarpheta. 



Bastard vetch. See Phaca. 



Bastard windflower. See Gentiana Pseudo- 

 pneumondntlie. 



Bastard woodsage. See Teuerium Pseudo- 

 scorodhnia. 



BastArdia. See Sida. 



Basteria. See Calycdnthus. 



Batarrea. See Battdrrea. 



BatAtas, Choisy. According to Bumphius, a 

 Malayan, and to Nieremberg, a Mexican, word. 

 Linn. 5, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Oonvolvuldcece. The 

 species of this genus are strong free-growing 

 plants, requiring room to spread, and, being 

 tuberous-rooted, should be kept dry when in 

 a torpid state. Light rich soil suits them 

 best ; and half-ripened cuttings root readily 

 under a hand-glass in moderate heat. Syno- 

 nymes : 1, Ipomdea bignonioides ; 2, I. bonari- 

 knsis ; 3, /. Cavanillesii ; 4, /. Batatas ; 5, /. 

 glaucifdlia ; 6, /. heterophjjlla ; 7, /. Jalapa, 

 Convolvulus Jalapa, ft macrorMzus ; 8, Ipo- 

 mdea eriospirma, J. gossypifdlia, I. inkgnis ; 9, 

 /. pentaphfilla ; 10, /. senegalensis ; 11, /. 

 ternata; 12, /. venosa; 13, /. Willdendirii. 



betacea . . . Pa.vio. 6, G.De.Tw. 6 Demerara 1839 

 bignonioldes 1 D. pur. 7, S.De.Tw. 8 Cayenne . 1824 

 bonariensis 2 . Pur. 6, S.De.Tw. 10 Buenos A. 1839 

 Cavanillesii 3 . W.red. 8, S.De.Tw. 10 . 1815 



edulis4 . . . "W.pur.6, S.De.Tw. 6 E. Indies 1797 

 glaucif5Iia 5 . P. pur. 6, S.De.Tw. 6 Mexico . 1732 

 neterophylla 6 P. pur. 9, S.De.Tw. 10 Cuba . .1817 

 jalapa 7 . . . Rose . 8, S.De.Tw. 10 Mexico . 1845 

 paniculata 8 . Pur. . 7, S.De.Tw. 10 E. Indies . 1799 

 pentaphylla 9 . White 8, S.De.Tw. 20 E. Indies . 1739 

 Senegalensis 10 White 7, S.De.Tw. 10 Guinea . 1823 

 ternata 11 . . White 7, S.De.Tw. 4 Brazil . . 1824 

 ven5sal2 . .Pur. 7, S.De.Tw. 8 Mauritius 1820 

 Willdeobvii 13 Pur. 7, S.De.Tw. 10 . . 1818 



Batemannia, Lindley. In compliment to 

 James Bateman, Esq., of Knypersley Hall, 

 Cheshire, an ardent collector and successful 

 cultivator of Orchidacese, and author of that 

 splendid work, the "Orchidacea? of Mexico 

 and Guatemala." Limn,. 20, Or. 1, Nat. Or. 

 OrcMdacece. A very pretty species, well de- 

 serving a place in every collection ; it some- 

 what resembles a Maxillaria, with a pendulous 

 raceme of flowers from the base of the pseudo- 

 bulbs ; the sepals and petals are brownish- 

 purple within, green without, and a white; 

 labellum. It requires the same treatment as 

 Starihbpea, and other similar genera. 

 Colleyi . . Pur. grn. 8, S. Epi. J Demerara . 1834 



Batrachospermum, Agardh. From batrachos, 

 frog, and sperma, seed. Name refers to the 

 situation where the species grow. Lmn. 24, 

 Or. 7, Nat. Or. Fucacece. The Species are in- 

 teresting, having more or les3 the appearance 



of a necklace, especially B. rnonilifdrme ; they 

 grow mostly in marshes — monilifbrme, m. de- 

 Ursum, m. purpurdscens, m. simplicius, m. 

 stagnate: v&gum, v. tenuissimum. 

 BAtschia, Michaux. In honour of John George 

 Batsch, a professor of botany in Germany. 

 Linn. 5, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Boraginaeece. Pretty 

 dwarf species, succeeding in common soil, and 

 increased by seeds or divisions. Synonymes: 

 1, Litkospirmum caniscens ; 2, L. Mrlum, 

 Bdtschia carolininsis. 



canescens 1 . Yellow 7, H. Her. P. \\ N. America 1826 

 Gmellni2 . Yellow 6, H. Her. P. | Carolina .1812 

 longiflora. . Yellow 6, H. Her. P. \ Missouri . 1812 

 sericea . . Yellow 7, H. Her. P. | N. America 1825 



BattArrea, Persoon. Named in honour of 

 Antonia Battarra. Linn. 24, Or. 9, Nat. Or. 

 Lycoperdacece. A very curious plant, found 

 only in Britain, where it is very rare. The 

 volva or wrapper, is about the size of a hen's 

 egg, originally in three slightly coriaceous 

 layers, hollow internally, which rises suddenly 

 to its full height of about twelve inches ; the 

 stalk carries up on its summit full half the 

 innermost layer of the volva, which is white 

 and smooth within, and covered externally 

 with copious brown sporules, intermixed with 

 fibre — phalloides. 



BaudJnia. See Calothdmnus. 



Bauera, Andr. In memory of Francis and 

 Ferdinand Bauer, botanical draughtsmen of 

 the highest celebrity. Linn. 13, Or. 2, Nat. 

 Or. Hydrangedceae. Pretty, free-flowering 

 species, of easy culture ; a mixture of sand 

 and peat suits them, and young cuttings root 

 readily in sand or soil, under a glass, 

 humilis . . Red . 9, G. Ev. S. 1 N. S W. 1804 

 rubisefblia . Pink . 9, G. Ev. S. 1} N. S. W. 1793 



BauhInia, Plunder. In memory of John and 

 Caspar Bauhin, botanists of the sixteenth cen- 

 tury. Linn. 10, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Fabacece. 

 Showy interesting species, some of them par- 

 ticularly so when in bloom ; they succeed well 

 in a mixture of sand, loam, and peat ; and 

 cuttings taken when the wood is neither ripe 

 nor very young (observing to dress off the 

 leaves), and planted in sand, under a glass 

 in a moist heat, will strike root. The dried 

 leaves and young buds of B. tomentdsa are 

 prescribed in dysenteric affections ; the bark 

 of B. variegata is used in tanning and drying 

 leather, and that of B. racembsa is employed 

 in making ropes. Synonymes : 1, B. angwlina; 

 2, B. retusa, divaricata, ■ 3, B. aculeata. 



aculeata . . . White 6, S. Ev. S. 6 W. Indies 1737 



acuminata'. .White 7, S. Ev. S. 6 E. Indies 1808 



Americana . . White 6, S. Ev. 8. S. Amer. 1800 



anatomica . . White 7, S. Ev. S. 6 S. Amer. 1806 



.'. armata . . .White 6, S. Ev. CI. 6 Brazil .1824 



• 'aurlta . . . White 8, S. Ev. S. 6 Jamaica . 1756 



- 'oandida . . . White 6, S. Ev. S. 6 E. Indies 1777 



chinensis . . Red. . 6, S. Ev. S. 6 China . 1800 



cbrymbdsa 1 . White 6, 8. Ev. CI. 6 E. Indies 1818 



cutnanensis . White 7, S. Ev. CI. 4 Cumana 1826 



divaricata . White 7, S. Ev. S. 5 W. Indies 1742 



emarginata . . White 7, S. Ev. S. 4 Carthag. 1700 



ferruginea . . White 7, 8. Ev. CI. 8 E. Indies 1820 



forflcata . . . White 7, S. Ev. 8. 6 Brazil . 1823 



glabra . . . White 6, S. Ev. CI. 12 Carthag. 1810 



glaucescens . White 8, 8. Ev. 8. 6 Cumana 1817 



grandifltoa . . White 6, S. Ev. S. i Peru . . 1820. 



