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Boswellia, Roxburgh. Dedicated to Dr. John 

 Boswell, of Edinburgh. Linn. 10, Or. 1, Nat. 

 Or. Amyrid&ceas. Ornamental trees of easy 

 culture, thriving best in loam and peat, and 

 are propagated with facility from cuttings in 

 sand, under a glass. The plants of this genus 

 are- called Olibanum trees. B. serrata fur- 

 nishes a resin which is used as incense, and 

 possesses stimulant, astringent, and diaphoretic 

 qualities ; B. glabra supplies a coarser kind, 

 used for pitching the bottoms of ships. The 

 resin of both species is used in India as a 

 frankincense and as pitch. 



glfibra . . Pa. yel. . 5, S. Bv. T. 25 Coromand. 1823 

 serrata . . Pa. yel. . 6, S. Bv. T. 20 B. Ind. . 1820 



Botany Bat gum. See Xanthorrhiea arbdrea. 



Botany Bay tea. See Sniilax glycyphglla. 



Botany Bay tree. See Smllax glycyphfilla. 



BoTRYADENlA, Fischer and Meyer. From botrys, 

 a cluster, and aden, a gland. Linn. 19, Or. 2, 

 Nat. Or. Asterace.ee. A plant easily cultivated 

 in the open borders in common soil, and in- 

 creased by division of the roots. Synonyme : 

 1, Myridctis Gmelini. 

 Gmellni 1 . Yel. . . 6, H. Her. P. 1 Russia . . 1836 



Botryapium, or Grape pear. See Amelan- 

 chier Bolryapium. 



BoTRifOERAS, Willdenoio. So called from botrys, 

 a raceme, and leeras, a horn ; the horn-like 

 raceme. Linn. 4, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Anacar- 

 didcece. An interesting species ; for culture, 

 &c, see Bdnksia. 

 laurtnum . Gr. wht. . 6, G. Ev. S. 4 N. Holl. . 1823 



Botrychium, Swartz. The derivation is from 

 botrys, a bunch ; in reference to the form of 

 the fructification, which is much like a bunch 

 of grapes. Linn. 24, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Ophioglos- 

 sacece. The genus is well known by the name 

 of Moonwort. The species are curious and in- 

 teresting plants ; see Adidntum for culture, 

 &c. B. virginicum is the largest of the Ame- 

 rican kinds, and is named the rattlesnake fern, 

 on account of its generally being found growing 

 where those reptiles abound. Synonymes: 1, 

 grdcilis ; 2, Osmunda Lwnaria. 



australe . . Brown . 6, P. Her. P. 1 N. Holl. . 1823 

 dissectum 1 . Brown . 7, H. Her. P. J N. Amer. 1816 

 fumarioldes . Brown . 7, H. Her. P. \ Carolina . 1806 

 Ijunaria 2 . Brown . 5, H. Her. P. $ Britain . hills 

 obllquum . Brown . 8, H. Her. P. J N. Amer. 1821 

 virginicum . Brown . 8, H. Her. P. 1 N. Amer. 1790 



B6trys. See Chenopbdiwm B&trys and Eridium 



BotrytAce^;, an order of Fungals usually known 

 as mildews and blights. 



Botrytis, Michaux. The name alludes to the 

 little round seeds, or seed vessels, resembling 

 a bunch of grapes, and derived from botrys, a 

 cluster of grapes. Linn. 24, Or. 9, Nat. Or. 

 Botrytacece. Minute productions. B. para- 

 sitica is found on the plant called Shepherd's 

 Purse (Capsilla Bursa-pdstoris) — agarielna, 

 cd/na, cinirea, crustbsa, dinsa, diffusa, effusa, 

 grisea, lateritia, leucospira, macrospbra, ma- 

 rina, nigra, parasitica, polyspora ; vira, vul- 

 garis. 



Bottle gourd. See Lagenaria vulgaris. 



Boucer6sia, Brown. Linn. 5, Or. 2, Nat. Or. 

 Asclepiadacece. See Oaralluma. 



BouGAlNvfLLEA. " See Buginvillca. 



Bourbon palm. See Latania. 



Bourreria, Gcertner. Named in memory of 

 Bourrer, an apothecary of Nuremberg. Linn. 

 5, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Ehretiacece. Ornamental 

 trees of easy cultivation ; for the mode of 

 which, seethe genus Ehritia. Synonyme: 1, 

 Ehretia Bourriria. 



exsucca . . White . . S. Bv. T. 20 W. Ind. . 1804 

 succulenta 1. White . . 8. Bv.'T. 50 W. Ind. . 1758 



Boussingaultia, H. B. and Eunth named this 

 genus in honour of J. B. Boussingault, a cele- 

 brated naturalist and traveller. Linn. 6, Or. 

 1, Nat. Or. Basellaeca. This is a most de- 

 sirable stove plant, of rapid growth, and bear- 

 ing copious and graceful racemes of deliciously 

 fragrant flowers. It grows in any common 

 garden soil, and may be increased by seed. 

 At Glasnevin, near Dublin, the plant has 

 stood the winter in the open air, planted 

 against a wall. 

 baselMdes . White . . 7, F. Bl. P. 6 S. Amer. 1836 



Boutel6ua. See Chondrbshim. 



BouvARDlA, Salts. In memory of Dr. Bouvard, 

 superintendent of the royal Paris botanic gar- 

 den. Linn. 4, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Cinchoniceas. 

 This is a beautiful genus, worthy of extensive 

 cultivation. B. triphylla is a free flowerer, 

 and thrives in a cool part of the greenhouse ; 

 B. versicolor is rather more tender, and thrives 

 best in a warmer situation in summer, but re- 

 quires to be cool in winter. They grow in a 

 mixture of loam and peat, and young plants 

 may be obtained from cuttings, which strike 

 in the same kind of soil, in heat ; they may 

 also 'be propagated by pieces of the root, planted 

 in good soil, in heat. Synonyme: 1, B. Jacqui- 

 nii, Houstbnia coccinea. 



angustifdlia . Bed . . 9, S. Ev. S. 2 Mexico . 1838 

 Cavanillesii . Sea. yel. . 5, G. Ev. S. 2 Mexico . 1845 

 flava . . . Yel. . . 9, S. Ev. S. 2 Mexico . 1844 



G breghtii } WMte • • 6 ' G - Bt ' S - 2 Mexi0 ° • 

 leiahtha . . Scarlet . 7, G. Ev. S. 2 Mexico . 1850 

 longifldra. . White . . 9, S. Ev. 8. 2 Mexico . 1827 

 multifl&ra . White . . 7, G. Ev. S. 2 Mexico . 

 splendena . Scarlet . 9, G. Ev. S. 2 Mexico . 1834 

 strigosa . . Yel. red . 8, G. Ev. S. 2 Mexico . 1845 

 triphylla 1 . Scarlet . 7, G. Ev. 8. 2 Mexico . 1794 

 angustifdlia Scarlet . 5, G. Bv. S. 3 Mexico . 1835 

 splendens . Scarlet . 8, G. Bv. 8. 8 Mexico . 1888 

 - pubescens i Scarlet . 7, G. Bv. S. 2 Mexico . 1794 

 glabra . . Scarlet . 7, G. Ev. S. 2 Mexico . 1794 

 versicolor . Bed . . 8, G. Ev. S. 2 S. Amer. 1814 

 Garden Hybrids : Briaria, Hogarth, Laura, 

 Rosalinda. 

 Bovey coal is probably the bituminized re- 

 mains of a tree which has been named by 

 Witham Pinites carbonaceus. 

 BovfsTA, Persoon. Latinised from its German 

 name bofist. Lmn. 24, Or. 9, Nat. Or. Lyco- 

 perdacece. Striking productions. Bulliard 

 mentions having seen many of them eighteen, 

 twenty, and twenty-three inches in diameter ; 

 and on the authority of others, he affirms that 

 they attain the enormous bulk of nearly nine 

 feet in circumference. B. gigdntea is the 

 largest of the genus, measuring two feet in 

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