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Apple, subject to injurious attacks of the scale, 

 &c, they should be carefully looked over and 

 washed ; indeed, these plants may be said to 

 do best with the treatment successfully applied 

 to the Pine Apple. Rope is manufactured 

 from a species of the genus in Brazil, called 

 Grawartha. See Anandssa and Bilbirgia. 

 Acanga . . Pink . 6, S. Her. P. 2 Brazil . 1822 

 bracteata. .Pink . 9, 8. Her. P. 2 Jamaica . 1785 

 chrysantha . Blue . 4, 8. Her. P. 2 Caraccas. 1819 

 cruenta . . Blk. w. 8, S. Her. P. 2 Bio Jan. . 1824 

 discolor . . Pink . 4, 8. Ev. 8. 2 S. Amer. 

 exsildans. . Yellow 10, Epiphy. 2 W. Ind. . 1820 

 fastuosa . . Purple 8, 8. Her. P. 4 8. Amer. 1816 

 humilis . . Pink . 8, 8. Her. P. 1 1789 



Karatas . . Pink . 3, 8. Her. P. 2 W. Ind. . 1739 

 lingulata . . Yellow 5, 8. Her. P. l\ 8. Amer. 1759 

 longifolia. . Pur.ro. 5, 8. Ev. P. 4 Guiana .1846 

 paniculigera. Pink . 5, 8. Her. P. 2 W. Ind. . 1822 

 Pinguin . . Red . 3, 8. Her. P. 3 W. Ind. . 1690 

 Bemiserrata . Green . 3, S. Her. P. 8 8. Amer. 

 sesBilifl&ra . Pink . 7, 8. Her. P. 3 8. Amer. 1826 

 sylv&tris. . Crim. . 7, 8. Her. P. 3 S. Amer. 1820 



Bromeliace^b, an order of stemless or short- 

 stemmed plants, often with gay flowers, and 

 in some cases, as the pine apple, with excellent 

 fruit. 



Bromelworts. See Bromeliaeeas. 



Bromheadia, Lindley. In honour of Sir Ed- 

 ward Ffiench Bromhead, Bart. , F. R. S. Linn. 

 20, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Orchidacece. A curious 

 plant, in habit like Epidindrvm elong&tum, 

 and requiring similar treatment. Synonym : 



1, Grammatophgllvm Finlaysonianwm. 

 palustiia 1 . White . . 5, 8. Epi. 2 Smgapre. 1843 



Brompton Stock. See Mathiola simpUcicaHlis." 

 BROMtrs, Linn. So called from bromos, the 

 Greek name for a wild oat. Linn. 3, Or. 1, 

 Nat. Or. Gramimdxece. The whole are unin- 

 teresting, and in point of culture simply 

 managed. Synonymes: 1, Festuca gigdntea; 



2, F. triflbra—Alopecurus, aMssimus, arvlnsis, 

 . dsper, austr&lis, Bieberstelnii, ciliatus, comma- 



tatus, confirtus, elongatus, erectus, festucoldes , 

 Gaudlni, giganMus 1, G. longifdlius, G. tri- 

 Jidrus 2, glaucus', MrsvMssimus, foOmiilis, jubd- 

 tus, lanceolMus, lanugmbsus, l&xus, HgHsticus, 

 longiflbrus, madritinsis, rndximus, mollis, mul- 

 iiflbrw, parvifldrus, pendulmus, pilbsus, pra- 

 Untis, pubtecens, plk-gans, racemdsa, rigidus, 

 scoMrrimus, Schradbri, scopoyrius, secalinus, 

 squarrbsus, stmophfihos, sUrilis, tectbrwm, tbr- 

 tilis variegatus, velvMnus, vesMus, wlgensis; 

 Willdmbmi. See Brachypddium, Kostrana, 

 Trich&ta. 

 Brongniartia, Humb. B<mpl. and Kwnth. In 

 honour of M. Adolphe Brongniart, a French 

 botanist. Linn. 17, Or. 4, Nat. Or. Fabacew 

 B. podalyrioides has -fine, flesh-coloured 

 flowers. It is cultivated best in loam and peat, 

 with a little sand ; and increased by cuttings 

 in sand, in heat, under a glass, 

 podalyrioldes Flesh . 9, G. Ev. S. 1 N. Spain . 1827 

 sericea . . Purple . 9, S. Ev. 8. 1 Mexico . . 1843 



Brood-boom. See Zamia Odffra. 

 Brook-bean. See Menydnthes trifoliata. 

 Brook-lime. See Verdnica Beccabtmga. 

 Brook weed. See Sdmolus. 

 Broom. See Cfflisus, Lygewm, Spartium. 

 Broom-cypress. See Sochia. 



Broom-rape. See Orobdnene. 



Br6simum, Swarlz, Named from brosimos, good 

 to eat ; in allusion to the eatable fruit. Linn. 

 23, Or. 2, Nat. Or. Artocoyrpacece. A licdstrum 

 is common in the woods of Jamaica ; the tim- 

 ber is not despicable, but the leaves and young 

 branches are more useful, and a hearty fatten- 

 ing fodder for all sorts of cattle. The fruit, 

 boiled with salt fish, pork, or beef, or pickle, 

 has frequently been the support of the negroes 

 and poorer sorts of white people in times of 

 scarcity, and proved a wholesome and not un- 

 pleasant food ; when roasted, it eats something 

 like our common chestnut, and is called bread- 

 nut. The leaves and young shoots are full of 

 gum, which renders them disagreeable to most 

 cattle at first ; but they soon grow very fond of 

 them. B. spwrium is also common in woods 

 in the W. Indies ; but its timber is of little 

 yalue. In our stoves all the species thrive 

 well in loamy soil, and old cuttings with their 

 leaves on, root in sand, in moist heat. 

 Alicastrum . Apetal . 5, S. Ev. S. 6 Jamaica . 1776 

 microcarpum Apetal . 5, 8. Ev. 3. 6 Jamaica . 1828 

 spurium . . Apetal . 5, 8. Ev. S. 6 Jamaica . 1789 



BrossAa, Linn. Named after Gui de la Brosse, 

 physician to Louis XIII. Linn. 5, Or. 1, Nat. 

 Or. Vaceiniaceos. This plant is a shrub, almost 

 like a cistus, with scarlet flowers half an inch 

 long. It will grow in sandy peaty soil, and is 

 raised from cuttings in sand, 

 coccinea . Scarlet . 6, S. Ev. 8. 4 8. Amer. . 



Brotera, Wild. So called, in memory of Felix 

 A. Brotero, a Portuguese botanist, and pro- 

 fessor at Coimbra. Linn. 19, Or. 5, Nat. Or. 

 Asteraceos. An interesting plant, with blue 

 flowers, grows in loam, mixed with peat, and 

 propagates by dividing the roots. Synonyme .- 

 I, Onobroma corymbbsa. See NauemMrgia, 

 and Penldpetes. 

 corymbbsa . Blue . 6, H. Her. P. 2 S. Eur. . 1640 



Brought6nia, Brown. In honour of Mr. 

 Arthur Broughton, an English botanist. Linn. 

 20, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Orchidacece. The species are 

 all very desirable plants, producing their fine 

 flowers in terminal racemes. They require a 

 free supply of water when in a growing state. 

 For culture and propagation, see Stanhbpea. 

 Synonymes: 1, Lcelibpsis Dominginsis j 2, 

 Lendrbbiwm sangulneum, Epid6ndrmn san- 

 gv&newm, Broughtonia lilarHma. See Cattleya. 

 ailrea . . . Yel. red . 3, S. Epi. 1 Mexico . 1836 

 coccinea 1 . Scarlet . . 4, S. Epi. 1J S. Domin. 1848 

 nltida . . . Red . . . 6, 8. Epi. H E. Ind. . 1824 

 sangufnea 2 . Crimson . 8, S. Epi lj Jamaica . 1793 



BrousSONETIA, Ventenat. In compliment to 

 P. N. V. Broussonet, a French naturalist and 

 traveller. Linn. 22, Or. 4, Nat. Or. Moracece. 

 Ornamental and fast-growing fruit trees, with 

 lar»e, various-shaped leaves, which differ in the 

 male and female plants, so much as not to be 

 easily distinguished one from the other. The 

 fruit is no larger than peas ; and in China and 

 Japan B. papyrtfera is cultivated for the sake 

 of its young shoots, which are used in the 

 same manner as osiers here ; the outer bark, 

 when separated from the wood and inner bark, 



