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at top in a (Imit dao-p^cr point, green "iibove, whitifh be- 

 neath, nearly equal to the pctiolc-a, on which ai\d near the 

 leaf are two oppufne glands ; without itipules ; flowers in 

 oppofite ax'llary umbels ; common ped'iricle elongated ; 

 rays five to feven, an inch lone;, jointed, with two ihort, 

 oppofite liraftes ; at the infcrtion of the rays are two fmail 

 fuborbiculate leaves; corolla fulphur-colonred. A native of 

 Dominique, Hifpaniola, &c. 2. B. purpurea. Lam. Dift. 

 n. 2. Plum. Spec. iS.ic. 15. Mf. t. 2. Acfr. Burm. Amcr. 

 t. 15. " Leaves ovate ; fpiices lateral ; feeds ereft." Stcirr, 

 ftrong and woody, dividine; into many oppofite and twining 

 branches ; leaves ovate, on fliort petioles ; there are five or 

 fix pairs of branches, nearly of the fame fize with ihofe of 

 the common acacia, but whitidi on their underfide ; flow; rs 

 axillary, in a kind of ipike ; petals purplidi, fliort ; third germ 

 often abortive, whence Plumitr fays that the fruit is bicnpfular 

 and two winged ; and Miller, that the greater number of 

 fpecies have onlv two ityles. A native of the Caribbee 

 iflands, fent to Miller from Campeachy, and cultivated by 

 him in 1759. 3. B. /aiirifoHn. Lomarck. Diet. n. 3. Acer 

 fcand. fol. laurinis. Sloan. Jam. 2. 26. Plum. Spec. 18. 

 ic. 14. " Leaves ovate-oblong, rigid; racemes terminal." 

 Stem fhrubby, climbing, with loofe, reflex, diverging, 

 roundith, rugged bra'.xhes ; leaves petioled, ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute, entire, nerved, fmooth ; racemes paniclcd ; peduncles 

 commonly one-flowered, fliort, yellow ; leaflets at the bafe 

 of the peduncles two, minute, tomentofe ; calyx five-leaved ; 

 petals fpatulate ; anthers elliptic ; germ three-cornered, tri- 

 fid at the tip ; llyles ftibulate, fliort ; ftigmas dilated, one 

 of the three capfules ufuallv abortive ; wings three or four 

 times longer than the capfules. A native of Jamaica and 

 Hifpaniola. 4. B. longifolia. " Leaves oblong, acumin.ate, 

 rigid, fliining, panicle terminating ; branches fpreadmg very 

 much." A native of the Weft Indies. 5. B. ben^haknf.s. 

 " Leaves ovate-oblong, acuminate ; racemes lateral ; feeds 

 fpreading." This fpecies recedes from the genus, it has 

 only one ftyle, and the capfule has four wings. It has 

 ftrong woody ftalks, twining about trees which grow near 

 it, and rifes twenty feet high. A native of the Eafl; and 

 Weft Indies. 6. B. dkhotomn. B. convolvulifoUa. Cavan. 

 difl". 428. t. 236. Lamarck. Did. n. 6. " Leaves ovate ; 

 branches dirhotomous." Plumier firft obferved it in the 

 ifland of Martinicc. 7. IS.fulgens. " Leaves fuhovate, to- 

 mentofe underneath ; racemes brachiate ; peduncles um- 

 belled." Its (lender windinrr ftalks rife five or fix feet high ; 

 the flowers grow in a round bunch at the extremity of the 

 branches, of a brownifli yellow colour ; the feeds arc fmall- 

 er, and have narrower wings than in the third fpecies. A 

 native of Jamaica and Barbadoes. 8. Ys.hrachiata. "Leaves 

 fnbovate ; branches brachiate ; feeds narrower within." 

 Very like th'; foregoing ; but the leaves more blunt ; fend- 

 ing out many branches, dividing into others, and yielding 

 tendrils which faften to neighbouring trees, and mounting 

 to a great height ; the flowers, in loofe cluftcrs at the ends 

 of the branches, are firft of a gold colour, and fade to a 

 fcarlet, fuccee*cd by flender thin feeds. A native of Car- 

 than-ena. 9. B. acul-ata. " Leaves pinnate ; leaflets ob- 

 long, obtufe ; flowers fpikcd ; ftem branching, prxkly." 

 Climbing ftalks, dividing into many branches with long 

 vin'T-ed leaves, compofed of about twenty pair of fmall 

 blunt pinna?, each having a deep furrow on the under fide ; 

 the flowers arow on loolc fpikes at the end of the branches, 

 and are fucceeded by ilngle feeds, as large as thofe of the 

 ereatcr maple. A native of Tolu. lo. B. atridea. Acer. 

 Plum. Mf. 2. t. 109. Spec. 18. " Branches tubercled ; 

 leaves ovate-acute, coriaceous ; racemes axillar)-." A na- 

 tive of Jamaica and Dominique. II. Vi.iHi'tda. "Leaves 

 •vate-oblong, quite entire, fliining beneath; panicle termi- 



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nating leafy." A native of Brafil, v.hcre it was found by 

 Commerfon. 12. V>. chryf-.phyia. "Branches tu'ncrcled ; 

 leaves ovale-acutc, with a golden nap on tht lower fur- 

 face ; wings very long." I'ouiid by Commerfon near Rio- 

 Janeiro in Brafil. 13. B. mur'uata. " Leaves ovate-acute, 

 tomentofe beneath ; racemes axillary ; capfules nHiricate." 

 A native of Peru, where it was found by Jof ph de Juf- 

 ficu. 13.B. Zcon/r. "Branches tubercled; leaves ovate- 

 acuminate, coriaceous ; flowers paniclcd." It varies with 

 more elongated leaves. A native of America, and found 

 by Smeathm.an at Sierra Leona in Africa, whither perhaps 

 it has been tranfported. 15. B. fcmiginsa. " Leaves 

 ovate-acuminate, /erruginous beneath ; flowers paniclcd ; 

 braCxes imbricate. A native of Rio-Janeiro, near St. 

 Sebaftian, in Brafil, found there by Commerfon. 16. B. 

 emargiiwta. " Leaves ovate, lubcordate, cmarginate- 

 cufpidate at the end, tomentofe on the lower furface, 

 flowers raceme-corymbed." A native of Air.erca. 17. 

 B. ^lapara. " Leaves ovate, tomentofe beneath, flowers 

 in corymbs, feeds creft." A flirub, fix feet high, putting 

 out many tomentofe twining branches, by which it climbs 

 up trees. A native of Guiana, on the borders of meadows, 

 flowering in Auguft, obferved there by Aublet. 18. B. 

 JiiK-maricnJis. " Leaves ovate, acuminate, flowers in corymbs, 

 ycliow, wings gradually widening." A fnrub with a trunk 

 five feet high, puttii'g forth many climbing, twining 

 branches. A native of Guiana, on trees, by the fides of mea- 

 dows and fields, .flowering and fruiting in Auguft, obferved 

 there by Aublet. 19. H.orLiciilala. " Stem twining : leaves 

 orbiculate, beneath tomentofe and filky : petioles biglandu- 

 lar." A native of Jamaica, Guadaloupe, and St. Domingo. 

 Cavanilles attributes to this the fame fynonyms of Sloanc 

 and Brov,-ne, which Linnsus lias given to V>. fallens. 20. 

 B. c'lliala. " Leaves cordate-rounuifli, eared, fmooth, ci- 

 liate." A native of Brafil, where it was found by Dombey. 

 21. B. aiiriculata. " Stem twining, leaves fubfagittate, 

 fmooth, with rounded lobes, flowers in umbels." A native 

 of' Rio Janeiro, found there by Commerfon. 22. B. ovata. 

 " Stem twining, leaves ovate, acute, quite entire, flowers 

 in umbels, involucres ftipukd." A native of the ifland 

 of Dominique, where it was found byDefportes and Suriaii. 

 23. V). pnlmata. " Stem twining, leaves palmate, tomentofe 

 beneath, petioles biglandular." A native of St. Domingo, 

 found there by Delportes. li^.Yt. fagittata. " Stem twi- 

 ning, leaves fagittate, large, tomentofe, petioles biglandular." 

 A native of St. Domingo, found there by Defportes. 



The fpecies of this genus are all inhabitants of very hot 

 climates, chiefly of America, from Brafil to I^ouifiania, 

 particularly the iflands. They are flirubs, moftly with 

 twining ftems, adorning the woods with the beauty of their 

 flowers, and the variety of their oppofite leaves. Plu- 

 mier difcovered four iorts ; and for the reft, we are obliged 

 to Aublet, Commerfon, and other m.odern travellers. 



Propagation and Culture, Thcle plants, being natives of 

 hot countries, cannot be preferved in England, unlcfs they 

 arc kept in a bark-ftove. They are propagated by 

 feeds, procured from the countries where they grow, natu- 

 rally gathered when fully ripe, and brought to England 

 in fand or earth. When they ariive, they fliouid be fown 

 immediately in pots, and if it be autumn, or winter, the 

 pots fliould be plunged into a hot-bed ol tanner's bark,Tind 

 fecurcd from froll and wet, till fpring, when they muft be 

 removed to a frefti hot-bed, which will bring up the plants; 

 when the plants come up, let them be put into feparate 

 pots, filled with light earth, and plunged into the bark-bed, 

 after which they muft be treated like other tender plants 

 from the fame countries. Martyn's Miller. 

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