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in K<;w garden in 1730. g. B. pul/e/cent. Lin. Spec. S 70. 

 Reic'i. 3. 157. " Leaves conjugate, cirrhofe ; leaflits lo.-- 

 date-ovate, pubefcent beneath." GrowiiiT naturally ji' ^'i'" 

 ginia, and fevcral otlier parts of America. 10. B. triphylla, 

 (lirec-leavcd trumpet-ttower, Lin. Spec. 870. Reich. 3. 

 i-CT. " Leaves ternate ; leaflets ovate, acuminate ; uem 

 flirubby, erec^." Sent to Mr. Miller from La Vera Cruz, 

 by Dr. Houlloun. 11. B. pcntaphylla, hairy tive-leaved 

 trumpet-flower. Lm. Sp-c. 870. Reich. 3. 158. Hnrt. 

 chfT. ^97. 6 " Leaves digitate ; leaflets quite entire, obo- 

 vate." Sent to Mr. Miller from Jamaica, by Dr. Houf- 

 toun ; and introduced into Kew garden before 1733. 12. 

 B. Lrucoxylon,{n\oo\\\ (ivc-leavedtruinpet-flower, white-wood, 

 or tulip-flower. Lin. Spec. 870. Reich. 3. 158. Swartz 

 obf. 233. Pluk. aim. t. 20c. f. 4. Brown jam. 2(7,. n. i. 

 Sloan, jam. 2. 62. n. 47. Raii dendr. 1 14. 2. " Ltaves 

 d'gitate ; leaflets quite entire, ovate, acuminate." Accord- 

 ing to Sir Hans Sloane, this tree is as large as any in the 

 ifland of Jamaica, having a large ftraight trunk covered with 

 a fmooth whitilli bark, and a very hard \yhite wood. Ac- 

 cording to Browne, it grows in a kind foil to a large fize, 

 and isconfideredaigood timber-wood ; but when its growth 

 is not luxuriant, fit only for fmaller and fubordinate imple- 

 ments. Its juice and tender buds arc faid to be an antidote 

 to the poifonous juice of the manchineel. Mr. Miller fays, 

 that it rifcs with an upright ftem to the height of 40 feet, 

 in the natural countiy of its grow th ; and that the feeds, 

 difperfed by the winds to neighbouring lands, fupply plants 

 in great plenty. Cultivated by Mr. JVIiller in Kew garden, 

 in 17J9; and received by him from Barbadoes under the 

 denomination of " white wood." 13. B. radiata, ray-leaved 

 trumpet-flower. Lin. Spec. 871. Reich. 3. 158. Feti. 

 peruv. 2. 731. t. 22. " Leaves digitate ; leaflets pinnati- 

 fid." Stem three inches high ; corolla pale yellow, with 

 red dots. A native of Peru, in very dry fand. 14. B. radi- 

 cans, rooting or a(h-leaved trumpet-flower. Lin. Spec. 871. 

 Reich. 3. r58. Hort. cliff". 317. 4. Upf. 178. Gron.virg. 

 73. 94. Duham. arb. i. 103. i. Sabb. hort. 2. t. 84. 

 Pfeudo gelfcminum I'lliquofura. Riv. mon. lOI. Pfeado- 

 Apocynum. Mor. hill. 3. 612. n. I. f. 15. t. 3. f. r. Park. 

 1679. and 3S5. n. 6. Gelfeminum hederaceum Indlcum. 

 Corn. can. t. IC3. Raii hilt. 1768. p. B. fraxini fol. coc- 

 cinco fl. minore. Catefo. car. i. t. C'^. Mill. fig. 43. t. 65. 

 Duham. arb. 103. 2. " Leaves pinnate ; leaflets gafhed ; 

 Rem with rooting joints." Stems rough, branches trailing, 

 falteuing by the root?, ifl"uing from their joints, to the trees 

 ill their natural place of growth, ani climbing to a great 

 height ; in Europe, where it is generally planted againll 

 walls, (Iriking into the mortar of the joints, fo as to fupport 

 the branches, and rifing to the height of 40 or 50 feet : 

 flowers produced at the ends of the (hoots of the fame year, 

 in large bunchirs, with long fwelling tubes, (haped fome- 

 what like a trumpet, whence the plant has the appellation of 

 ♦' trumpet-flower ;" corolla of an orange colour, and open- 

 ing at the be ginning of Auguft. Cultivated in Kew garden 

 in ;640. The feeds of /S. were fcnt from Carolina in 1724, 

 by Mr. Catelby ; and fince that time many plants have been 

 raifed in England, by feeds feiit from tbat country. 15. B. 

 Jiant, branching-rtinverid trumpet-flower. Lin. Spec. 871. 

 Reich. 3. 159. Jacq. Amer. pit\. 9 . t. 176. Brown, jam. 

 264. 3. Plum. Spec. 5. ic. 54. Sloan, jam. 2. 63 n. 49. 

 B. frutvfeens. Mill. did. n. 3. " Leaves pinnate ; leaflets 

 ferrate; ikem erect, firm; flowers raccmed." An upright 

 Ihrub from four to eight feet in heigfht ; flowers yellow, 

 with red lines on the iiifide of the tube ; filiques half a foot 

 'long, with winged feeds. A native of all the fugariflands in 

 the Weft Indies, chiefly in a dq., rocky, or gravelly foil. Mr. 



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Miller fays, that he received this fort firft in 1729, from 

 La Vera Cruz, where Dr. Houftoun found it in great plenty ; 

 fince which .ime he obtained the feed from the ifland of Ber- 

 muda, 1 y the title of " candle-wood." 16. B. gram'ifiora. 

 l\v. Syu. 56^. Thunb. jap. 253. Kxmpf. ic. fol. z\. 

 " Leaves pinnate ; leaflets ovate, acuminate, fen-ate ; ilein 

 twining ; calyx femiquinqucfid." Stem (hrubby, climbing, 

 fo«r cornered ; calyx five-cornered ; corollas purple, the fize 

 ol a rofe : diifering from the rcidl^o.ns in having a ftem not 

 at all rooting, a larj,er flower, and a femiquinquefid calyx. 

 A native of Japan. 17. B. chelotio'uhs. Lin. Syft. 564. 

 Suppl. 282. Padri. Rhecd. Mai. 6. 47. t. 26. " Leaves 

 unequally pinnate ; leaflets ovate, quite entire, acuminate, 

 pubefcent ; corollas bearded, with the rudiment of a fifth 

 llamen." A large tree, with a whitifli afii-coloured bark ; 

 leaves fpreading, pciioled ; paniuie terminating: pedicels 

 oppofite, dichotomous ; flowers ioiitrry, from the divifions ; 

 calyx hoary ; border of the corolla a little aiched, lough 

 with hairs, red, five-cleft ; the two upper fegments yellow, 

 with red dots ; lower fegments rou^h with hairs, curled at 

 the edge, diflv waved, white, veins red, throat rough with 

 hairs ; the rudiment of a fifth tlanien, inf^rtedinto the tube 

 of the corolla, barren ; filiques Linear, flat, bent, ftreaked. 

 The frefli flowers, immerfcd in water, give it a pleafant 

 odour ; and in the Eaft Indies, of which it is a native, they 

 fprinkle it over the temples m a mornir.g, to correcl; the 

 iiagnant air. 18. B. fpathacen. Lin. Sylt. 564. Suppl. 

 2R3. Niir Pongelion. Rhecd. M;!L6. 53. t. 29. "Leaves 

 unequally pinnate ; leaflets ovate, rough with hairs ; calyx 

 one-leafed, fpotted ; corolla falver-fliaped." A large tree, 

 difl^ering in the ftiuftuie of tfie flower from the other Ipecies, 

 but having didynamous flamens, and a pod filled with winged 

 feeds. It is evidently of thi? genus. The timber is afli- 

 coloured, or red, fmooth, and much ufed for a variety of 

 utenfils in India. A native <>f Malabar, Java, and Ceylon, 

 in woods near waters. 19. B. peruviana. Lin. Spec. 871. 

 Reich. 3. 159. Hort. clih. 317. 5. " Leaves decompound; 

 leaflets gafiied ; ft^em with tendrils at the joints." A native 

 of America. 20. B. indtca, Indian trumpet-flower. Lin. 

 Spec. 871. Reich. 3. 159. fl. zey'. 236. Lour, cochinch. 

 379. Palega pajaneli. Rheed. Mai. i. p. 77. t. 43. Raii 

 iiilt. 1741. B. Pajaneli. kheed. 79. t. 44. Raii hill. 1741. 

 n. 2. '■ Leaves bipinnate ; leaflets quite entire, ovate, acu- 

 minate." A large tree, with afcending branches. A na- 

 tive of the Eaft Indies, and Cochinchina. Introduced in 

 1 795 by Dr. Solander. A variety occurs near Mozambique, 

 in Africa. 21. B. cxrulea. Lin. Spec. 872. Reich. 3. 

 160. Catefb. car. i. t. 42. " Leaves bipi.inate ; leaflets 

 lanceolate, entire." Grows natundly in the Bahama iflands, 

 whence Mr. Catefby fent the feeds, in 1724; and many of 

 the plants were raifed in the gardens near London. In the 

 country where it grows naturally, it rifes to the height of 

 20 feet. 22. B. lori^i/Jima, wave-leaved trumpet-flov^-er. 

 Ait. Hort. Kew. 2. 347. Jacq. Amer. 182. t. 176. f. 78. 

 Swartz Prodr. 91. Brown, jam. 264. 2. Plum. ic. 47. t, 

 57. B. Cjucrcus Lamarck Encyci. i. 417, "Leaves 

 fiTpIe, oblong, acuminate ; ftem ereft : feeds woolly." An 

 eitgant, upright tree, 40 feet high and upward?. A native 

 of the Well Indies; cultivated and growing luxuriai:tly in 

 many parts of Jamaica, efpecially in the low lands and fa- 

 vanniihs, where it grows to a conliderahle fize, and is con- 

 fidered as an excellent timber-trce. Its numerous flowers, 

 and flendcr filiques, add a peculiar grace to its growth. In 

 Jamaica it is known by the name of " French oak ;" and 

 in the French Well India iflands it is called '• Chene noir." 

 23. E. cchlnMa. Gsertn. fruft. i. 24c. t. 52. Jacq. Amer. 

 183. t. 176. f. 52. Aublet. Guian. j. C48, t. 263, 26^. 



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