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countenance, (o as to he unknown to liis mofl intimate ac- 

 quaintance. Haller. Bib. Anat. 



BULZIG, in Geography, a town of Germany, in the 

 eleftorate of Saxony, 2 miles S. of Znhna. 



'EAJM.-baUi/fs, or Bound-hailijfs. See B.\iliffs of She- 

 rlfs. 



BuM-io(7/, in Sea-Language, See Bo.lT. 



BUMALDA, in Bolany. Thunb. nov. gen. p. rt;. 

 rior. Jap. 8. Scliveb.45,3. WiUd. 515. JiifT. .s8i. Clafs 

 7i.nd ord. fenlantfrhi t/igynia. Nat. ord. rhamiii Jufl". Gen. 

 Char. Cal. perianth deeply divided into five ovate, obtufe, 

 concave fegnients, a little fhoFter than the corolla. Cor. 

 petals five, oblong, inlerted on the germ. Slam, five, thread- 

 ihaped; ereft, rough with hairs, inferted into the claws of 

 the petals, nearly the length of the corolla ; anthers inferted 

 into the back, ovate, tv/in. Pij?. gem conic, villous, fupe- 

 rior ; ityles two, creft, villous, the length of the filaments ; 

 ftigmas fimple, headed, truncate. Ccpfule not fcen by Tliun- 

 berg in a ilate of maturity, but fupp,:led by hiin to be two- 

 celled and two-beaked. 



Sp. B. trifdia. A fmall denfe (limb, fmooth in all its 

 parts. Brancha cylindrical or obtufely angular, jointed, 

 purple. Braiich'efs oppofite, leafy, thread-dmped, much 

 fpreading, in other refpctls fnnilar to the branches. Leaves 

 oppofite, petioled. Leajlets ovate, acumi.:ated, finely fer- 

 rated, pale underneath ; on fliort, capillary, fpreading or re- 

 flefted petioles. Racemes lermm3\. Native of Japan. 



BUMBUNN Y, a name given by the people of Guinea to 

 a plant common in that place, which ferves them as an emetic ; 

 they boil a tew of the leaves in water, and drink this liquor, 

 which works very eafily. Phil. Tranf. N° 2J2. 



BUMELIA, (i3ovfj.:Xia, the name of a tree in Theo- 

 phraftus and Pliny ). Swartz. Prod. 49. Schreb. Ap. 1736. 

 Willd. 401. Clafs and otd. penlandria monngyn'ia. 



Gen. Ch. Cal. perianth five-leaved; leaves roundith- 

 ovate, incumbent, concave. Cor. one petalled, five-cleft or 

 five-parted ; , tube very fliort. round ; border five-parted ; 

 fegments ovate, entire, fpreading, concave, with two little 

 fcales at the bafe of each ; ne£lary with five leaves, fmaller 

 than the fegments of the corolla, at the bafe of the filaments, 

 furrounding the germ, acute. Stam. filaments five, the 

 length of the tube, inlerted into its bottom between its lower 

 fegments; anthers ovate, erect. P///. germ fuptrior, ovate ; 

 flyle thick, ered, fliorter than the llamcns ; iligma obtufe. 

 Drupe osA; kernel fingle, oblong, fmooth, witii a lateral 

 fear. 



EfT. Cb.ar. Corolla five-cleft ; tiedary five-leaved ; drupe 

 one-feeded. 



La Marck fays, that all Swartz's fpecies fhould be refen-ed 

 to Sideroxylum, which he defcribes in his " lUuftrations" 

 as fubmonofpermous, or, as he cxprefles it in the alphabetical 

 part, having from one to five feeds. Bumelia, as a feparate 

 genus, differs from Sideroxylum only in the number of leeds. 

 Willdenow enumerates the following twelve fpecies, all na- 

 tives of America. 



I. B. nigra, baflard bully-tree. Swartz. (Achras 6. 

 Browne Jam.) " Leaves terminating, oblong-lanceolate, 

 fmooth, waved about the margin ; branches fpreading ; 

 branchlets wandlike, flower-bearing." A tree. Fruit fmall, 

 fmooth, fcattered on the branchlets; feeds roundifli, with a very 

 fmall ovate fear. A native of Jamaica. 2. ^.pallida. Swartz. 

 " Leaves termina'.ing, elliptic, obtufe; peduncles crowded, la- 

 teral; branches er^ct." It refembles B. nigra, but is a fmaller 

 tree, with whitifh bark, having branches lefs fpreading, with 

 larger flowers and drupes. Swartz. A native of Jamaica. 3. 

 B. tenax. Willd. (Sideroxylon tenax. Linn. Mant. Chryfo- 

 phyllum carohnenfe Jacq.) " Leaves obovate, obtufe, CU 



BUM 



very-tomentoiis underneath ; peduncles axillary, crowded.' 

 , A tree 20 feet high, with a whitifll bark, and very tenacious 

 branches. Germs alternate, each producing numerous one- 

 flowered peduncles, about an inch long. Leaves five or fix, 

 below or among the peduncles, petioled, very entire, deci- 

 duous. Flowers fmall. Calyx ovate ; leaflets five, ovate, 

 obtufe, the outer ones broader, converging. Corolla tube 

 the length of the calyx; border five-parted; fegments ovate, 

 fliorter than the calyx ; ncdary in the- tluoat of the corolla, 

 five-parted ; fegments vi'itli three clefts, the middle one gene- 

 rally the longelt. Slameiis the length of the corolla. Pijl. 

 germ pentagonal ; flyle and flignia fimple. Drupe oval ; 

 kernel ovate, fliining, with two apertures at the bafe, fepa- 

 rated by a bowed partition. It varies with very fliort fpines, 

 thinly fcatteied on the branchlets. Linn. Obfervcd by 

 Dr. Garden in the dryer parts of Carolina. 4. B. relufa, 

 mountain bafl;,ird bully-tree. Swartz. (Achras 7. Brown. 

 Jam.) " Leaves wedge-ovate, obtufe, rigid ; peduncles 

 crowded, axillary." Native of Jamaica. 5. Vi.faiid'iftma 

 Willd. (Sideroxylon fcetidiflimuni Linn. Mant.) " I^eavcs 

 lanceolate-obloiig, obtufe, a little cmarginate ; peduncles 

 crowded, axillary. A flirub, 12 feet high. Leaves rather 

 alternate, Ihining. Peduncles one-flowered, numerous. A 

 native of St. Domingo. 6. '^. faUcifolia, Swartz. (Achras 

 falicifolia, Linn. Sp. PI. under which name it has already 

 been given in this work. La Marck refers his Sideroxylum 

 falicifolium to the Achras falicifolium of Linnaeus with a 

 mark of doubt. Willdenow gives, as a fynonym to the 

 prefent plant, Jacquin's Sideroxylon mullichodendrum, which 

 La Marck has inferted in his liluflrations, but not in the 

 Diftionary under the fame name). " Leaves lanceolate, 

 ovate, acuminate ; peduncles crowded, axillary and lateral." 

 Native of Jamaica and the Bahama iflands. 7. B. manglillo, 

 Willd. (Sideroxylon manglillo La Marck Encyc. Chryfo- 

 phyllum manglillo La Marck Illuft. Duhamelia manglillo 

 Domb. Peruv. Manglilla Juff. 151). " Leaves oblong, ob- 

 tufe, fmooth, whitilh beneath ; flowers axillary and lateral, 

 aggregate, with fliort peduncles." An evergreen flirub, 

 10 or 12 feet high. Leaves alternate, very entire. Floivcrs 

 fmall, white, in numerous fmall fafcicles, either in the axils of 

 the leaves, or fcattered below the leafy part of the branches. 

 Peduncles ttmrt. Style none. Fruit about the fize of a fmall 

 grain of pepper. Obferved by Dombcy in the neighbour- 

 hood of Lima. 8. B. montana. Swartz. " Leaves oblong, 

 obtufe ; pediuicles long, axillary, dillinft." Native of Ja- 

 maica. 9. B. nervofa. Wiild. (Chryfophyllum macrophyl- 

 lum Lam. Illuft. C. cainito Aub. guin.) " Leaves alter- 

 nate oval, of a different colour beneath ; flowers aggregate, 

 lateral, and axillary, tomentous, peduncled." Native of 

 Cayenne. 10. Y>. penfagona Swartz. " Leaves lanceolate, 

 acuminate, fhining ; peduncles axillary ; drupes pentagonal." 

 Native of the Well Indies. 11. ^. rohmdtfol'w. Swartz* 

 '• Leaves roundifh, ma gined, veined, leathery, fmooth on 

 both fides." Native of Jamaica. 12. Y). cuneata. "Leaves 

 wedge-obovate." Native of Jamaica. Fruit of this and the 

 preceding unknown. 



BUMICILLI, a feft of Mahometans in Africa, faid to 

 be great forcercrs : they fight aeainft the devil, as they fay ; 

 and frequently run about covered with blood and bruifes, in 

 a great fright : they fometimes counterfeit combats with 

 him at noon-day, and in the prcfence of numbers of people, 

 for the fpace of two or three ho'.ns, with darts, javelins, fci- 

 mitars, &c. laying defperately about them, till they fall 

 down on the ground oppreffed with blows ; after refting 3 

 moment, they recover their fpirits, and walk off. What 

 their rule, is, is not well known ; but they are faid to be an 

 order of religious. 



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