B. 



pe- 

 iing 

 nted 

 (hort 



alternate bmnchrs. Leav.-s alternntc. lanceolate, nnrro^v, I'Heret. btirp. nov. (arborefcens Jacq. Ic. Rar. 2. taj.. >'i. 



"hcndcr, lliff, fmoolh, crcft, with fcveral peduncle. 3 1. B 

 cer.late, narr 

 at tiic bHfe. Uvihels axillary, 

 llv three flowtred 



Dr. vSmith. Tenni 



pointed, ».....-, — r a . , • i 



iilv fefliic, loliiary, generally three flowtred ; mvoUicres 



entire, taponng 

 neailv feflile, lolij . _ 

 awl-lhaped, loiijicr than die flower,^. Ur 

 ,.,/;« 'umW/co,r.30Uad, of from three to five rays; with 

 a Kcneral involue're of from th.-ee to five fiiort, pointed 

 leaves ; laUrjl, frnple, and extremely fmall. La Marck. 

 Haller remarks that tho umbels can fcarcely be faid to 

 be really compound. FnnI fmall, ovate-oblong, tranf- 

 vcrf;ly ihicker, rounded on each fide, fomewhat emargi- 

 nate. Seeds pent.-.ironal-prilmatic. marked on the convex 

 tide with three acute-arigied and difta-t ribs-, the intervals 



obliqu'.im Vahl. Symb. gibraltericuni. La Marck Encyc.) 

 " Leaves lanceolate, attenuated on both fides, very entire, 

 feffile. Willd. " Leaves lanceolate, coriaceous, oblique." 

 Hort. Kew. Root perennial. Stems from three to four feet 

 high, uprifjht, fparingly brai cied, round, annulated with 

 the fears left by the fallen leaves. Branches alternate, 

 uprio-bt, marked with lines, fiftuloiis. Leaves alternate, 

 approximating, long, acuminnte, a little coriaceous, half 

 embracing the ftem, with a fiiarp, reflexed point, and one 

 whitilh nerve, glaucous, permanent, five inches lo.ig and 

 near an inch broad. Umleh of about fifteen rays, alternate ; 



A lif'e wrinkled of a'pale or aih colour. A native of on a common peduncle termnnating each branch, with a few 



Cermanv, F.arce, Italy, and England. It is found plen- leaves on its lower part, a foot and a half long, and not 



tifiiUy in fait wattr ditches on the coafts of Norfolk, Suffex, half the thicknefs of the branch from which it fprings. 



&c an! as is afTcrted by Hiidfon, more fparingly inland, Umveifal involucre of about eigiit, oblong, acuminate, 



about Cambridge and Huntingdon; but profelTor Martyn flightly convex, reflexed leaves ; partial, five-leaved, fmaller, 



obfcrves tliat it has probably been overlooked in mr.ny other ovate. Seeds oblong, rounded on one lidc with five wings, 



ulaccs • beint- a plci.t of little appearmce a:td almoU loft flat on the other. The whole plant is very fragrant when 



among' the grafs. 15. B. ^iWc.^, vTilld. " Stem ertd, , rubbed. La Marck and Martyn from I'Herelier. A native 



h'-anched ; leaves linear ; univerfal involucres of about four of Spain near Gibraltar ; found by MafTon, and introduced 



unequal leaves, (V.orter -than the umbel ; partial i:ivol:icres in 1784. 12. B. frulicefcens, Linn. " Leaves linear ; 



five-kaved." /ira/ perennial. J?a.'//V,// /iviwi linear, broader involucres univerfal and partial." An under fiirub, about a 



at the bafe. Univerfnl involucre of three or four leaves, foot and a half high. Sle7n woody, divided into feveral 



two larger tlian the other?. A native of Croatia, Carniol.-i, knotty, twilled ramifications, with flendcr, herbaceous twigs. 



and mount Baldo. 16. B. Gerardi, Murray SylK 274. (B. 



-junceum, Mscnch. Roth. PoHich. junccum and La Marck.) 



Gcr. Prov. 2,J,;. Tab. 9. good. " Stem er;d, much 



branched; leaves linear, acnminate ; univerfal involncre 



fivc-leavcd ; partial, five-leaved, lincar-a-Al-iliaped, longer 



tlian the umbel." Rjof annual. S->.m foTi fix to nine 



inches high, (lender, fmooth, with llraight filiform branches. 



Leaves linear, grafs-like, clafping the ilem, ending in a 



■very fliort poi'it, -Kiarked with thite fine nerves. Umleh 



on long peduncles, bteral and terminating. Univerfal in- 



-volucre four or five leaved, linear, awl lliapcd, very unequal ; 



partial, four or five-leaved, rmear-fetaceons, unequal, longer 



than the flowers. Flowers nearly feffile. Seeds oblong, 



ilriated, appearing as if cut off at the tip. A native of 



Vroveiice and Auftria. jy. "Q. junceum, Linn. /3 La Marck. 

 " Stem eretj, panicled ; leaves linear ; univerfal involucre 



three-ieavcd ; pai tial, fivc-'taved." liasi annual. Stfm leaflets refcmbling thofe of parfley ; the others longer, 



•from two -to three feet high, ftraight, round, hollow within, flender, fililcrm, angular, divided half way down into three 

 ■branched in the upper part. Umbels fmall; lateral on.-s filiform fegments, the middle one the longtU, and each 

 firrple, of one or two flowers : terminating ones compound, terminated by a very fmall point. In fumnner the former 

 of two or three fhort rays, {/niverful involucre of two or kind fall olv. La Marck. Univerfal involucre of many 

 ■t'lree lcr.it?, awl-diaped and unequal ; partial, of about four awl-fiiaped, ihrivcHing leaves, connected at th? bafe ; partial, 

 linear-avl. (Imped leaves. A native of the fouth of France, of five leaves. Umbels fome fimple, o;hers compound. Linn, 

 of Swil/er!a.id, Germany, and Italy. 18. B. nudum, A native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Aitoii. Ktw. " Stem branched, without leaves ; root-leaves Pro ja^alion aj:d Culture. The biipleururrs in general are 

 ■decompound, plain, gaihed ; involucres univerfal and partial cultivated only in botanic gardenf. The feeds ihould be 

 lanccobte-oblong.'" i^TO/ perennial. A native of the cape fown in autumn, where the plants are dcficned to remain, 

 of Good ikipe. Introduced in lyjS, by Dr. P. RuJel. for they are ir.jured by tranfplanting. 'i'he fruticofsim, 

 * JShrtdhy. called by our gardeners flirubby Ethiopian Hartwort, will 



1-9. B. fru'.icofum, Linn. "Leaves lanceolate- obovate, thrive in the open air, and is propagated by cuttings planted 

 very entire, fcli'ile." Wiild. ■" Rather obtufe." La in pots filled with frelh loamy earth, and ihcltered in winter 

 Marck. An ever-green fti.uh, four or five feet high. Stems under a hot-bed fra ne ; they will take root in fpring, fhould 



Leaves alternate, linear, glaucous. Umbels fmall, of from 

 three to five rays. Univerfal involucre of three, /hort, 

 poiirted leaves. La Marck. A native of Spain. 23. B. 

 fpinofim, Linn. jun. Supp. " Old branches of the panicle 

 naked, thorny ; leaves Uncar." Root perennial. Stem low, 

 irregular, with divaricated brandies. Leaves acuminate, 

 three-nerved. Univerfal umbel terminal, generally of three 

 rays, which change into fpines after the fruitification is 

 completed; partial, of fiv-e rays. Involucres of very fmall 

 leaves, equal in number to the rays. Linn. Jun. and La 

 Marck. A native of Spain. 24. B. difforme, Linn. 

 " Spring leaves decompourd, flat, gafhed ; funimer leaves 

 filiform, angular, trifid." Stem from five to fix feet high, 

 ftraight, a little twilled, branched. In winter, and the 

 beginning of fpring, it bears two forts of leaves ; the fird 

 fmall, petiuled, compofed of three, flat, trifid, gafhed 



ftra';;h*, branched, buihy ; bark of the trunk -greyilh, of 

 the branches, brown or purpliih. Leaves alternate, oval- 

 oblong, rather obtufe, with a very fm-ill point, coriaceous, 

 Smooth, of a glaucous, colour. Umbels tcrKiinal. A native 



be placed in a fli.idy fituation in fummer, and'wilf not be 

 fit to traufplaiit till the autumn. The fruticefcens may 

 be treated in liie fame manner, but is not fo hardy. The 

 difforme may alii) be propagated by cuttings, which readily 



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