BAB 



ileiider. Limb pale blueirti purple, with ellipiic-oblong, 

 nearly equal fegments, an inch long ; three alternate ones 

 bluntifh, with a point ; three lowemioft marked with white 

 and violet. 



6. B. famluc'ina. Elder-fcentsd Babiana. Ker n. 12. 

 Ait. n. 5. Ker in Curt. Mag. t. 1019. (Gladiolus 

 fambucinus ; Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. v. i. 7. t. 15. Vahl 

 Enum. V. 2. 1 1 7.) — Leaves fcarcely downy. Stalk fmooth. 

 Tube hardly longer than the downy, pointed fpatha ; 

 throat cylindrical ; fegments of the hmb nearly equal and 

 uniform, keeled. — Imported from the Cape, by George 

 Hibbert, efq. ir. 1799. About a fpan liigh, %vith large, 

 violet -coloured, very fweet-fcented Jlowers, each of whofe 

 fegments, above an inch long, has a darker \iolet keel, or 

 mid-rib. 



7. B. fulphurea. Pale Babiana. Ker n. 5. Ait. n. 6. 

 Ker in Curt. Mag. t. 1053. (Gladiolus fulphureus ; 

 Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 239. Vahl Enum. v. 2. 99. G. ph- 

 catus ; Andr. Repof. t. 268.) — Leaves downy, (horter 

 than the afcending downy ftalk. Tube fhorter than the 

 fpatha, and but one -third as long as the nearly uniform 

 limb. — Native of the Cape, from whence it was procured 

 by Meffrs. Lee and Kennedy, in 1795. The leaves are 

 eUiptic-oblong, ftrongly plaited, downy all over. Floiuers 

 large, with a (hort tube ; limb cream-coloured, with fome 

 tints of blue. 



8. B. pikata. Sweet-fcented Babiana. Ker n. 13. 

 Ait. n. 7. Ker in Curt. Mag. t. 576. (Gladiolus ph- 

 catus ; Thunb. Diff. n. 24. Fl. Cap. v. i. 211, with 

 many wrong fynonyms. G. fragrans ; Jacq. Hort. 

 Schoenbr. v. i. 7. t. 14.) — Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, 

 loofely plaited, very foft and downy. Segments of the limb 

 nearly equal, the length of the tube ; upper one hooded. — 

 One of the moft common fpecies at the Cape, near the 

 town, and in various other places, flowering from May to 

 October. Thunberg fays the Europeans call this plant 

 Babianer. Has this, whatever it means, given occafion to 

 Mr. Ker's generic name ? Nearly akin to the laft, but of a 

 fofter texture. Flowers fragrant, pale lilac, or blueifh- 

 white, marked with violet at the bafe of their three lower 

 fegments. Stamens afcending. 



9. B. fir'iSa. Upright Babiana. Ker n. 6. Ait. n. 8. 

 Ker in Curt. Mag. t. 621. 637. (Gladiolus ftrittus ; Ait. 

 ed. I. V. I. 63. G. piicatus ; Linn. Sp. PI. 53. Ixia ; 

 Mill. Ic. 103. t. 155. f. I.) — Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, 

 plaited, downy. Corolla funnel-lhaped, nearly regtdar ; 

 fegments about as long as the tube, all flat. — Native of the 

 Cape ; long known in our green-houfes, though not very 

 frequent. The jtotuers are fmaller than moft of the fore- 

 going, with obovate, pointed, equal fegments, either all 

 blue, or pale grey, or alternately white and purplifh, each 

 hardly 

 downy 

 10. 

 n. 9. 

 ed. I. 

 Willd. 

 Thunb 



an inch long. Spatha fmall, linear-lanceolate, 



B. v'dlofa. Dark-red Babiana. Ker n. 8. Ait. 



Ker in Curt. Mag. t. 583. (Ixia villofa ; Ait. 

 V. I. 58. I. pumicea ; Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 287. 



Sp. PI. V. I. 198. Gladioli phcati var. purpurea; 

 . DifT. n. 24. Fl. Cap. V. I. 213.) — Leaves downy. 



Tube thread-fhaped, the length of the regular, bell-(haped 

 limb, whofe three alternate fegments are obtufe with a 

 point. — Native of the Cape. The leaves are rather broad, 

 elliptic-lanceolate, ftrongly plaited. Stalk oblique and 

 wavy, rather taller than the leaves. Flowers the fize 

 of the laft, of a deep blood-red, without fcent ; their tube 

 fiiddenly united to the limb, without any dilatation at 

 the throat. Anthers dark violet, ■ remarkably large and 

 thick. 



B ^ O 



II. B. rubro-<yanea. Red and blue Babiana. Ker if - 

 wm.j""c'°"t,/^'''^ rubro-cyanea ; Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 280 

 Willd. Sp PL V I. 198 Curt. Mag. t. 4,0. I. villofa^ 

 bchneev. Ic. t. 16. Gladiolus rubro-cyaneus ; Vahl Enum 

 V.2. 98.)— Leaves eUiptic-lanceolate, ftalked, downv.' 

 i ube thread-fhaped, the length of the regular, wide-fpreadinV 

 hmb, whofe fegments are uniform, rhomboid-obovate.— 

 Native of the Cape. Sent to Kew by Mr. Maffon in 1 794 

 Very nearly akin to the laft, particularly in the (hape of the 

 tube ; but the limb is more fpreading, with uniform blue feg- 

 ments, red at their bafe, making a very fhowy appearance. 

 It is not eafy to difcover by what rule Vahl reduced this 

 plant to Gladiolus, except by the herbage. 



12. B. oblujifolia. Blunt-leaved Babiana. Ker n. 0. 

 (Ixia viUofa; Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 284. Willd. Sp. PI. v. i. 

 198.) — Leaves elliptical, bluntifti, downy. Tube thread- 

 fhaped, nearly the length of the funnel-ftiaped regular limb, 



tvhofe fegments are elliptical ; throat fomewhat dilated 



Native of the Cape. We know this fpecies merely from 

 Jacqum's figui-e, where it is reprefented of humble growth, 

 all over downy, with an oblique /a/i, and a few large 

 foivers of an uniform blueifh-white ; their Jheatbs elliptic- 

 lanceolate, fomewhat tumid. Stigmas flender. Anthers 

 fmall, blue. 



13. '&. dijlicha. Hyacinth-fcented Babiana. Ker n. 10. 

 Curt. Mag. t. 626. (Gladiolus piicatus; Jacq. Ic. Rar. 

 t. 237.) — -Leaves elliptic -oblong, ftrongly plaited, finely 

 fringed. Throat of the corolla funnel-ftiaped ; fegments of 

 the limb Unear-knceolate, nearly equal, partly crifped at the 



margin Native of the Cape. It flowered at Mr. Colville's 



nurfery in June 1802. The leaves are broad. Flowers 

 blueifh-white, with dark -blue marks and anthers, their fcent 

 hke an oriental hyacinth, but finer. Mr. Dryander feems 

 to have overlooked this fpecies ; unlefs, as we fuppofe, he 

 included it under pikata, n. 8. 



14. Y>. mucronata. Briftle-pointed Babiana. Kern. 11. 

 ( Gladiolus mucronatus ; Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 253. CoU. v. 4. 

 162. WiUd. Sp. PI. V. 1. 221. Vahl Enum. v. 2. 115. 

 G. ringens ; Thunb. Prodr. 186. Fl. Cap. v. 1. 214, 

 excluding Jacquin's fulphureus.) — Leaves eUiptic-oblong, 

 ftalked, plaited, downy. Stalk branched. Throat of the 

 corolla funnel-fhaped, elongated ; fegments of the limb 

 linear -obovate, three alternate ones awned ; three lower re- 

 flexed. — Native of the Cape of Good Hope. The leaves, 

 in Jacquin's figure, have ftalks nearly of their own length. 

 The Jbeaths, like the whole herbage, are downy, and as long 

 as the tube of the corolla. Throat rather (hort, funnel-fhaped 

 as well as the limb, whofe fegments are very deep ; linear 

 and elongated at the bafe, pale yellow in that part, lilac to- 

 wards the extremity ; the central one of the upper lip 

 largeft ; the two next awned, like the central one of the 

 lower lip. 



BACILLUM, (a little ftick or ftaff,) was once ufed by 



Acharius for the ftalks elevating the tubercles of the Cup 



Lichens. (See Lichen, fed. 7.) This term occurs in his 



Prodromus, but is fupplanted in his more recent pubhca- 



tions by Podetium. Both terms appear to us fuperfluous, 



Pedicellus having precifely the fame meaning. 



BADKU, in Geography. See Baku. 



B^OMYCES, in Botany, from ^x.m:, fmall, and ,utxr;, a 



fungus, is well appropriated to this genus of Lkhenes, their 



fruftification looking exaftly like fome minute kinds of 



Agarkus or Helvella Perfoon in Uft. Anna], fafc. 7. 19. 



Achar. Lichenogr. 108. t. 12. f. I, 2. Syn. 279 Clafs 



and order, Cryptogamia Algit. Nat. Ord. Lkhenes. 



Eft. Ch. Tubercles fohtary, on folid fimple ftalks, fi-om 

 an uninterrupted granulated cruft. 



In 



