B L E 



cf JeremiaJi's Lamentations, with Notes, &c." 1784, 8vo. ; 



"The Sign given to Ahaz, a Difcourfe on Ifaiah, vii. 14 



1 6," Sec. 1786, 4to. ; "Chiill the greater Glory of the 

 Temple," 1788, 410. ; " A New Tranflation of Zechariah, 

 with Notes," &c. 1787, 410. Dr. Blayney was canon of 

 Chriftchurch, and reftor of Potfhot, where he died 

 Sept. 20, 1801, having previoufly direfted by will that 

 his critical papers (hould be depofited in the library- at 

 Lambeth. 



BLEACHING, col. 10, 1. 19, r. For an account of the 

 progrefs of difcoveries in the new method of bleaching by 

 the oxygenated muriatic acid, fee Oxymuriatic yiciJ 

 Gas. 



BLECHINGLEY, col. 2, 1. ult. ,-. By the returns in 

 181 1, the borough and parifli contained 184 houfes, and 

 1 1 16 perfons ; 575 being males, and 541 females. 



BLECHUM, in Botany, GXr,^m, an old name for Pu/e- 

 g:um, or Penny -royal, applied giatuitoufly by Dr. Patrick 

 Browne to a Jamaica plant, and retained by Juffieu. It 

 looks, rather than founds, too much like Bhchnum. — Browne 

 Jam. 261. Juif. in Ann. du Muf. v. 9. 269. Brown in 

 Ait. Ho:t. Kew. V. 4. 55. — Clafs and order, DUynamia 

 Angiofpc-rmia. Nat. Ord. Perfonatei, Linn, jlcanthi, JufT. 

 Acanthateiy Bro\ n. 



Efl". Ch. Calyx in five deep equal fegments. Corolla 

 funnel-fnaped. Capf'de impsrfeftly two-celled, with two 

 valves, and a contrary partition, at length feparating in por- 

 tions. Seeds feveral. v.ith a\vi-fh?pcd props. Br. 



Thefe charafters exclude JuITi"u's B. anifophyllum , which, 

 with Ruellia imbricata of Forflvall, and feveral Eait Indian 

 as well as tropical African fpecies, compofe Mr. Brown's 

 new genus of Aethdiema, as yet, we believe, merely indi- 

 cated in his Prodr. Nov. Holl. v. i. 478. The following 

 are the only fpecies of Blechum there mentioned. 



1. B. Brownei. Denfe-piked Blechum. JufT. as above. 

 Ait. n. I. (RueUia Blechum ; Linn. Sp. PI. 884. WiUd. 

 Sp.Pl.v. 3. 362. Prunella elatior.florealbo ; Sloane Jam. v. i. 

 17^. t. 109. f. I.) — Leaves ovate-elliptical, flightly toothed. 

 Spikes quadrangular. Brafteas ovate, downy. — Native of the 

 Weft Indies. Perennial. Herbaceous, decumbent, branched, 

 two or three teet high, with oppofite leaves, and white 

 flowers of no great beauty. 



2. 'R.ereSum. Upright Blechum. ( Ruellia blechioides ; 

 Swartz Ind. Occ. 1068. Willd. Sp. PL v. 3. 362.) — 

 Leaves oblong, fomewhat toothed, fmooth. Spikes ovate. 

 Brafteas nearly fmooth. — Found in fhady woods, in the 

 weftem part of Jamaica. Stem ereft, rather Ihrubby. 

 Flowers blue. Willdenow mifquotes the remarks of 

 Swartz, which indeed are not very clearly expreffed. 



3. B. angujlifolium. Narrow-leaved Blechum. ( Ruellia 

 anguftifolia ; Swartz Ind. Occ. 1070. WiUd. Sp. PI. v. 3. 

 363.) — Leaves linear-lanceolate. Spikes oblong. Brafteas 

 ovate, hairy. — Native of the Caribbee iflands. Herbace- 

 ous, a foot high, with tumid joints. Leaves fmooth on 

 both fides. Flowers fmall, blue. - 



BLETIA, fo named by tlie authors of the Flora Peru- 

 viana, after Louis Blet, a Spanilh apothecary, whofe bota- 

 nical merits ought to be very great, to entitle him to fo fine, 

 if really diftinft, a genus.— " Ruiz et Pavon Prodr. 119." 

 Brown in Ait. Hort. Kew. v. 5. 205. (Phaius ; Loureir. 

 Cochinch. 529.) — Clafs and order, Gynar.Jria Monandria. 

 Nat. Ord. Orchideit. 



EfT. Ch. Calyx and petals diftinft. Lip felTiIe. hooded. 

 Style unconnefted. Anther a terminal deciduous lid. 

 Maffes of poUen eight or four, two-lobed. 



I. B. Tanherv'tllix. Lady Tankerville's Bletia. Ait. 

 a. I. Andr. Repof. t. 426. Curt. Mag. t. 1924. (Li- 



B L 1 



modorum Tankervillia ; Redout. Liliac. t. 43. Schneer. 

 Ic. t. 5. See LiMODORUM for more fynonyms, and a 

 defcription.) — Lip undivided, with a Ihort fpur. Leaves 

 radical, elliptic-lanceolate. 



2. B. verecunda. Tall Bletia. Ait. n. 2. (Cymbi- 

 dium verecundum ; Willd. Sp. PI. v. 4. 105. Limodorum 



altum ; Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 602. Curt. Mag. t. 930.) 



Petals converging. Lip without a fpur ; tiie ribs of its 

 difl<; branched ; middle lobe broader than long ; lateral ones 



contrafted upwards. Stalk more or lefs branched. Native 



of the Weft Indies, long known in our ftoves. Stalk three 

 feet high, v.ith fpreading branches. Flowers crimfon, an 

 inch broad. Petals forming a hood over the Jlyle, Furrows 

 of the lip yellow. 



^. B. forida. Purple Bletia. Ait. n. 2. (C)-mbidium 

 floridum ; Sahft). Prodr. 9. Limodorum purpureum ; 

 Redout. Lihac. t. 83.) — Petals fpreading. Lip without a 

 fpur ; the ribs of its diik fimple ; middle lobe fomewhat 

 wedge-fhaped ; lateral ones dilated at the fammit. Stalk 

 fomewhat branched. — Native of the warmeft parts of the 

 Weft Indies. Twelve or eighteen inches high. Flowers 

 larger than the laft, with more oblong, and more uniform, 

 petals and calyx-leaves. Difk of the lip yellow. 



4. B. hyac'inthir.a. Hyacinthine Bl'jtia. Ait. n. 4. 

 (Cynibidium hyacinthinum ; Sm. Exot. Bot. v. i. 117. 

 t. 60. Curt. Mag. t. 1492.) — Petals lanceolate, fpreading. 

 Lip without a fpur. Maffes of pollen four, two-lobed. 

 Stem leafy. Flowers racemofe. — Native of China, accord- 

 ing to Mr. Ker. Of rather more humble growth than the 

 laft, from which it differs in having terminal, not radical, 



Jlower-Jlalks. The Jlowers too are a little larger, purpli/h 

 rather than crimfon. Petals and calyx exacUy ilmilar. Lip 

 with four (hallow curled lobes in front. 



5. Y>. capitata. Capitate Bletia. Ait. n. 5. — "Lip 

 without a fpur ; callous internally near the bafe. Stem 

 leafy. Flowers capitate." — Native of the Weft Indies, 

 from whence it was procured by fir Jofeph Banks, in 1795. 

 It flowers in the ftove in June and July. We have feen no 

 fpecimen nor figure. 



Befides thefe garden fpecies, and the original Peruvian 

 ones, whatever they mav be, there are doubtlefs feveral 

 remaining latent in every good herbarium. We have fome 

 Nepaul Orchideit from Dr. Buchanan, wliich may probably 

 be referable to this genus. 



BLETTERIE, 1. 21, after Guyon, add — He alfo 

 edited Mafclef's Hebrew Grammar, vindicating his method 

 in his " Vindicise Methodi Mafclefianas," annexed to his edi- 

 tion of the Grammar in 1 73 1. 



BLIGHIA, in Botany, fo named in honour of admiral 

 William Bligh, whofe fervices rendered to botanical fcience, 

 in the tranfportation of rare plants from remote countries, 

 have procured him this comphment, in common with the 

 great captain Cook. — Kbnig in Ann. of Bot. v. 2. 569. 

 Ait. Hort. Kew. v. 2. 350. — Clafs and order, OSandria 

 Mor.ogynia. Nat. Ord. Trihilatic, Linn. Sapindi, Juff. 



Eff. Ch. Calyx in five deep fegments. Petals five, with 

 an internal appendage. Style none. Capfule fuperior, of 

 three cells and three valves. Seeds folitary, each fiibtended 

 by a large fleftiy tunic. 



' 1. B./apida. Akee-tree. Ait. n. i. Konig as above, 

 571. t. 16, 17. (Akee ; Broughton Hort. Eaft. 1792. 10. 

 " Akeefia africana ; Tuffac AntiU. 66. t. 3.")— Native of 

 Africa, between the tropics, from whence it was tranfported 

 to the Weft Indies in 1778. The flefhy tunic, or fupport, 

 of the feed is faid to be a delicate article of cooken-, re- 

 fembling the white fleih of a chicken or frog, like which it 

 ferves to make fricaffees for Weft Indian epicures. The 



tree 



