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iiir. Ch. Calyx two-lipped ; upper lip largcft, cloven, 

 obtufe. Stamens all connefted. Legume ftalked, com- 

 prefled, thickened at each edge, with many feeds. 



I. ^. fcohpendr'ia. Yellow Flat BofTraa, or Plank-plant. 

 Sm. as above n. 2. Sims in Curt. Mag. t. 1235. (B. Sco- 

 lopendriiim ; Br. in Ait. n. I. Platylobium fcolopendrum ; 

 Andr. Repof. t. 191. P. fcolopendriiim ; Ven. Malmaif. 

 t. 55.) — Branches comprcfled, winged, toothed, leaflefs ; 

 flowering at the teeth. Stem ereft. Keel naked. Upper 

 brafteas permanent, imbricated, equal to the footftalk. 

 Calyx very fmooth. — Native of New South Wales, from 

 whence it was introduced, in 1792, by Lee and Kennedy. 

 A green-houfe (hrub, flowering early in fummer. The 

 winged branches, in a manner proliferous, and bearing hand- 

 fome, red and yellow, ftalked, folitary Jlowers, from their 

 numerous alternate teeth, give this fhrub a very fmgular 

 afpeft. The feedling plants only bear fimple, alternate, 

 ftalked, ovate, entire leaves. The legume of this fpecies, 

 (and perhaps the following,) is faid by Dr. Sims to want 

 that internal fponginefs, which, in thofe firil defcribed by 

 botanifts, feemed to yield a good generic charafter. The 

 texture of the !rg:ime, its thick edges, and the want of a 

 dorfal membranous wing, are ftill abundantly fufEcient to 

 keep the genus diilincl: from Platylobium. (See that 

 article. ) With refpeft to the fpecific name, we muft beg 

 leave, like Ventenat and Sims, to confidcr it as an adjeftive, 

 comparing this Angular plant's branches to the infeft called 

 a Scolopsndra, or Centipede. It has no conneftion with the 

 vegetable genus Sco/opendrium, and ftill lefs has it ever been 

 fo called. 



2. B. rufa. Red Flat Boffiaea. Br. in Ait. n. 2. — 

 " Branches compreifed, winged, toothed, leaflefs ; flowering 

 at the teeth. Keel fringed. Upper bratteas deciduous, 

 remote from the lower. Calyx veiy fmooth." — Gathered 

 by Mr. Brown on the fouth-weft coafl: of New Holland. 

 Sent to Kew, by Mr. Good, in 1803. A green-houfe 

 flirub, flowering from June to September. 



3. B. heterophylla. Various leaved Boffraa. Venten. 

 Jard. de Ccls t. 7. Willd. n. I. Sm. n. I. Br. in Ait. 

 n. 3. ( B. lanceolata ; Curt. Mag. t. 1144. Platylobium 

 lanceolatum ; Andr. Repof. t. 205. P. ovatum ; ibid, 

 t. 266, (not 276,) according to Mr. Brown.) — Branches 

 leafy, compreifed. Leaves elliptical, obovate, or linear, flat. 

 Legume of many cells, with fpongy partitions. — Native of 

 New South Wales. Imported by Lee and Kennedy in 

 1792. A branched buftiy ftirub, flowering moft part of 

 the fummer. The branches, though nearly flat, are not 

 dilated like the foregoing, nor are they either toothed, or 

 denudated. The ka-iies are variable in figure, but on full- 

 grown plants ufually linear, alternate, on fliort ftalks. 

 Flowers axillar)^ folitary, ftalked, large, yellow with a crim- 

 fon keel, very ornamental. 



4. B. linophylla. Narrow-leaved Boflisa. Br. in Ait. 

 n. 4. — " Branches leafy, comprefled. Leaves linear ; re- 

 curved at the margin. Legume of one cell." — Obferved 

 by Mr. Brown, on the fouth-weft coaft of New Holland. 

 Sent by Mr. Good to Kew, in 1803, where it is faid to 

 flower from July to September. 



5. B. projlrata. Procumbent Boffijea. Br. in Ait. n. 5. 

 (B. ovata ; Sm. n. 3, excludmg the fynonyms.) — Branches 

 round, leafy. Stem procumbent. Leaves oval, fmooth. 

 Stipulas fliorter than the footftalks. Legume of a fingle 



cell Sent from Port Jackfon, by Dr. \Vhite, in 1793. 



Mr. Good is mentioned as having fent it to Kew in 1803. 

 The Jlems are a fpan long. Leaves nearly uniform, a 

 quarter of an inch long, their edges thickened, wavy, and 

 fomewhat crenate. We had millaken this for the Platylo- 



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bium ovatum of Andrews, t. 266, but Mr. Brown ha« con- 

 vinced us of our eiTor. 



6. B. clnerea. Downy Sharp-leaved Boffisa. Br. in 



Ait. n. 6 " Branches round, leafy. Stem creel, much 



branched. Leaves ovato-lanceolate ; rough above ; downy 

 beneatli ; recurved at the margin." — Found by Mr. Brown 

 in Van Diemen's ifland, and fent in 1805 to Kew, where it 

 flowers from May to July. 



7. B. microphylla. Little -heart -leaved Boflixa. Sm. n. c. 

 Br. in Ait. n. 7. (Platylobium microphyllum ; Sims in 

 Curt. Mag. t. 863. ) — Branches round, leafy, fpinous- 



pointed. Leaves inverfely-heartfhaped, or wedge-fhaped 



Native of New South Wales, from whence Dr. White fent 

 us fpecimens in 1793. Mr. Caley fent feeds to fir Jofeph 

 Banks in 1803. T^i'^ fpecies is faid to have flowered at the 

 prcfent duke of Marlborough's, at \\Tiite Knights, in 1805. 

 The Jlowers, though fmaller than in fome other fpecies, are 

 fo numerous, and fo prettily variegated with yellow, purple, 

 and red, as to render this a very ornamental plant. The 

 leaves are fliorter than the flowers, veiny, fmooth and entire, 

 ver)' abundant. The tips of the branches finally become 

 fpinous. 



Mr. Brown is probably furniftied with more fpecies of 

 this handfome genus, which have not yet made their appev- 

 ance in the gardens. 



BOSSINEY. Add — The parifli of Tintagel, in 

 which this borough is fituated, contained, in 181 1, 141 

 houfes, and 730 perfons ; 339 being males, and 391 females. 



BOSTANA. See Bestian. 



BOSTON. At the clofe, r. the parifli of Bofton, in 

 1811, contained 1772 houfes, and 8180 perfons; 3805 

 being males, and 4375 females. 



Boston, in Maflachufetts, 1. 17, after augmented, in- 

 fert — By the cenfus of 18 10, Bofton, Chelfea, and the 

 i.Oands within and without the jurifdiftion of Bofton, in- 

 cluded a population of 34,381 fouls. The former iflands 

 are. Noodle's, Hog, Apple, Deer, Long, Speftacle, Go- 

 vernor's including Fort Warren, and Fort Independence : 

 the latter are, Greene, Thonipfon's, Rainford's, George's, 

 Great Brewfter, Outer Brewfter, Lighthoufe, and Calf ifland. 

 Bofton itfelf is ftated as containing 33,250 inhabitants. 



Boston, a town of the diftridl of Ohio, in the county of 

 Champaign, having 616 inhabitants. 



Boston, New, 1. 12, for 1202 r. 1619. 



BOSWELLIA, in Botany, "in memory of the late 

 Dr. John Bofwell, of Edinburgh." — Roxb. Coromand. 

 V. 3, 4. — Clafs and order, Decandria Monogynia. Nat. Ord. 

 Meliis, Juff. ajine. 



Efl". Ch. Calyx inferior, five-toothed. Petals five. 

 Neftary a crenate ring furrounding the bafe of the germen. 

 Capfule triangular, of three cells and three valves. Seeds 

 folitary, winged. 



1. B. "labra. Smooth Bofwellia. Hoxb. as above, 

 t. 207. (Canarium odoriferum ; Rumph. Amboin. v. 2. 

 156. t. 50. Gugulapootfchittoo of the Tehngas. ) — Leaflets 

 fmooth, with ftiallow ferratures. — Native of tlie higheft 

 mountains on the coaft of Coromandel, flowering in tlie cool 

 feafon, and cafting its leaves in October. This is one of the 

 largeft trees of that country ; its wood hard, heavy, and 

 durable. The wounded bark yields a fort of pitch. Leavu 

 crowded at the ends of the branches, a fpan long, pinnate 

 with an odd one ; leafets all uniform, oppofite, ovate-oblong, 

 an inch and a quarter in length. Flowers white, m aggre- 

 gate, terminal, interrupted, fpreading clufters, fliorter than 

 the leaves, and coming before them. Neaary red, jlnthtri 

 oblong, vellow. Capfule oval, about half an mch long. 



2. b! hirfuta. Hairy Bofwellia. (Cananum odon- 



fenim 



