spe- 
arieties ~ the kanal are ns ce eeaety 
vie Pp a great number of flowers, 
different i in pei size, i cole 3; in the leaves, also, there is 
at th — ienced florist can distinguish 
by t that ans. 
ra Historica ‘eile us, that it 
a S$: that i 
is a native of the icy 
nds of Auricula are kept cool by the same wise precau- 
Auriculas enrich’d 
With shining meal o’er all their pests leaves. Thomson. 
See 
Where rayed in tga ing dust, and we ~ 
Like drilliant stars arranged in splendid ro 
e proud Miriculas their lustre hie 
hits . +} 
Kleist. 
Auricula 
n 
yellow, gto.) pur- 
Their scent is grateful 
m 
ple, or red, as semny seen in paid 
pecu uliar 
BACHELOR’S BUTTON. 
LYCHNIS DIGCIA. 
(See Note on Scarlet Lychnis.) 
ee —PENTAGYNIA. 
. Juss. 
CARYOPHYLLEI, 
Dioica ire or Dicecious a have stamens in one in- 
dividual, f the same 
species 
Bachelor's Button. Bachelor, * weep 4 of very — ain “io 
mology. 
a stupid — 
lowest r 
bacca cae - 
Class 10.—DECANDRIA. 
Mea ge from es scans 
— 
O 
ance, isa hue: nger plant, usa lly found in fields or open 
ummer. ; plant hairy, and 
mewhat vi: or three feet sat leaves ovate or lan- 
a huis ; “limb of each petal cloyen half way down, gen- 
with two small acu te lobes; its crown c onsi isting of two 
BALM. 
MELISSA. 
Class ee Order.—GYMNOSPERMIA. 
Nat Nat. Ord. 
LABIATZ. 
Greek name of 
aevicm ite 
Bee ; or rather. 
roper names ‘Melissa a 
Melissa, fro mi Melizea, th 
_ that name itself, like the Gaiden p 
Melissus, also origina from eli, the Greek for honey, 
‘Class 6.—HEXANDRIA. 
a ; 
be- a brilliant red. The North A 
7 
se of the abundant and excellent A wii of the flowers of 
this herb, for which bees are said greatly to ce Some them. 
Rees’s Cyclopedia 
Baim, E, —French, Baw, a a contraction of balsam, which is 
The Melissa Oficinatis, common rere has a stoned paws 
somewhat like the lemon, and has been denominated Mb lis, 
odore certs for this) Ss reason. It was formerly esteemed of great 
nervous sy: stem. Asa tea, i is well known to be a grateful 
diluent drink in fevers, pres ugh itself, or acidulated with 
lem 
ami is too generally known to require a botanical descrip- 
And balm, that never ceases uttering sweets, 
Goes decking the green earth with drapery. 
Flora Domestica. 
BALSAM. 
IMPATIENS. 
Class 5.—PENTANDRIA. 
Nat. Ord. Linn 
CORYDALES. 
Impatiens, so called from the great i ees ae a sutures 
of its dat vessel, which f & * completely impatient of the tou ch; 
td ohana 
as 
curlin h gre 
From this re remarka ble circumstance, it has obtained the Eng- 
lish patie of ‘* Towch-me-not.”” 
tisa native | of the "East Indies, China, and Japan. It has 
the drough tof the hottest months. Contra rary to the nature of 
it droops in the cool of the night, whilst it 
se 
not to sprinkle ¢ or wet the blossom ; an 
ma cosy branches. The Impatiens, noli me tangere, is also a 
of the United States. 
ne eneral character of Impatiens: perianth very small, of two 
—_ ‘pointed, equal leaves, at eponeage Corolla, 
at, slightly 
, obtu se; 
etalled 
rif a making a sort 0 upper li 
= ermediate wags nirepost sing ‘fom the base of the upper 
eT 
3 
ake? but the T) 
ree ran eye Impatiens stan ihe, 
a = brandishes her roe ig : 
te the nished grove ala 
And hurls her aq rhe gers frantic sa = 
Darwin’s Loves of the Plant. 
BARBERRY. 
BERBERIS. ’ eee 
ity Order.—MoNOGYNIA. 
This eng forms a beautiful and eff 
armed wii h horas, — — ich to ace i iteolf The leaves 
e berries are so much so, that few 
it is said, weil et ai 
a fine ye dy 
fully, thts leather, ete 
B. Vi has berries ot 
disnela: Baropent Barberry, ae "4 
