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BAWDMONEY.orBALDMONEY. Meum 

 ! Athamanticum. 



I BAXTERA. A little known genus of 

 ; Asckpiadacece from Brazil, containing a 

 single species, an erect shrub -with oppo- 

 site cordate-elliptical leaves, and reddish 

 flowers in terminal umbels. The calyx is 

 five-parted. The tube of the corolla is 

 dilated below, and the limb is five-cleft. 

 the staminal corona consists of five fleshy 

 leaves. The anthers are terminated by a 

 : membranaceous appendage. [W. C] 



I BAT, INDIAN or ROYAL. Laurus 

 indica. —, LOBLOLLY. Gordonia lasi- 



\ anthus. — , RED. Laurus carolinensis. 

 — , ROSE. Epilobium angusti folium. — , 

 SWEET, or BAY-TREE. Laurus nobilis ; 

 also an American name for Magnolia 

 glauca. 

 BAYBERRY. Myrica cerifera. 



BDELLIUM, AFRICAN". A gum resin 

 obtained from Balsamodendron africanum ; 

 also applied to that obtained from Ceradia 

 furcata. — , INDIAN". A resinous product 

 of Balsamodendron Eoxburghii, or Amyris 

 Bdellium. 



BEAD TREE. The common name for 

 Melia. 



BEAKED. Ending in a long sharp 

 terete, or angular point. 



BEAK-SEDGE. A common name for 

 Bhynchospora. 



BEAM TREE. Pyrus Aria. 



BEAN. The common name for Fata, 

 — , BOG. The Buckbean, Menyanthes tri- 

 foliata. — , CUJUMARY. The tonic seed 

 of Avdendron Cujumary. — , EGYPTIAN, 

 or PYTHAGOREAN. The fruit of JS'e- 

 lumbium speciosum. — , FRENCH. PIwl- 

 seolus vulgaris. — , HARICOT. The seed 

 of Phaseolus vulgaris. — , INDIAN. An 

 American name for Catalpa. — , KIDNEY. 

 The common name for Phaseolus, es- 

 pecially for those kinds cultivated as 

 esculents. — , LIMA. An American 

 name for Phaseolus lunatus. — , LOCUST. 

 The pod of Ceratonia Siliqua. — , MO- 

 LUCCA. The seed of Gv.ilandina Bondu- 

 \ cella. — , ORDEAL, of Old Calabar. The 

 seeds of Physostigma venenatum. 

 OX-EYE. The seed of Mucuna xirens. — , 

 PICHURIM. A commercial name for the 

 cotyledons of Xectandra Puchury. — , SA- 

 CRED. The commonname for Xelnmbium. 

 — , SAHUEA. Soja hispida. — , ST. IGNA- 

 TIUS'. The seed of Ignatia amara, alias 

 Strychnos Ignatia. — , SCARLET RUNNER. 

 Phaseolvx mvltiflorus. — , TONKA, or TON- 

 QUIN. The seed of Dipterix odorata. —, 

 UNDER-GROUND KIDNEY. Arachis hy- 

 pogcea. — , WATER. An English name 

 for the family of Nelumbiacece. — , WILD. 

 An American name for Apios. 



BEAN CAPER. The common name for 



Zygophyllum. 



BEAN TREE, Swedish. Pyrus intermedia. 

 . — , of Australia. Castanospermum australe 



BEAN TREFOIL. The common name 

 for Anagyris ; sometimes also applied to 

 Menyanthes trifoliatq, and anciently to 

 Cytisus Laburnum. 



BEAR-BANE. Aconitum arctophonum. 



BEARBERRY. Arctostaphylos. 



BEARBIND. The common name for 



Calystegia. 



BEAR'S BREECH. Acanthus. 



BEAR'S EAR. Primula Auricula. 



BEAR'S FOOT. Helleborus fcetidus. 



BEAST'S BANE. Aconitum therio- 

 phonum. 



BEATONIA. A genus of bulbous 

 Iridacece, containing a single species, B. 

 purpurea, found in Mexico. This has a 

 simple flower stem about six inches high, 

 a few plaited leaves, and one or two ter- 

 minal flowers, which are crateriform, rosy- 

 purple,whitish and dotted with purple near 

 the base. The perianth is very irregular, 

 almost as in Tigridia ; the filaments cylin- 

 draceously connate, and the style slender, 

 with a three-lobed stigma, the lobes of 

 which are split and recurved. [T. M.] 



BEATSONIA. A genus of Frankeniaceai, 

 scarcely differing from Frankenia, but 

 having two styles, with globular stigmas, 

 and a two-valved capsule, while in Fran- 

 kenia there are three styles and a three- | 

 valved capsule. B. portulacifolia is one of 

 the few plants indigenous in the Island of 

 St. Helena. [J. T. S.] 



BE AUCARNE A. A name lately given to 

 a genus of Agave-like liliaceous plants, 

 till recently known in gardens under that 

 of Pincenectiti a, '\xh\ch, it is said, originated 

 in a mis-spelling on a garden label of 

 Freycinetia, the name of a genus of screw- 

 pines, with which these have no affinity 

 whatever. The few known species are 

 natives of Mexico. They have arborescent 

 stems, remarkable for the large bulbiform 

 swelling which, from the earliest stages, 

 forms at its base; these support a spread- 

 ing terminal crown of long narrow 

 leaves. The inflorescence in B. recurvata is 

 a large terminal panicle, a yard or more in 

 height, bearing a multitude (4,000 to 5,000) 

 of small white fragrant flowers. The genus 

 is very nearly allied to Basylirium, being, 

 like it, dioecious, but it differs in having 

 the segments of the perianth more de- 

 cidedly biseriate and unequal, in its more 

 truly panicled inflorescence, and in the 

 remarkable bulbiform base of its Dracasna- 

 like stems. The species are : B. recurvifolia 

 (Pincenectitia tuber ctilata), which has the 

 leaves channelled and recurved ; B. striata 

 (P. glauca), which has plain glaucescent 

 leaves, straighter and more erect and B. 

 gracilis (P. gracilis), which has very 

 straight sharp erect leaves, slightly chan- 

 nelled in front. . [T. M.] 



BEAUFORTIA. A genus of Myrtacece, 

 consisting of shrubs with opposite sessile 

 The showy flowers have a calyx 



