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niinosae), native of tlie West Indies and tropical America. It 

 has become naturalised in the Sontli of Europe and most warm 

 countries. 4. Adenanthera ;pavomna, a tree of the Bean family 

 (Leguminosse), native of India ; the seeds are of a hright-red 

 colour {see Sandal-wood, Eed). 5. Eryfhrina Corcdlodendfon, 

 has bright-red seeds (se& Coral Tree). 6. Ccesal^inia {G-uilrm- 

 dina) Bondiic and Q, Bondiccella {see Bonduc and Bonducella). 

 7, Bhyoicliosia lorecatoria, a climbing shrub of the Bean family 

 (Leguminosae), native of Mexico. It has small, pretty, pea-like 

 seeds, half black, half scarlet. 8. Blmocarpus Ganitrus, a large 

 tree of the Lmae Tree family (TiLiacese), native of India and the 

 Malayan Islands. Its fruit is a drupe about the size of a plum, 

 containing a hard corrugated nut, wliich is made into rosaries, 

 bracelets, necklaces, and similar articles. There are many other 

 seeds and fruits besides those enumerated that are used as 

 beads for ornamental purposes, such, for instance, as the fruits of 

 the Australian species of Smitahim or Fiisamts, and the very 

 hard and bony seeds of Ooix lachryma. {See Job's Tears.) 



Bean, a general name for seeds enclosed in a bivalved pod, 

 of which the pea, scarlet-runner bean, and garden bean, are 

 famihar examples. The latter {Faha mdgaris) is an erect, 

 wing-leaved annual, of the family to which it gives its trivial 

 name, and of the natural family (Leguminosse), of which there 

 are two kinds. Fiist, the Field Bean, extensively cultivated 

 for feeding horses ; second, the broad or Wmdsor Bean, culti- 

 vated in gardens. 



Bean Caper (Zygophyllum Fcibago), a desert plant of the 

 Lignum Vit^ family (Zygophyllacea3), 2 to 3 feet high, native of 

 Syria, Egypt, and IsTorth Africa. It is a soft-leaved shrub, having 

 the leaves in pairs. Its flower-buds are used as a substitute for 

 capers. 



Bearberry {Arhutus Um-ursi), a low evergreen shrub of the 

 Heath family (Ericacese), with small leaves, abounding in moun- 

 tainous districts throughout Europe and N"orth America. In 

 this country it is found in Wales, and is abundant ia the High- 

 lands of Scotland. It has red berries, which afford food for 



