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glaucous beneath, nei-ve brLstle-bearing, 
margin ciliate ; flowers very viscous ; tube 
of the corolla twice as long- as its divisions ; 
calyx vei-y short ; filaments about equal to 
the divisions of the corolla ; rather low- 
er than the other species ; flowers abun. 
dant. Perhaps this is a variety of the vis- 
cosa. 
bico'lor, (r. w. M. '^.) nated-flowered ; 
leaves obbvate, covered on both sides with 
fine, whitish hairs, the nerve not bristled : 
flowers small, not viscid ; the tube scarcely 
longer than the segments of the corolla ; 
calyx very short, one segment narrow, and 
4 times longer than the rest; filaments 
longer than the tube ; smaller branches 
hairy and hispid. 2-8 f. iS. 
BACCHARIS. 17—2. (Corymbifera.) [Dedi- 
cated to Bacchus.] 
halimijo'lta, (w. S. ^ .) leaves obovate and 
oval, incisely toothed near the summit ; pan- 
icle compound, leafy ; heads of flowers pe- 
duncled ; egi'et of the fertile florets hairy, 
twice as long as the corolla. The whole 
plant is covered with a whitish dust. 16-12 
f. Groundsel-tree. 
B^OMY'CES. 21—5. (AlgcE.) 
rose'us, crust uniform, warty, white; 
peduncle (podetia) short, cylindric; recep- 
tacle sub-globose, pale red. Ou the earth. 
BALLO'TA. 13—1. (Lahiatce.) [Froin ballo, 
to put forth, otos, the ear.] 
ni'gra, (black horehound, ^ .) leaves un- 
divided, ovate, serrate ; calyx dilated above, 
sub-truncate, with spreading teeth ; flow- 
ers purple or white, in axillary whorls. 
2-3 f. 
BAPTl'SIA. 10—1. (LeguminoscE.) [From 
bapto, to dye ] 
tincto'ria, (wild indigo, y. Ju. ZJ[.) very 
glabrous and branching; leaves ternate, 
Bub-sessile, leafets wedge obovate, round- 
obtu,se, becoming black in drying ; stipules 
obsolete, obloiig-acute, much shorter than 
the petioles ; racemes terminal ; legumes 
ovate, long-stiped. 2-3 f. 
aV'ha, (w. J. 2_f.) branches spreading; 
leaves ternate. petioled; leafets lanceolate, 
wedge-form at the base, obtuse, mucronate, 
glabrous; stipules subulate, shorter than 
the petioles ; racemes terminal. 2 f iS. 
caru'lea, (spiked indigo weed, b. Ju. 2J[.) 
glabrous ; leaves ternate, short petioled ; 
leafets oblong, wedge form, obtuse ; stip- 
ules lanceolate, acute, twice as long as the 
petioles ; racemes spiked, elongated ; le- 
gumes acuminate. 
BARB ARE' A. 14—2 (Crucifertt.) 
viil^a'rifi, (J. 2X- y) lower leaves lyrate, 
the terminal lobes roundish ; upper ones 
sessile, obovate, toothed ; pod 4-f5ided, taper- 
ing into a slender style ; flowers in co- 
rymbs, small. Bitter winter cress; found 
in old fields. 12-18 i. 
BARTO'NIA. 11-1. {Onagrce.) [In honor 
of Dr. Barton, of Phil ] 
Iccvicau'lis, (w. J.) petals 5 , stamens 5 ; 
petalloid ; bracts 0 ; stem very smooth ; seeds 
winged. 
parvijto'ra, (w. J.) petals 5 ; stamens 5-7, 
petalloid ; bracts 0 ; stem scabrous ; seeds 
winged. 
BAUT"SIA. 13—2. (Scrophularia-) 
pal"lida, (white painted cup, w-y. An. 
2X-) leaves alternate, linear, undivided, 
upper ones lanceolate, floral ones sub-oval, 
sub-toothed at the summit, all are 3-nerved ; 
teeth of the calyx acute. 
ociimina'ta, (2/.) leaves alternate, long- 
linear ; floral leaves ovate, long-acumiuate, 
3-nerved, all undivided ; flowers shorter 
than the bracts ; teeth of the calyx acute. 
temiifo'lia, (y. Ju. 2^.) very hirsute ; 
leaves alternate, linear, gash-pinnatifid, 
divisions filiform ; bracts (yellow) membra- 
naceous, oblong, obtuse, tooth-hastate at the 
base on each side, longer than the flowers ; 
calyx short, haiiy, with subulate teeth. 1 f. 
BATSCir'IA. 5—1. {BoraginecB.) [In honor 
of Batsch, a German.] 
canes," cens, (puccoon, Ju. 2-f.) whitish- 
villose ; leaves all oblong ; calyx short ; 
divisions of the corolla entire. Hills. Flow- 
ers axillary, crowded near the top of the 
stem, bright orange. The root is used by 
the Indians as a red dye. 
gmeli' na, (r-y. Ap. 2^.) hirsute, floral 
leaves ovate ; segments of the calyx long, 
sub-lanceolate. Dry woods. 10-16 i. 
longijlo'rn, ^y. Ju. 2|.) hirsute, erect; 
leaves approximating, long-linear, margin 
reflexed, fascicles fastigiate; tube of the 
corolla sub-pentangular ; border flat, with 
fi'inged crenatures. S. 
decvm'''henR, hirsute ; stem decumbent , 
segments of the calyx and leaves linear; 
flowers scattered ; lobes of the corolla 
fringed-crenate, shorter than the tube. S. 
BE.IA'RIA. 12—1. (Rhodendra.) [In honor 
of a Spanish botanist.] 
racemo'sa, (w-r. J. 1p .) leaves lance-ovate, 
glabrous ; flowers in a panicled raceme, 
terminal ; stem hispid. 3 f Sandy plains. S. 
BEL"LIS. 17—2. (Corymbifera.) [From hel- 
lus. handsome ] 
pere)i"nis, (daisy, w. and p. Ap. IJ..) 
leaves obovate, crenate ; scape naked, 
1-flowered. Ex. 
ititegrifo'lia, caulescent; leaves entire, 
lower ones obovate, upper ones lanceolate; 
leafets of the calyx very acute, and acumi 
nated with a hair. S. 
BER"BERIS. 6—1 (Berberides.) [From &er- 
6eri, Arabic, signifying wild,] 
vulga'H't, (barbeiTy, y. M. .) branches 
punctate; prickles mostly in threes; leaves 
obovate, remotely serrate ; flowers racemed. 
canaden^'fiu, (.Tu. I7 .) branches verrucose- 
dotted, with short tripple spines; leaves spat- 
ulate oblong, remotely serrate, with some- 
what bristly teeth ; racemes sub-corymbose, 
few-flowered : petals emarginate ; berries 
sub-globose, or oval. 2-3 f. Virginia, Geor 
gia. 
BE'TA. 5—2. (Alriplices.) [So called from the 
river Boetis, in Spain, where it grows wild.] 
vulga'rh, (beet, g. Au. $ .) flowers heaped 
together; lower leaves ovate. Ex. 
ci'cia, (white beet, $ .) flowers in threes ; 
radical leaves petioled, cauline ones sessile 
lateral spikes very long. Ex. 
