BRODIjEA— CALANDRINIA. 
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BRODL^J'A. 6—1. (Narcijs%.) [In honor of 
James Brodie.] 
grandifl(/ra, (Ap. Z/.) umbels many-flow- 
ered; flowers pedicelled; stamens alter- 
nate, with membranaceous margins. Mis- 
souri hyacinth. S. 
BRO'MUS. 3—2. (Graminece.) iBromos, a 
species of wild oats.] 
secali'nus, (chess, J. 0.) panicle nodding, 
spikelets ovate, compressed ; glumes naked, 
distinct ; awns shorter, subulate, straightish- 
zigzag. Florets about 10 in each spikelet ; 
leaves somewhat haiiy. Common in rye 
and wheat fields. 
pules" cens, (broom grass, J. li) culm 
hairy below ; joints brown ; stipules very 
short ; panicle at length nodding, pubes- 
cent; glumes less than paleas, 8 to 12-flow- 
ered ; paleas pubescent, one valve awned 
beneath the apex. Var. cilia'tus has a ciliate 
valve in each palea ; 8 to 10 flowered. Var. 
canaden"sis,ha.a one very hairy 7-nerved 
valve in each palea, and a short bristle. 
moVlis, (Ju.) panicle erect, compact ; pe- 
duncles ramose ; spikelets ovate ; florets 
imbricate, depres.sed, nei'ved, pubescent ; 
bristle straight, nearly as long as the paleas ; 
leaves with short hairs. 
BROUSSONE'TIA. 20—4. {Urticem.) [In 
honor of Brous.sonnet.] 
papyrif'erce, (M. ^ .) leaves sub-cordate, 
lobed or undivided ; roots sending off suck- 
(;rs. 20 f. Paper mulberry. Ex. 
BRUNNICH"IA. 8—3. {Polygone.m.) 
cirrho'sa, (ZJ!.) climbing; leaves cordate, 
acute, glabrous, entire ; panicles terminal ; 
bracts ovate, mucronate. S. 
BRYOPHYL"LU.VI. 8—4. {Sempervivem.) 
calyci'num, (leaf plant, sprout leaf, r-g. 
Ju. leaves remarkably thick and succu- 
lent, crenate-serrate, oval ; petioled, chan- 
neled above ; leafets in pairs ; flowers long- 
cylindi'ic, pendulous. Ex. 
BUCHNE'RA. 13—2. {Jasmine.a.) 
america'na, (blue-hearts, b. Au. IX-) stem 
simple ; leaves lanceolate, sub-dentate, 
rough, 3-nerved ; flowers remote, spiked. 
1 f. 
BUPLEU'RUM. 5—2. (UmbeUiferem.) [Named 
from the stiff striated leaves of some of the 
species.] 
roUmdifo'lium, (hare's-ear, or thorough- 
wax, y. Ju. 0.) leaves perfoliate, broadly 
egg-shape, alternate. 1 f. Ex. 
BUX"US. 19—4. (Euphorbim.) [From the 
Greek, signifying hard.] 
sempervi'rens, (box, ^.) leaves ovate, pe- 
tioled, somewhat hairy at the margin ; an- 
thers ovate, arrow-form. Var. angustifo'lia, 
lanceolate leaves. Sujfrutico'sa, leaves 
obovate, stem hardly woody. Ex. 
CACA'LIA. 17—1. {Corymbifera.) [From 
kakon, bad, and Han, exceedingly, because it 
is bad for the soil.] 
atripUcifu'lia, (wild caraway, w. Au. 11.) 
stem herbaceous ; leaves petioled, smooth, | 
glaucous beneath ; radical ones cordate, ' 
toothed ; canline ones rhomboidal ; flowers 
corynibed, erect ; involucrum .'i-flowered. 
Low ground. 3-6 f, 
cncciu''ea, tassel-flower ; from the East 
Indies. 18 i. The flowers of a scarlet color. 
ova'ta, (w. Oc.) stem hei'baceous; leaves 
ovate, obtuse; obtusely toothed, nerved, 
slightly glaucous beneath ; the lower ones 
petioled; involucre 5-leaved; 5-flowered. 
3 4f. S. 
lanceola'ta, (y. w.) stem herbaceous ; 
leaves narrow-lanceolate, acute at each end, 
remotely-toothed, nerved, slightly glaucous 
beneath; involucre 5-leaved, 5-flowered. 
4-6 f. S. 
CACTUS. 11—1. (Cacti.) [A Greek word, 
signifying prickly.] 
opu)i"tia, (prickly-pear, S. y. J. 2/.) pro- 
liferous; articulations compressed, ovate; 
bristle fa.sicular. The plant appears like a 
series of thick succulent leaves, one grow- 
ing from the top of another. Ex. 
phyVlanthoi'des, (leaf flowered, prickly 
pear, r. Oc.) branches leaf-life, ensiform, 
compressed, obovate with spreading round- 
ed teeth ; spines few, setaceous, longer 
than the woody covering. 2 f Ex. 
vivipa'rus, [v. Ju. 2/.) roundish, manifold 
or ce.spitose ; tubercles cylindric, bearded, 
grooved and proliferous above the furrows. 
mammilla' ru, tubercles ovate, terete, 
bearded ; flowers scarcely exserted ; ber- 
ries scarlet, about equal with the tuber- 
cles. ^. 
fc'rox, (y. & r. Ju.) proliferous ; articula- 
lations large, nearly circular, spiny ; spines 
double ; larger ones radiate, persistent ; 
fruit dry, spiny. S. 
fragiV'is, proliferous ; articulations short, 
oblong, somewhat terete, fragile ; spines 
double ; flowers solitary, small ; fruit dry, 
spiny. S. 
cyli7i"d,ricm, (p. Ip.) very branching; 
terminal branches consisting of long cylin- 
drical articulations ; surface reticulated with 
decussate furrows. jS. 
CALAMI N"THA. 13—1. (Labiata.) [From 
kalos, beautiful, mentha, mint.] 
grandiflo'ra, (mountain calamint, r. Ju.) 
suiFruticose ; leaves ovate, obtuse, crenate, 
smooth ; whorls many-flowered, on short 
peduncles, shorter than the leaves. 12- 
18 i. S. 
nepe'ta, (r-w. J. 11.) pubescent, very 
branching; whorls peduncled, diclioto- 
mous-corymbed, longer than the leaves; 
leaves ovate, obtuse, sub-serrate ; down or 
wool of the calyx prominent. S, 
CAK"ILE. 14—1. (CrucifercB.) [From a 
Latin word, signifying noise, alluding to the 
rattling of the seeds.] 
america'na, (p. Oct. @, American sea- 
rocket,) leaves fleshy, oblong, obtuse, 
margins toothed, joints of the pouch one- 
seeded; the upper ones ovate, acute. Sea- 
coast, shores of the great lakes. Plant 
fleshy, branched, decumbent. Flowers co- 
rymbed. 
CALANDRIN"IA. 12—1. (For tula ccem.) [From 
kalos, beautiful, andrioii, stamen.] 
specio'sa, (p.) glabrous, difl"use ; leaves 
spatulate, acute, attenuate into a petiole; 
flowers racemed ; peduncles shorter than 
the bracts ; petals longer than the calyx. 
4-5 i. California. Var. grand/ijlo'ra, the 
flowers, notwitiistaudiug its name, aa"e 
