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glaucous beneath, nei-ve bristle-bearing-, 
margin ciliate ; flowers very viscous ; tube 
of the corolla twice as long as its divisions ; 
calyx very short ; filaments about equal to 
the divisions of the corolla ; rather low- 
er than the other species ; liowers abun. 
dant. Perhaps this is a variety of the vis- 
cosa. 
bico'lor, (r. w. M. ^ .) naked-flowered ; 
leaves obovate, 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 nanow, and 
4 times longer than the rest; filaments 
longer than the tube ; smaller branches 
hairy and hispid. 2-8 f S. 
BAC'CHARIS. 17—2. (Corymbifcrce.) [Dedi- 
cated to IJacchus.] 
k'dimifo'lia, (w. S. 1? .) leaves obovate and 
oval, incisely toothed near the summit; pan- 
icle compound, leafy ; heads of flowers pe- 
duucled ; egret 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. (Alga.) 
rose'ns, crust uniform, warty, white ; 
peduncle (podetia) short, cylindric ; recep- 
tacle sub-globose, pale red. On the earth. 
BALLO'TA. 13—1. {Lahiatm.) [From ballo, 
to put forth, oio.-;, 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 axillarj* whorls. 
2-3 f. 
BAPTl'SIA. 10—1. (Leguminosm.) [From 
bapto, to dye ] 
tiiicto'ria, (wild indigo, y. Ju. 2^.) veiy 
glabrous and branching; leaves ternate, 
Bub-sessile, leafets wedge-obovate, round- 
obtuse, becoming black in drying ; stipules 
obsolete, oblong-acute, much .shorter than 
the petioles ; racemes terminal ; legumes 
ovate, long-stiped. 2-3 f. 
aV'ha, (w. J. 2^.) branches spreading; 
leaves tei'nate. petioled; leafets lanceolate, 
wedge-form at the base, obtuse, mucronate, 
glabrous; stipules subulate, shorter than 
the petioles ; racemes terminal. 2 f S. 
cceni'lea, (spiked indigo weed, b. Ju. Z/.) 
glabrous ; leaves ternate, short-petioled ; 
leafets oblong, wedge -form, obtu.se ; stip- 
ules lanceolate, acute, twice as long as the 
petioles ; racemes spiked, elongated ; le- 
fimies acuminate. 
BARB ARE' A. 14—2. {Cruciferm.) 
vulga'rh, (J. IX- y-) lower leaves lyrate, 
the terminal lobes roundish; upper ones 
sessile, obovate, toothed ; pod 4 -sided, taper- 
ing into a slender style ; flowers in co- j 
rymbs, small. Bitter winter cress; found i 
in old fields. 12-18 i. 
BARTO'NIA. 11-1. (Onagr<E.) [In honor 
of Dr. Barton, of Phil ] 
Iccvicau'lis, (w. J.) petals 5, stamens 5; 
oetalloid ; bracts 0 ; stem very smooth ; seeds 
winged. j 
parviJU/ra, (w. J.) petals 5 ; stamens 5-7, j 
petalloid ; bracts 0 ; stem scabrous ; seeds 
winged. 
BART"SfA. 13—2. (Scrophuluria.) 
paV'lida, (white painted cup, w-y. Au 
IX) leaves alternate, linear, undivided, 
upper ones lanceolate, floral ones sub-oval, 
sub-toothed at the summit, aU ai'e 3-nerved ; 
teeth of the calyx acute. 
acumina'ta, (Z/.) leaves alternate, long- 
linear ; floral leaves ovate, long-acuminate, 
3-nerved, all undivided ; flowers shorter 
than the bracts ; teeth of the calyx acute. 
lenuifo'Iia, (y. Ju. 11.) very hirsute , 
leaves alternate, linear, gaph-pinnatifid, 
divisions filiform ; bracts (yellow) membra- 
naceous, oblong, obtu.se, tooth-hastate at the 
ba.se on each side, longer than the flowers , 
calyx short, hmry, with subulate teeth. 1 f. 
BATSOII"IA. S— 1. (BoraginecB.) [In honor 
of Bat.sch, a German.] 
canes" cens, (puccoon, Ju. 2/.) whitish 
villose ; leaves all oblong ; calyx shoi't ; 
divisions of the corolla entu-e. Hills. Flow- 
ers axillaiy, crowded near the top of the 
stem, bi-ight orange. The root is used by 
the Indians as a red dye. 
gmeli'na, (r-y. Ap. IJ.-) hirsute, floral 
leaves ovate ; segments of the calyx long, 
sub-lanceolate. Dry woods. 10-16 i. 
Inngijlo'ra, (y. Ju. IX) hirsute, erect; 
leaves a[)prox\mating, long-linear, margin 
refiexed, fascicles fastigiate; tube of the 
corolla sub-pentangular ; border flat, with 
fringed crenatures. S. 
decum,"hens, hirsute; stem decu-.nbent, 
segments of the calyx and leaves linear; 
flowers scattered ; lobes of the corolla 
fringed-crenate, shorter than the tuba. 5^. 
BE.IA'RIA. 12—1. (Rhodendra.) [hi honoi 
of a Spanish botani.st.] 
7-acemo'sa, (w-r. J. ^ .) leaves lance-ovate, 
glabrous; flowers in a panicled raceme, 
terminal ; stem hispid. 3 f Sandy plains. S 
BEL"LIS. 17—2. (Corymbiferm.) [From bel 
lus, handsome.] 
peren"nifi, (daisy, w. and p. Ap. 24!.) 
leaves obovate, crenate ; scape naked 
1-flowered. Ex. 
integrifo'Ua, caulescent; leaves entire, 
lower ones obovate, upper ones lanceolate 
leafets of the calyx very acute, and acumii 
nated with a hair. S. 
BER"BERIS. 6—1 (Berherides.) [From &er- 
beri, Arabic, signifying wild.] 
vulga'Hs, (barbeiry, y. M. 1? .) branchea 
punctate; prickles mo.stly in threes; leaves 
obovate, remotely serrate ; flowers racemed 
ca/iadcn"sifi, (,Iu. ^ .) brandies verrucoae- 
dotted, withshort 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. Virguiia, Geor 
gia. 
BE'TA. 5—2. {Atriplice.s ) [So called from the 
river Boetis, in Spain, Adhere it grows wild.J 
vulga'Tiii, (beet, g. Au. ^ .) flowers heaped 
together; lower leaves ovate. Ex. 
ci'ch, (white beet, ^ .) flowers in threes 
j radical leaves petioled, cauline ones sessile 
i lateral spikes very long. Ex. 
