BRODIiEA— CALANDRINIA. 
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BHODT^'A. 6—1. (Narcu-si.) [In honor of 
James Brodie.] 
grandiflo'ra, (Ap. I/.) umbels many-fiow- 
ered; flowers pedicelled ; stamens alter- 
nate, with membranaceous margins. Mis- 
souri hyacinth. S. 
BRO'MUS. 3—2. (GraminecE.) [Bromos, a 
species of wild oats.] 
secoli'nus, (chess, J. ^.) panicle nodding, 
Bpikelets ovate, compressed ; glumes naked, 
distinct ; awns shorter, subulate, straightish- 
sigzag. Florets about 10 in each spikelet; 
leaves somewhat hairy. Common in rye 
and wheat fields. 
pnbes"cens, (broom grass, J. 2^.) culrc 
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' tushaso. ciliate 
valve in each palea ; 8 to 10 flowered. Var. 
cauaden"sis,h.s.s one very hairy 7-nerved 
valve in each palea, and a short bristle. 
moVlis, (.Tu.) panicle erect, compact ; pe- 
duncles ramose ; spikelets ovate ; florets 
imbricate, depressed, nerved, pubescent ; 
bristle straight, nearly as long as the paleas ; 
leaves with short hairs. 
BROUSSONE'TIA. 20—4. {UrHcea.) [In 
honor of Bious.sonnet.] 
fopyrifercR, (M. 1? .) leaves sub-cordate, 
lobed or undivided ; roots sending off suck- 
i.rs. 20 f. Paper mulberry. Ex. 
BRUNNICH"IA. 8—3. {I'oly^onea.) 
cirrho'sa, {2X-) climbing; leaves cordate, 
acute, glabrous, entire ; panicles terminal ; 
bracts ovate, mucronate. S. 
BRYOPHYl/'LUiVl, 8—4. (Sempervivea.) 
calyci! rmm, (leaf plant, sprout leaf, r-g, 
Ju. IX .) leaves remarkably thick and succu- 
lent, crenate-serrate, oval; petioled, chan- 
neled above ; leafets in pairs ; flowers long- 
cylindric, pendulous. Ex. 
BUCHNE'RA. 13—2. (Jasminea;.) 
america'na, (blue-hearts, b. Au. 2+.) stem 
uimple ; leaves lanceolate, sub-deuVate, 
rough, 3-uerved ; flowers remote, spiked. 
1 f. 
BUPLEU'RUM. 5—2. (Umbelliferem.) [Named 
from the stiff striated leaves of some of the 
species.] 
Totundrfo'lium, (hare's-ear, or thorough- 
wax, y. Ju. 0.) leaves perfoliate, broadly 
egg-shape, alternate. 1 f. Ex. 
BUX"US. 19—4. {Eupkorbia.) [From the 
Greek, signifying hard.] 
sempervi'rens, (box, ^.) leaves ovate, pe- 
tioled, somewhat hairy at the margin ; an- 
thers ovate, arrow-form. Var. angmtifo'lia, 
lanceolate leaves. Snffndico'sa, leaves 
obov^te, stem hardly woody. Ex. 
CACA'LIA. 17—1. {CoryvMferm.) [From 
hakon, bad, and lian, exceedingly, because it 
is bad for the soil.] 
atripUcifo'lia, (wild caraway, w- Au. 11.) 
titem herbaceous ; leaves petioled, smooth, 
glaucous beneath ; radical ones cordate, 
toothed; cauline ones rhomboidal ; flowers 
r.orymbed, erect ; involucrum 5-flowered. 
Low ground. 3 6 f. 
6-6'C6/M"ea, tas.sel-fl.ower ; from the East 
Indies. 18 i. Ti e flowers of a scaret color. 
ova'ta, (w. Oc.) stem herbaceous, leaves 
ovate, obtuse ; obtusely toothed, nerved 
slightly glaucous beneath ; the lower ones 
petioled; involucre 5-leaved; 5-flowered. 
3 4 f. 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. II — 1. {Cacti.) [A Greek word, 
signifying prickly.] 
opurtf'tia, (prickly-pear, S. y. J. 2X.) pro- 
liferous; articulations compressed, ovate; 
brisrie fasicular. The plant appears like a 
series of thick succulent leaves, one grow- 
ing from the top of another. Ex. 
phyV'lantlioi'des, (leaf flowered, prickly 
pear, r. Oc.) branches leaf-life, ensiforai, 
compressed, obovate with spreading round 
ed teeth ; spines few, setaceous, longer 
than the woody covering. 2 f Ex. 
vivipa'rus, (r. Ju. 2^.) roundish, manifold 
or cespitose ; tubercles cylindric, bearded, 
grooved and prolil'erous above the furrows. 
VKimmilln'i'is, tubercles ovate, tenite, 
bearded ; flowers scarcely exserted ; ber- 
ries scarlet, about equal with the tuber- 
cles. 6'. 
ff^rox, (y. & r. Ju.) proliferous ; articula- 
lations large, nearly circular, spiny ; spines 
double ; larger ones radiate, persistent ; 
fruit dry, spiny. S. 
fragifin, proliferous; articulations short, 
oblong, somewhat terete, fragile ; spines 
double; flowers solitary, small; finiit dry 
spiny. (i>. 
cylin"dncmii, (p. I?.) very branching, 
terminal branches consisting of long cylin 
drical articulations ; surface reticulated with 
decussate furrows. iS'. 
CALAMJN"THA. 13—1. (Labiata.) [From 
kalos, beautiful, mentha, mint.] 
graiidijlu'ra, (mountain calamint, r. Ju.) 
suftruticose ; leaves ovate, obtuse, crenate, 
smooth ; whorls many-flowered, on short 
peduncles, shorter than the leaves. 12- 
18 i. S. 
nepe'ta, (r-w. J. 2^.) pubescent, very 
branching; whorls peduncled, dichoto- 
mous-corymbed, longer than the leaves, 
leaves ovate, obtuse, sub-serrate ; down oi 
wool of the calyx prominent. S. 
CAK"ILE. 14—1. (CrucifercB.) [From 
Latin word, signifying noise, alluding to tlie 
rattling of the seeds.] 
america'na, (p. Oct. @, American sea- 
rocket,) leaves fleshy, oblong, obtu.se 
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 ee- 
ry ni bed. 
CALANDRIN"IA. 12—1 < Portulaccea.) [From 
kaloi, be iutiful, anarvon, stamen.] 
spcrio'sa, (p.) glabrous, diffuse ; leave? 
spatulate, acute, attenuate into a petiole-, 
flowers racemed ; peduncles shorter that 
the bracts ; petals longer than the calyx 
4-5 i. Ci.liibrnia. Var. g'-audi/io'ra, the 
flowers, notwithstanding its name, are 
