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with a middling 1 calyx ; another, papilionacea, has red flowers, with the 
lower divisions white, calyx leafy; another, partita, has flesh-coloured 
flowers, 5-parted to the base; another , polyarvdria, has rose-coloured flow- 
ers, with from 10 to 20 staments. Woods. 2 — 0 f. 
21—5. BJEOMYCES. 57. 2. 
ros' eus, crust uniform, warty, white: peduncle (podetia) short, cylindric: 
receptacle sub-globose, pale-red. On the earth. 
10—1. BAPTISIA. 32. 93. 
tincto'ria, (wild indigo, O. y. Ju. If-) very glabrous and branching: leaves 
ternate, sub-sessile : leafets wedge-obovate, round-obtuse, (becoming black 
in drying;) stipules obsolete, oblong, acute, much shorter than the petioles : 
racemes terminal : legumes ovate, fong-stiped. 2 — 3 f. 
Southern. 
alba, (O. w. J. 7|_.) branches spreading : leaves ternate, petioled ; leafets lan- 
ceolate, wedge-form at the base, obtuse, mucronate, glabrous : stipules sub- 
ulate, shorter than the petioles : racemes terminal. 2 f. 
13—2. BARTSIA. 40. 35. 
pal lida, (white painted cup. A. w-y. Au. 'll.) leaves alternate, linear, undi- 
vided ; upper ones lanceolate ; floral ones sub-oval, sub-toothed at the sum- 
mit ; all are 3-nerved : teeth of the calyx acute. 
17—2. BELLIS. 49.55. 
Exotic. 
percn"n'is, (daisy, w. & p. Ap. 'll-.) leaves obovate, crenate : scape naked, 1- 
flowered. Grows wild in cultivated fields in Pittsfield, Mass. 
6—1. BERBERIS. 54. 78. 
vulga ris (barberry, y. M. Tj.) branches punctate : prickles mostly in threes: 
leaves obovate, remotely serrate : flowers racemed. 
5-2. BETA. 12. 29. 
Exotic. 
vulga ris (beet. g. Au. tf.) flowers heaped together : lower leaves ovate. 
19—12. BETULA. 50. 99. 
populifo'lia, (white birch, poplar birch. Ju. K) leaves deltoid, long-acumin- 
ate, unequally serrate, very glabrous : scales of the strobile with rounded 
lateral lobes : petioles glabrous. 30 — 10 f. 
13 -2. BIGNONIA. 40. 45. 
radi'cans, (trumpet flower. O. r. & y. Ju. b.) leaves pinnate: leafets ovate, 
toothed, acuminate : corymb terminal : tube of the corolla thrice as long as 
the calyx : stem rooting. Most beautiful climbing shrub. One variety, 
Jlammea, has yellow-scarlet flowers; another variety, coccittea, has bright 
scarlet flowers. Cultivated. S. 
1—2. BLITUM. 12. 29. 
capita'tum, (strawberry blite. O. r. J. ©.) heads in a terminal spike, not inter- 
mixed with leaves : leaves triangular, toothed. 15 i. S. 
21—6. BOLETUS. 58. 1. 
igniarius, dilated, smooth, cuticle in ridges: pilots hard, becoming dark at 
the base, at the margin cinnamon-colour, beneath yellowish-white. Grows 
on trunks. General form like a horse’s hoof. It is called touch-icood. 
5—1. BORAGO. 41. 42. 
officina'lis, (borage, b. Ju. ©.) leaves alternate : calyx spreading. 
