This genus of plants is ranged in the firft fetlion of 
Linnaeus’s fixth clafs, intitled Hexandria Monogynia, 
the flower having ,flx ftamina and one ftyle. 
The Species are, 
1. Bulbocodium ( Alpinunt ) foliis fubulato-knealibus. 
Prod. Leyd. 41. Bulbocodium with narrow awl-floaped 
leaves. Bulbocodium Alpinum juncifolium flore umco 
intus albo extus fquallide rubente. Raii Syn. Ed. 3. 
p. 374. 
2. Bulbocodium ( Vernum ) foliis lanceolatis. Prod. Leyd. 
jjpi. Bulbocodium with fpear-Jhaped leaves. Colchicum 
vernum Hifpanicum. C. B. P. 69. 
The firft fort grows naturally upon the Alps, and 
alfo upon Snowdon hills, in Wales. This hath a fmall 
bulbous root, which is covered with a rough hairy 
Ikin •, from which arifes a few long narrow leaves, 
fomewhat like thofe of the Saffron, but narrower j in 
the middle of thefe the flower comes out, which 
Hands on the top of the foot-ftalk, growing erect, and 
is fhaped like thofe of the Crocus, but fmaller; the 
foot-ftalk rifes about three inches high, and hath four 
or five fhort narrow leaves placed alternately upon it 
below the flower. This flowers in March, and the 
feeds are ripe in May, when it grows in a garden, but 
where it grows naturally it is much later. 
The fecond fort grows naturally in Spain, but hath 
been long cultivated in gardens. It hath a bulbous 
root, fhaped like thofe of the Snowdrop, covered with 
a brown fkin, fending out three or four fpear-fhaped 
concave leaves, between which comes out the flower, 
Handing on a very fhort foot-ftalk, compofed of fix 
petals, three Handing on the outflde, and three within 
between the other; thefe, when they firft appear, 
are of a pale colour, but afterward change to a bright 
purple; when thefe decay, they are fucceeded by 
triangular feed-veffels, which are full of fmall roundifh 
feeds. It produces the flowers about the fame time 
with the firft. 
Thefe plants are propagated by offsets, in the fame 
manner as other bulbous rooted flowers. The time 
to remove them, is foon after their leaves decay, but 
the roots may be kept out of the ground two months 
without prejudice at that feafon. They fliould not be 
removed oftener than every third year, for their roots 
do not multiply very faft, fo by buffering them to re- 
main, they will flower much ftronger, and make a 
greater increafe than if they are often taken up. 
The firft fort requires an eaftern afpecft, for if it hath 
too much fun, it will not thrive; but the fecond 
fhould have a warmer fltuation, fo may be planted in 
a fouth border, and fhould have a frefi* loamy foil, 
but not dunged. They may alfo be propagated by 
feeds, which fhould be l'own in pots filled with frefh 
loamy earth in September, and the latter end of Oc- 
tober, the pots fliould be placed under a frame, to 
pro ted them from fevere froft; in the fpring the 
plants will appear, when they may be removed out 
of the frame, and placed where they may have the 
morning fun, but fcreened from the fouth. In very 
dry weather, they fliould be refrelhed now and then 
with a little water, while their leaves continue green ; 
but, when thefe decay, the pots fliould be removed 
to a fhady fltuation, where they may remain till au- 
tumn,- obferving to keep them clean from weeds. In 
Odober there fhould be a little frefh earth laid on 
the furface of the other, and the pots placed in fhelter 
again till the following fpring, when they muft be 
treated in the fame manner as the former year, till 
their leaves decay; then the roots fhould be Carefully 
taken up, and tranfplanted into the borders of the 
flower-garden, treating them as the old roots ; the 
fpring following they will produce their flowers. 
BUN I AS. Lin. Gen. Plant. 737. 
The Characters are, 
The empalement is compofed of four oblong j | reading leaves , 
which fall away. 'The flower hath flour petals, placed in 
form of a crofs , which are oval , and double the length 
of the empalement , joined at their bafe , and eredt. It hath 
fix ftamina the length of the cup , two of which are op- 
pofte , and fhorter than the other four, terminated by ere A 
■fummits; which are bifid at their bafe. In the center- if 
fituated an oblong gernien , having no ftyle , but crowned 
by an obtufe ftigma. . The gerraen afterward becomes an 
irregular , fhort , oval pod, with flour angles , one or other 
of which is prominent and pointed , inckfing one or two 
roundifh feeds. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond fed'iofi 
of Linnaeus’s fifteenth clafs, intitled Tetradynamia 
Siliquofa, the flowers having four long and two Ihort 
ftamina, and are fucceeded by pods. 
The Species are, 
1. Bunias {Orient alls) filiculis ovatis gibbis vbmicolis* 
Lin. Sp. Plant. 670. Bunias with oval convex pods\ 
having protuberances, Crambe Orientalis dentis leoms 
folio erucaginis facie. Tourn. Cor. 14. 
2. Bunias ( Erucago ) filiculis tetragonis angulis bicrifta- 
tis. Lin. Sp. Plant. Bunias with fhort four-cornered 
pods , whofe angles are doubly crefted. Erucago Monfpe- 
liaca filiqua quadrangula echinata. C. B. P. 99. 
3. Bunias ( Cakile ) filiculis ovatis kevibus ancipitlbus; 
Lin. Sp. Plant. 670. Bunias with fmooth oval pods, 
Jlanding on each fide the ftalk. Eruca maritima Italics, 
filiqua haftae cufpidi fimili. C. B. P. 99. 
The firft fort grows naturally in the Levant, from 
whence Dr. Tournefort fent the feeds to the Royal 
Garden at Paris. This hath a perennial root, and ail 
annual ftalk. It fends out many oblong leaves, which 
fpread on every fide near the ground, and are deeply 
jagged on their edges, like thofe of the Dandelion ; 
from between thefe arife the ftalks, which grow up- 
wards of two feet high, fending out branches gar- 
nifhed at each joint by one oblong ftiarp-pointed 
leaf, eared at the bafe, where they fit clofe to the 
ftalk. The branches are terminated by long loofe 
fpikes of yellow flowers, compofed of four leaves, 
lhaped like thofe of the Cabbage ; thefe are fuc- 
ceeded by Ihort, oval, rough pods, ending in a point, 
inclofing one round feed. It flowers in June, and 
the feeds are ripe in September. 
The fecond fort grows naturally in the fouth of 
France and Italy ; this is an annual plant, fending 
out many branches, which fpread, and incline toward 
the ground; garnifhed with glaucous leaves, which are 
deeply divided into many fegments, almoft like thole 
of Swines Grefs. The flowers are produced fingly from 
the wings of the leaves, toward the extremity of the 
branches ; thefe are very fmall, of a pale yellowifh 
colour, compofed of four petals, placed in form of 
a crofs, which are fucceeded by Ihort pods, which are 
crefted on each fide, containing one or two roundifh 
feeds. 
The third fort grows naturally about Montpelier ; 
this is alfo an annual plant, fending out many oblong 
leaves near the root, which are hairy, deeply cut on 
each fide, and fpread on the ground ; between thefe 
arile two or three ftalks, which grow a foot and a • 
half high, fending out feveral fide branches, gar- 
nilhed with oblong rough leaves, indented on their 
edges; the upper part of the branches are deftitute 
of leaves, but have flowers placed alternately on each 
fide. Handing on Ihort foot-ftalks, which are purple, 
and compofed of four petals ; thefe are fucceeded 
by oval-pointed pods, containing one or two roundifh 
feeds ; there is a variety of this with narrow leaves. 
Thefe plants are all propagated by feed : the firft fcrt 
may be fown where the plants are defigned to remain, 
in the beginning of April, and when the plants 
come up, they fhould be thinned, leaving them two 
feet afunder, after which they, will require no other 
care but to keep them clean from weeds. The lecond 
year they will produce flowers and feeds, and the 
roots will abide many years after. 
The other two forts muft be fown where they are to 
remain, but the bell time is in autumn, becaufe -thofe 
which' are fown in the fpring often fail, cr do not 
come up time enough to perfect their feeds. Thefe 
require no other culture but to keep them clean 
from weeds, and thin the plants to one foot diftanc'e. 
BUNIUM. Lin. Gen. Plant. 298. Bulbocaftanum. 
Tourn. Inft. 312. tab. 161. Pig Nut, or Earth Nut. 
