BOR 
BOR BOR 
BOU 
crassifOlia . 
cretica . . 
laxiflora . 
longifdlla . 
officinalis . 
albiflora . 
oiientali! 
, 1752 
Borago, Linn. So called from the nourishing quali- 
ties of the herb. Linn. 5, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Boraginacece. 
Pretty dwarf species, succeeding in any common 
soil, and are increased by divisions or seeds. The 
leaves of B. officinalis may be used as a salad, and 
has been muim reputed as a cordial. 
. Pink . . 6, H. Her. P. Persia. . 1822 
. Blue . . 5, H. Her. P. Crete . .1823 
. Blue . . 6, H. Tr. B. Corsica . 1813 
. Blue . . 7» H. A. S. Eur. . 1825 
. Blue . . 8, H. A. England 
. White . . 8, H. A. England 
. Blue . . 6, H. Her. P. Turkey 
BoR.tssus, Linn. The immortal Linnaeus applied this 
name to the spatha of the date. Linn. 22, Or. 6, 
Nat. Or. Palmaceoe. This fine species grows up- 
wards of thirty feet high, and yields a fruit the 
size and shape of a child’s head ; it thrives well in 
a mixture of loam and peat, and propagates from 
seeds. From the sap of the trunk a sugar and 
wine is made of considerable value . 
flabellifOnnis . . Wbt. gm. . Palm. E. Ind. . . 1771 
Borbonia, Wildenow. Dedicated to Gaston de Bour- 
bon, Duke of Orleans, son of Henry IV. of France. 
Linn. 16, Or. 6, Nat. Or. Leguminosce. The species 
are very showy when in flower, and thrive well 
in peat and loam ; and cuttings of the young wood 
in sand, placed under a glass, root freely. 
barbata . 
01 data . . 
cifolia . 
lauceolata . 
ruscifOlia 
undulata 
. Yellow 
. Yellow 
. Yellow 
. Yellow 
. Pink . 
. Yellow 
. Yellow 
. Yellow 
. YeUow 
. G. Ev. S. C. G. H. 
. 7, G. Ev. S. C. G. H. 
. 8, G. Ev. S. C. G. H. 
. 7, G. Ev. S. C. G.H. 
. 1, G. Ev. S. C. G. H. 
. 7, G. Ev. S. C. G. H. 
. 7, G. Ev. S. C. G. H. 
. 7, G. Ev. S. C. G. H. 
. 7, G. Ev. S. C. G. H. 
1823 
1816 
1759 
1774 
1821 
. 1752 
, 1790 
. 1759 
. 1812 
Borkhausia, Bohmer. Dedicated to Moritz Bork- 
hausen, a German professor of botany. Linn. 19, 
Or. 1, Nat. Or. Compositce. Species of no beauty 
except B. alpina, which is rather pretty and in- 
teresting; they are all eaisily cultivated. Syno- 
nym es : \. Crepis alpina. 2. Hieracium stipitatum. 
3. Lago&eris bursifolia. 4. Crepis fmtida. 6. Lago- 
seris intybacea. 6. L. leontodontoides. 7. Crepis 
nicoeensis. 8. Lagoseris raphani folia. 9. Crepis 
rubra. 10. C. senecioides. 11. L. versicolor. 
alpina, 1 . . . Yellow . 7, H. A. Italy . . 1739 
apargioidSs 2, aspSrd, bellidifOlld, bursifdlla 3, Can- 
ddllei, caroliniandi fdetidd, 4, graveolens, hispidd, 
intybacld, 5, leontodontoides 6, macrophylld, nicoeensis 
7, raphanifclid 8, rUbrd. 9, senecioides. Suffreniand, 
taraxacifulid, versicGldr. 
BoronTa, Sims. In memory of Francis Boroni, an 
Italian attendant of Dr. Sibthorp. Linn. 8, Or. 1, 
Nat. Or. Proteaceoe. A very pretty and interesting 
genus of New Holland plants. The species flower 
remarkably free, and some may be seen in bloom at 
almost any time of the year. They grow best in 
sandy peat mixed with a few broken shreds, and 
the pots, which should not be large, must be 
judiciously drained, as the plants are very liable 
to suffer from over watering. Cuttings taken at a 
joint, planted in sand, and placed under a glass in 
a frame, observing to dry up the damp now and 
then, will, if carenilly tended, make roots. 
alata . . 
anemonaeffilia 
crenulata . 
denticulata 
ledifdlia . 
paradbxa . 
pilonema . 
pinnata . . 
polygHlaefdlia 
. Red . 
. Red . 
. Red . 
. Red . 
..Red . 
. Red . 
. Red . 
. Purple 
. Red . 
. Scarlet 
. Red . 
. 5, G. Ev. S. N. Holl. . 1825 
5, G. Ev. S. N. Holl. . 1824 
7, G. Ev. S. Kg. Geo’ 
G. Ev. S. N. Holl. 
, 6, G. Ev. S. N. S. W. 
, 3, G. Ev. S. N. HoU. 
G. Ev. S. N. Holl. 
. 3, G. Ev. S. N. S. W. 
. 5, G. Ev. S. N. Holl. 
. 6, G. Ev. S. N. S. W. 
. 5, G. Ev. S. N. Holl. 
1823 
1814 
1825 
1826 
1794 
1824 
1816 
1824 
Borrera, Aeh. In honour of J. W. Borrer, F.L.S., 
a British cryptogamist. Linn. 24, Or. 8, Nat. Or. 
Lichenacece. An exceedingly interesting genus to 
the cryptogamist, on account of the natural habit 
of the species— atldnticd, chrysophthdlmd, cilidrU 
JldvicanS,' furfurdcdd , leucOmild, tenelld. 
Borhehia, Meyer. Derivation same as Borrera. Linn. 
4, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Cinchonaceoe. Pretty little plants, 
of easy culture, in any common soil ; and cuttings 
of the perennii and shrubby kinds root readily in 
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sand under a glass. B. stricta must be treated as 
a tender biennieil. Synonymes : 1. Spermacoce 
verticillata, Bigelovia commuta. 2. S', stricta, B. 
stricta. 3. S. verticillata, B. verticillata. 
commutata, 1 . . White. . 6, S. Her. P. W. Ind. . 1818 
stricta, 2 . . . White . 7, G. B. E. Ind. . . 1820 
verticiUata. 3 . . White . . 7, S. Ev. S. AJjica . . 1732 
Borya, Willdenorv. Dedicated to Colonel Bory de 
St. Vincent, a French traveller and promoter of 
natural history. Linn. 22, Or. 2, Nat. Or. Liliaceee. 
The species are uninteresting, and easily culti- 
vated — acuminata, ligustrlnd, nitidd, porulosd, pri- 
noldes, retftsd. 
Boscia, Lamarck. Dedicated to Louis Bose, a French 
professor of agriculture. Linn. 11, Or. 1, Nat. Or. 
Capparidaceae. The species is ornamental, and 
may be referred to Cratceva for culture, &c. Syno- 
nyme : 1. Podoria Senegalensis. 
senegalensis . . S. Ev. S. Senegal . 1824 
Bosea, Linn. In compliment to Ernest Gottlieb 
Bose, a professor of botany in Germany. Linn. 5, Or. 
2, Nat. Or. Phytolaccaceas. An ornamental species, 
succeeding in loam and peat mixed ; and cuttings 
in sand, under a glass, placed in heat, strike readily. 
Yervamora . . Rufous . . G. Ev. S. Canaries . 1728 
Boswellia, Roxburgh. Dedicated to Dr. John Bos- 
well, of Edinburgh. Linn. 10, Or. 1, Nat. Or. 
Burseraceoe. Ornamental trees of easy culture, 
thriving best in loam and peat, and are propagated 
with facilitjr from cuttings in sand, under a glass. 
The genus is called the Olibanum Tree. B. serrata 
yields a resin called olibanum, which yields a 
grateful incense, and possesses stimulant, astrin- 
gent, and diaphoretic qualities. B. glabra fur- 
nishes a coarse resin, used for pitching the bottom 
of ships. The resin of both species is used in India 
as a frankincense and as pitch, 
glabr^ .... Pa. yeh . S. Ev. T. Command. . 1823 
serratA .... Pa. yel. . S. Ev. T. E. Ind. . . 1820 
Botany Bay tree, see Smlldx glycyphglld. 
Botryceras, Willdenom. So called from botrys, a 
raceme, and keras, a horn ; the horn-like raceme. 
Linn. 4, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Aquifoliacex. An interest- 
ing species ; for culture, &c., see Banksia. 
laurinum ... G. Ev. S. N. HoU. . 1823 
Botrychium, Swartz. The derivation is from botrys, 
a bunch ; in reference to the form of the fructifica- 
tion, which is much like a bunch of grapes. Linn. 
24, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Ophioglossiaceee. The genus is 
well known by the name of Moonwort. The spe- 
cies are curious and interesting plants ; see Adian- 
tvm for culture, &c. B. virginicum is the largest 
of the American ferns, and is named the rattle- 
snake, on account of its generally being found 
growing where those reptiles abound. Synonymes : 
1. Gracilis. 2. Osmunda Lunartd. 
australe . . . Brown 
dissectum, 1 . . Brown 
funiarioldes . . Brown 
Lunaria, 2 . . . Brown 
obliquum . . . Brown 
virginicum . . Brown 
Botrytis, Michaux. 
. 6, F. Her. P. N. HoU. . 1823 
. 7, H. Her. P. N. Amer. . 1806 
. 7, H. Her. P. Carolina . 1806 
. 5, H. Her. P. Britain . . 
. 8, H. Her. P. N. Amer. . 1 
. 8, H. Her. P. N. Amer. . 1 
Name alludes to the little 
"found seeds, or seed-vessels, resembling a bunch of 
grapes, and derived from iofrys, a cluster of grapes. 
Linn. 24, Or. 9, Nat. Or. Fungi. Minute produc- 
tions. B. parasitica is found on that plant called 
the Shepherd’s Purse, viz. Capselld Bhrsd pustoris 
— agariclnd, densd, diffiusd, ej^sd, leucospOrd, ma- 
crospOrd, murlnd, nigra, parasitica, polyspOrd. 
Bourreria, Goertner. Named in memory oi Boiirrer, 
an apothecary of Nuremberg. Linn. 5, Or. 1, 
Nat. Or. CordiaceoB. Ornamental trees of easy cul- 
tivation; for the mode of which, see the genus 
Ehtetia. Synonyms: 1. Ehretia Bourrerid. 
essucca . . . White. . S. Ev. T. W. Ind. . 1804 
succulenta, 1 . . White . . S. Ev. T. W. Ind. . 1758 
Boussingauetia, H. B. and Kunth named this genus 
in honour of J. B. Boussingault, a celebrated natu- 
ralist and traveller. Linn. 6, Or. 1, Nat. Or. 
Chenopodiaceae. This is described as a most de- 
sirable stove plant, of rapid growth, and bearing 
copious and graceful racemes of deliciously fragrant 
flowers. It grows in any common garden soil, and 
