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late-oblong, or oval, smooth or pubescent, uniform-coloured ; nerves on the 
upper side downy, and beneath bristly; margin ciliate; flowers abundant, 
not viscous; their tubes longer than their divisions; teeth of the calyx 
short, oval, sub-rounded; stamens very much exsert. A variety, coccinea , 
-has scarlet flowers, and minute calyx ; another, earned , has pale red flow¬ 
ers, with red bases and leafy calyx ; another, alba , has while flowers, with 
a middling calyx ; another, papilionucea , has red flo'wers, with the lower 
divisions white, calyx leafy; another, partita, has flesh-coloured flowers, 
5 -parled to the base ; another, polya,ndria , has rose-coloured flowers, with 
from 10 to 20 stamens. Woods. 2-6 f. 
msco'sa , (white honeysuckle, w. J. b.) leafy; branches hispid; leaves oblong- 
■obovate, acute, glabrous, and one-coloured; flowers viscous, tube twice as 
long as the divisions ; teeth of the calyx very short, rounded. Flowers 
very sweet-scented. 
procum"bcns , (Ju. f>. r.) stems diffusely procumbent; leaves opposite, ellipti¬ 
cal, glabrous, re vq] ate on the margins; corolla bell-form, glabrous; fila¬ 
ments enclosed, equal. High mountains. Northern. Flowers small, m 
small terminal umbels or corymbs. 3-4 i. 
BACCIIARIS. 17—2. ( Corymbfera .) [Dedicated to Bacchus.] 
halimefo'lia , (w. S. f>.) leaves obovate and oval, incisely toothed near the sum¬ 
mit ; panicle compound, leafy; heads of flowers peduncled. Egret of the 
fertile florets hairy, twice as long as the corolla. The whole plant is cov- 
ered with a whitish dust. 6-12 f. Groundsel-tree. 
BiEOMYCES. 21—5. {Alga.) 
ros"eous, crust uniform, warty, white; peduncle (podetia) short, cylindric^ 
receptacle sub-globose, pale red. On the earth. ‘ 
BALLOT A. 13—1. ( Labiata.) [From hallo, to put forth, ot os, the ear.] 
evi'gra, (black horehound, f>.) leaves undivided, ovate, serrate ; calyx dilated 
above, sub-truncate, with spreading teeth. Flowers purple or white, in ax- 
’Ufa.ry whoris. 2-3 f, ; 
BAPTISIA. 10—1. ( Leguminosa .) [From bapto, to dye.] » 
tincto'ria , (wild indigo, y. Ju. ) very gldbrous and branching; leaves ter- 
nate, sub-sessile ; leafets wedge-obovate, round-obtuse, becoming black in 
drying; stipules obsolete, oblong-acute, much shorter than the petioles; ra¬ 
cemes terminal; legumes ovate, long stiped. 2-3 f. 
<al"ba , (w. J. %.) branches spreading; leaves ternate, petioled;_ leafets lance¬ 
olate, wedge-form at the base, obtuse, mucronate, glabrous ; stipules subu¬ 
late, shorter than the petioles ; racemes terminal. 2 f. £. 
BARBAREA. 14—2. (Crucifer a .) 
vulga'ris , (J. A- Y-) lower leaves lyrate, the terminal lobes roundish; upper 
ones sessile, obovate, toothed ; pod 4-sided, tapering into a slender style. 
Flowers in corymbs, small. Bitter winter-cress; found in old fields. 12- 
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BARTSIA. 13—2. ( S’crophularia .) 
paV'lida , (white painted cup, w-y. Au. T]..) leaves alternate,linear, undivided 
upper ones lemceolate; floral ones sub-oval, sub-toothed at the summit; all 
are 3-nerved ; teeth of the calyx acute. 
BATSCIIIA. 5—1. (Boi • aginea .) [In honour of Batsch, a German.] 
canes' / cens, (puccoon, Ju. r l}~.) whitish-villose; leaves all oblong; calyx short, 
divisions of the corolla entire. Hills. Flowers axillary, crowded near 
the top of the stem, bright orange. The root is used by the Indians as a 
red dye. 
BEJARIA. 12—1. ( Rhodendra .) [In honour of a Spanish botanist.] 
raccmosa, (w-r. J. l^.) leaves lance-ovate, glabrous; flowers in a panicled 
raceme, terminal ; stem hispid. 3 f. Sandy plains. S. 
BELLIS, 17—2. (Cory mb if era.) [From bellies, handsome.] 
pererd'nis, (daisy, w. and p. Ap. 7]..) leaves obovate, crenate; scape naked, 1- 
flowered. Ex. 
