HOU B R A
Glasnevin, near
^a•irr , lpil a'n ted at the bottom of^ ^a ^ wall in th^ open
basélloides. . .White. . 7, F. Bl. P. S. Amer. .1836
noi;vAHDtA, Salis In memory of Dr. Bouvard
Linn, 4, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Rubiacece. This is a beautifu!
genus, worthy of extensive cultivation I
' ' ^ ^owerer, and thrives in a coo]
f p . L . ' is rather more
K a warmer situation in
summer, but requires to be cool in winter. They
grow in a mixture of loam and peat, and younÌ
plants may be obtained from cuttings, which strikf
in the same kind of soil, in heat ; they maraiso bl
J ^ ^ i l f i r h l t ' " J Planted^(...v^.u^u in itL t£"Ul/oid
U
io7iia cocciuea
longiflórà . . .
triphyllìi, 1 . .
pubèscèns . .
g'fibra . . ,
versicolor . . .
Synonyme: 1. B. Jacquinii, Hotis-
Wliite ,
S.
Scarlet
Scarlet
Scarlet
Red ,
7, G.
7, G.
7, G.
8, G.
Ev.
Ev.
Ev.
Ev.
Ev.
Mexico.
Mexico .
Mexico .
Mexico.
S. Amer.
1827
1794
1794
1814
n ^ ^ ' r i f ^ ^^^ Germ'an n^me
àoJisL Unix. 24, Or. Nat. Or. Furnri. Striking
"^^»tions having seen nfanf
dLmfter ^^ ^ twenty-three inches iÌ^
tK«^ . ^^ authority of others, affirms
enormous b i k of nearV nine
of ^^¿^«»¿^«is the fargest
ot the genus or order, measuring- two fi^Pt- in
diameter The.flesh is at first whitS, X r w a r d s of
a greenish-yellow, lastly of a brown g rey^Xe outer
L T n ' ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ largT'flaLs on
BòwTìSa, Haworth. In memory of J . Bowie, a collec^
or of p ants for the Kew gardens. 6, Or.
1, ^cit. Or. Liliacecif. Curious plants, succeedin^r
s S c l e r r multiplied by offsets o?
Africàna . . . Red grn. . 10, G. Ev. S C G H
mynacSBth. . Hed |rn, . 51 G. Ev! a c! Si Si [ Hìì
n J ; botanist. Linn. 5, Or. 2,
wfl V?o ' ^ ^i^i^te curious plant
d i v i s f o ^ ^^ common soil, and is increased by
«néra . . . . Grn.yel. . 7, F. Ev. Cr. M. Video . 1827
Brabejùm, LÌ7in. Named from brabeion, a sceptren
S ^ ^ O ^ Linn 2ÌX:
1, iNat, Or. Proieace^. An ornamental tree, succeeding
best m open sandy loam and peat ; cu tin^
s l i l n T e r a l l a r ' -t h o u t ' d imc u l t y , S
^ellatum . . .White. . 3, G. Ev. S. C. G. H. . I73I
B r a c h i a t e , having arms or branches usually placed
opposite to each other at right angles with the^nTain
BRAcni-fS al t l rna t e ly.
B r a c h i R. Brown. From brachys/short and
l^na, cloak; in allusion to the form of the caivx
Linn. ] 9 Or 2, Nat. Or. Compo^V^. An ornan^Sai
plant, for the culture of which, see Ba^harh
¡y-onyrnes: 1. Bac.A^H. nereifolia, TarZnantZl
nereifòira.! . .White. . 9, G. Ev. S. C. G. H. . I752
I t T Z ^ ^ f T l ' Taken from brachys, short,
thP S i to the short stalks of
the spikelets Linn. 3, Or 2. Nat. Or. Gramine^
Mere weeds, of the simplest culture. SyZTyZT:
loliacmm 3. Bromusptnnafus. 4. B. rupesiris. 5
n. sylyaticus. 6. „ f
distackrZTHa f.
lert lohaceum 2, longifoIiUm, obtusifOlinm, pjZnicotdss
ptnnaifnn 3, ramOsUm retusurn, iZisirS A.
strigpsum, syhmicfnn 5, tenàlum 6, Tenorìanlm
UnmcnUm, tenulJlOrfim, nniololdes, u JaterlT '
Brachysema, Brorvn. Derivedfrom fir^c/ny" short,
and «ma, standard; the flowers having a verv
short standard, lo. Or. 1, Nat! O^r. / ' Z
mmos(B. Very handsome climbing species efZ
cially J i?. latifolia^ thriving vx^xiviu^ weli vveiiill in an e equal q S m'ixture"mixture
of sandy loam and peat: they are increased by
layers, or cuttings pHnted in sand, under a g^asi
B R A
B R A
bDyv sseedes, we hicdh asre s^ome^tim^es p^ rodu^c^e di. ncrTehasee<de plants are well suited for training up the columns
of the conservatory or greenhousl
latiftircm
imdulâtûm
Crimson
Green .
5, G. Ev. CI. N. Holl.
3. G. Ev. Cl. N. S. W. •1803
182ii
B r a c h y s t e l m a , R, Brown. Named from the word
brachys, short, and stelma, a crown; in allusi^ to
b, u i . 2, i\ At. Or. Asclemadaceii'. A curiou«?
a n d t T n X ' s e t b y
crisperum . . . Br. yel. . 9, S. Tu P r O H loon
tube«»,™. . .« I s i i v K c i a H : -laa?
^^^^^^ - - on the
In l^nour of Richard Bradlv
Cambridffe. Linn. 21, Or.
nierest "t , ' , f , furious plants, of little
W cuttings^ loamy soil, and multiply
nitida
sinlcà - 7, S. Ev. S. China . . ]816
B r a c t e a t k , furnished with bractea.
gRACTEoi^, little bractea.
B ^ L i l t o f ^ f r f i n . ^^^^^ after Antonio Musa
e n l i X p ? r : i Venetum, and one of the most
Na^Or A i^s day. Lznn. 20, Or. 1,
Nat. Or. Orchidacece. The plants of this genus ar^
deserving a place in every collection of orfhTdacS
o d o u ^ ^ ' i i r ^ delightfully fragraS
odour. They require to be propagated, and other-
Epi.
ey ^
wise treated, as Stanhopea: Synonymes: 1.
dendrum cucicllaUcm, Cymbidinm cucullatum.
?iodosum, Epidendrum nodosum.
Ysli. grn. . 6, S. Epi.
Wht. grn. 5 - -
White . . Q
Lilac . .
Wilt grn. 1,
Wht. grn. 9.
Wht yel.. 7,
Hngustatä
cordätÄ .
cuciillätä, 1
ëlégans .
nodósa, 2
Ferrinïï .
tiibereulätä
Demerara
S. Epi. Bnizil .
S. Epi. W. Ind. .
Antigua .
.Tamaica .
Rio Jan.
Brazil
Epi
S. Epi.
S. Epi.
S. Epi.
2. C.
1790
1830
1827
culture and propagation, see Stanhopei SyiZ
nyme,:l. Epidendrum caudatum. Malalu caudaH
«.ac-rostac-h/a irtbin ' S '
B r a s s i c a , Linn. From bresic, the Celtic name of the
c a b b i e . Linn. 15, Or. 2, Nat. Or. Crncifer^! In
this genus we have the well known cabbage with
n^d many other i a S p o t -
herbs and roots. It is wonderful to look upon the
common cabbage {B. oleracea) with its v a r i e T s ^ d
observe the exceeding great difference in appearance
and qualities, particularly when we coZare
the original types as found on our shores wtth
wavy sea green leaves tending to no hlad ^nd
flowering like wild mustard or^charlock, wft'h tSe
cauliflower and red cabbage, &c. As their culture
fl ^^^ dwell upon U
here as briefly as possible; the cabbage aSd its
wm n f ^ very strong rich soil, or they
will not come to a good size. The turnip also does
well only m good rich soil, and indeed V e whoL
manure" T h ^ f 1? ^^^^^ enriched with
manure. I hey all produce an abundance of seed«;
which must be sown at those periods which exne
rience has shown the best, for
1 seasons.
tthntZjioal ia. \ 3. S'is^ym" b^riuPm' r ^va^lePnthinu' m^^nbanleasr icd cheira\L
it^bZagia T rC' oleiffra, C. pabularia. C. ccohmeirmannnth^mr^U a ru2-
ticulosa, Gravzna, HelSniand, hnmihs, incdnd hevl
gaia, monsnsts, montand, Napus, N. e.c^S^/ A'
[ 4& ]
B R A Elio
aibüs, N. ßävvSy N. nigricans, oìexférns 2y olerâcëâf
O. asparagoïdësy 0. caulijlörä, 0. communis, O.
cönicäj 0. costata, 0. crlspa, O. deprèssa, O. ellîptîcâ,
O. gemmìfèrà, O. mâjôr, 0. obovStä, 0. oblöngä, Opaltitiföliäy
O. quer à fòlla, O. ramo sä, 0. rubra, O.
sabëllicà, O. sphoericây 0. vulgaris, pinnatijidà, polyrnörphä,
proecôXj Pseudo-erucâstrûm, Râpà, R, deprèssa,
R.
subiilâriâ.
oblöngä, R. oieîfërà, repandâ, Richërlî,
Tonrnefôrtiï, valentïnà 3, vioïâcëà.
BrâyÂ, Sternberg. In memory of Count Bray, a
German botanist. Linn. 15, Or. 2, Nat, Or. Cruciferoe.
Curious minute species, with purple flowers,
'i'hey thrive best in loamy soil mixed with a little
fibrous peat, and are multiplied by seeds.
alpïnà . . . Purple . 6,11 Her. P. Carinthia . 1823
pilô-sû . . . . Purple . 5, H. Ev. S. N. Amer. . 1827
B r e m o n t i ë r a , Dec. In memory of M. Bremontier,
an agriculturist. Linn. 17, Or. 4, Nat. Or. Leguminosoe.
An ornamental interesting plant, thriving
in sandy loam, and is multiplied by cuttings in
sand, under a glass, in heat.
AmmôxylCn . . Purple . S. ET. S. Mauritius . 1B26
B r ë x Ï a , Noronha. Named from brexis, rain ; on
account of the protection afforded against rain by
some of the large leaves. Linn, 5, Or. 1, Nat. Or.
Brexiaceoe. Excellent stove plants, with very
beautiful foliée. They all grow freely and look
well planted in large pots, in turfy loam and peat
mixed. Cuttings take readily in any state, except
that the leaves must not be moved, planted in sand,
under a glass, in heat. A bud at the base of an
entire leaaif will strike, and make a young plant, if
put in a little sand,
under a glass, and put in the
propagating house,
chrysophyllä
maiddaageaassccaarriiêèn i^ïs
spinósa . . .
B r i d ë l ï a , WildenoTV
Green
Green
S. Ev. T. Mauritixis . 1820
. 6. S. Ev. T. Madaga-s. . 1812
. 6, S. ET. T. Madagas. . 1812
Named after the great muscologìst.
Professor Bridel. Linn. 23, Or. 1, Nat.
Or. EupìiorbiaceiB. Small shrubs or trees, with
little beauty, and easily cultivated. Synonyme : 1.
Clusia scandens.
montana . . . Apetal . S. Ev. T. E. Ind. . . 1825
scàndèns, 1 . . Apetal . 8, S. Ev. CI. E. Ind. . . 1804
spinosa . . . . Apatal . 6, G. Ev. S. E. Ind. . . 1803
B r i g n o l i a , Bertolini. Named in compliment to J . L.
Brignoli, a professor at Vienna. Linn. 5, Or. 2,
Nat. Or. Umbelliferce. A species of trifling beauty
and easy culture. Synonyme: 1. Siurn siculum,
panacifoim, 1 . . White . . 7, H. Her. P. Sicily . . 1686
B r i s t l e s , rigid hairs.
B r i - t l y - t o o t h e d , bristles like teeth, or with the
teeth ending each in a bristle.
B r i z a , Linn. Named from brizo, to nod, on account
of the quaking character of the spikelets. XAnn.
3, Or. 2, Nat. Òr. Gramine(s. Although mere weeds,
some species are pretty and interesting, as B. 7ninor,
rubra, Clusii, &c. The whole are of easy cultivation.
6, Grass.
7, Grass.
7, Grass.
S.Eur. .
Greece .
C. G. H. .
Grass. Caucasus
Grass. S. Eur. .
Grass. Britain .
England .
S. Eur. .
Spain
6,
7, Grass
6, Grass
6, Grass
1820
1817
1816
1825
1633
1820
1800
Clusu Apetal
elatiOr Apetal
geniculata . . . Apetal
humilis . . . . Apetal
maxima . . . . Apetal
media Apetal
minCr Apetal
rubra Apetal
Apetal
B r o d i j e a , Sir J. E. Smith. In honour of James J.
Brodie, a Scotch Cryptogamist. Liiin. 3, Or. 1,
Nat. Or. LiliacecB. Very curious bulbs, with lilac,
blue, and white flowers. They may be successfully
grown in sandy peat, and increased chiefly by
offsets of the root. Synonyme: 1. Hookeria coronaria.
congesta . . . Blue . . 7, G. Bl. P. Georgia . . 1806
grandiflorS, 1 . . Blue . . 6, F. Bi. P. N. Amer. . 1806
BromElia, Linn. So called after Olaus Bromel, a
Swedish botanist. Linn. 6, Or. 1, Nat Or. BromeliacecB.
This is a genus of very handsome plants,
among which the Pine Apple was lately included.
They are of easy culture providing thej'- have a
sufficiency of heat, and are potted in good rich open
loamy soil; they must be watered carefully, that
is, giving a good supply when growing, but in the
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B R O BRO
winter a very little is suflScient. The pots should
be well drained, and as the plants are, like the
Pine Apple, subject to injurious attacks of the
scale, «Sec. they should be carefully looked over and
washed; indeed, these plants may be said to do
best with the treatment successfully applied to the
Pine Apple. Rope is manufactured from a species
of the genus in Brazil, called Grawartha.
S. Her. P. Brazil
9:
acäiigä . .
bracteâta .
cl»ry>äntha
cniüntä . «
dis^-('>lör . .
exüdüns
fastuöBä
bùmïlîs .
Kara tas
lini^'.latä .
panici! I ïgërâ
Pin^îiin .
semise rrâtâ
sessilifiorä .
sylvestris
Pink .
Blue .
BIk. wht.
Pink .
YeUo^v .
Purple .
Pink . .
Pink . .
Yellow .
Red . 1
Green
Crimson .
S. Her. P.
S. Her. P.
8, S. Her. P.
4, S. Ev. S.
8°: f s ' i - p .
a, S. Her.
S. Her.
S. Her. P,
S Her. P.
S. Her. P,
S. Her, P,
S. Her. P
S. Her. P,
Jamaica
Càvaccas
Rio. Jan.
S. Amer.
W. Ind.
S. Amer.
W . Ind.
S. Amer.
W. Ind.
W. Ind.
S. Amer.
S. Amer,
S. Amer.
1822
1785
1819
1824
1820
1815
1789
1739
1759
1822
1690
1826
1820
Brômîjs, Linn. So called from bromos, the Greek
name for a wild oat. Linn. 3, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Graminece.
The whole are uninteresting, and in point of
culture simply managed. Synonymes: 1. Festiica
gigantea. 2. F. trijlora—AÎopecûrûs, altïssîmûs,
arvënsis, àspër, austrdlis, Biebersteïnîî, ciliâtus, commutàtûs,
confërtvSf elongâtUSf erëctûs, festucoïdës,
Gaudlnï, gigantëûs 1, G. longifôlîûs, G. triJlOrûs 2,
glaûcûs, hirsutïssîmûs, hiimilïs,jubûtûs, lanceolâtûs,
lanuginOsûs, lâxûs,, Hgûstrîcûs, hmg{flôri\Sf madritënsîs,
mâxîmfis, mollis, multiJlOn'iSj parviflOn'is,
penduîïnîLS, pilOsûs, pratënsîs, pubëscënsf pfirgâns,
racemUsà, rigîdûs, scabërrimûs, scopârivs, secâlînûs,
squarrosûsy stenophyllûs, stërïlîsi tectôrUm, iOrtllis,
variegâtùs, velntinv-s, vestïtùsy volgënsis.
B r o n g n i â r t ï a , Humb. Bonpl. and Kunth. In honour
of M. Adolphe Brongniart, a French botanist.
Linn, 17, Or. 4, Nat. Or. Leguminosoe. A valuable
species, having flesh-coloured flowers. It is cultivated
best in loam and peat, with a little sand;
and increased by cuttings in sand, in heat, under a
glass.
podalyrioidês . . Flesh . . 9, G. Ev. S. N. Spain . 1827
Brôsïmûm, Srvartz. Named from brosimos, good to
eat ; in allusion to the eatable fruit. Linn. '23, Or.
2, Nat. Or. Urticaceoe. Alicastrum is common in
the woods of J ama i c a ; the timber is not despicable,
but the leaves and j^oung brandies are more useful,
and a hearty fattening fodder for all sorts of cattle.
The fruit, boiled with salt fish, pork, or beef, or
pickle, has frequently been the support of the
negroes and poorer sorts of white people in times
of scarcity, and proved a wholesome and not unpleasant
food ; when roasted, it eats something like
our common chestnut, and is called bread nut. The
leaves and young shoots are full of gum, which
renders them disagreeable to most cattle at first;
but they soon grow very fond of them. B. spurium
is also common in woods in the W. Indies ; but its
timber is of little value. In our stoves both species
thrive well, and like loamj^ soil, and old cuttings
with their leaves on, root in sand, in m-oist heat.
—Lou. Ency. qf' Plants.
Alicâstrûm . . Apetal . S. Ev. S. Jamaica . 1776
spîirïûm . . Apetal . S. Ev. S. Jamaica . 1789
B r o s s ^ a , Linn, Named after Gui delà Brosse, physician
to Louis XI I I . Linn. 5, Or. 1. Not sufficiently
known to be referred to any natural order.
As far as we know of this plant, it is a shrub, like
a cistus, with scarlet flowers half an inch long. It
will no doubt grow in sandy peaty soil, and raise
from cuttings in sand.
coccïnéa . . . Scarlet . S. Ev. S. S. Amer. ^
B r o t ë r a , Wild. So called, in memory of Felix A.
Brotero, a Portuguese botanist, and professor at
Coimbra. Linn» 19, Or. 5, Nat. Or. Compositoe.
An interesting plant, with blue flowers, grows in
loam, mixed with peat, and propagates by dividing
the roots. Synonyme: 1. Onobroma corymbosa.
corymbôsa . . . Blue . . 6, H. Her. P. S. Eur.. . 1640
BbouohtÔnïa, Brown. In honour of Mr. Arthur
Broughton, an English botanist. Linn. 20, Or. 1,
Nat. Or. Orchidacece, B. sanguinea, the only species
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