A manual and dictionary of the flowering plants and ferns / by J.C. Willis.

  • John Christopher Willis
Date:
1908
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Credit: A manual and dictionary of the flowering plants and ferns / by J.C. Willis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Bungea C. A. Mey. Scrophulariaceae (ill. 12). 3 sp. As. Min. to China. Bunias (Tourn.) Linn. Cruciferae (iv. 19). 5 sp. Medit., As. In some sp. the fruit is provided with hooks. Bunium Linn. = Carum Linn, and Conopodium Koch (in part). Buphane Herb. Amaryllidaceae (1). 2 sp. S. and trop. Afr. Buphthalmum Linn. Compositae (iv). 4 sp. Eur., As. minor. Bupleurum (Tourn.) Linn. Umbelliferae (5). 90 sp. Eur., As., Afr., N. Am. 4 Brit. sp. (buplever or hare’s ear), of which B. rotundifolium L. is most common; it has perfoliate leaves, whence the name throw- wax (thorow-wax) by which it is sometimes known. All sp. have entire leaves, an unusual thing in this order. Burbidgea Hook. f. Zingiberaceae. 1 sp. Borneo (p. 148). The corolla segments are large, the lateral staminodcs absent. The small labellum and petaloid sta. stand up in the centre of the fir. Burchellia R. Br. Rubiaceae (8). • 1 sp. Cape Col. Burlingtonia Lindl. = Rodriguezia Ruiz et Pav. Burmannia Linn. Burmanniaceae. 30 sp. trop. Burmanniaceae. Monocotyledons (Microspermae). A small order of tropical forest plants, chiefly “colourless” saprophytes. Chief genera: Burmannia, Thismia. (See Nat. Pfl., and Ann. of Bot. .1895.) Burmeistera Karst, et Triana. Campanulaceae (in). 10 sp. trop. S. Am. Burnettia Lindl. Orchidaceae (4). 1 sp. Tasmania. Burrielia DC. Compositae (vi). 1 sp. Calif. Bursa Wigg. = Capsella Medic. Bursaria Cav. Pittosporaceae. 1 sp. Austr. Bursera ‘ Jacq.’ex Linn. Burseraceae. 45 sp. trop. Am. B.gurnmifera L. (birch tree, gommier, turpentine tree) furnishes the balsam resin known as American elemi, chibou, cachibou, or gomart. Burseraceae. Dicotyledons (Archichl. Geraniales). 13 gen. with 300 sp. trop. Shrubs and trees with alt., usually compound, dotted leaves. Balsams and resins occur, in lysigenous or schizogenous passages. Firs, small, generally unisexual, with disc like Rutaceae, 5- or 4-merous, obdiplostemonous when both whorls of sta. are present. Cpls (5—3). Ovules usually 2 in each. Ovary multiloc. with one style. Drupe or capsule. Seed exalbuminous. Many of the order are useful on account of their resins, &c. Chief genera: Commiphora, Boswellia, Bursera, Canarium. [Placed by Benth.-I-Iook. in Geraniales, by Warming in Terebinthinae.] Burtonia R. Br. Leguminosae (111. 2). 8 sp. Austr. Butea Koen. ex Roxb. Leguminosae (ill. 10). 4 sp. Ind., China. B. frondosa Roxb. is the dhak or palas tree of Bengal, or bastard teak, one of the handsomest of trees when in flower. A red juice flows from incisions in the bark; when dried it is known as Bengal kino and used as an astringent. The firs, yield a fugitive orange-red dye. The tree also yields lac (see Ficus).
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