B. Ebenus (ebony). Jamaica Ebony. fl. bright yellow; peduncles two to three together, axillary, one to two-flowered, shorter than the leaves. July and August. l., leaflets aggregate, obovate. h. 12ft. to 14ft. West Indies, 1713. (B. M. 4670.)

BRYANTHUS (from bryon, a moss, and anthos, a flower). ORD. Ericaceæ. A genus of small trailing shrubs, allied to Loiseleuria. Flowers terminal, somewhat racemose; calyx five-leaved, imbricate; corolla deeply five-parted, spreading. Leaves crowded, spreading, flattish. For culture, see Menziesia.

B. empetriformis (Crowberry-leaved). fl. reddish-purple, clustered near the extremities of the branches. l. crowded, linear, on short adpressed petioles. h. 6in. North-west America, 1829. SYN. Menziesia empetrifolia. (B. M. 3176.)

B. erectus (erect). fl. red, pentamerous, broadly campanulate. l. linear, obtuse, obscurely serrated. h. about 1ft. Siberia. Trailer. (L. & P. F. G. 1, 19.)

B. Gmelini (Gmelin's). fl. red; peduncles glandular, many-flowered. l. with denticulated margins. h. 2in. or 3in. Kamtschatka and Behring's Island.

BRYONIA (from bryo, to sprout; in allusion to the annual growth from the tuber). Bryony. ORD. Cucurbitaceæ. Tuberous-rooted perennial herbaceous plants, producing annual climbing stems. The native species is well worth growing over unsightly hedges, fences, &c., and in the wild garden; it is a rapid grower, and of extremely easy culture. The stove perennial species should be grown in pots, and the stems trained up the rafters. Rich loam is the soil most suitable for their cultivation. Propagated by seeds, or by divisions of the tuber.

B. dioica (diœcious). fl. greenish-white, racemose, diœcious. fr. globose, red. May to September. l. cordate, palmately five-lobed, toothed, scabrous, from callous points. England. (Sy. En. B. 517.)

B. laciniosa (cut-leaved). fl. yellow, solitary; corollas hairy inside, smooth outside. fr. size of a cherry, striated with white. July. l. palmately five-parted, cordate, rough, and blistered, with oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, serrated segments; petioles muricated. Ceylon, 1710. Stove species. SYN. Bryonopsis laciniosa. See Fig. 286.

BRYONY. See [Bryonia.]

BRYOPHYLLUM (from bryo, to sprout, and phyllon, a leaf; plants spring from the notches on the edges of the leaves when taken off the plant, and placed in a moist situation). ORD. Crassulaceæ. This very curious stove succulent thrives in pots of rich loamy soil; perfect drainage is essential, and but little water is at any time needed.

B. calycinum (large-cupped). fl. yellowish-red; cymes panicled, terminal. April. l. opposite, thick, petiolate; some impari-pinnate, with one or two pairs of segments, the terminal one large; others solitary; all ovate and crenated. h. 2ft. to 3ft. India, 1806. A fleshy, erect, branched evergreen shrub, grown chiefly for curiosity.

BUCCO. See [Agathosma.]

BUCIDA. See Terminalia.