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In the names of the early species, Linnaeus commemorated the course of his acquaintanceship with Browall: elata, reflecting the exalted character of their early intimacy; demissa, its rupture; and alienata, the permanent estrangement of the two men.
 
In the names of the early species, Linnaeus commemorated the course of his acquaintanceship with Browall: elata, reflecting the exalted character of their early intimacy; demissa, its rupture; and alienata, the permanent estrangement of the two men.
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B. americana. Linn., is considered by some a separate species from the above, but in Germany, where most seeds of annual fls. are grown, it is used by Siebcrt & Voss (in Vilmorin's Blumengartnerei) to include B. demissa, B. elata and other forms.—-B. Jamesonii, Benth.-Streptosolen Jamesonii.—B. pulchella, Hort., is likely to be either B. grandiflora or B. viscosa.
 
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