BAROSMA (from barys, heavy, and osme, smell; referring to the powerful scent of the leaves). Name often incorrectly spelt Baryosma. SYN. Parapetalifera. ORD. Rutaceae. Very pretty small, Heath-like, greenhouse evergreen shrubs, from the Cape of Good Hope. Calyx equally five-parted; petals five, oblong; stamens ten. Leaves opposite or scattered, coriaceous, flat, dotted, with their margins sometimes glandularly serrulated, sometimes almost entire or revolute. They thrive in a mixture of sand, peat, and a little turfy loam, with good drainage and firm potting. Cuttings, taken from ripened wood, inserted in a pot of sand, and placed in a shady position in a cool house, with a bell glass over them, will root readily in a few weeks. BAROSMA betulina (Birch-leaved). fl. white, axillary, solitary. February to September. l. opposite, obovate, serrulate, sessile, spreading. h. 1ft. to 3ft. 1790. (B. M. Pl. 45.) BAROSMA dioica (dicecious).* fl. purplish; peduncles axillary, usually in threes, shorter than the leaves. April. l. scattered; upper ones ternate, lanceolate, tapering to both ends, full of glandular dots, spreading. h. 1ft. to 2ft. 1816. (B. R. 502.) BAROSMA latifolia (broad-leaved). fl. white, usually solitary, lateral. July. l. opposite, ovate-oblong, sessile, serrulated, smoothish, without glandular dots; branches villous. h. 1ft. 1789. BAROSMA pulchella (pretty).* fl. pale red or purple; peduncles axillary, usually solitary, exceeding the leaves. February. l. crowded, ovate, quite smooth, with thickened, crenate-glandular margins. h. 1ft. to 3ft. 1787. BAROSMA serratifolia (saw-edged-leaved).* fl. white; peduncles axillary, sub-divided. March to June. l. nearly opposite, lanceolate, stalked, glandularly serrulated, smooth. h. 1ft. to 3ft. 1789. (B. M. 456, and B. Z. 1853, 12.)