BARTON I A

(Lat.), n, f£. Bair-to’ni?-a’. Named for B. F. Barton, an American botanist. Fr., bartonie. 1. Of Muhlenberg, a genus of American gentianaceous plants (the Centaur ell a of Michaux). [B, 34.] 2A genus of loasaceous plants indigenous to Nortl ric [B.]-B. aurea. A Specie of B. (2d def.) indigenous to California; a succulent plant 2 feet high, with very showy golden yellow flowers, [B, 19.]—B. ornata. A pest of B. (2d def.) with large white flowers, found in the northwestern and western United States. [B; 19.]—Golden b. See B. aurea.