belvisia

[Named after its discoverer, Palisot de Beauvois. Originally called Napoleon a, after the first Napoleon, but altered from political reasons to Belvisia.) A genus of plants constituting the typical one of the order Belvisiaceæ (q. v.). běl-vis-i-a-çe-se ( Lindley ), běl-viş-ie-se ( R. Brown ), s. pl. [BELVISIA.] Bot. A small order of plants, called by Lindley, in English, Napoleon worts. They are allied to the Myrtaceæ, which they resemble in their inferior several-celled ovary, their numerous stamina turned inwards in the bud, .; but differ in their plaited petals, twisted into a rotate lobed corolla, and other characters. They are shrubs or trees, from Africa, and, it is believed, from Brazil. In 1846 four species were known, in two genera. *bě-lỹ (1), bě-ly'e. [BELIE, v.t.]