a country or district of Aberdeenshire, in Scotland: it gives the title of Earl to the noble and ancient family of Erskine.

BUCHNERA, in botany, a genus of the didynamia angiofermae clais. The calyx has five teeth; the corolla is divided into five equal heart-shaped segments; and the capsule is bilocular. There are three species, viz. The americana, a native of Canada and Virginia; the africana, a native of Ceylon and China; and the Africana, a native of Ethiopia.

BUCHAW, an imperial city of Swabia, in Germany, about twenty-five miles south-west of Ulm: E. long. 9° 40', and N. lat. 48° 5'.