(anc. geog.), a city of the Vangiones on the Rhine; now Worms, in Germany.

BORBORONIA, in botany: A genus of the decandra order, belonging to the diadelphia clas of plants; and in the natural method ranking under the 32d order, Caryophyllaceae. The stigma is emarginated; the calyx has pointed spines; and the legumen is pointed.—There are six species, all of which are natives of warm countries. They are a kind of broom; and in the places where they grow naturally, they rise to the height of ten or twelve feet, but in Europe seldom rise more than four or five. They must be kept constantly in the stove, and may be propagated by laying down the young shoots; but as these are generally two years before they put forth proper roots, the most eligible method is by seeds, which must be procured from those places where they grow naturally, as they do not come to perfection in this country.