BASTARD Flower-fence. See ADENANTHERA.—The flowers of this plant bruised and steeped in milk are said to be gently anodyne; for which purpose they are often given in the West Indies to quiet very young children. The leaves are used instead of senna in Barbadoes and the Leeward islands. In Jamaica, the plant is called senna.

BASTARD Hemp. See DATISCA, BOTANY Index. BASTARD Rocket, Dyers-Weed, or Wild Wood. See RESEDA, BOTANY Index. BASTARD Star-of-Bethlehem. See ALBUCA, BOTANY Index.

BASTARD-Scarlet is a name given to red dyed with bale madder, as coming nearest the bow-dye, or new scarlet.