BU'AZE, a s. African plant, of which the botanical characters and relations arc not yet known, but which is likely to prove of importance on account of its fiber. Dr. Liv ingstone found it growing in large quantities in the 3Iaravi country, n. of the Zambesi; but he could not procure any specimen in flower or fruit, and Dr. Hooker did not recog nize the specimens of branches and leaves. It is not cultivated, and the only use to which it is put by the natives is to afford threads for stringing beads on ; but Dr. Living stone thinks its fiber stronger and finer than flax, and says that a firm thread of it feels like catgut in the hand, and would rather cut the fingers than break.
BlrBALUS, BU'RALIS, or Bu'uxLi], Autilope bubalus, supposed to be the bubalus of the ancients—although that name is now generally appropriated to the buffalo (q.v.)—a 'spe cies of antelope, of that section of the genus which is characterized as ben ox like. The Arabic name is bekker-el-wash, which signifies wild ox. It is an animal about
the size of a large stag, with very ox-like head and muzzle—the head, however, remarka bly long; the horns about as long as the head, surrounded by a succession of thickened rings, curved so as somewhat to resemble the sides of a lyre, the points directed back ward. The general color is yellowish-brown, but the tail is terminated by a black tuft. The B. is an animal of rather coarse appearance, very destitute of the gracefulness of the typical antelopes. It inhabits Barbary, and occasional wanderers make their way to the banks of the Nile. It is figured on the monuments of ancient Egypt. It is grega rious in its habits. It is said to be easily domesticated. The most nearly related spe cies to this, of other antelopes known, is the kaama (q.v.) of s. Africa.