Banneret, a higher grade of knighthood conferred by the sovereign for some heroic act performed in the field, and so called because the pennon of the knight was then exchanged for the banner—a proceeding which was effected by the sovereign on the field of battle standing beneath his own royal standard displayed, and tearing off the points of the pennon so as to give it the requisite square shape of the banner. The Roll of Caerlaverock contains an enumeration of 87 bannerets, including the king himself, 11 earls, and the Bishop of Durham, as present in the campaign of Edward I. in Scotland in 1300. During the reign flowers. The flowers secrete much honey. Some of the species are now frequent ornaments of greenhouses in Britain. They are abundant in all parts of Australia, forming, indeed, a characteristic feature of its vegetation, and are called Honey-suckle trees. B. grandis, found at Swan River, exceeds all the rest of the genus in size, being said occasionally to attain a height of 50 feet.