base pliil 



bicipital 



longation of the tissue of the pollen- 

 sac to the lower end of the anther 

 in Ophryclineae ; bas'ophil (</>t\ew, I 

 love), readily taking stain from basic 

 substances. 



Bass, the inner fibrous bark of the 

 lime, used by cultivators for tem- 

 porary ties ; the liber. 

 Bast, (1) the same as in the last ; (2) 

 phloem ; (3) fibrous tissues serving 

 for mechanical support ; ^ Cells, 

 the components of the bark ; <~ Col- 

 lench'yma, tissue with the walls of 

 the sides thickened on all sides 

 (C. Mueller) ; ~ Fibres, = liber- 

 fibres ; ~ Sheath, layer of thin- 

 walled cells surrounding the fibro- 

 vascular cylinder next within the 

 cortex, the periphloem ; >~ Tissue, 

 phloem ; ~ Vessel, sieve - tube ; 

 Hard ~ , liber - fibres ; Soft ~ , the 

 sieve-tubes, with the thin-walled 

 part of the phloem. 

 Bass'orin, a product of Bassora Gum, 

 Tragacanth, etc., which does not 

 dissolve like Gum Arabic, but swells 

 up when placed in water, and forms 

 a pasty mass. 



bathymet'rical (fiaOus, deep or high, 

 fj.rpov, measure), used of the dis- 

 tribution of plants on the sea- 

 bottom ; and the depths at which 

 they grow. 



Batol'ogist (/Saros, a bramble, \6yos, 

 discourse), a student of brambles, 

 the species and forms of Rubus. 

 Beak, a pointed projection ; beaked, 

 used of fruits which end in a long 

 point. 



beard'letted, having small awns. 

 Beard, synonymous with Awn ; 

 beard'ed, (1) awned, as bearded 

 wheat ; (2) having tufts of hairs, as 

 on the lip of Pentstemon barbatus, 

 Roth. 



Bear'ers, used by Blair for flower- 

 buds. 



Bebeer'in, a tonic alkaloid from the 

 Greenheart, Nectandra, Rodiaei, 

 Hook., native name, Bebeeru, 

 Bedeguar', a fibrous gall produced on 

 a rose-bush by the puncture of a 

 species of Cynips. 



Bee-bread, the pollen of flowers, col- 

 lected by bees as food for the young 

 larvae. 



bell-shaped, tubular and inflated, as 

 the corolla of Campanulaceae. 



bell'ying, swelling on one side as in 

 many Labiatae. 



Benzoin', a fragrant resinous exuda- 

 tion from Styrax Benzoin, Dryand. ; 

 called also Gum Benjamin. 



Ber'berine, a yellow bitter principle 

 from the root of Berberis vulgaris, 

 Linn. 



ber'ried, baccate, possessing berries. 



Ber'ry, a pulpy fruit, with immersed 

 seeds ; cf. BACCA. 



Bes'imen, J pi. Besim'ina (/Siuo-i^os, 

 having the power of living) Necker's 

 name for a spore. 



Be'tain, an'amide-like substance from 

 Beta, the beet. 



Bet'ulin, a substance derived from 

 Betida, the birch. 



bi-, bis-, in compound words meaning 

 "twice." 



biacu'minate, biacumina'tus (bi + acu- 

 minate), having two diverging 

 points, as the hairs of Malpig- 

 hiaceae, attached by the centre ; 

 biang'ulate (angulus, a corner), 

 having two corners or angles ; bi- 

 artic'ulate, biarticula' tus (articulus, 

 a joint), two-jointed. 



biator'ine, resembling the Lichen 

 genus Biatora. 



biauric'ulate (bi, twice, auricula, the 

 ear lobe), with two auricles or ear- 

 like appendages ; biauri'tus (Lat.) 

 is substantially the same ; bibract'- 

 eate, bibractea'tus (bractea, a thin 

 plate), having two bracts ; bibrac- 

 t'eolate, with two bracteoles ; bical- 

 c'arate (calcar, a spur), having two 

 spurs ; bicall'ose bicallo'sus (callus, 

 hardened skin), with two callosities ; 

 bicap'sular (capsula, a small box) (1) 

 with two capsules ; (2) having a 

 capsule which is bilocular ; bicar'- 

 inate, bicarina'tus (carina, a keel), 

 with two keels ; bicar'pellary ( + 

 carpeUum), of two carpels or pistils ; 

 biceph'alous (/ce0a\?? head) ; bi'ceps 

 (Lat. ) two-headed ; bicip'ital, with 



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