bracteose 



Bud 



bract'eose, bracteo'sm, having con- 

 spicuous or numerous bracts ; 

 Bract'less, wanting bracts ; Bract' - 

 let, a bract of the last grade, as one 

 inserted on a pedicel or ultimate 

 flower-stalk, instead of subtending 

 it. 



Bran, the husks or outer coats of 

 ground corn, separated from the 

 flour by bolting ; bran-like, scurfy 

 in appearance. 



Branch, a division of the stem, or 

 axis of growth ; Branch'ery, Grew's 

 term for the ramifications in the 

 pulp of fruits ; branchless, bare of 

 branches ; Branch'let, a twig or 

 small branch, the ultimate divi- 

 sion of a branch. 



Brand, disease caused by minute 

 Fungi on leaves, as Ustilago, etc. 



Bras'ilin, the colouring matter of 

 Brazil wood, Caesalpima Irasili- 

 ensis, Linn. 



break, ( 1 ) to put out new leaves ; (2) 

 to show a variation, as in florist's 

 flowers ; Break-back, reversion to 

 an earlier type ; Breaking, a popular 

 expression for a sudden profusion 

 of algal life in certain lakes or 

 meres. 



Breathing-pores = STOMATA. 



bre'vi-ramo'sus (brevis, short, ramosus, 

 branched), short-branched. 



brick-colour, usually implies a dull 

 red ; latericious, testaceous. 



Breed = RACE; Cross breed = HYBRID. 



Bri'dles, (1) strings of protoplasm 

 which often connect the nucleus 

 with the layer of protoplasm next 

 the cellwall ; (2) strands of cells 

 connecting other tissues. 



Bris'tle, a stiff hair, or any slender body 

 which may be likened to a hog's 

 bristle ; pointed, ending in a stiff 

 short hair ; bris'tly, beset with 

 bristles. 



Brit'ish, used by H. C. Watson to 

 express the distribution of those 

 plants which are found throughout 

 the island of Great Britain. 



brochidod'romus (/3p6xos, a noose, eZSos, 

 like, 5p6/j.os, a course), Ettingshau- 

 sen's term for loop-veined. 



j Brood-bodies, gemmae on leaves of 

 Mosses, becoming detached and 

 growing into protonemal filaments ; 

 ~ Buds, (l)a synonym of Soredium 

 in Lichens ; (2) the same as Bulbil 

 in Archegoniatae ; <~ Cell, asexu- 

 ally produced propagative cell of 

 a gonidium ; ~ Gemma, a pluri- 

 cellular propagative body produced 

 asexually and passing gradually 

 into a brood-cell on one side, and 

 a bulbil on the other. 

 ; Bronte'sis, (fipovrri, thunder), injury 

 to plants by electric shock. 



Brown'ian Movement, motion shown 

 by minute particles when suspended 

 in a liquid. 



Bru'cine, a poisonous alkaloid from 

 Slrychnos Nuc-vomica, Linn., for- 

 merly supposed to be from Brucea 

 ferriifjinea, L'Herit. 



bruma'lis (Lat.), pertaining to the 

 winter solstice ; flourishing in mid- 

 winter. 



brun'neolus (Mod. Lat.), brownish. 



brun'neus or brun'eus (Mod. Lat.), 

 brown in colour. 



Brunissure (Fr.), injury caused to 

 vines by Plasmodiophora Vitis, 

 Viala. 



brush-shaped, aspergilliform. 



Bryol'ogy (fipvov, a moss, XOYOS, dis- 

 course), the science of Mosses, or 

 Bryophytes generally. 



Bry'onine, a poisonous principle ex- 

 tracted from the roots of Bryonia 

 alba, Linn. 



Bry'ophytes (fipvov, a moss, <()VTOV, a 

 plant), moss-like plants, the true 

 Mosses and the Hepaticae or Liver- 

 worts. 



Bucc'ae (Lat., cheeks), the lateral 

 sepals or wings of the flower of 

 aconite. 



buckler-shaped, resembling a round 

 buckler with a raised rim. 



Buck'mast, the fruit of the beech tree. 



Bud, the nascent state of a flower or 

 branch ; ~ Cones, of the carob, 

 Ceratonia Siliqua, Linn., arrested 

 or aborted inflorescences ; <~ Glue, 

 = BLASTOCOLLA ; ~ Ru'diment, in 

 Chara, a cell cut off from a pro- 



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