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ca. Terminating by a process shaped like the beak of a bird. 



IScr ry. A pulpy pericarp enclosing seeds without capsules. See 

 Dacca. 



Bi, derived from bis, signifying two. 



Bicor'nes. Anthers with two thorns. 



Bi'dens. Having two teeth. 



Bien'nial. Living two years, in 'the second of which the flower and 

 fruit are produced; as in wheat. 



Bi'fid. Two parted. 



Bila'biate. Corolla with two lips. 



Bipin'nate. Twice pinnate. 



Biter 1 'nate. Twice ternate. The petiole supporting three ternate 

 leaves. 



Bi' valve. Two valved. 



Border. The brim or spreading part of a corolla. 



Boi'rus. A cluster, like grapes. 



Brach'iate. Branches opposite, and each pair at right angles with the 

 preceding-. 



Bract. Floral ; a leaf near the flower which is different from the 

 other leaves of the plant. In the crown imperial the bracts are at 

 the termination of the flower stem; from their resemblance to hair, 

 they are called coma. 



Branch. A division of the main stem or main root. 



Bmnch'lct. Subdivision of a branch, a twig. 



Brevis. Short. 



Bud. The residence of the infant leaf and flower. 



Bulbs. A kind of roots; sometimes found growing on the stem 

 strictly speaking, bulbs are buds, or the winter residence of the fu- 

 ture plants. A bulb contains in miniature or embryo, a plant simi- 

 lar to the parent plant. Plants may be renewed from bulbs as well 

 as seeds. Annual plants do not have bulbs ; they are only pre- 

 served by seeds. 



Bundle. See Fascicle. 



C. 



Caducous, (from cado, to fall.) Falling early; as the calyx of the 

 poppy. 



Cfcspitose. Forming tufts, seveial roots growing together. 



Calamus. Reed like. 



Calcareous. Containing lime; as in the shells of oysters, &c. 



Calyculated. Having an additional calyx. 



Caiyptrd. The cap or hood of pistillate mosses, resembling an ex- 

 tinguisher set on a candle. Although called a calyx, it is in reality 

 the corolla of the moss closed. 



Calyx. From the Greek, signifying a flower cup : in most plants it 

 incloses, and supports the bottom of the corolla. It is defined by 

 Linnasus to be the termination of the outer bark. 



Cam'bium. The descending sap, which every year forms a new layer 

 of bark and one of wood. It descends between the bark and the 

 wood, so that the new wood is formed externally, and the new bark 

 internally. 



