GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 



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Beahcd : ending in a prolonged narrow 

 tip. 



Bearded: licset with hairs, especially 

 stiff or long hairs. Beard is some- 

 times used for awn. 



Bell-sIiojKjI : having the shape of a bell ; 

 277, tig. 456. 



Benzoic Acid, Benzoin, 443. 



Berberidacere, 384. 



Bergamot. 401. 



Beiri/ : a fruit fleshy or pulpy through- 

 out, 311. 



Betel, 4G9. 



Bctulacc;ie, 477. 



Bi- (or Ills), as a prefix, means twice, as 

 in the followinfr : 



Bmcuininule : two-pointed. 



Biarticulate : two-jointed. 



Biauriadate : two-eared. 



Bibrdrteute : with two bracts. 



Bibrdvteolate : with two bractlcts. 



Bkcillose: bearing two callosities or lit- 

 tle jirotuberances. 



Bicipital : iiaving two stalks or legs, as 

 the keel of a papilionaceous corolla, 

 ' fig. 392. 



Biconjugate : twice-paired, as when the 

 petiole of a compound leaf forks 

 twice. 



Bicornute : two-liorned. 



Bide'litate : having two teeth (not twice 

 dentate or doubly toothed). 



Biennial: lasting more than one year, 

 but not more than two years, 83. 



Bifarious : two-ranked ; arranged in two 

 vertical rows. 



Bifid : two-cleft to the middle or there- 

 abouts, 1.59. 



Biflorous : two-flowered. 



Bi/dlidle : two-leaved. 



Bifdliolale : of two leaflets. 



Bifurcate : two-forked, or, sometimes, 

 twice-forked. 



Bi(]e'iiiinate : twice-paired. 



Bv/erifir : a hybrid between two plants 

 of difterent genera. 



Bignoniaceie, 447. 



Bijugate : a pinnate leaf with two pairs 

 of leaflets. 



Bildhiate: two-lipped, 255, 258, 278. 



Bildmetlate, or hildmellar : of two plates 

 or laine'llce. 



Bilberry, 439. 



Bildlinfe, or hilohcd: two-lobed, 159. 



Bdocular : two-celled. 



Binary: the parts in twos, 239. 



Binate : in twos ; produced or borne in 

 pairs, 1G4. 



Binomial nomenclature (of two names), 

 363. 



Bipartite : two-parted. 



Bipiiiimte : doubly or twice pinnate ; 

 164, fie. 282.' 



Bipinnatehj : twice pinnately, IGl. 



Bipinndtifid : doubly or twice pinnati- 

 fid;'l61,fig. 280. 



Bipinndtisect : twice-pinnately divided, 

 161. 



Biplicate : twice folded, or having two 

 folds. 



Bipdrose: opening by two small holes 

 or pores, fig. 474. 



Biradiate : consisting of two rays. 



Birdlime, 469. 



Biiimose : opening by two slits, as do 

 most anthers, fig. 473. 



Biseptate : having two partitions. 



Biserial, or bise'riate : occupying two 

 rows, one within or above the other. 



Bise'rrate : doubly serrate, i. e. the teeth 

 themselves serrate. 



Bisexual : having both stamens and pis- 

 tils, 261. 



Bisulcate : having two furi'ows. 



Bitc'rnate : twice ternate ; i. e. divided 

 into three parts, and these again 

 into three; 164, fig. 284. 



Blackberry, 416. 



Bladderij : thin and inflated, like a blad- 

 der. 



Blade of a leaf, petal, &c., 145, 276. 



Bloom, 56, 144. 



Blueberry, 439. 



Boat-shaped: concave within and con- 

 vex (and often keeled) without. 



Bohon-Upas, 475. 



Borraginaceaj, 450. 



Bothre'nclnpna , 45, 46. 



Brdchiate : with opposite branches, the 

 successive pairs spi-eading at right 

 angles with each other. 



Bract (Latin, bractea) : the leaves of an 

 inflorescence, especially the leaf 

 which subtends a flower, 143, 211. 



Brdcteate : subtended by a bract. 



Brdcteolute : subtended by 



Bracilets, brdrteoles (Latin, bracte'olce) : 

 bracts of a second order, &c., or 

 bracts on the pedicel or tiie flower- 

 stalk, 211. 



Branches, and branchlets, 97. 



Brazil-wood, 414. 



Bread-fruit, 475. 



Breathing-pores, 52, 150. 



Bristles: stiff" short hairs (52), or hair- 

 like bodies. 



Bristly : beset with stiff bristles. 



Bromeliacea;, 492. 



Brijdlogy : same as Muscology. 



Buckwheat, 466. 



Bud: a stem or branch in an undevel- 

 oped state, 93. 



Budding, 100. 



Bud-scales, 95, 167. 



Buffalo-berry, 468. 



