APETALOUS, flowers destitute of a corol. 



APHYLLOUS, destitute of leaves. 



APODAL, the ftrst order of fishes, which have no Tentral fins : Fishe% 

 fig. 3. 



APTERA, the seventh order of insedls, distinguished by their having 

 no wings : Insects., fig. 11. 



APYROUS, applied to mineral substances which do not liquefy in the' 

 greatest degree of heat. 



ART LL AXE, furbished with an outer deciduous coat. 



ASSURGENT, declining at the base, and rising in a curved manne? 

 to an ere6t position. 



ATTRACTORIAL, attra6ting iron, as the magnet. 



AURELIA, the chrysalis, or quiescent stage of transformation in an in- 

 sect, in which it is inclosed in a hard case or web : InseSis^ f. 13. 



AURICLED, having an appendage like a little ear. 



AURICLES, the ere(?t crest-like feathers placed over the eyes of soma 

 birds., as owls. 



AWX, a slender hair-like process : plate 6, Jig-7 ; b. 



AXILLARY, growing from the angles of ramification : pi. 3, Jig. 8, e^ 



BANXER, the standard or uppermost petal of a papilionaceous corol : 



plnte 6, Jig. 16 ; X. 

 33ARB, a kind of spine armed with teeth pointing backwards. 

 BEARD, a tuft of strong hairs at the ends of leaves. The tendril-like 



processes ^bout the raqnth of fishes : Fishes^ fig. 5 ; c. The lax 



pcjident simple feathers on the chin or breast of some birds. 

 BELLLi^uE, the sixth order of animals in the class mammalia, having 



front teeth both in the upper and lower jaws. 

 BERRY, a fleshy or pulpy fruit, ^yithout valves, containing naked 



seeds : plale 8, fig. 11, 12. 

 BIBULOUS, gradually absorbing water. 

 BIFARIOUS, pointing in opposite directions. 

 BIGEAlINxVTE, cpplied to a doubly compound leaf, having a forked 



petiole connecting several leafets at the top. 

 BIJUGOL'S, having two pairs of leafets. 

 BILAMELLATE, divided longitudinally into two laminae. 

 BILOBATE, divided into two lobes. 

 BILOCULAR, having two cells. 



BJNATE, consisting of a single pair : plate 5, fig. 1. 

 BT PIN NATE, doubly pinnate or winged : plate 5, fig. 16, 

 BIPINNATIFID, doubly pinnatifid. 

 BIPUPILLATE, an eye-like spot, having two pupils or dots within ii 



of a dili'ererlt colour. 

 BTRADIATE, cons"sting of two rays. 

 BISETOUS, furnished with two brist!e-li]5:e appendages* 

 BITERNATE, dov.bly or twice three-fold. 

 BIYALV'E, consisting of two valves or divisions. 

 BOTRV^OIDAL, clustered like a branch of grapes. 

 BRAClllATE, growing horizontally in opposite pairs which alter^f 



natciy cross each other : plate 3, fig. 7, 



