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Bindium/o/iwrn. A leaf divided or cloven into two parts. 

 Biflorus pedanculus. Bearing two flowers on a foot-stalk. 

 Bigeminum folium. A forked foot-stalk, with two little leaves 



on the apex of each division. 

 Bijugum folium. A winged leaf, bearing two pair of foliolse. 

 Bilabiata corolla. A corolla with two lips. 

 Bilobum folium. A leaf consisting of two lobes. 

 Binata/o/ia. Leaves digitate, consisting of two foliolse. 

 Bipartitum/b/ium. A leaf divided into two segments. 

 Bipinnatum folium. Doubly winged, when the foliolse of a 



pinnate leaf are pinnate. 

 Biternatum/b/zzz/n. When there are three folioiseon a petiolum, 



and each foliola is ternate ; as in Epimedium. 

 Bivalve pericarpium. Consisting of two valves, as in the siliqua 



and legumen. 

 Brachiatus caulis. A stem branching in pairs ; each pair stand- 

 ing at right angles with those above and below. 

 Brachium. The aim. Tenth degree in the Linnaean scale for 



measuring plants, being twenty-four Parisian inches. 

 Bractea (plural, Bracteae.) A floral leaf, these are generally of 



a different shape and colour from the other leaves of the 



plant, and are always seated near the fructification. See 



p. 3o, Vol. ii. 

 Bracteatus. Having a bractea growing out of it. 

 Bulbiferous caulis. A stalk bearing bulbs, as in a species of 



Lily, called Lilium bulbiferum. 

 Bulbosa radix. A bulbous root ; squamosa, scaly, as in the 



Lily; tunicata, coated, as in Cepae; duplicate, double, as 



in Fritillaria; or solida, as in Tulipa. 

 Bullatumyb^Mm. When the surface of the leaf rises above the 



veins, so as to appear like blisters. 



C. 



Caducus calyx. To fall off; a term signifying the shortest 

 time of duration of the calyx, falling off at the first open- 

 ing of the flower, as in the Poppy. 



