brick-like 



Bud 



resembling courses of brickwork, as 

 tissue of rectangular cells. 

 Bridge, a narrow band of tissue con- 

 necting larger masses of the same 

 (Kearney) ; bridg'ing, applied to 

 certain species which act as inter- 

 mediate hosts of Fungi, thus 

 breaking down immunity, e. g. -- 

 Spe'cies, as in Broimts. 

 Bri'dles, (1) strings of protoplasm 

 which often connect the nucleus 

 Avith the layer of protoj^lasm next 

 the cell-wall ; (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 ; -- like, resembling 

 bristles ; ~ point'ed, 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 wliiih are found throughout 

 the island of Great Britain, 

 brochidod'romus {&p6xos., a noose ; 

 €/5oy, like ; 5p6/j.os, a course), Ett- 

 ingshausen's term for loop-veined. 

 Bro'mare ( + -are), Clements's term for 



a ' ' conmiunity " of Brom us. 

 Bro'melin, a proteolytic enzyme oc- 

 curring abundantly in the juice of 

 the ])ineapple, which is a member 

 of the Bromeliaceae, whence the 

 name. 

 Bronte'sis {^povr)], thunder), injury to 



plants by electric shock. 

 Brood-bod'ies, gemmae on leaves of 

 Mosses, becoming detached and 

 growing into protonemal filaments ; 

 ■^ Buds, (1) a synonym of Soredium 

 in Lichens ; (2) the same as Bulbil 

 in Arcliegoniatae ; ~ Cell, asexu- 

 al ly produced jtropagative cell of 

 a gonidiuiii ; ~ Gem'ma, a pluri- 

 cellular projiagative l)ody produced 

 asexually and i)assing gradually into 

 a bi-dod-cell on one side, and a bulbil 

 on the otlier. 

 Broti'Um, or Broti'on [Bp-yrhs, mortal), 

 a succession of plants due to htiman 

 agency ; Brot'ocbores, -ae ix^-'P^^ 

 separate), dispeision by man (Cle- 

 ments). 



Brown Rot, of cacao pods, attributed 

 to Diplodia cnraoicola^ P. Henn. ; 

 ~ of potatoes, due to Stysnnus Ste- 

 monitis, Corda. 

 Brown'ian Move'ment, motion shown 

 by minute particles when suspended 

 in a liquid. 



Bru'cine, a poisonous alka\)id from 

 Strychnos Nux-voniica, Linn., for- 

 merly supposed to be from Briwea 

 fcrvKgiiica, L'Herit. 



Bruguiere'tum ( + ETiTM),f.n association 

 o{ Bruguicrn, a mangrove formation. 



bruma'lis (Lat. ), pertaining to the 

 winter .solstice ; flourishing in mid- 

 Avinter. 



Brunissure' (Fr.), injury caused to 

 vines by Plusmodiophora Vitis, 

 Yiala. 



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



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

 broAvn in colour. 



Brush, applied to the young fruit of 

 the hop, when the stigmas are pro- 

 truding ; ^ Form, of stigmas of 

 some i)apilionaceous flowers, as 

 o( Phaseolns, Vicia, Lathyr us, etc. ; 

 ~ -shaped, aspergilliform. 



Bry'ogams, Bn/ogam'ia{0pvov, a moss; 

 yd/xos, marriage), term })roposed by 

 Caruel for the Bryophytes ; Bryol'- 

 ogy {\6yos, discourse), the science of 

 Mosses, or Br3'ophytes generally ; 

 Bryo'ma, the vegetative substance 

 of Mosses. 



Bry'onine, a poisonous principle ex- 

 tracted from the roots of Bryonia 

 nlha, Linn. 



Bry'ophytes [Bpvov, a moss ; (pvrhv, a 

 ])lant), mo.ss-like plants, the true 

 Mosses and the Hepaticae or Liver- 

 worts ; bryophyt'ic, pertaining to 

 Brvovhyte.s. 



Bucc'ae 



sepals or wings 

 aconite. 



buck'ler-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 

 brunch ; ~ Cones, of the earob, 

 Centt'niid Sili(fua, Linn., arrested 

 or alH)rtive inflorescences ; — corm, 



X (Lat., cheeks), the lateral 

 of the flower of 



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