Blastographia 



bombycinus 



write), the study of buds (Du Petit 

 Thouars) ; Blastoma'nia {/j-avid, 

 madness), the production of an 

 abnormal number of leaf-shoots (A. 

 Braun) ; Blastomyce'tes {/jlvktjs, 

 fungiis), a synonym of Saccharo- 

 mycetes, the yeast Fungiis, etc. ; adj. 

 blastomyce'toid {elSos, resemblance); 

 Blast'opbore, Blastoph'orus % {<pop4(a, 

 I carry), tlie vitellus, the sac of the 

 amnios in a thickened scale, forming 

 a case in which the embryo lies ; 

 Blast'us +, the plumule. 



Blaze-currents, ~ -reaction, electric 

 response in definite direction in 

 plants (Waller). 



Blea, pp. blee ; the liber or inner 

 bark. 



Bleb, Hill's term for a pith-cell. 



blech'noid, resembling the Fern genus 

 blechnum. 



Bleed'ing, applied to an extravasation 

 of sap, such as occurs in vines if 

 injured in spring during leaf ex- 

 pansion ; '- Pres'sure, exsudation 

 pressure, the internal force needed to 

 cause an abnormal flow. 



Blend'ing, a hybrid formed by the 

 crossing of races (Heinig) ; Ger. , 

 Blend] ing. 



Blendring, a hybrid between races, 

 not species. 



Bleph'arae, pi. {&\€<t>apov, an eyelash), 

 the teeth belonging to the peristome 

 of a Moss ; Bleph'aroplast (ttAoo-tos, 

 moulded), the specialized proto- 

 plasm which gives rise to the motile 

 cilia of the antherozoids as in Zamia 

 and Cycas; Blepbaroplast'oids {flho^, 

 resemblance), the two bodies ap- 

 pearing between the 2- and 4-celled 

 stage at each pole of the two 

 spindles, in nuclear division, dis- 

 appearing into the cytoplasm before 

 the rise of the blepharoplasts them- 

 selves (Shaw). 



Blet, a soft spot /on fruit ; Blet'ting, 

 the change in consistence without 

 putrefaction, of certain fruits, as the 

 medlar. 



Blight, popularly applied to an epi- 

 demic, either of minute Fungi, or of 

 aphides. 



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Blind, a cultivator's expression for 

 abortion, as when a flower-bud is 

 said to go blind, that is, does not 

 develop. 



Blister Blight, of the tea plant due 

 to Exobasidium vexaiis ; -^ Bust, 

 due to Peridermium Sirohi. 



Bloom, (1) synonymous with Blossom ; 

 (2) the white waxy or pruinose 

 covering on many fruits and leaves. 



Blos'som, the flower, especially of fruit 

 trees ; --' Bud, = Flower-bud. 



blotch'ed, colour irregularly disposed 

 in patches. 



Blow-off Lay'er, an epidermal layer of 

 presumably mucilage-cells, forming 

 the outermost investment of the 

 testa of palaeozoic seeds (Oliver and 

 Salisbury). 



blunt, ending in a rounded form, 

 neither tapering to a point, nor 

 abruptly cut off. 



boat-shaped, having the figure of a 

 boat, with or without a keel. 



Bod'y-cell, the cell which divides to 

 form the male cells in certain 

 Conifers (Nichols). 



Bog-moss Association, Spha<jniim^6\n- 

 inant in moorland vegetation ; '- 

 Xerophyte8(-f Xekophyte), plants 

 presenting the appearance of xero- 

 phytes though growing in water 

 (Clements). 



bola'ris (Mod. Lat.), dark red, brick- 

 coloured ; from the earth, Armenian 

 Bole. 



Bole, the main trunk of a tree, with a 

 distinct stem. 



bole tic, obtained from the genus 

 Boletus, as boletic acid ; Bole'tol, 

 Bertran'd's name for the blue colour- 

 ing-matter in certain Fungi, as 

 Boletiis. 



Boll, pr. boal, the fniit cajtsule or 

 pericarp, especially of the cotton 

 plant ; Bo'Uing, pr. boal ing, = 

 Pollard ; boiled, pr. boald, come 

 into fruit, as flax when the dapsuie 

 is formed. 



Borochore (jSoAt), a throw ; xu>p^u), I 

 spread abroad), a plant distributed 

 by propulsion (Clements). 



bomby'cinus, (Lat.), silky, feeling as 



