bell-8haped 



bioallose 



bell-shaped, tubular and inflated, as 

 the corolla of Campanulaceae. 



beirying, swelling on one side, as in 

 the corolla of many Labiatae. 



Belt Tran'sect, a strip of a few inches 

 or feet in width, with its constituent 

 plants recorded (Clements). 



Belt's Corpus'cles, Schimper's expres- 

 sion for the FooD-BOBiES of certain 

 species of Acacia used by ants as 

 food ; Belt'ian Bod'ies are the same. 



bennettit'ean, resembling the fossil 

 genus Lennettites. 



Benth'on, or Benth'os {^evBos, depth, 

 'bottom), the vegetation at the 

 bottom of the sea, lakes, or streams ; 

 the fixed growth as distinct from 

 the plankton or floating growth ; 

 Forel distinguishes necton'ib '^ , 

 organisms which float freely ; 

 ses'sile --', those which remain 

 attached, and vag'il ~, wandeiing 

 organisms ; Ben'thophyte {(puroy, a 

 plant), a plant whose habitat is at 

 the bottom. 



Benzoin', a fragi-ant resinous exuda- 

 tion from Styrax Benzoin, Dryand. ; 

 called also Gum Benjamin. 



ben'zoloid, used for a group of scents 

 derived from aromatic ))odies, o.^ 

 eugenol or ail of cloves, and in 

 the flowers of Heliotrope, Lilac, etc. 

 (Kerner). 



Ber'berine, a yellow bitter principle 

 from the root of Berberis vulgaris, 

 Linn. 



Berge'ria, formerly considered a genus 

 of fossils, now applied to a lepido- 

 dendroid stem when the epidermis 

 has been stripped off (Scott). 



ber'ried, baccate, possessing berries. 



Ber'ry, a pulpy fruit, with immersed 

 seeds ; cf. Bacca ; '- -cone, a cone 

 who-e scales have become fleshy and 

 fused, as in JuniperuH. 



Bes'imen, % P^- Besim'ina {^tuxrifios, 

 having the power of living), Necker's 

 name for a spore. 



Be'tain, an amide-like substance from 

 Beta, the beet. 



Bet'ulase, tlie same enzyme as Gaul- 

 'I'JiEiiASE, but obtained from the 

 bark of Betula le^nta, Linn. ; Betnle'- 



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turn, a plant association of birch 

 trees (Clements) ; pi. Betnle'ta cla- 

 dino'sa, an association of birch with 

 the lichen Cladina ; ■^ bylocomio'- 

 sa, birch and Hyloconiium moss 

 association. 



Between Baces, intennediates between 

 a species and a variety of it. 



bi-, bis-, in compound words meaning 

 "twice." 



Biacbae'nium {hi + Achaenium), 

 Beck's term for a Schizocarp, of 

 two carpels, as in Galium; biacn'- 

 minate, biacumma'tus ( -f acuminate), 

 having two diver^ng points, as the 

 hairs of Malpighiaceae, attached by 

 the centre. 



Biaiometamorpho'sis {^iaios, forced, 

 + Metamorphosis), Lotsy's term 

 for a disadvantageous change, in re- 

 sponse to stimulus : Biaiomor'phoBe, 

 Biaiomorpho'sis, the form so pro- 

 duced. 



Bianc'oni's Plate, a plexus of scleren- 

 chymatous fibres near the vascular 

 bundles towards the concave or 

 sensitive face of tendrils ; so termed 

 by Borzi after the discoverer. 



biang'ulate {bi, twice ; angulus, a 

 corner), having two corners or angles ; 

 biartic'ulate, biarticula'tus {articu- 

 lus, a" joint), two-jointed. 



Biastrep'sis {fiidu, I force ; (rrp4\^/is 

 the act of turning), (1) C. Schimper's 

 term for Tor-sion ; (2) the trMisition 

 from decussate to spiral phyllotaxia 

 (De Vries). 



biator'ine, resenibling the Lichen 

 genus Biatora. 



biauric^ulate {hi, twice; auricula, the 

 ear lobe), with two auricles or ear- 

 like appendages ; biauri'tus (Lat.) is 

 substantially the same ; biaz'ial - 

 {-\- Axis), used of a spore gemiinat- 

 ing at both ends (S. Moore) ; Bi- 

 bac'ca (-}- Bacca), a double berry 

 as in some species of Lonicera ; bi- 

 bract'eate, bibractea'tus {bractea, 

 a thin plate), having two bracts ; 

 bibract'eolate, with two bracteoles ; 

 bicalc'arate {calcar, a spur), having- 

 two spurs ; bicairose bicallu'sus 

 {callus, hardened skin), with two 



