baculiferoas 



Barymorphosis 



I bear), bearing canes or reeds ; 

 baculitorm, baculiform'is (forma, 

 shape), stick-shaped, rod-like, as the 

 ascospores of certain Lichens. 



bad'ious, bad'ius (Lat.), dark reddish- 

 brown ; chestnut-brown. 



baeomy'cetoid (BaeomyceSf elSos, re- 

 semblance), like the genus of Lichens 

 named. 



Balanoph'orin, a waxy substance 

 ^Yhich occurs in quantity in the 

 stems of certain species of Langs- 

 dor ffia, a genus of Balanophoreae, 

 whence the name. 



Balaus'ta {0a\av(rTiov, pomegranate 

 flower), the fruit of Punica Grana- 

 tum, Linn., with firm rind, berried 

 within, crowned with the lobes of 

 an adnate calyx. 



bald, destitute of pubescence or downy 

 appendages. 



Bale t (Fr., Bale, chaff), cited by S. F. 

 Gray for the outer glume (5f grasses. 



Ball'ing, in nuclear development, the | 

 fusion of nuclei into one nucleus. I 



balllB'tic, or balii'tic (ballista, a cata- ! 

 pult) Fruits, used by Kerner to de- [ 

 scribe those fruits which discharge ! 

 their seeds elastically ; catapult - 

 fruits. 



Balm (0d\<TaiJ.ou, balsam), pr. Bahm, 

 a thick, usually resinous exudation 

 of reputed medical efficacy ; Barsam, 

 pr. Bawls'm ; a similar exudation, 

 generally of resin mixed with 

 volatile oil ; baUam'ic, having the 

 qualities of balsam ; balsam'ifer, 

 (Lat.) balsamif'erous, i/ero, I bear), 

 producing balsam. 



Balus'tra, ' ' sometimes applied to 

 fruits like the pomegranate " 

 (Crozier) ; c/. Balausta. 



Bkmb'oo, the name applied to the 

 culm of arborescent grasses, notably 

 species of Bambusa ; Bambuse'tum, 

 a tropical bamboo forest associa 

 tion, 



Band, (1) space between two ridges in 

 the fruit of Umbellifers ; (2) a stripe 

 generally ; (3) certain marks in tlie 

 fruit of Zostera mi-nor, termed by 

 Reichenbach Processus ; ^ shaped, 

 used of long narrow leaves, linear ; 



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band'ed, marked with stripes of 

 colour. 



Ban'ner, the standard of a papilion- 

 aceous flower. 



Barb, hooked hairs, frequently doubly- 

 hooked. 



Barba (Lat.), a beard; bar'bate, barba'- 

 tus, bearded, having long weak 

 hairs in tufts ; Barbell'ae X, the 

 short stiff straight hairs of Com- 

 posite pappus ; adj. barbell'ate ; 

 Barbeirulae, + similar structures in 

 the pappus of Aster; adj. bar- 

 beU'nlate, barbellula'tvs ; Barb'nle, 

 Barb'ula, (.1) the inner row of teeth 

 in the peristome of such Mosses as 

 Tortilla; (2) a small barb (Crozier). 



BaiiU'a (Spanish), the crude soda 

 obtained from Salsola and allied 

 genera. 



Bark, (1) the outer integuments of the 

 wood and exterior to it ; all tissues 

 outside the cambium ; (2) frequently 

 restricted to the periderm and tissues 

 external to it ; '- bared, stripped of 

 the bark ; --bound, having the bark 

 too tense, thus impeding growth ; 

 '- galled, having the bark injured ; 

 '^ parench'yma, the same as cortex - 

 parenchyma. 



Barm, the floating yeast used in 

 bread-making, the " Oberhefe " of 

 the Germans ; barm'y, containing 

 yeast. 



barred, crossed by lines approximately 

 parallel. 



bar'ren, unproductive, infertile; ap- 

 plied to the male inflorescence of 

 certain Mosses ; '-Flow'er, the male 

 or staminate flower ; -^ Ground, in 

 North Amerira, is mainly Tundra 

 (Warming). 



Bar'riers, Clements's term for the 

 limiting forces which hinder dis- 

 persion ; these may ^^e biologioal ~ , 

 due to the habit of the plant or its 

 rivals, or physical , such as 

 mountains, deserts, seas, etc. 



Bars, the persistent portions in a 

 scalariform perforation ; see also 

 Sanio's Bars. 



Barymorpho'sis {Bapvs, lieavy ; n6pi>w- 

 <rir, shape), Sachs's term for the 



