B««d-«wainp 



'Bannet 



Beed-Bwamp, a formation of tall, 

 usually monocotyledonous plants 

 growing in standing water. 



reflec'ted {refiecto, I bend back), 

 reflexed. 



Se'flex (rejiex'us, bent back) Cent'nun, 

 a terra suggested by Czapek for a 

 potential link between the organ of 

 perception and that of response ; --' 

 Move'mentB, a term employed by 

 Massart for certain responses to 

 stimuli, usually classed under Re- 

 action ; reflexed', abruptly bent or 

 turned downward or backward ; 

 Reflexion, a teratological change 

 in position. 



Beflores'cence {refloresco, I blossom 

 anew), flowering again, a second 

 blossoming. 



refract'ed, refrac'tus (Lat., broken), 

 bent sharply from the base back- 

 ward. 



Beg, applied in Algeria to alluvial 

 oesert. 



Begenera'tion {regeneralio, a repro- 

 duction), vegetative gi'owth after a 

 wound or amputation and the drying 

 of the surface. 



Eegrermina'tion {regermino, I sprout 

 again), resumption of germination 

 after it has been completely inter- 

 rupted (L. H. Bailey). 



Be'gion, the area occupied by given 

 forms; '-' of Distribu'tion, H. C. 

 "Watson's term for the British regions 

 defined by him; adj. re'gional; '- 

 Succes'sions, cycles due to secular 

 change ^Cowles) ; Be'gions, anst'ral 

 <^ , southern parts of the globe ; 

 bor'eal '^ , northern portions ; trop'- 

 ical '^ , within the tropics. 



Be'gma {^rjyfia, a fracture), a fruit 

 with elastically opening segments 

 or cocci, as in Euphorbia, a form 

 of schizocarp ; Be'gmacarp, Kegtna- 

 car'pium {Kapvhs, fruit), a general 

 name for a dry and dehiscent fruit. 



Begres'sion {regressio, a retreat), Gal- 



. ton's term for Reversion ; regres'- 

 BUB (Lat., gone back), (1) the same 

 as REFLEXus ; (2) the change fi"om 

 one organ into that which preceded it, 

 as of petals into sepals ; regreB^sive, 



in hybrids, applied to those -char- 

 acters which become more or less 

 dormant ; cf. dominant. 



reg'ular, regula'ris (Lat., according to 

 rule), uniform or symmetrical in 

 shape or structure ; of a flower, ac- 

 tinomorphic ; '^ Pelo'ria, peloria 

 which have .not produced their nor- 

 mal irregular parts ; regulariflor'ouB 

 {Jlos, fioris, a flower), when a disk 

 or head of Compositae contains 

 only tubular florets ; regniIariform''iB 

 {forma, shape), approximating 

 regularity; Begular'ity, symmetry; 

 Begula'tion, the ability to preserve 

 the normal state and function in 

 spite of unfavourable circumstances ; 

 Auto'- '^ or Self- -^ , the inherent 

 power of an organism to adjust itself. 



Bejec'tion-nu'clei, pi., certain nuclei 

 which do not become part of the 

 functional oospheres, the nuclei of 

 abortive oospheres (Hartog). 



Bejuvenes'cence {re, back ; jurcnesco, 

 I grow yoiing), the formation of 

 a new cell from the protoplasm of 

 a cell already existing ; meta- 

 gam etal --', see metagametal 

 Rejuvenescence. 



Bel'lc {relictus, left) or retrogress'ive, 

 applied to stable plant formations 

 due to past climatic factors (Cramp- 

 ton) ; Bel'lct, a species properly be- 

 longing to an earlier type than that 

 in which it is found (Clements). 



Beliq'uiae (Lat., leavings) = Induviae. 



remote', remo'tus (Lat., distant), 

 scattered, not close together, the 

 same as rams. 



renar'ias {renes, the kidneys), reiiiform. 



renas'cent {renascor, I revive) = re- 

 divive. 



Benew'al, the act of forming anew ; 

 — of Cells = Rejuvenescence. 



re'niform, reniform'is {renes, the 

 kidneys ; forma, shape), kidney- 

 shaped ; reniform'i-corda'tus, com- 

 bined heart and kidney shape, as the 

 leaves of Asarum europaeum, Linn. 



Ben'net, veg'etable, an enzyme which 

 curdles milk, found in the flowers 

 of Galium verum, Linn., and other 

 plants. 



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