GLOSSARY. : 
Bark, the outside covering of a woody stem. 
Basal, attached or belonging to the 
Base, that end of a body that is attached to its support. 
Beaked, surmounted by a long and narrow tip. (Plate 4, fig. 5.) 
Bearded, covered with a growth of fine hairs. (Plate 1, fig. 8.) 
Bell - shaped, see Campanulate. 
Berry, a fruit that is juicy or pulpy throughout, as a grape. 
Bi, or Bis, twice; as ~ 
Biauriculate, two-eared (the leaves of plate 138). 
Bicipital, two-headed. 
Biconjugate, twice paired (stigmas, fig. 5, plate 130). 
Lidentate, two-toothed (as the ligule, fig. 5, plate 80). 
Biennial, of two years’ existence, 2. ¢. growing from the seed one season and from the root 
the next, then bearing fruit and dying entirely. 
Bifid, cleft to about the middle, into two parts. (Plate 150, fig. 4.) 
Bifoliate, a leaf composed of two leaflets. 
Bifurcate, forked into two branches. (Plate 132, fig. 1.) 
Byugate, see Biconjugate. 
Builabiate, two-lipped (as the corolla, fig. 3, plate 121). 
Bilamellate, of two plates—/amelle (the style of fig. 2, plate 152). 
Bilobed, two-lobed (as the gland, fig. 5, plate 150). 
Bilocular, two-celled (as the anther, fig. 3, plate 125). 
Bipinnate, twice pinnate. 
Bipinnatifid, pinnatifid with the lobes again pinnatifid. 
Biserrate, doubly serrate (the leaf margins, fig. 2, plate 69). 
Biternate, the principal divisions three, each bearing three leaflets. (Plate 4, fig. 2.) 
Bladdery, inflated and thin, like the pod of Lodelia inflata, (Plate 99, fig. 3-) 
Blade of a leaf; the expanded portion. 
Boat - shaped, see Scaphoid. 
Bract, a small leaf or scale of the axil from which some other part of the plant grows. 
(Plate 146, fig. 1.) 
Bractlet, a bract seated upon the pedicel of a flower. (Plate 172, fig. 2-) 
Branch, a woody division of a stem or root. 
Bristles, stiff, sharp hairs (on the leaves of plate 62). 
Bud, a branch in its undeveloped state. 
Bulbous, bulb-shaped. 
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Caducous, dropping off very early, like the sepals of Podophyllum, which fall as the flower 
expands. 
Cespitose, growing in tufts like turf. 
Calceolate, slipper-shaped. 
Callose, hardened, or having callosities (hardened spots). 
Calyculate, having an accessory calyx outside of the true. (Plate 31, fig. 3- 3) 
Calyx, the outer (usually green) set of floral leaves. (Plate 128, fig. 2-) 
Campanulate, bell-shaped (said of a flower when like fig- 4, plate 102). 
Campylotropous, said of an ovule or seed when bent upon itself, like that of 6 8, plate oe — - 
Canaliculate, channeled with a longitudinal groove. — 
Cancellate, \atticed. (Plate 99, fig- 4-) 
Capillaceous, capillary, hair-like in shape. — a 
