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AVRICULATUS, ear-shaped: also having an appendage. 
AVENIS, without veins. 
AwL-sHaPED (subulatus) slender, and becoming finer towards 
the end, like an awl. P17. f. 8. Pl. 5. £15. (a) as the 
leaves of Rock Stone-crop. 
FinaMENt, as in Crocus, Borrage. Daffodil. 
‘Hawthorn. 
SEEps, as in Shepherd’s Needle. 
Awn (arista) the slender sharp substance growing to the valves 
of corn or grass, and frequently called a beard. It is 
remarkable enough in Oats and Barley. Itvis sometimes 
used to signify a sharp point terminating a leaf, &c. PI. 
2. f. 21. (6. b.) f. 23. (6. 6.) 
AWNED (aristatus) having an Awn. 
AWNLEss (muticus) without Awns. . 
AXILLARY (axillaris) at the base or bosom of the leaves, or 
branches, on the upper and inner side. 
Bacta, berry.c 33301 07 
Baccirenus, bearing berries, 
Barsatus, bearded. © . 
Barx (cortex) the universal covering of the stems, roots, and 
branches of Vegetables. It is generally spoken of as 
inner and outer. A Blofsom is an expansion of the inner, 
and a Calyx is a continuation of the outer bark. 
BaRREN (masculi; abortivi) FLowers or FiLorers, such as 
produce no perfect seeds. The barren flowers are gene- 
rally such as have Stamens, but no Pistils; these are also 
called male fiowers. Flowers which have only Pistils, are 
sometimes barren, owing to the absence of other flowers 
which bear the Stamens. In‘the Umbelliferous flowers 
(Clafs V. Order II.) it is not uncommon to have several 
of the florets barren, though they are furnished both with 
_ Stamens and Pistils ; perhaps owing to some imperfection 
in the Pistils; but future observation must determine this 
- matter. Pl. 1. f. 21. a; 22. a. 23. Bb sar es 
Base (axillaris) that part of a leaf, &c. nearest to the branch 
or stem. 
—— of the Leaves or Brancnes. Flowers or fruit-stalks 
are often said to grow at the base of the leaves, or the 
branches ; that is, when they are placed at the bottom of 
a leaf, or branch, and on the inner side, where it joins to 
thestem, The same as Axillary. Pl. 9. f. 5. (m.) the 
fruit-stalks of the Common Pimpernel; the Great  Peri- 
winkle, and the Flowers of the Common Calimint, ave ex- 
amples, he a si er 
BaTTLEDORE-SHAPED (spatulatum). See pl. 8.f.64. 
BEADED (granulatus) consisting of many little knobs con- 
nected by small strings. As the root of the White Saxi- 
Brax, or Bill (rostrum) a long projecting appendage fo some* 
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