18G NAMES OF PLANTS. 



birds feed upon them ; cows, goats, slieep, horses and 



swine eat it. The stubbles in Sweden are purpled 



over with this plant." 

 a'vium ; of birds ; Bird-cherry {Prunus avium) ; food for 



birds, 

 axilla'ris ; axillar}^ i. e. arising from the axil of a leaf. 



B. 



bacca'tus ; bearing berries. 



barba'tus; bearded. 



bi'color; two-coloured. 



bien'nis; biennial, or flowering in the second year of its 

 growth and then dying. 



biflo'rus; two -flowered. 



bifo'lia; two -leaved. 



biner'vis ; two -nerved. 



borealis ; northern. 

 *brizoides ; like Briza, or Quaking-grass. 

 *bromoi'des; like Bromus. Brome-grass, or Oat-grass. 



bulbif 'era ; bearing bulbs. 



bulbo'sus; bulbous. 



C. 



cseru'leus; blue. 



caerules'cens ; bluish. 



cse'sius ; bluish gray. 



csespito'sus ; from ccEspes, literally a sod cut out, or turf. 

 Used in botany to signify tufted, or caespitose. 



calca'reum : pertaining to lime. 



campes'tris ; pertaining to a field (campus). 



canes'cens ; grayish. 



cani'na; pertaining to a dog; as we say Dog-violet, Dog- 

 rose, &c., signifying inferior or common. 



