Basipetal 



A DICTIONARY 



Bicrenate 



apex of an apple. Compare 

 Cavity aud Eye. 



BAslP'ETAL, proceeding or pro- 

 duced in succession toward 

 the base; downward; centrifu- 

 gal (when applied to the order 

 of inflorescence only). Com- 

 pare Acropetal. 



BASlSCCP'IC, on the side toward 

 the base; facing the base. 



BASS, see Bast. 



BAST, the liber or inner bark; 

 particularly the long, taper- 

 ing, thick- walled phlo(5m-cells 

 characteristic of such bark. 



BAS'TARD, spurious; resembling 

 something else. Used improp- 

 erly for Hybrid. 



BAST-QflLLS, thick-walled elon- 

 gated spindle-shaped cells in 

 the phloem portion of fabro- 

 vascular bundles. They give 

 strength and flexibility to the 

 tissues; bust-fibres. 



BAST FIBRES, see Bast-cells. 



BAST SHEATH, see Phloem- 

 sheath. 



BAST, SOFT, see Soft Bast. 



BAST-TISSUE, see Phloem 



BAST-VES'SEL, see Sieve-tube. 



BEAK, a process like the beak of 

 a bird terminating the fruit of 

 many leguminous and other 

 plants; rostrum. 



BEAKED, ending in a prolonged 

 narrow rigid tip like a beak; 

 rostrate. 



BEARD, the awns of grasses, 

 singly or collectively; a tuft 

 of hairs, especially if stiff aud 

 long: sometimes applied im- 

 properly to the lower lip of 

 labiate corollas. 



BEARDED, having a beard; be- 

 set with hairs, especially if 

 stiff and long. 



BEARD'LETED, having minute 

 beards or awns. 



BELL'-SHAPED, see Campanu- 

 late. 



BflL'LYlNG, swelling out on one 

 side, as the tube of the corolla 

 in many Labiateae. 



BERRIED, see Baccated. 



BflR'RY, an indehiscent fruit 

 pulpy or fleshy throughout, as 

 the grape, currant, and tomato. 



BLACU'MInATE, two-pointed. 



BlAN'GULATE, having two an- 

 gles or corners. 



Bl ARTICULATED, having two 

 joints. 



BIAURIC'ULATE, two-eared. 



BIBRAC'TEATE, with two bracts. 



BIBRAC'TEOLATE, having two 

 bractlets. 



BICAL'CArATE, having two 

 spurs. 



BICAL'LOSE, having two small 

 hard spots or protuberances. 



BICAP'SULAR, having two cap- 

 sules. Sometimes applied to 

 capsules which are divided be- 

 fore dehiscence into two parts. 



BICAR'PELLARlr, see Dicarpel- 

 lary. 



BiCAR'iNATE, two-keeled, as the 

 palet of grasses. 



BICEPHALOUS, having two 

 heads. 



BICIPITAL, divided into two 

 parts. 



BICiP'lTOUS, see Bicipital. 



BICOLLAT'ERAL BUNDLE, a 

 fibro-vascular bundle in which 

 a strand of xylem lies between 

 two strands of phloem. 



BI COLOR, of two colors. 



BI COLORED, see Bicolor. 



BlCON'JUGATE, see Bigemi- 



NATE. 



BICdR'NUTE, with two horn-like 



processes. 

 BiCRE'NATE, with two crena- 

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