Biplicate 



OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 



Blastocolla 



pinnatisect; twice pinnately di- 

 vided. The divisions extend 

 to the midrib, but the segments 

 are sessile. 



BIPLI'CATE, twice or doubly 

 folded. 



BIPO'ROSE, having two small 

 openings or pores. 



BIPtfNC'TATE, having two small 

 spots. 



BIRA'DlATE, baving two rays. 



BlRl'MOSE, opening by two slits, 

 as most anthers; having two 

 clefts, slits, or narrow open- 

 ings. 



BISACCATE, having two sacs or 

 pouches. 



BlSCtJ'TATE, resembling two 

 round bucklers placed side by 

 side. 



BISECT', to divide into two equal 

 parts. 



BISECTION, the act of cutting 

 or dividing into two equal 

 parts; bipartition. 



BISEP'TATE, having two parti- 

 tions or septa. 



BlSE'RIAL, in two rows or series. 



BISER'RATE, having the teeth or 

 serratures serrate; doubly ser- 

 rate. The latter term is pref- 

 erable, and Biserrate, though 

 in more common use in this 

 sense, should be applied in anal- 

 ogy with Bidentate to leaves 

 or margins bearing two serra- 

 tures. 



BISE TOSE, having two bristles; 

 bisetous. 



BISE'TOtJS, see Bisetose. 

 BISEX'tJAL, containing both 

 sexes, as a flower with both sta- 

 mens and pistils; hermaphro- 

 dite; monocliuous; synoecious. 

 BISPI'NOSE, having two spines. 

 Bl'SPORE, a two-spored tetra- 

 spore. 



BLSTLP'tJLED, having two stip- 

 ules. 



BlSlJL CATE, having two longitu- 

 dinal grooves or furrows. 



BITER'NATE, divided into three 

 parts, each of which is divided 

 into three. 



BlT'TEN, see Erose. 



Bl'VALVE (adj.), having two 

 valves, as some capsules; bi- 

 valvular. 



BIVALVE (n.), a capsule of two 

 valves. 



BlvALV'tJLAR, see Bivalve. 



BIVAS'CULAR, having two ves- 

 sels. 



BlVIT'TATE, having two vittse. 



BLAD'DER, (1) an inflated mem- 

 branous pericarp; (2) a mem- 

 branous air-sac in some water- 

 plants which enables them to 

 float. See Air-bladder. 



BLADDER"?, thin and inflated 

 like a bladder, as the calyx of 

 Silene inflata. 



BLADE, the expanded portion 

 of a leaf; lamina. The term 

 blade is more commonly ap- 

 plied in grasses and lamina in 

 other plants. 



BlANCHED,whitened by absence 

 of light; etiolated. Compare 

 Chlorosis and Albinism. 



BLAND, fair; beautiful. 



BLASTE'MA, the embryo aside 

 from the cotyledons; also used 

 for any point of growth or 

 budding part. (Rare.) 



BLASTE'MAL, rudimentary; nas- 

 cent. (Rare.) 



BLASTOCAR'POtfS, applied to a 

 fruit when the seed germinates 

 within the pericarp, as some- 

 times occurs in the mangrove. 

 (Rare.) 

 BLASTOCdL'LA, the gummy sub- 

 stance on many buds, as on 

 the horse-chestnut. 



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