Brunneus 



A DICTIONARY 



Bulliform Cells 



pended in a liquid. Called 

 also Brunonian movement, 

 Pedesis, Non-vital motion, and 

 (improperly) Molecular move- 

 ment. The cause is not known. 



BRtJN'NEIJS, deep brown, a mix- 

 ture of dark gray and red. 



BRTJSH'-SHAPED, see Aspergil- 



LIFORM. 



BRY6L'66t, the division of bot- 

 any relating to mosses; mus- 

 cology. 



BUCK'LER-SHAPED, see Scu- 

 tate. 



BUD, an undeveloped stem or 

 branch, or its extremity, bear- 

 ing rudimentary leaves which 

 are specially modified for its 

 protection. See Leaf-bud, 

 Flower-bud, and Gemma. 



BtfD'DING, putting forth buds or 

 gemma?. Also applied to Pul- 

 lulation, which see. 



BtD'LET, a little bud attached 

 to a larger one. 



BUD-RTJ'dIMENT, the special 

 cells which originate the leaf- 

 bearing axis in the pro-embryo 

 of Characese. 



BtJD'-SCALE, one of the modified 

 leaves of a bud; penile. 



BtfD'-SPORT, see Bud varia- 

 tion. 



BUD-VARlA'TION, the develop- 

 ment of a bud in a manner un- 

 usual to the species or variety, 

 and different from the other 

 buds upon the plant. It may 

 be the production of a new 

 variety or a reversion to an 

 earlier form. Bud-variations, 

 or "bud-sports" as they are 

 often called, may usually be 

 propagated by division, but 

 their characters are seldom re- 

 tained when grown from seed. 

 Compare Seed- variation. 



BUD VARl'ETY, a variety which 

 originated by bud-variation. 



BUGLE-SHAPED, having the 

 shape of a bugle bead; — a 

 form varying from oblong to 

 obovoid. Used in describing 

 the fruit of certain cranberries. 



BULB, a bud with thickened 

 scales containing nutriment 

 for its development, thus differ- 

 ing from ordinary buds, the 

 scales of which are for pro- 

 tection only. Bulbs are usu- 

 ally subterranean. 



BDXBA'gEOUS, having bulbs; 

 bulbous. 



BULBED, in the form of a bulb; 

 bulbaceous. 



Bu"L'b£l, see Bulblet. 

 BtLBlFEBOtS, bulb-bearing; 

 bulbous. 



BtJL'BLL, see Bulblet. 



BuTB'LET, a little or secondary 

 bulb, especially one above 

 ground, as in some lilies and 

 ferns; bulbel; bulbil; bulbule. 

 See Clove. 



BtfL'BOSE, bulb-like in shape or 

 structure. 



BuT'BO- TUBER, see Gorm. 



BuX'BOtTS, producing bulbs, 

 growing from bulbs, or bul- 

 bose. 



BULB-SCALE, one of the thick- 

 ened scale like leaves of a 

 bulb. 



BuTB, TU'NlCATED, see Tuni- 

 cated Bulb. 



BUL'BULE, see Bulblet. 



BUL'BUS, the swollen base of the 

 stipe in mushrooms. 



BtJL'LATE, having the surface 

 blistered or puckered, as the 

 leaves of the Savoy cabbage, 

 the spaces between the veins 

 of which are concave on one 

 side and convex on the other, 



BUL'LlFdRM CELLS, see Hygro- 

 scopic Cells. 



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