3 6 BOTANICAL NAMES 



Barbarea (bar-bar-ea). After St. Barbara, to whom the 



cress is dedicated. Bot. name for Watercress 



group. 

 Barbareafolia. L. " Barbarea " (which see) ; " folia " 



(a leaf) ; the plant having leaves like those of the 



cress. 

 Barbatus (bar-bat-us). L. adj., "bearded," from 



" barba " (a beard). 

 Barberry (bar-ber-ri). Eng. of Arabic " barbaris " 



(name for the tree). 

 Barley (bar-li). A.S. " Bere " (barley) ; " lie " (like) ; 



Eng. name for the Hordeum group. 

 Bartsia. After John Bartsch, a Dutch botanist, died 



1738. Bot. name for a group. 

 Basifngal (ba-sif-u-gal). L. " Basis " (the base); 



" fugeo " (to fly from); applied to the veins in 



leaves which ramify from base to summit. 

 BasM (baz-il). G. " Basilikos " (royal); i.e., the royal 



herb. A highly-aromatic pot-herb, one of the 



Calamints. 

 Basipetal (ba-sip-et-al). L. "Basis" (the base); 



"peto" (to seek). The opposite of Basifugal, 



veins ramify from summit to base. 

 Bast-Cells (bast-cells). The innermost bark next the 



young wood, formed of long, tough, woody tissue. 



Bast used for tying up flowers is the inner bark of 



the lime tree. 

 Batrachion (ba-tra-ki-on). G. " Little frog." The 



Butter-cup family of flowers received this as their 



bot. name because they are found in ground where 



little frogs abound. 

 Bay. Said to be a corruption of L. " bacca " (a berry). 



The Bay-tree is the true Laurel of the ancients. Its 



