BOTANICAL NAMES 47 



name Rhamnus group ; the plants of this group 



yield sap-green and a yellow dye. 

 Buckwheat. Danish. " Bock-weit " (beech wheat); 



because the seeds are like those of the beech. 



Sometimes grown as food for pheasants. See 



Fagopyrum. 

 Bud. Small protruberance, covered with scales, on 



stem or branch, which contain future flower or leaf ; 



popularly called " eyes." 

 Bufonius (bu-fon-i-us). L. " Bufo " (a toad). Second 



bot. name Toad-rush. 

 Bugle (bu-gl). Eng. corruption of L. name " abuja." 



Eng. name for Ajuga group. 

 Bugloss (bu-glos). G. " Bous " (an ox) ; " gloss " (a 



tongue) ; because of the shape and roughness of the 



leaf. Eng. name Lycopis group. Used in the 



Eng. name Viper's Bugloss for one of the 



Echium group. 

 Bulb. L. " Bulbus " (a globular root); a round mass 



of fleshy scales, from which the roots grow down- 

 wards, the stem upwards. 

 Bulbil (bulb-il). 

 Bulblet (bulb-let). " Axillary " (see Axillaris) bulbs 



produced by some of the lilies. 

 Bulbiferous (bulb-if-er-ous). L. adj. "producing bulbs" ; 



from " bulbus " (a globular root); 4< ferous " 



(bearing). 



Bulbosus (bul-bo-sus). L. adj., " containing bulbs." 

 Bulbocastanum (bul-bo-cas-tan-um). L. " Bulbus " 



(a globular root); " castanea " (a chestnut). 



Second bot. name for one of the Carum group. 



Refers to the tubers found on the roots known as 



Pig-nuts or Earth-nuts. 



