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VOCABULARY. 



plants ; their stems are called endoffe-\Barb. A straight process, armed with 



no*g, that is, growing internally and. teeth pointing backwards. 



pressing upon the outer coats, which \)K-\Barba'lun. Beard'-d. 



come hard and compact. The ancient; Bark. The covering of vegetables, con 



botanists divided plants into trees and 

 herbs; but tliis distinction is too vague 

 to form the basis of classification. 



Arbo'reus. Like a tree. 



Arbiisti'vus. (From arbvatum, a shrub.) 



.-istinir of several parts ; as cuticle, cellu- 

 lar integument, &.c. The bark consists 

 of as many layers as the tree on which 

 it grows has years: a new layer being 

 formed from the cambium every year. 



An ancient clam of plants containing The newest layer of bark is called liber. 

 shrubs, as the myrtle, mock-orangejfiar'ren. Producing^no fruit ; containing 



(philadelphus}, &c. 

 Arch'td. Curving above, vaulted. 



.Ir'cuate. (From arcus. a bow.) Bent 



like a bow. 



Arena'rius. Growing in sand. 

 Argen'teus. Silver coloured. 

 JlSid. Dry. 

 A'ril (ariUus). The external coat or co- Bi'dens. Having two teeth. 



stamens only. 



Beak'ed. Terminating by a process shaped 

 like the beak of a bird. 



lirr'rij. A pulpy pericarp enclosing seeds 



without capsules. See Bacca. 

 />'/, derived from bis, signifying two. 

 Bicor'nis. Anthers with two horns. 



Bi'dena. Having two teeth. 



vering of seeds which, drying, falls oil Bien'nial. Living two years, in the second 



spontaneously. 

 Jlris'tate. (From area, to be dried). Awn 



of which the flower and fruit id produ- 

 ced ; as in wheat. 



ed, ending in a bristle. Bi'fid. Two parted. 



Aro'ides. So called from arum, and form-! Bila'biate. Corolla with two lips, 

 ing a natural family of plants. Kijiin'nate. Twice pinnate. 



(irwo). Offensive weapons. Plants Biter'nate. Twice ternate. The petiole 



are said to be armed, when they are fur- 

 nished with prickles, thorns, fee. 



Aromat'ic. Sweet scented. 



Aromat'ica. The name of a class of Di 



supporting three termite leave*. 

 Bi'vaive. Two valved. 

 Blas'teme. From the Greek blastema, a 



bud. 



oscorides, Clusius, Bauhin, and some Border. The brim or spreading part of a 

 other botanist* who arranged plants ac- corolla. 



cording to their virtues and sensibleiBo/'n/*. A cluster, like grapes, 

 qualities. \Brach' iate. Branches opposite, and eacli 



S!lf\prd Tike an arrow head,| pur at right aimles \\ ith the preceding. 

 Bract. Floral leaf; a leaf near the flower 



-fo 

 liar 



the hind lobes acute. 



Artie' ulat'-il. Jointed ; as in the culm or 



stem of the grasses. 

 Arwulina'ceons. (From arunJo, a reed.) 



Resembling reeds. 



Growing in cultivated fields. 



Ascending. Rising from the ground ob- 



Aspn-ifo'lius. Rough leaved. 

 Astringents. Substances which condense 



the fibres. 

 Attenuated. 



pertnf. 

 Auric' tdate. Having appendages resem- Bud. The residence of the infant leaf and 



which is different from thu other leave* 

 of the plant. In the crown -imperial tin: 

 bracts are at the termination of the 

 tl.iwer stein : tViiin their resemblance to 

 a hair, they are called coma. 

 Branch. A division of the main stem or 



main root. 

 Branch'let. Subdivision of a branch, a 



twig. 



Bre'via. Short. 

 Gradually diminished or ta- Bnina'les. (From brvma, winter.) Plants 



which blossom in winter. 



bling ears. flower. 



.Iwl-fonn. Sharp at the point, and curved Bulbs. Called roots ; sometimes found 



to one side. 



Jlwn. A short stiff bristle. 

 Ax'il. The angle between a leaf and stem 



on the upper side. 

 Ax'illary. Growing out of the axils : 



leaves nre snid to be axillary when they 



proceed from the angle formed by the 



stem and branch. 



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u ing on the stem; strictly speaking 

 bulbs are buds, or the winter residence 

 of the future plants. A bulb contains in 

 miniature or embryo, a plant similar to 

 the pantnt plant. Plants may be renew- 

 ed from bulbs as well as seeds. Annual 

 plants do not have bulbs ; they are only 

 I-, i -'Tved by seeds. 

 I Bun' die. See fascicle. 



Bac'ca. A berry. It is a pulpy prrirarp, 

 enclosing seeds without capsules. A 

 berry is said to be proper, when it is 

 formed of the pericarp or seed vessel ; 

 improper or singular when it is formed 



C. 



Caducous. (From crfo, to fall.) Falling 

 early ; as the calyx of the poppy. 



Caes'pitose. Forming turfs, several roou 

 growing together. 



of any other parts. In the mulberry and ICal'amus. Reed like. 



rose, a large, fleshy and succulent calyx Calcareous. Containing lime; applied to 



becomes a berry. In the strawberry, a | shells of oysters, &c. 



berry is formed of the common recepta 

 cle ; in the raspberry of a seed. 

 Bearing berries. 



Ban'ncr. The upper petal in a papiliona- 

 ceous dower. 



Calyb'ion. iFroni kalubion, a little cabin.) 

 A genus in Mirbel's second class of fruits. 



Cafyc'ulated. Having an additional calyx. 



Calyp'tra. The cap or hood of pistillate 

 mosses, resembling &n extinguisher set 



