GLOSSARY. 



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Bicruris. Two-legged, or with two sup- 

 ports. 



Bidentate (-atus). Having two teeth. 

 (Not doubly dentate.) 



Biduus. Lasting two days only. 



Biennial (Biennis). Of two years' dura- 

 tion ; 31. 



Bifarious (-ius). Two-ranked; in two 

 vertical rows. 



Biferus. Double-bearing ; fruiting twice 

 a year. 



Bifid (-idus). Two-cleft, to the middle 

 or thereabout. 



Biflorous (-us). Two-flowered. 



Bifoliate. Two-leaved. 



Bijoliolate. Of two leaflets. 



Biforate (-atus). Having two open- 

 ings. 



Bifoi-mis. Two-formed ; in two shapes. 



Bifrons. With two faces or aspects. 



Bifurcate (-atus). Two-forked ; i. e. of 

 two prongs or forks. But it may 

 mean bisfurcatus; i.e., forked and 

 again forked. 



Bigeminate (-atus). Twice twin ; same 

 as Biconjugate. 



Bigener. The offspring of a cross be- 

 tween two generically different plants. 



Bijugate (Bijuyus). Two-paired, as a 

 pinnate leaf of two juga or pairs of 

 leaflets. 



Bilabiate (-atus). Two-lipped; 247. 



Bildmellate (-atus), or Bilamellar. Of 

 two plates or lamellae. 



Bilobed (Bilobus), or Bilobate. Of two 

 lobes, or cleft into two segments. 



Bilocellate. Divided into two locelli; 

 263. 



Bilocular (-am). Two-celled. 



Bimestris. Lasting two months. 



Bimus. Lasting two years ; two years 

 old. 



Binary (-arius). Consisting of two 

 members; 176. 



Binate (-atus). -In pairs or twos. 



Bini. .Twin, or two together. 



Binodal (Binodis). Having two nodes. 



Binomial Nomenclature, 346. 



Biology. The natural history of plants 

 and animals, i. e. of living things ; 1. 



Bipalmate (-atus). Twice palmately com- 

 pound. 



Biparous. Bearing two; as a cyme of 

 two rays or axes ; 152, 155. 



Bipdrtible (-ibilis). Capable of division 

 into two similar parts. 



Bipartite (-itus). Divided almost into 

 two pieces ; two-parted. 



Bipes. Same as Bicrurit. 



Bipinnate (-atus). Doubly or twice 

 pinnate; 103. 



Bipinndtifid (-idus). Twice or doubly 

 pinnatitid; 100. 



Bipinndtisect (-us). Twice pinnately di- 

 vided. 



Biplicate (-atus). Twice folded or plaited. 



Biporose (-osus). Opening by two pores. 



Biradiate (-atus). Of two rays. 



Birimose (-osus). Opening by two slits. 



Bisected (-us). Completely divided into 

 two parts ; 99. 



Biseptate (-atus). With two partitions. 



Biserial (-ialis), or Biseriate (-iatus). In 

 two series, one above the other. 



Biserrate (-atus). When serratures are 

 again serrate ; doubly serrate. 



Biseomal. Having both stamens and 

 pistil; hermaphrodite; 191. 



Bisulcate (-atus, Bisulcus). Two-grooved; 

 having two furrows. 



Biternate (-atus). Twice ternate. 



Bladdery. Thin and inflated. 



Blade. The lamina, limb, or expanded 

 portion of a leaf, &c. ; 85, 245. 



Blastema. The budding or sprouting 

 part or point. First used for the axia 

 of an embryo ; now used for the ini- 

 tial growth out of which any organ 

 or part of an organ is developed. 



Bloom. Besides its use as equivalent to 

 blossom, it denotes the white powdery 

 and glaucous covering of the surface 

 of many fruits and leaves, of a waxy 

 nature. 



Boat-shaped. Of the shape of a boat, of 

 the deeper sort, with or without a keel. 



Bostrychoidal. Having the form or char- 

 acter of a ringlet, or Bostryx ; 157. 



Bosti-yx. An uniparous helicoid cyme ; 

 156. 



Bothrenchyma. Tissue of plants com- 

 posed of dotted or pitted ducts. 



Botry-cymose. Racemes or any botryose 

 clusters cymosely aggregated ; 159. 



Botryose (-osus), Botryoidal. Of the ra- 

 cemose type ; 144, 145, 146, 153. 



Botrys. The equivalent of Raceme ; 146. 



Botulifoi'mis. Sausage-shaped. 



Brdchiate (-idtus). With spreading 

 arms, as branches (especially opposite 

 and decussate) widely diverging. 



Brachys. Greek for short, and used in 

 compounds; as, Brachypodus, short- 

 stalked. 



Bract, Bractea. The leaves (more or 

 less modified) of a flower-cluster; 118, 

 141. 



Bracteate (-eatus). Having bracts. 



