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Biconjuyate, twice paired, u when a petiole forks twin'. 



Bidentate, having two teeth (not twice or doubly dentate). 



BiennicU, of two years' continuance; springing from the seed one season, floweriug 



and dyiii^ the next. •".^. 

 Bifarious, two-ranked; arranged in two rows. 

 Bifida two-cleft to about the middle. 

 Bifoliolate, a compound leaf of two leaflets, "''.'• 

 Bifurcate, twice forked; or more commonly, forked into two branches. 

 Bijuyate, bearing two pairs (of leaflets, &c.). 

 Bilabiate, two-lipped, as the corolla of Labiates. 

 BUamellate, of two plates {lamella), as the stigma of Mhnulus. 

 inhibit!, the same as two-lobed. 

 Bilocellate, when a cell is divided into two locelli. 

 Bilocular, two-celled; as most anthers, the pod of Foxglove, &C. 

 Binary, in twos. 



Bmate, in couples, two together. Bipartite, the Latin form of two-parted. 

 Binodal, of two nodes. 



Binomial, of two words, as the name of genus anil species taken together, 180. 

 Bipdlmate, twice palmately divided. 

 Biparous, bearing two. 



Bipumate (leaf), twice pinnate, 58. Bipinnatijirf , twice pinnatifid. 57 '. 

 Bipinnatuect, twice pinnately divided. 

 B'plicate, twice folded together. 



BiserialyOr Biseriate, occupying two rows one within the other. 

 Buerrate, doubly serrate, as when the teeth of a leaf are themselves serrate. 

 Bisexual, having both stamens and pistil. 



Bitemate, twice ternate; i. e. principal divisions three, each bearing three leal! 

 Bladdery, thin and inflated. 

 Blade of a leaf, its expanded portion, 49. 

 Bloom, the whitish powder on some fruits, leaves, &c. 



Bout-shaped, concave within and keeled without, in shape like a small boat. 

 Bonier of corolla, &c, 89. 



Brachiate, with opposite branches at right angles to each other. 

 Brachy-, short, as Brackycarpotu, short-United, &c. 

 Bract (Bractea), the leaf of an inflorescence. Specially, the bract is the small leaf 



or scale from the axil of which a flower or its pedicel proceeds, 73. 

 Bracteate, furnished with bracts. 

 Bracteolate, furnished with bractlets. 

 Bracteose, with numerous or conspicuous bracts. 



Bractlet | Bracteola), or Bracteole, D a brad seated on the pedicel or flower-stalk, 73. 

 Branch, Brunch iny, '21. 

 Breathiny-pores, 144. 



Bristles, stiff, sharp hairs, or any very slender bodies of similar appearance. 

 Bristly, beset with bristles. Bristle-pointed, 54. 

 Briiino ous, brown. 

 Brush-shaped, ><•«• aspergilliform. 

 Bryoloyy, that pari of botany which relates to Moss 

 Bryaphyta, Bryophytes, 168. 



Bud, a branch in its earliesl or undeveloped state, 27. Bud-scales, 63 

 Bulb, a leaf hud with fleshy scales, asuallj subterranean, 46 

 Bulbils, diminutive bulbs. 



Bulbi/i rous, bearing or producing bulbs, Bulbose or bulbous, bulb-like in shape, dec 

 Bulblets, small bulbs, borne above /round. 16 

 Bulb scales, 16. 



Bullate, appearing as if blistered or bladdery (from bulla ■ bubble). 

 Byssacevus, composed of line Max dike threads. 



