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INTRODUCTION. 



Beak, or bill, a long projecting appendage to some seeds, re- 

 sembling the beak of a bird. 



Bell-shaped, shaped like a bell. 



Berry. See Bacca. 



Bicapsularis, having two capsules. See Capsule. 



Biennial Plants, those which continue alive two years. 



Bifarius, pointing from opposite sides. 



Biferce, plants which flower twice a year, in spring and in 

 autumn, as is common between the tropics. 



Biftdus, cleft, or cloven in two. 



Biflorus, double-flowered. 



Bigeminum, twin fork. 



Bijugum, in two pairs. 



Bilabiata, double-lipped (blossoms.) 



Bill, (rostrum) a substance attached to a seed resembling a 

 woodcock's bill. 



Bilobum, two-lobed (leaves.) 



Biloculare, two-celled seed-vessel. 



Binatus, (binate) paired. 



Bipartilum, deeply divided into two parts. 



Bipinnatum, doubly-winged. 



Bird-footed, (pedatus) bearing some resemblance to the feet 

 of land-fowl, like the leaves of the passion-flower. 



Biternatus, doubly three-fold. 



Bitten, (praemorsus) appearing as if bitten off. 



Bivalve, double-valved ; a seed-vessel. 



Bladders, (vesiculse) a kind of air-bags. 



Bladder-shaped, (inflatus) distended like a blown bladder. 



Blistered, (bullatus) when the surface of a leaf rises high above 

 the veins, like blisters. 



Blossom. See Corolla. 



Blunt, (obtusus) opposed to acute ; sharp. 



Boat-shaped, (navicularis) like a keel-bottomed boat. 



Border, the upper-spreading part of the one-petalled corolla. 



Bordered, (marginatus) having a border. 



Bowed, (arcuatus) bent like a bow. 



Bractea, a floral leaf; the name of one of the seven fulcra or 

 props of plants, enumerated by Linneus. 



Branched, (ramosus) having lateral divisions. 



Bristles, strong stiff cylindrical hairs. 



Broad-topped spike. See Corymbus. 



Brumales, plants which flower in winter ; common about the 

 Cape of Good Hope. 



Bud. See Gemma. 



Bulbus, a bulb ; a large kind of bud, generally produced 

 under the ground, upon or near the roots of certain herba- 

 ceous plants, hence denominated bulbous. 



Bulbus articulatus, a jointed bulb, composed of several plates 

 or layers, closely linked together. 



Bulbus caulintu, a bulb upon the stalk, instead of the root. 



Bulbus duplicatus, or testiculatus, double or testicle bulb, 

 two solid bulbs connected together. 



Bulbus solidus, a solid bulb ; as in the Tulip. 



Bulbus squamatus, or squamosus, a scaly bulb, consisting of 

 thin plates, or scales, laid over each other like tiles ; as in 

 the Lily. 



Bulbus tunicatus, or coated bulb, as in the Onion. 



Bulging, (gibbus) swoln out irregularly on one or more 

 sides. 



Bullatum. See Blistered. 



Bunch, (racemus) a fruit-stalk furnished with short lateral 

 branches. 



Bundle. See Fasciculus. 



Bundled, fasciculatus. 



Butterfly-shaped, (papilionaceous) from an imaginary resem- 

 blance which some blossoms bear to that insect. 



C. 



Caducous, shedding ; a term expressive of the shortest period 

 of duration, which has different meanings, according to the 

 different parts of the plant to which it may be applied. 



Catspitosus, matted together. 



Calcar, the spur of the corolla; the nectarium, so called, 

 which terminates the corolla behind, like a cock's spur, as 

 in calve's-snout, violet, &c. 



Calcaratus, spurred. 



Caliculatus, double calix. 



Caliculus, seed-coat cover. 



Calidce, plants that are natives of warm climates, such as the 

 East Indies, South America, &c. 



Calix, the outer covering 0f the flower, commonly called the 

 flower cup, which in the greater number of plants incloses 

 and supports the bottom of the corolla. 



Calyptra, a veil or covering, placed over the antherse or sum- 

 mits of the mosses, and in figure resembling an extinguisher, 

 hood, or monk's cowl. 



Campanulatus, bell-shaped. 



Canaliculatum, channelled (leaf.) 



Cancellatus, latticed. 



Candor, the whites ; a disease incident to trees. 



Capillaris, hairlike ; capillary or hair-shaped plants. 



Capitatus, a knob of many flowers upon one stalk. 



Capitulum, a little head, in which many flowers are connected 

 together, as in the gomphrena, or globe amaranth. 



Capreolus. See Cirrus and Tendril. 



Caprification, the management of fig-trees. 



Capsule, or capsula, a little chest or casket ; it denotes a dry 

 hollow seed-vessel, that cleaves or splits in some determi- 

 nate manner. 



Carina, a keel. 



Carinatus, boat-shaped, or keeled. 



Carnosum, fleshy, of a thick pulpy substance. 



Cartilagineum, (cartilaginous) having a hard or horny edge. 



Castratio, or the castration of plants, which is effected 

 by cutting off the antherse before they have attained 

 maturity. 



Catkin. See Amentum. 



Catulus, catkin. 



Cauda, a tail. 



Caudex, the stock or body of the root, part of which ascend* 

 to produce the trunk of the plant, and part descends to 

 form its roots. 



Caulescens, having a stem or trunk, as most plants; opposed 

 to Acaulis, which see. 



Caulis, a stalk or stem, which elevates the leaves, flower, and 

 fruit. 



Caulinus, belonging to the stem. 



Cavus, hollow. 



Cell. See Loculamenti. 



Central florets, those which occupy the central part of a com- 

 pound flower. 

 Central leaf-stalk, is fixed not to the base, but to the middle 



part of a leaf. 

 Cernuus, bent (fruit-stalk.) 

 Chaffy, (acerosus.) 

 Chaffy receptacle, flower, or husk ; set with a substance like 



chaff. 

 CAanne#erf,(canaliculatus,)having a deep furrow from the base 



to the end. 



Characters, marks or signs ; the description of the genera of 

 plants. See Genus. 



