BALSAM 



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BARAMMONIUM 



Balsam, (bal'sam). [Balsamum, the Latin 

 name.]=Impatiens : a plant, chiefly East 

 Indian, the type of Balsaminaceoe. B. fir= 

 Abies balsamifera. B. of Pent=Myrosper- 

 mum peruiferum. 



Balsam-bog=Bolax glebaria. 



Balsams, (bal'samz). [Balsam, q.v.] l.=Bal- 

 saminaceoe. 2. Aromatic liquids, compounds 

 of resins and volatile oils, obtained from 

 trees; intermediate between volatile oils and 

 perfect resins. 



Balsams, Artificial. R opodeldoc, a solution of 

 soap in alcohol and ammonia. B. sulpkuris, 

 a solution of sulphur in linseed oil. 



Balsamifluse, (bal-sam-if lu-e). =Liquidainbars 

 =Altingiaceje, q.v. 



Balsaminaceae, ( bal-sam-in-a'se-5 ). [BaLsam, 

 <2.tf.]=Balsams: succulent herbs, chiefly E. 

 Indian, belonging to Geraniales. 



Balsamodendron, (bal-sam-5-dend'ron). [The 

 Greek name.] A name for trees yielding 

 balm of Gilead, &c., belonging to Amyridaceo). 



Baltimore oriole = Yphantes Baltimore: a 

 bird, also called the honey-bird. 



Baltimorite. A fibrous variety of Serpentine. 



Baluster, (bal'us-ter). [L. balustrum, a place 

 railed in.]=Ballister: an ornamental railing 

 or small column: one of a series called a bal- 

 ustrade. 



Balustrade, (bal'us-trud). [L baluster, q.v.] 

 A row of balusters, used to inclose a stair- 

 case, terrace, balcony, &c. 



Bamboo, (barn-boo). [The Malay name.]= 

 Bambusa, q.v. 



Bambusa, (bam-boo'sa). [Bambos, the Indian 

 name.]=Bamboo: a division of Graminace.'e. 

 Grass-like plants growing to the size of trees, 

 with hard, hollow stems, which are used for 

 Avalking-sticks, &c. 



Bambusacese, (bam-boo-sii'se-e). [Bambusa, 

 q.v.} Plants, of which the Bambusa is the 

 type, growing wild in marshy places. 



Bamlite, (bam'lit). A mineral, chiefly silicate 

 of aluminium. 



Banana, (ba-na'na). [Banana, the Spanish 

 name. ] = Musa sapien- 

 tum, and other species: 

 a variety of the plan- 

 tain tree, belonging to 

 Musacese. Wild B. = 

 Urania Amazonia, has 

 leaves 8 ft. long. 



Band, (band). [Banda, 

 the A.-S. name.] 1. A 

 flat moulding used in "^ 

 architecture. 2.=Wrap- -* 1S= ^^yy**- 

 ping connector : a belt of B.\nana. 



leather, gutta perch a, &c. ; a cord or a chain 

 used to communicate motion from one part 

 of a machine to another. 



Bandelet, (band'let). [Dim. of band, q. v.] A 

 small band or flat moulding. 



Banderole, (band'rol). [The French name.] 

 A narrow streamer or flag; especially one 

 encircling a staff'. 

 Band fish=Cepola rubescens. 

 Bandicoot, (ban'di-kOot). [The native name.] 

 l.=Perameles, an Australian marsupial ani- 

 mal. 2.=Mus giganteus=Urcat Hat of India. 



Bandicoots, (ban'di-koots). [Bandicoot, q.v.] 

 =Peramelid8e: small Australian animals re- 

 sembling hedgehogs. 



Bandolier, (ban'do-ler)=Zanonia indica, q.v.; 

 also called Indian cucumber. 



Baneberry, (ban'ber-ri). [A.-S. bana, poison; 

 and berry. ] = Actsea spicata : an herb with fetid 

 leaves and poisonous pulpy fruit, belonging 

 to Ranunculacese. 



Banewort, (ban'wurt). [A.-S. bana, poison; 

 wyrt, plant.]=Ranunculus flammula: a pois- 

 onous plant. 



Bangor group=Longinynd, q.v. 



Banian = Banyan, q.v. 



Banister, (ban'is-tgr). [A corruption of Balus- 

 ter, q.v.] Especially used in the case of stair- 

 case railings. 



Bankans, (ban'kanz). An Oceanic race. 



Bank-cress. [Grows on banks.]=Sisymbrium 

 ofBcinale=Hedge mustard. 



Banker, (bang'ker). [A.-S. bane, bench.] A 

 stone bench used in masonry work. 



Banksia, (bangk-si-a). [Sir J. Banks.] Aus- 

 tralian plants belonging to Proteaceae. 



Bannock fleuk, (ban'nok).= Rhombus maxi- 

 mus, q.v. 



Banquette, (bang-kef). [The French word.] 

 A small bank, usually of earth, against tho 

 parapet of a rampart. 



anstickle=Gasterosteus, q.v. 



Ban-well cave, (ban' well). [B., in Somerset- 

 shire.] In the Carboniferous Limestone, from 

 which many mammalian remains have been 

 obtained. 



Banxring, ( bangks'ring ). [Tho Sumatran 

 name. ] =Tupaia Ja- 

 vanica: a small ar- 

 boreal animal re- 

 sembling the shrew. 



Banyan tree, (ban'- 

 yan). [The Indian 

 name. ] Fi cus indi- 

 ca. An Indian tree 

 with large branches, 

 some of which root 

 again into tha 

 earth. 



Baobab, (ba'o-bab). 

 name. ] = Adan- 

 sonia : the largest 

 tree in the world ; 

 found in tropical 

 Africa, with a trunk 

 20 to 30 ft. in dia- 

 meter; also called 

 monkey-bread tree: _ 

 belongs to Bom- S? 

 bacese. Baobab Tree. 



Baptistery, (bap-tis'ter-i). [Gk. baptisterion.] 

 A building for the ceremony of bap- 

 tism. 



Bar, (bar). [A.-S. beorgan, to shut in.] A 

 dry level between two waters. 

 Bar -magnet. A straight magnet, the ends 



being the poles. 



Baralite, (ba'ra-lit). [Baralon, in France.] A 

 mineral containing silica, alumina, iron, 

 lime, and magnesia. 

 Bar ammonium, (bar-am-mo'ni-um). [.Barium 



Banyan Tree. 

 [Bahobab, the Eg}*ptian 



