GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 



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Beaked : ending in a prolonged narrow 

 tip. 



Bearded: beset with hairs, especially 

 stiff or Ions hairs Beard is some- 

 times used for awn. 



Bell-shaped: having the shape of a bell; 

 277, fig 456. 



Benzoic Acid, Benzoin, 443. 



Bcrbeiidaccaj, 384. 



Bergamot. 401 



Berry : a fruit fleshy or pulpy through- 

 out, 311. 



Betel, 469. 



Betulaceas, 477. 



Bi- (or bis), as a prefix, means twice, as 

 in the following : 



Biacummate : two-pointed. 



Btmticidate : two-jointed. 



Biauriculate : two-eared. 



Bibidcteate: with two bracts. 



Bibructeolate : with two bractlcts. 



Bicd/lose : bearing two callosities or lit- 

 tle protuberances. 



Bicipital. : having two stalks or legs, as 

 the keel of a papilionaceous coiolla, 

 fig. 392. 



Biconjitfiate : twice-paired, as when the 

 petiole of a compound leaf forks 

 twice. 



Bicornule : two-horned. 



Btde'iitate : having two teeth (not twice 

 dentate or doubly toothed) 



Biennial: lasting more than one year, 

 but not more than two years, 83. 



Bifarious : two-ranked ; arranged in two 

 vertical rows. 



Bifid: two-cleft to the middle or there- 

 abouts, 159. 



Bifioious: two-flowered. 



Bifoliate : two-leaved. 



B'fdtiolate : of two leaflets. 



Bifurcate: two-forked, or, sometimes, 

 twice-forked 



Bif/e'm mate : t w i ce-pa i red . 



Biyener : a hybrid between two plants 

 of different genera 



Bignoniaceue, 447. 



Bijugate : a pinnate leaf with two pairs 

 "of leaflets 



Bilabiate : two-lipped, 255, 258, 278. 



Bildmellnte, or bi lamellar : of two plates 

 or lame'i/ie. 



Bilberry, 439. 



Bdobaie, or bilobed : two-lobed, 159. 



Bddcular : two-celled. 



Binary : the parts in twos, 239. 



Binute : in twos ; produced or borne in 

 pairs, 164. 



Binomial nomenclature (of two names), 

 363. 



Bipartite : two-parted. 



Bipinnate: doubly or twice pinnate; 

 164, fig. 282." 



Bi pinnate! y : twice pinnately, 161. 



Bipinndtifkl • doubly or twice pinnati- 

 fid; 161, fig. 280. 



Bipinndtiscct : twicc-pinnatclv divided, 

 161. 



Biplicate : twice folded, or having two 

 folds. 



Biporose: opening by two small holes 

 or pores, fig. 474. 



Biiadiate : consisting of two n>ys. 



Birdlime, 469. 



Birimose : opening by two slits, as do 

 most anthers, fig. 473. 



Bise'ptate: having two partitions. 



Bise'rial, or bise'n'ate: occupying two 

 rows, one within or above the other 



Bise'nate : doubly serrate, i c. the teeth 

 themselves serrate. 



Bisexual : having both stamens and pis- 

 tils, 261. 



Bisuh-ate : having two furrows. 



Bite'inate: twice ternate ; i. c. divided 

 into three parts, and these again 

 into three; 164, fig 284. 



Blackberry, 416. 



Bladder// : thin and inflated, like a blad- 

 der. 



Blade of a leaf, petal, &c, 145, 276. 



Bloom, 56, 144. 



Blueberry, 439. 



Boat-shaped : concave within and con- 

 vex (and often keeled) without. 



Bohon-Upas, 475. 



Borraginaccae, 450. 



Bothre'nchyma, 45, 46. 



Brdchiate : witli opposite branches, the 

 successive pairs spreading at light 

 angles with each other. 



Bract (Latin, biactea) : the leaves of an 

 inflorescence, especially the leaf 

 which subtends a flower, 143, 211. 



Brdcteate : subtended by a bract. 



Brdcteolate : subtended by 



Bructlets, bract ioles (Latin, biacte'ola;) : 

 bracts of a second order, &c, or 

 bracts on the pedicel or the flower- 

 stalk, 211. 



Branches, and branchlets, 97. 



Brazil-wood, 414. 



Bread-f'iuit,475. 



Breathing-jioies, 52, 150. 



Bristles': stiff short hairs (52), or hair- 

 like bodies. 



Bristly : beset with stiff bristles. 



Bromeliaceas, 492. 



Bnjdloqy : same as Muscology. 



Buckwheat, 466. 



Bud: a stem or branch in an undevel- 

 oped state, 93. 



Budding, 100. 



Bud-scales, 95 167. 



Buff.ilo-bcrry, 468. 



