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GLOSSARY. 



Bracteola, Bracteole. See Bractlet. 



Bracteolate(-atus). Having bractlets. 



Bractlet. A bract of the ultimate grade, 

 as one inserted on a pedicel or ultimate 

 flower-stalk, instead of subtending it ; 

 141, 142, 160. 



Bracteose (-osus). Full of, or with con- 

 spicuous bracts. 



Branches. Secondary axes, or divi- 

 sions of an axis; 47. 



Branchlets. Ultimate branches or divi- 

 sions of an axis ; 47. 



Breathing-pores. See Stomata, 89. 



Bristle. A stiff hair, or any slender 

 body or outgrowth which may be 

 likened to a hog's bristle. 



Bristly. Beset with bristles. 



Brunneus. Deep brown. 



Brush-shaped. See Aspergilliform. 



Bryology. The botany of Mosses. 



Bud. The undeveloped state of a stem 

 or branch, with or without leaves; 

 6,40. 



Bud-scales. The teguments of a bud ; 40. 



Bulb (Bulbus). A leaf-bud (commonly 

 subterranean) with fleshy scales or 

 coats ; 43, 62. 



Buibiceps. A stem with bulbous base. 



Bulbiferous (-us). Bulb-bearing. 



Bulbillus, Bulbulus. Diminutive bulb. 

 Same as 



Jfalblet. A small bulb, especially such as 

 is produced in the air, in the axil of or- 

 dinary leaves, or upon them ; 63. 



Bulbodium. A synonym of Corm, the 

 "solid bulb." 



Bulbo-tuber. Synonym of Corm. 



Bulbous, Bulbosus. Having bulbs or the 

 structure of a bulb. 



Bullate (-atus). Said of a puckered sur- 

 face (as if blistered), thrown into por- 

 tions which are convex and projecting 

 on one side and concave on the other. 

 Also used in specific names, in its 

 more literal sense for'inflated. 



Bursicula. A small pouch (bursa); 

 such as that which encloses the disk 

 or gland of the caudicle of the pollin- 

 ium of an Orchis. 



Bursiculatus. Furnished with a bursi- 

 cula or pouch. 



Byssaceous (-eus). Composed of fine 

 threads, like byssus or fine flax. 



Caducous (-us). Dropping off very early, 

 as the calyx of a Poppy at the time 

 of expansion; 243. 



Carukut. Sky blue, or pure blue. 



ius. Lavender-color ; pale green with 

 whitish or gray. 



Calathidium, Cdlathis. Literally a bas- 

 ket; a name for the head of flowers (or 

 better for the involucre only) of Com- 

 positae. 



Calathiform (-ormis). Cup-shaped ; of 

 somewhat hemispherical outline. 



Calcar. A spur; mostly used for the nec- 

 tariferous one of a calyx or corolla. 



Cdlcarate (-dtus). Furnished or pro- 

 duced into a spur. 



Cdlceolate (-atus), or Calceiformis. 

 Shaped like a slipper or shoe. 



Callose (-osus). Bearing callosities 

 (calli), or hard protuberances. 



Calvus. Bald, as an akene without 

 pappus. 



Calycdnthemy. Name of the monstros- 

 ity in which the calyx imitates an 

 exterior corolla ; 174. 



Calyciflorous (Calyciflorce), 340. 



Calycine ( Calycinus). Relating to calyx. 



Calyculate (-atus). Bearing bracts next 

 the calyx which imitate an external 

 or accessory calyx. 



Calyculus. An involucre or involucel 

 imitating an additional calyx. 



Calyptra. The hood or veil of the 

 spore-case of a Moss ; or some cover- 

 ing body like it. 



Calyptrate (-atus). Furnished with a 

 calyptra, or something like it. 



Calyptriform (-ormis). Calyptra-shaped ; 

 as the calyx of Eschscholtzia. 



Calyx. The flower-cup, the exterior 

 perianth ; 164. 



Cdmara and its diminutive Cnmerula 

 (chamber) are sometimes used for the 

 cells of a fruit. 



Cambium. Old name of the viscid mat- 

 ter between bark and wood in com- 

 mon trees or shrubs in spring; now 

 used for the nascent structure there 

 forming, or Cambium layer ; 78. 



Campdnulate (-atus). Bell-shaped; elon- 

 gated cup-shaped or shorter, and broad 

 from the base ; 249. 



Campaniformis. Same as Campanulate. 



Campylospermous (-^us). Curved-seeded. 

 Said of seed-like fruits or carpels, as 

 those of some Umbelliferas, in which 

 the contained seed is involute by the 

 lateral edges, so as to produce a longi- 

 tudinal furrow on the ventral face. 



Campylotropous (-us), or less correctly 

 Campy lotropal, or Campulitropous. 

 An ovule or seed which is curved 

 in its formation so as to bring the 



