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BASIDIOMYCETES 



parent rhombic prisms soluble in water. B. Hydrate, 

 B. Hydroxid, caustic baryta; Ba(0H) 2 8H 2 0, white 

 quadratic tablets soluble in 20 parts of water at 1 5° C. 

 It absorbs carbonic acid from the air. B. Hypophos- 

 phite, Ba(PH 2 2 ) 2 4- H 2 0, white crystals soluble in 

 water. B. Hyposulfate, BaS 2 O e 4- 2H 2 0, transparent, 

 colorless, rhombic crystals soluble in water. B. Hy- 

 posulfite. See B. 7Vu'osul/ate. B. Iodate, Ba(K) 3 ) 2 , 

 white crystalline powder soluble in hot water. B. 

 Lactate, Ba(C 3 H 5 3 ) 2 4- 4H 2 0, white crystalline 

 hygroscopic powder soluble in water and dilute alcohol. 

 B. Loretinate, Neutral, Ba(I. OH . C 9 H 4 N . S0 3 ) 2 

 -j- 2'^H,0, orange-colored crystals soluble in water. 

 B. Malonate, Ba(C 3 H 2 Q 4 ), a compound of barium 

 and malonic acid. B. Manganate, BaMn0 4 , emerald- 

 green powder of microscopic prisms or six-sided plates ; 

 it has been used as a pigment. B. Meconate, a com- 

 pound of barium and meconic acid ; it is used as an 

 anthelmintic. B. Metarsenite, Ba(AsQ 2 ) 2 , a gela- 

 tinous mass becoming on drying a heavy powder. B. 

 Methylsulfate, Ba(CII 3 S0 4 ) 2 4- 2li 2 0, colorless, 

 transparent, deliquescent crystals, soluble in water and 

 alcohol. B. Molybdate, BaMo0 4 , crystalline, white 

 powder soluble with difficulty in acids. B. Mono- 

 sulfid. Same as B. SuljiJ. B. Monoxid, baryta. 

 B. Nitrate, Ba(N0 3 ) 2 , colorless, regular, octahedral 

 crystals soluble in water. B. Nitrite, Ba(N0 2 ) 2 4- 

 H,0, white crystalline powder or colorless prisms, 

 soluble in water and alcohol. B. Oleate, Ba(C 18 H 34 - 

 2 ) 2 , white granular masses or white crystalline powder, 

 soluble in alcohol and ether. B. Oxalate, BaC 2 4 - 

 4- H 2 0, white powder very slightly soluble in water. 

 B. Perchlorate, Ba(C10 4 ) 2 4- 4H 2 0, colorless, hygro- 

 scopic crystals soluble in water and alcohol. B. Per- 

 manganate, Ba(Mn0 4 ) 2 , large orthorhombic crystals 

 of a very deep-red color with a violet reflection, soluble 

 in water. B. Phosphate, BaHP0 4 , fine white 

 powder soluble in water containing ammonium salts, 

 phosphoric and dilute nitric acids. B. Phosphid, 

 BaP 2 , a gray mass. B. Phosphite, 2BaHP0 8 4- 

 H 2 0, soft white powder soluble in boiling water. B. 

 Propionate, Ba(C 3 H 5 2 ) 2 , soluble in water. B. 

 Protoxid, baryta. B. Pyrosulfate, BaS. 2 7 , obtained 

 by treating barium sulfate with fuming sulfuric acid. 

 B. Salicylate, Ba(C 7 H 5 3 ) 2 4- H 2 0, white, stellate, 

 shining needles. B. Selenate, BaSe0 4 , a heavy 

 white powder ; it decomposes in hydrochloric acid. 

 B. Sulf hydrate, Ba(SH).,, transparent colorless 

 prisms which on exposure change to barium thiosul- 

 fate and barium sulfate ; it is soluble in water. B. 

 Sulfid, BaS, a white phosphorescent powder soluble 

 in water ; it is used as an alterant. Dose, ^-1 gr. 

 (0.032-0.065 gm. ) in keratin-coated pills. B. Sulfite, 

 BaSO s , white powder soluble in warm sulfurous acid. 

 B. Sulfocarbolate, Ba(C 6 H 5 S0 4 ) 2 , colorless crystals 

 soluble in water; it is antiseptic. B. Sulfocyanate, 

 B. Sulfocyanid, Ba(SCN),, long, shining, white, 

 deliquescent, acicular crystals, soluble in water and 

 alcohol. B. Sulfovinate, Ba(C 2 H 5 S0 4 ) 2 4- 2H 2 0, 

 prismatic crystals soluble in water and alcohol. Syn., 

 B. Ethylsu'lft'c B. Tartrate, BaC 4 H 4 O fi , a white 

 granular powder soluble in water. B. Thiosulfate, 

 l!aS a 8 4- H./), a white crystalline powder with diffi- 

 culty soluble in water. B. Tungstate, BaWO,, a 

 white powder or lustrous colorless crystals. 



Baroelectroesthesiometer ( har-o-e-lek-tro-es-the-ze- 

 om'-et-ur) [(iapof, weight ; if/ turgor, amber ; aiath/mr, 

 perception ; fifroor, a measure]. An apparatus to 

 determine the amount of pressure when electric sensi- 

 bility to pain is felt. 



Barology (bar-ol'-o-je) [3dpng, weight ; /<i; of, science]. 

 The branch of physics dealing with gravitation. 



Barometer. (See Illus. Diet.) B., Air, a baromete 

 with air or gas imprisoned above the column ol 

 liquid ; the variations of atmospheric pressure ar. 

 indicated by the changes in the volume of this air 

 B., Boiling-point, an instrument for determining thi 

 atmospheric pressure through observation of the boil 

 ing-point of water. Syn., Hypsometer ; Thermobaro 

 meter ; Barothermometer. 



Barometric (bar-o-met'-rik). Relating to atmospherii 

 pressure, to a barometer, or to barometry. 



Barometry (bar-om'-et-re). The science of atmos 

 pheric pressure and the use of the barometer. 



Barometz, Baronetz (bar'-o-metz, -netz) [Tartai 

 auuez, a lamb]. See Cibotium Barometz. 



Barothermometer {bar-o-thnr-mom' -et-ur) . See Bar 

 ometer, Boiling-point. 



Barrel [bar' -el') [O. F., baril~\. 1. The body or truni 

 of a cow or horse. 2. The tympanum. 3. Th 

 quill of a feather. 



Barringtonia (bar-ing-to'-ne-ah) \_D. Barring/on, a 

 English naturalist]. A genus of plants of the orde 

 Myrtaceie. B. acutangula, Gaertner, a tree growin 

 in Australia and India. The juice from the leave 

 mixed with oil is used in skin-diseases ; the root i 

 bitter, cooling, and aperient, and is said to be simile 

 to cinchona; the seeds prepared with sago and 

 are used in diarrhea. B. butonica, Foist., a 1 

 Australia and India. The outer portion of the I 

 used to stupefy fish. B. racemosa, has pro] 

 similar to B. acutangula. 



Barsati (bar-sat-e / ). A disease affecting horse-, 

 sidered analogous to cancer. Syn., Atrophic ca 

 ma. 



Baryencephalus (bar-e-en-sef -al-us) [flapic, heavy 

 kyuida/og, within the head]. A person will 

 intellect. 



Baryglossus [bar-e-glos' '-us) [fiapic, heavy ; ; 

 the tongue]. An individual suffering from 

 glossia. 



Baryglottic, Baryglotticus {bar-c-glot'-ik, -us), 

 Relating to baryglossia. 2. A person affected wi 

 baryglossia. 



Barymetry {bar-im f -ef-re). See Barometry, 



Baryta, Barytes. (See Illus. Diet.) B., Caustu 

 See Barium Hydrate. B., Synthetic. See Bariul 

 .Sulfate. 



Baryticoargentic (bar-it-ik-o-ar-fen'-tik) [baryta; 

 gentum~\. Containing baryta and silver. 



Baryticosodic (bar-it-ik-o-so'-dik) [baryta; sodiur. 

 Containing baryta and sodium. 



Barytin [bar'-it-'in) [ t 3api<g, heavy]. I. Native b«ii 

 sulfate. 2. See Jervin. 



Basalia (ba-sa'-le-a/t) [/Idoic, a base]. The metacaq 

 bones. [Huxley.] 



Base. (See Illus. Diet.) B., Acid-forming, 1 

 Acidifiable, one which forms an acid by uniting w 

 water. B., Aldehyd. See Aid in (Illus. Diet.). I 

 Animal, a ptomain. 



Basella (bas-el'-ah) [Malabar name]. A t^-nus 

 plants of the order Clienopoa'i,cc,c. B. rubra, i 

 Malabar nightshade; an esculent herb cultiva 

 throughout India, where the juice of tin 

 given in infantile catarrh and an infusion of the lea, 

 is used as tea. 



Basibranchiostegal (bas-e-brang- 



base; .Ipdyxm, the gills of fishes ; crkyeiv, to 



I. Located behind or at the base of the branchiostej 



membrane. 2. The branchiostegal K 



Basichromatin {bas-c-kro' -mat-in) [fidotc, a I 

 a, color]. According to I Ieidenhain, til 

 of the nuclear reticulum stained by basic anilin dye 



Basidiomycetes (bas-id-c-o-mi-sc'-tez) [bas idiot*,* 



