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Brachiate : with opposite branches at right angles to each oflher, as in 

 the Maple and Lilac. 



Btact (Latin, bracted]. Bracts, in general, are the leaves of an inflores- 

 cence, more or less different from ordinary leaves. Specially, the 

 bract is the small leaf or scale from the axil of which a flower or its 

 pedicel proceeds ; and a 



Bractlet (bracteola] is a bract seated on the pedicel or flower-stalk. 



Bristles : stiff, sharp hair's, or any very slender bodies of similar 

 appearance. 



Bristly : beset with bristles. 



Brush-shaped : see aspergilliform. 



Bryology : that part of botany which relates to Mosses. 



Bud: a branch in its earliest or undeveloped state. 



Bulb : a leaf-bud with fleshy scales, usually subterranean. 



Bulbiferous : bearing or producing bulbs. 



Bulbose or bulbous: bulb-like in shape, etc. 



Bulblets: small bulbs, born above ground, as on the stems of the bulb- 

 bearing Lily and on the fronds of Cistopteris bulbifera and some 

 other Ferns. 



Bullate : appearing as if blistered or bladdery (from bull&,.& bubble). 



Caducous : dropping off very, early, compared with other parts ; as the 

 calyx in the Poppy Family, falling when the flower opens. 



Cczspitose, or Cespitose : growing in turf-like patches or tufts, like most 

 sedges, etc. 



Calcarate ; furnished with a spur (calcar], as the flower of Larkspur and 

 Violet. 



Calceolate or Calceiform : slipper- shaped, like one petal of the Lady's 

 Slipper. 



Callose : hardened ; or furnished with callosities or thickened spots. 



Calycine : belonging to the calyx. 



Calyculate : furnished with an outer accessory calyx (calyculus] or set of 

 bracts looking like a calyx, as in true Pinks. 



Calyptra : the hood or veil of the capsule of a Moss. 



Calyptriform : shaped like a calyptra or candle-extinguisher. 



Calyx : the outer set of the floral envelopes or leaves of the flower. 



Campanulate : bell-shaped. 



Campylotropous or Campylotropal : curved ovules and seeds of a particu- 

 lar sort. 



Campylospennous : applied to fruits of Umbelliferae when the seed is 

 curved in at the edges, forming a groove down the inner face ; as in 

 Sweet Cicely. 



Canaliculate : channeled, or with a deep longitudinal groove. 



Cancel late : latticed, resembling lattice- work. 



