GLOSSARY. 



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bSs'i lar, attached to ihi hnsr ; baxnl. 

 bast-cellb, long cells of bark. 

 beaked, ending in an extended tip. 

 beard'ed, Itaring tuj'ts oj' long hairs. 

 bl ar tie'u late, twice-jointed ; two-jointed. 

 bl au Tie'u late, having two ears, as the Jig- 

 leaf. 

 bi cSl'Iose, having two hard spots. 

 bi cSr'i nate, two-keeled. 

 biQlp'ital, two-headed; dividing into two 



parts. 

 bl'color, two-colored. 

 bi cSu'ju gate, twice-paired, as when a petiole 



forks twice. 

 bi ciis'pid ate, with two points or cusps. 

 bi d6i/tate, uith two teeth. 

 bi 6n'ui al, of two ijears^ duration. 

 bl'fid, cleft into tao parts. 

 bi to'li ate, uith two leajiets. 

 bi tQr'cate, forked ; twice forked. 

 bij'u gate, bearing two pairs. 

 bila'biate, two-lipped. 

 bi ISm'el late, of two plates. 

 bi'lobed, two-lobed. 



bi lo (;enate, divided into two secondary cells. 

 bi I5c'u lar, divided into two cells. 

 bl''nate, two by two ; in pairs. 

 bino'dal, having two nodes. 

 bi uo'mi al, having two names. 

 bi pSKmate, twice palmately divided. 

 bip'arous, having two branches or axes 



{applied to a cyme). 

 bi piii'uate, twice pinnate. 

 bi pin nSt'i lid, twice pinnatifid. 

 bi pin nat'i sect, twice pinnately divided. 

 btp'licate, twice folded together. 

 bi se'ri al, bi se'ri ate, occupying two rows, 



one icilhin the other. 

 bi sgr^rate, doubly serrate ; as when the teeth 



of a leaf are themselves serrate. 

 bi s5x'u al, having both stamens and pistils. 

 bi ter'nate, tivice ternate. 

 bi'vSlved, ttvo-valved. 

 blade, the expanded part of the leaf. 

 blanched, whitened by lack of light. 

 bloom, a whitish powder on fruits, leaves, etc. 

 boat'-shaped, concave within and keeled trith- 



oiif, like a small boat. 

 b5t'a ny, the science trhich treats of plants. 

 brSch'eate, tcith opposite spreading 



branches. 

 brSct, the small leaf or scale from the axil 

 of which a dower or its pedicel proceeds. 

 hT^c'te Ate, furnished with bracts. 

 brXc'te o late, furnished with bractlets. 

 brSct'let, brSc'teole, a bract on the pedicel 



or flower-stalk. 

 branrh, a shoot growing from the stem. 

 biTs'tles, stiff, sharp hairs. 

 brTst'ly, beset with bri.ifles. 

 brush'-shaped, a.spergilliform : .'shaped like 



the hriisli used in sprinkling holy water. 

 bry ol'o gy. thai pari of botany which treats 

 of mosses. 



bry 5pli'y ta, moss-like plants. 

 j bQd, the growing point : an nndevelopfl 



plant or (lower. 

 bOd'ding, ll,e process of forming buds. 

 bild'-. scales, coverings of a bud. 

 bulb, an undirgrouml bud. 

 bul blf'er out-, hearing or producing bulbs. 

 btilb'lets, little bulbs. 

 bOriate, appearing as if blistered. 

 byssa'ceous, composed of Jine, jiax-like 



threads. 



ca du'cous, dropping off early. 

 caes'pitose, turf-like; having many stems 

 from one root.stock, or front many en- 

 tangled roots. 

 ca lath'i form, cup-shaped . 

 cS,Vca.r a,te, furnished with a spur. 

 cSl'qe late, slipper-shaped. 

 cSl'lous, hardened. 



ca \yq i flo'rous, having the petals and sta- 

 mens adnate to the calyx. 

 c5Ky Qiue, calyx-like. 



calye'ulate, having an outer calyx or calyx- 

 like involucre. 

 calyp'tra, the hood of the spore-case of a 



7noss. 

 ca lyp'tri form, shaped like a candle-extin- 

 guisher. 

 ca'lyx, the outer floral en relope. 

 cSm'bi um, an old name for the sappy cells 

 between the wood and bark; nascent 

 structure. 

 cam pSn'u late, bell-shnped. 

 cam py 15t'ro poi;s, having the ovule curved, 



with the apex iierr the hilum. 

 can a ITc'u late, channelled. 

 cSn'gel late, latticed; resembling lattice-work. 

 cSn'di dus, pure white. 

 cangs'^ent, grayi.fh white. 

 cSp'il la ry, or cap il la'ceous, resembling 



hair; long and slender. 

 cSp'itate, head-shaped, gr'otring in close 



clusters or heads. 

 ca pTt'u lum, a little head. 

 cSp're o late, bearing tendrils. 

 cSp'sule, a dry, dehiscent seed-vessel with 



more than one carpel. 

 car'bon di SxTde, a substance consisting of 



one atom of carbon to two of oxygen. 

 cari^na, a keel. 

 cSr'i nate, boat-shaped ; having a sharp ridge 



beneath. 

 cSr i op'sis, the one-seeded fruit of grain or 



grasses. 

 car'ne ous. flesh-colored ; pale red. 

 car' pel, a pistil. 

 car pOl'o gy, that department of botany which 



relates to fruits. 

 car'po phore. part of a receptacle prolonged 

 between the carpels. 



