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1Vv GLOSSARY. 
BELL-SHAPED, (campanulatus), any organ having an inflated tube, which is 
gradually enlarged into a limb, as the corolla of the Cam- 
panulas. 
BELLYING, (ventricosus), swelling unequally on one side, 
BrERRIED, see Baceatus. 
Berry, see Bacca. 
Bicornis, two horned, when ‘any organ is terminated with two processes 
resembling horns. 
BIDENTATE, two toothed. 
Birinus, split in two, bifid. 
BrenNiAL, when a plant requires two years to perfect its fruit, and then 
dies, it is called biennial. 
Bipartitvs, divided in two. 
BipinnateE, (bipinnatus), when the leaflets of a pinnate leaf become them- 
selves pinnate, as the leaves of Fumaria officinalis. 
BisERRATED, when teeth are themselves toothed. 
BiTERNATE, (biternatus), when three secondary petioles proceed from the 
common petiole, and each bears three leaflets, as Temperi- 
toria Ostruthium. 
BI-TRI-CRENATE, crenate, twice or thrice. 
Bi-vALVED, two valved. 
BiappveEry, (inflatus), thin, membranous, swollen equally all over, as if 
inflated with air, as the calyx of Silene inflata. 
Buiunt, (obtusus), terminating gradually in a rounded end. 
Boat-sHaPED, (navicularis), having the figure of a minute boat, as the seed 
of Phalaris canariensis. 
Bony, (osseus),{hard and close texture, resembling bone, as the stone of 
a cherry. 
BorvDERED, (limbatus), when one colour is surrounded by an edging of 
another. 
Bracts, small leaves or scales, from the axis of which the flower is de- 
veloped, or else all those leaves found upon the inflorescence, 
and situated between the true leaves and the calyx. 
BRANCHED, (ramosus), divided into branches. 
BRaNCHLETS, small branches. 
BRISTLE POINTED, (setosus), terminating gradually in a very fine point. 
BrRIisTLeE8, (sete), short stiff hairs. 
Bus, a scaly body, formed at or beneath the surface of the ground, 
emitting roots from its base, and producing a stem from its 
centre. 
C. 
Capucous, (caducuo), falling off very early, as the Jeaves of some Cacti 
and calyx of Poppy. 
C#RvLEvS, sky blue. 
Czxsious, (ce@sius), covered with a fine greenish bloom, grey. 
CmsPiTos, (ce@spitosus), growing in dense tufts, or patches. 
Caxcar, spur, when a petal is lengthened at the base into a tube. 
CaxcarEous, chalky or limy. 
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