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BICORNES Ibis, & cornuj a horn]. An or- 

 dei- of plants in the Fragmenta methodi naturalis 

 of Linnseus, in which are the following genera, 

 viz. Ledum, Azalea, Andromeda, Cletbra, Erica, 

 Myrfine, Memecylum, Santahan-, Vaccinium, Ar- 

 butus, &c. Adftringunt, fed baccse acidje efcu- 

 lentse funt. Lin. Thefe are fo termed from 

 the Anther ce having in appearance two horns^ 



BIENNIS Radix [ex bis, twice, & annusj a 

 year] a root which continues to vegetate two ' 

 years, 



BIFARIA Fclia Ibis, Scfari, to fpeak] point- 

 ing two ways, 



BIFERiE Plantis [bis, & fero, to bear] 

 flowering twice a-year, fpring and autumn, 

 common between the tropics. 



BIFipUM Folium [ex bis, twice, & Fijfum, ' 

 cloven] twice divided, its finufes linear and 

 margins ftraight. See Fijjum. 



BIFLORUS Pedunculus [bis, Scfos, a flower] 

 bearing two flowers ; producing two fructifica- 

 tions upon each Pedunculus. 



BIGEMINUM FoUum compofitu7?i [bis, twice, 



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