B R 



tliemfelves pinnated hy foUola, as in the Atha- 

 manta Uhanotisy Anemone pulfatilla, 



BITERNATUM Folium compofiium \his, twice, 

 & ternus, threefold] a petiolus with three divi- 

 lions, and three foliola upon each ; dupUcato ter- 

 natum, cum petiolus adfgit tria foliola ternata, as 

 in the Epimedium, & Ligujiicum fcoticum. 



BIVALVE Pericarpium \_bis, & valva, doors 

 or valves] confifting of two valves, as the 5///- 

 qiia & Legumen, which fee. 



BLATTARI^ [a Bhtta, a moth, or little 

 worm] the title of Scopoli's twelfth natural 

 clafs, in his Flora Carniolica ; it is taken from 

 the Blattaria which was Tournefort's generic 

 name for the Verbafcurn of Linnseus. 



BRACHIATUS Caulh \Brachlum, an arm] 

 having branches, in pairs, oppofite to each o- 

 ther, each pair ftanding at right angles with 

 thofe above and below. 



BRACHIUxM, the Arm. The tenth degree 

 in the Linncean fcale for meafuring plants : from 

 the Axilla to the extremity of the middle fin- 

 ger ; or tv.'snty-four Pariflan inches. 



BRACTEA, 



