Glossary. 401 



Aur'icla {L. auricula, diminutive o{ auris, ez.t') : an ear-shaped appendage. 



Fig. 242. 

 Auric'ulate : provided with auricles. 

 Awn: a bristle-like appendage. 

 Ax'il (L. axilla, armpit) : the angle formed betvpeen the axis of a stem and 



any part arising from it. Ax'illary : situated in an axil. 

 Ax'is (L. axis, axle) : the central line of an organ. 



Barbed (L. barba, beard) : provided with rigid points or bristles, usually 

 refiexed. Bar'bellate : finely barbed. 



Bar'bulate : finely bearded. 



Bast : the fibrous part of the bark. 



Bearded : awned, as spikes of \\heat ; or having tufts of hairs. 



Berry : a fleshy or pulpy fruit, such as a gooseberry, grape, tomato, cranberry, 

 etc. Fig. 337. 



Bi-, bis- : Latin, in compound words signifying twice. 



Bident'ate (L. dens, a tooth) ; having two teeth. 



Bien'nial (bi- -f L. annus, a year) : a plant which requires two years to com- 

 plete its life cycle ; usually flowering and fruiting the second year only, 

 and then dying. 



Bi'fid (L. bi- -^-findere, to cut) : two-cleft. 



Bila'biate (L. bi- -f labium, a lip) : divided into two hps. Figs. 275 and 276. 



Biloc'ular (L. bi- 4- loculus, a compartment) : two-celled. 



Bipin'nate (L. bi- -\- pinnaius, it&\iiexe.A ; pinna, a feather): having both 

 primary and secondary divisions of a compound leaf pinnate. See Pin- 

 nate. P'igs. 255-257. 



Bladdery: thin and inflated. 



Blade : the expanded portion of a leaf. Fig. 262, a. 



Bract (L. bractea, a thin plate) : a modified or reduced leaf subtending a 

 flower, or belonging to an inflorescence. Fig. 268, /. 



Bract'eate : provided with bracts. 



Bract'eose: having numerous or conspicuous bracts. 



Bract'let : a secondary bract, occurring on the pedicel of a flower instead of 

 subtending it. Bract'eolate : having bractlets. 



Bulb (L. bulbus, a bulb) : a subterranean bud with fleshy scales or coats. 

 Figs. 212 and 213. 



Bulbif'erous (bulb -f L. ferrc, to bear) : bearing bulbs. 



Btllb'let : a small bulb, usually one borne above ground on the stem. 



Bulbous : having the character of a bulb. 



Cadu'cous (L. caducus, falling) : falling off very early; applied to petals which 

 fall as the flower opens. 



