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(.Numbers refer to paragraphs.) 

 Angiosperm. One of that great class of plants in which the ovules are born© 



in ovaries. 376. 

 Arboreous. Tree-like. 

 Articulated. Jointed. 



Ascending. Rising from a more or less prostrate base. 499a. 

 Asepalous. Lacking the calyx. 1525. 

 Attenuated. Tapering. 

 Aurieulate. Eared: most commonly used with leaves which have large, 



narrow basal lobes. 121, 132. 

 Axil. Angle above the junction of a leaf-blade, petiole, peduncle or pedicel 



with the branch or stalk from which it springs. 2. 

 Axile placenta. A placenta in the center, or on the axis, of an ovary. 1.58a. 

 Banner. Standard, which see. 



Basin. In pomological writings, the depression in the apex of a pome. 349. 

 Berry. A fleshy or pulpy fruit, especially if it has small seeds. Lii. 

 Bicompound. Twice compound. 99. 

 Biennial. A plant which lives two years, particularly if it does not fruit 



until the second year. 487. 

 Bigener, bigeneric-hybrid. A hybrid between species of different genera. 

 Bigenerie half-breed. The product of a cross between varieties of species of 



different genera. 

 Bifid. With two clefts or parts. 104c. 

 Bifoliolate. With two leaflets. 104a. 

 Bilocular. 2-loculed: 2-celled. 157a. 

 Binate. With two leaflets. 96, Fig. 86. 

 Bipalmate. Twice palmate. 1046. 

 Bipinnate. Twice pinnate. 1046. 

 Bisect. With two segments. 104c. 

 Biserial. A term proposed in this book to designate flowers which have both 



gyncecium and androecium, but no perianth. 152a. 

 Bisexual. Of two sexes: containing both stamens and pistils. 152c. 

 Biternate. Twice ternate: bi-compound, with parts in threes. 97. 

 Blade. The expanded part of a leaf. 87. 

 Bracts. Reduced leaves. 105. 



Bryophyte. Term designating the moss-like plants. 437a. 

 Bulb. A large and more or less permanent and fleshy leaf-bud, usually 



occupying the base of the stem and emitting roots from its under side, and 



the function of which is to propagate the plant or to carry it over an 



unpropitious season. Lxviii. 

 Bulbel. A small or secondary bulb borne about a large or mother-bulb. 

 Bulblet. A small bulb borne wholly above ground, as in the inflorescence or 



in the axil of a leaf. 442. 



