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large heads are wanted, plant in rows 

 3 ft; apart and the plaitsljft. asunder. 

 Seed may be sown and the plants 

 thinned out*to a pi'oper distance. See 

 that th^ bed is well drained. 



AsPEB — ^Furnished with harsh hairs. (See 

 Prickly !Fern, Doodiaaspera.) 



Aspebgilli'foe'mis— Little tufts of hair 

 which^r collected together, assume the 

 form of a T)rush. 



AssiMllA'TlON— That act by which a plant 

 converfe nutritious matter into its own 

 substance. 



A'tbb (Iri composition, atro) — Pure black, 

 as' Ateo-pukpukbnb, blackish red ; 

 • Atbo-vikens, green, a little verghig 

 upon black. 



AlRii'TUS — Becoming black. 



ASte'eias— StelMe, starry. 



Attenua'tds— Diminished. Where the 

 breadldi is : gradually diminished to- 

 wards either extremity, as Aapleniwm 

 attemiatum. • 



AucuPA'Bitia — Having a tendency to attract 

 birds. 



Aulacooar'pa (Aulax, a furrow, and karpos, 

 fruit)— Fruit farrowed. (See Acacia 

 awlacocarpa, the Hickory Wattle 

 pods.) 



Atfai'Tua {Aureus, golden)— Of a bright 

 golden colour ; ' orimpoSed of yellow 

 I with a sinall portion of red. - ' -^ 



Au'EibiiE — This is applied to the rounded 

 appendages at the base of some leaves. 



ApslctJEA'TDS — Provided with ear-like 

 '. ,,. kibes or processes, as the lealves of 

 Solafi/um, aurieulatv/m, 



AnSTEA'Lis-^This term is found used in two 

 ' senses; thus Caatamospermum a/ustraU 

 is so named from being an • Australian 

 tree (Moretou Bay Chestnut), but 

 Piv/us mistralism so named from being 

 found: in the «onthern swamps of 

 .America. ; r ; -. 



AvictiLA'Sls— Supplying birds with food. 

 '-'' t^ee SolaMum amcvXare.) . i i 



Awn— A stiff' bristle-like appendage, as 

 the beard of some wheats. 



AxtL — The upper angle formed by the 

 attachment of a l«af or branch to its 

 support. 



AxtLE— Proceeding from the centre or axis. 

 ' (See "Placenta.") 



Axit'tiABT, AxilIia'bis— Occurring in an 



'■" ' 'axil; <'■'■' ■■ •-' - ' 



Az'uBB, Azo'bbus — Of a lively pale blue, 

 like the sky. (See Salvia azurea.) i 



Bao'oa— A berry. Bacoa'tds, Bacoi'fbrus- 

 Bearing berries, or having a succulent 

 nature like that oi berries, expressed 

 ) by Sacaiformis. The true meaning 

 of the term is — Many-celled, many- 

 seeded, inferior, indehiscent, , pulpy ; 

 the attachment of the seeds lost at 

 maturity, when they become scattered 

 in the substance of the pulp. The 

 English Currant, Bibes, is a good 

 example. 



BaoiI;'IiAB.,Baoil'lifoem— Club-shaped. 



Baoil'h, Bulbilli, and Peopasinbs— 

 Names which have TbemuaedifoeathB 

 small bulbs often formed [upon the 

 stems of species of LUium and AUiums. 



Ba'dius— A reddish or chestnut brown. 



Balads'ta— Fruit formed like the Pome- 

 granate,-indehi6c6nt, inferior, with many 

 cells and seeds. ■ The seeds coated with 

 pulp. . . 



Baebatus — Bearded, asDianthus iarbatus, 

 ' the Sweet William.- •- ■■- .'.(1.-;.,^ 



Babk — The • external coating which lies 

 outside the wood, within the epidermis. 

 It is, like the wood, arranged in ani^^al 

 eoncentrio circles, of. which the outer . 

 older ones become, dry and hard, 

 forming the corAy layer or outer bark, 

 which, as it is distended ,ty the 

 thickening of the stem,,pither oiackftor 

 is cast off with the epidermis; which is 

 no longer distinguishable. Within the 

 cwky layer is tb& cellular fv greeif,iOT 

 midctteiasrfc, formed of loose thin-walled 

 pulpy cells containing^lorophyXl ; and 

 which is usually the: layer of the 

 preceding season. The innerrapst and 

 •youngest circle, next the, young -wood, 

 is the libeT' or inner bark, formed of 

 long, tough, wotidy tissue called .bast- 

 cells. . - 



Ba'sas, BasiIa'bis, Ba'sis, Base — As 

 attached to the hasb of any organ or 

 part, ; That- extremity at which - an 

 organ is attached to its support, and by 

 which the nourishing, ^ vessels .enter it 

 opposite to thaapex or suiamiit, a--, O 



Babid'hjm-tA cell, bearing onr#s exterior 

 one or more spqres in somq! Fungi. . --, 



Bi — Two in composition. Thus— bid'eh'tate, 

 2-topthed ; .bi'fid, 2-Jobed;;bif6'lipl»te, 

 , 2 leaflets.; bifoliatoj 2 leaves ; fciteinate, 

 twic& teruately divided; bijugate, 2 

 pairs (juga)j bilabiate, 2rlipE^; bi- 

 lo'betl, ! 2-lpbed ; bilo.'cular,, 2-oelled ; 

 bipar'tite, when deeply divi^ied into 

 two parts ; biplicate, doubjy-folded, 



&0. ; .. ., . , ,, , . .-. 



Bin ATB'— Synonym for " Geminate." (See 

 Drosera binata, a beautiful Sundew, 

 common in coastal swamps.) ', -. ' 



BM!EDiNG-T(See " Grape Vines ). 



BIiBT'ting — ^The iirst chaiige after the sugar 



in, the; ripe fruit has .conimenced to 



'^i oxidats ,is called "blotting,", ,Jt is, in 



fatetj the ' intermediate, stage, fetween 



maturity and decay, . ,1 ! ;• 



Botany (Boiane,. a plant)— Synonym for 

 "Phytology." ,,.;,...„, .^ 



BoTETo'iDr— Collected in clusters, supposed 

 to resemble a bunch of grapes,. . 



BoYAUx — A term introduced by M. Adolphe 

 Brongniart to, denote the- tubes that 

 issue from the grains of pollen upon 

 their contact with the siagula, 'and 

 descend through the style by elonga- 

 tion tiU they reach the ovjiry, Carrying 

 with them the maierielt or principle, of 

 fecundation. In the books of English 

 writers they are usually called pollen 

 tubes. - ■ .....-■ .^v ,1 



Bbachia'ius, Bbaohiate'— Where suooes- 

 sive opposite pairs of branches are 

 placed at right angles to each oiher. 



