basophil 
bicipital 
longation of the tissue of the pollen- 
sac to the lower end of the anther 
in Ophrydineae ; bas’ophil (¢idéw, I 
love), readily taking stain from basic 
substances. 
Bass, the inner fibrous bark of the 
lime, used by cultivators for tem- 
porary ties; the liber. 
Bast, (1) the same as in the last; (2) 
phloém ; (3) fibrous tissues serving 
for mechanical support; ~ Cells, 
the components of the bark; ~ Col- 
lench’yma, tissue with the walls of 
the sides thickened on all sides 
(C. Mueller); ~ Fibres, = liber- 
fibres; ~ Sheath, layer of thin- 
walled cells surrounding the fibro- 
vascular cylinder next within the 
cortex, the periphloém ; ~ Tissue, 
phloém ; ~ Vessel, sieve - tube ; 
Hard ~, liber-fibres; Soft ~, the 
sieve-tubes, with the thin-walled 
part of the phloém. 
Bass’orin, a product of Bassora Gum, 
Tragacanth, etc., which does not 
dissolve like Gum Arabic, but swells 
up when placed in water, and forms 
a pasty mass. 
bathymet’rical (8a6ds, deep or high, 
pérpov, measure), used of the dis- 
tribution of plants on the sea- 
bottom ; and the depths at which 
they grow. 
Batol‘ogist (Garos, a bramble, Adyos, 
discourse), a student of brambles, 
the species and forms of Rubus. 
Beak, a pointed projection ; beaked, 
used of fruits which end in a long 
oint. 
beard'letted, having small awns. 
Beard, synonymous with Awn; 
beard’ed, (1) awned, as bearded 
wheat ; (2) having tufts of hairs, as 
on the lip of Pentstemon barbatus, 
Roth. 
Bear’ers, used by Blair for flower- 
buds. 
Bebeer’in, a tonic alkaloid from the 
Greenheart, Nectandra Rodiaei, 
Hook., native name, Bebeeru. 
Bedeguar’, a fibrous gall produced on 
a rose-bush by the puncture of a 
species of Cynips. 
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Bee-bread, the pollen of flowers, col- 
lected by bees as food for the young 
larvae. 
bell-shaped, tubular and inflated, as 
the corolla of Campanulaceae. 
bell’ying, swelling on one side as in 
many Labiatae. 
Benzoin’, a fragrant resinous exuda- 
tion from Styrax Benzoin, Dryand.; 
called also Gum Benjamin. 
Ber’berine, a yellow bitter principle 
from the root of Berberis vulgaris, 
Linn. 
ber’ried, baccate, possessing berries. 
Berry, a pulpy fruit, with immersed 
seeds; cf. Bacca. 
Bes‘imen, { pl. Besim’ina (Bidorpos, 
having the power of living) Necker’s 
name for a spore, 
Be’tain, an amide-like substance from 
Beta, the beet. 
Bet’ulin, a substance derived from 
Betula, the birch. 
bi-, bis-, in compound words meaning 
“* twice.” 
biacu’minate, biacwmina’tus (bi +acu- 
minate), having two diverging 
points, as the hairs of Malpig- 
hiaceae, attached by the centre ; 
biang’ulate (angulus, a corner), 
having two corners or angles; bi- 
artic’ulate, biarticula’tus (articulus, 
a joint), two-jointed. 
biator’ine, resembling the Lichen 
genus Biatora. 
piauric’ulate (7, twice, auricula, the 
ear lobe), with two auricles or ear- 
like appendages ; biauri’tus (Lat.) 
is substantially the same; bibract’- 
eate, bibractea’tus (bractea, a thin 
plate), having two bracts ; bibrac- 
t’eolate, with two bracteoles; bical- 
c’arate (calcar, a spur), having two 
spurs ; bicall’ose bicallo’sus (callus, 
hardened skin), with two callosities; 
bicap’sular (capsula, a small box) (1) 
with two capsules; (2) having a 
capsule which is bilocular ; bicar’- 
inate, bicarina’tus (carina, a keel), 
with two keels; bicar’pellary (+ 
carpellum), of two carpels or pistils ; 
biceph’alous (ke@ady head) ; bi’ceps 
(Lat.) two-headed ; bicip’ital, with 
