Biophyte 
(ADDITIONS) 
cambiogenetic 
agous ; Bi’ophyte (¢urov, a plant), 
a biophagous plant; Bioplas’son 
(rAdoow, I mould), Elsberg’s pro- 
posed emendation of BropLasm. 
Bio’sis (Bido.s, the act of living), 
the state of vital activity; life 
(Escombe). 
bis’cuit-shaped, when used in trans- 
lations from the German, means, 
oblong, and slightly constricted in 
the middle. 
bistip'ular, bistipulate ;  bityp’ic 
(rémos, a type), applied to those 
genera which consist of two widely 
separated species ; biv’alent (valens, 
strong), having hypothetically two 
chromosomes in each of theapparent 
chromosomes, in nuclear reduction 
divisions. 
Bizzari’a (Ital., extravagant whim), 
a hybrid between the orange and 
the citron which has the character 
of both in juxtaposition, but with- 
out blending (Heinig). 
blastogen’ic (yévos, offspring), em- 
ployed by Weismann for those 
characters which have originated 
from changes in the germ (L. H. 
Bailey) ; Blastoma’nia (uavid, mad- 
ness), the production of an abnor- 
mal number of leaf-shoots (A. 
Braun); Blastomyce’tes (uwixys, a 
fungus) = SACCHAROMYCETES. 
bom’bysine (Heinig)= BOMBYCINUS. 
Bo’rer, the penetrating root of a 
parasite (De Bary). 
Bot’any, add, (2) also used for a 
text-book or local-flora. 
Brach’eid, Tschirch’s suggested ab- 
breviation of his own term 
BRACHYSCLEREID. 
Bract-cell, used for certain cells on 
the branchlets of Chara. 
Bract’eole, add, (3) a postical bract 
of Hepaticae (Spruce). 
Brach’yblast (SAaores, a bud), Har- 
tig’s term for a spur, or short 
branch; also spelled Brach’yoblast ; 
brachysty lous( + STYLE),asynonym 
of MICROSTYLOUS. 
brad’yschist (Spadis, slow, oxLoTO0s, 
split), when in a brood mother-cell 
successive nuclear divisions are 
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completed before cell - division 
(Hartog). 
prassica’ceous (Brassica, + aceous), 
resembling the genus Brassica, or 
belonging to it. 
Bro’melin, a proteolytic enzyme oc- 
curring abundantly in the juice of 
the pine-apple, which is a member 
of the Bromeliaceae, whence the 
name. 
Bry’ogams, Bryogam’ia (yduos, mar- 
riage), term proposed by Caruel 
for the Bryophytes; Bryo’ma, the 
vegetative substance of Mosses. 
Bud-corm, the root-system of most 
herbaceous plants (J. Smith); ~ 
-gall, Kerner’s term for a gall 
which involves several or all the 
members of a shoot, and may be 
leafless or leafy ; Bud’dage, propa- 
gation by buds (L. H. Bailey). 
Bun’dle-ends, the peripheral ends of 
bundles when spread out in the 
leaves or periphery of the stem ; 
~ -trunks, those bundles which 
pass through the stem, root, leaf- 
stalk and thick nerves of the leaf ; 
they may be complete or in- 
complete. 
Bynedes’tin (8ivy, malt, + EpEsTIN), 
a globulin found in malt with 
By’nin, a proteid which replaces 
Hordein when barley is malted. 
bys’soid (eld0s, resemblance), the same 
as BYSSACEOUS. 
Caenogen’esis (kawos, new, yéveous, 
beginning), the acquisition of char- 
acters of a recent date, from re- 
adjustment to the environment 
(spelled also in various ways); cf. 
PALINGENESIS. 
calam’itoid (eldos, 
calamitean. 
Cal’athis, see CALATHIDIUM. 
Callune‘tum, Warming’s term for a 
plant -association consisting of 
heather, Calluna. 
Cal’yceals, proposed by Bessey for 
Calyciflorae. 
cambiogenet’ic (+ CampBium, -yévos, 
offspring), giving rise to cambium 
(De Bary). 
resemblance), 
