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Bilabiate : two-lipped, as a flower with the border of the corolla or 

 inner set of the perianth cleft into two principal divisions. 



Biteknatb; twice ternate (that is, 3 partial petioles are borne on the 

 summit of amain petiole, and each of them bears on its top 3 leaf- 

 lets). The terms ternate, bi- and triternate arc always applied to 

 palmately compound leaves. 



Blade of a leaf, or of a petal, is the expanded poi tion, distinguished 

 from the leaf-stalk, or the claw. 



Boat-shaped : concave within and ridged (or keeled) without. 



Bkacts: leaves of an inflorescence, usually smaller than ordinary 

 leaves. 



Bkaoteole : a little bract. 



Bkacteolate, or Beacteoled : furnished with little bracts. 



Bkactlet : the bract of a pedicel in an inflorescence. 



Beistles : slender, stiff, sharp hairs. 



Beistlt • beset with bristles. 



Bud : an undeveloped branch compacted in a conical body. 



Bulb : a leaf -bud with fleshy scales, usually under ground. 



Bulbifekous : bearing bulbs. 



Bulbous : bulb-like. 



Bulblets : small bulbs. 



Caducous : falling off very early. 



Callose, or Callous : hardened. 



Caltcine : calyx-like. 



Calyx : the outer set of a 3-whorled perianth. 



Campanulate : bell-shaped. 



Canescent : grayi|j!"white, or hoary, usually from white hairs. 



Capillary : as fine as hair. 



Capitate : with a globular summit like the head of a pin ; a terra 



usually applied to stigmas. 

 Capsule : any dry fruit, splitting (more or less completely) into 



pieces at maturity ; a pod. 

 Carinate : keeled, furnished with a longitudinal ridge on the outer 



side. Carina, keel, a ridge, a prominent sharp mid-nerve ; or the 



ridge formed by the junction of two petals, as the keel-petals of 



leguminous plants. 

 Cakpel : a simple pistil, or one of the floral leaves, which have helped 



to form a compound pistil. 

 Caktilaginous : like cartilage in texture, firm and tough. 

 Catkin: ament. 



