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Bipinnate, when the pinnae or divisions of a 

 pinnate leaf are themselves again pinnate, 

 as shown in fig. 17. 



Bipinnatifid, when the divisions of a pinnati- 

 fid leaf are themselves pinnatifid (fig. 18). 



FIG. 18. — BIPINNATIFID. 



FIG. 19. — BITERNATE. 



Biternate, when the divisions of a ternate 

 leaf are themselves ternate (fig. 19). 



Blade, the lamina or flat part of a leaf (fig. 

 98, b). 



Bracteatus, furnished with bracts. 



Bracteoles, minute bracts attached to the 

 base of the pedicels. 



Bracts, small leaves somewhat different from 

 the others, seated on the flower stalks 

 (peduncles) (fig. 89, 6). 



Bulb, a leaf-bud with fleshy scales, usually 

 placed underground. In fig. 20 a repre- 

 sents the scaly bulb of a Lily, and b the 

 tunicated bulb of a Tulip. 



Bulbiferous, bearing bulbs. 



FIG. 21. — BULBILS. 



Bulbils, small bulbs, produced in the axils of 

 the leaves of many Lilies (fig. 21, 6). 



Bulbous, having bulb-like stems or roots. 



Bullate, blistered or puffed up, like the 

 leaves of Savoys. 



Caducous, dropping off, as the petals of 



Poppies. ' 

 Caeruleus, pale blue. 

 Caesius, ash-grey. 

 Csspitose, in close dwarf tufts, like many 



Dianthus (p. 238). 

 Calcarate, furnished with a spur, like the 



flowers of Larkspurs, Columbines, Tropse- 



olums &o. (fig. 22). 

 Calceolate or Calciform, having a pouch or 



slipper, as in Calceolaria and the Lady's 



Slipper Orchid (fig. 23). 



Caly X ( Sepals), the outer and usually greenish 

 whorl of leaf -like organs of the flower below 



FIG. 22 — CALCAKATF. 



, — CALCEOLATE. 



the corolla (petals). The calyx is shown 



at c, and the petals atjp, in fig. 22. 

 Cambium-layer, see p. 30. 

 Campanulate, beU-shaped, 



as in the Campanulas, p. 



562 (fig. 24). 

 Campestris, growing in 



fields. 

 Candidus, pure white. 

 Canescens, greyish-white. 

 Capillary, like very slender 



threads. 

 Capitate, Capitular, Capi- 



tulum, growing in heads or 



close clusters, as with most flowers of the 



Composite order (fig. 25). 



FIG. 24.— 

 CAaIPAXUI.ATE. 



FIG. 25. — CAPITULtJM. 



FIG. 26. — CAPSULE. 



Capsule, a dry usually many-seeded seed- 

 vessel, as in Poppy (fig. 26). 

 Carcerule, the name 



appUed to the fruits of 



many of the Mallow 



and Hollyhock tribe 



(fig. 27). 

 Carneus, flesh-colour. 

 Carpel, the free or 



united divisions of the "^'G- 27.— carcekcle. 



ovary or capsule. 

 Cartilaginous, tough 



and hard, often applied 



to the margins of 



leaves. 

 Caruncle, an outgrowth 



or excrescence at the 



scar (hilum) of some 



seeds, such as the Castor 



Oil plant (Ricinus) and 



the Viola (fig. 28). 

 Catkin, a spike of closely crowded flowers of 



one sex, in which the perianths are replaced 



