GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 



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Beahd : ending in a prolonged narrow 

 tip. 



Bearded: beset witli liairs, especially 

 stiff or long hairs. Bearc? is some- 

 times used for awn. 



Bell-shaped : having tlie shape of a bell ; 

 277, fig. 456. 



Benzoic Acid, Benzoin, 443. 



Berberidacece, 384. 



Bergamot, 401 . 



Berri/ : a fruit fleshy or pulpy through- 

 out, 311. 



Betel, 469. 



Bctulaceie, 477. 



Bi- (or bis), as a prefix, means twice, as 

 in the following : 



Biacuininate : two-pointed. 



Biarticvlate : two-jointed. 



Biauriculate : two-eared. 



Bibrdcteate : with two bracts. 



BibrdvteoJate : with two bractlcts. 



Bicdllose : bearing two callosities or lit- 

 tle protuberances. 



Bicipital : having two stalks or legs, as 

 the keel of a papilionaceous corolla, 

 fig. 392. 



Bicdnjiyate : twice-paired, as when the 

 petiole of a compound leaf forks 

 twice. 



Bicornute : two-horned. 



Bidgntate : having two teeth (not twice 

 dentate or doubly toothed). 



Biennial: lasting more than one year, 

 but not more than two years, 83. 



Bifarious : two-ranked ; arranged in two 

 vertical rows. 



Bifid: two-cleft to the middle or there- 

 abouts, 159. 



Biflorous : two-flowered. 



Bifdliate : two-leaved. 



Bifdliolate : of two leaflets. 



Bifurcate : two-forked, or, sometimes, 

 twice-forked. 



Bige'ininat& : twice-paired. 



Bigener : a hybrid between two plants 

 of different genera. 



Bignoniaceie, 447. 



Bijugate : a pinnate leaf with two pairs 

 of leaflets. 



Bildhiate : two-lipped, 255, 258, 278. 



Bildmellate, or bildmellar : of two plates 

 or lame'llce. 



Bilberry, 439. 



Bildbat'e, or bilobed: two-lobed, 159. 



Bildcular : two-celled. 



Binanj : the parts in twos, 239. 



Binat'e : in twos ; produced or borne in 

 pairs, 164. 



Binomial nomenclature (of two names), 

 363. 



Bipartite : two-parted. 



Bipinnate : doubly or twice pinnate ; 

 164, fig. 282. 



Bipinnately : twice pinnately, 161. 



Bipinndtijid : doubly or twice pinnati- 

 fid; 161, fig. 280. 



Bipinndtisect : twice-pinnately divided, 

 161. 



Bipiicate : twice folded, or having two 

 folds. 



Bipdrose : opening by two small holes 

 or pores, fig. 474. 



Biradiate : consisting of two rays. 



Birdlime, 469. 



Birimose : opening by two slits, as do 

 most anthers, fig. 473. 



Bise'ptate : having two partitions. 



Bisdrial, or bise'riate : occupying two 

 rows, one within or above the other. 



Bisdrrate : doubly serrate, i. c. the teeth 

 themselves serrate. 



Bisexual : having both stamens and pis- 

 tils, 261. 



Bisxdcate : having two fuirows. 



Bite'rnate : twice ternato ; i. e. divided 

 into three parts, and these again 

 into three ;i 164, fig. 284. 



Blackberry, 416. 



Bladdery : thin and inflated, like a blad- 

 der. 



Blade of a leaf, petal, &c., 145, 276. 



Bloom, 56, 144. 



Blueberry, 439. 



Boat-shaped: concave within and eon- 

 vex (and often keeled) without. 



Bohon-Upas, 475. 



Borraginaceaj, 450. 



Bothre'nchyma , 45, 46. 



Brdchiate : with opposite branches, the 

 successive pairs spreading at right 

 angles with each other. 



Bract (Latin, bractea) : the leaves of an 

 inflorescence, especially the leaf 

 which subtends a flower, 143, 211. 



Brdcteate : subtended by a bract. 



Brdcteolate : subtended by 



Bractlets, brdr.teoles (Latin, bractdolce) : 

 bracts of a second order, &c., or 

 bracts on the pedicel or the flower- 

 stalk, 211. 



Branches, and branchlets, 97. 



Brazil-wood, 414. 



Bread-fruit, 475. 



Breathing-pores, 52, 150. 



Bristles: stiff short hairs (52), or hair- 

 like bodies. 



Bristly : beset with stiff bristles. 



Bromeliacese, 492. 



Brydlogy : same as Muscology. 



Buckwheat, 466. 



Bud: a stem or branch in an undevel-- 

 oped state, 93. 



Budding, 100. 



Bud-scales, 95, 167. 



Buffalo-berry, 468. 



