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vided into two sections : Achetaria, having 

 two sterile stamens and septicidal dehis- 

 cence of the capsule ; and Dizygostemon 

 with the four stamens fertile, and dehiscing 

 loculicidally. In habit the species of this 

 genus have very much the appearance 

 of Acanthacece. [W. C] 



BHABBTTR or BHABHTJR. An Indian 

 name for the silky leaves of Eriophorum 

 cannabinum, used for making cordage. 



BHADLEE. Panicum pilosum, a Dread- 

 corn cultivated in India. 



BHANG. An intoxicating drug obtained 

 in the East from the Hemp, Cannabis 

 sativa. 



BHEL. The Indian name of the fruit of 

 JEgle Marmelos. 

 BI. In compound words=twice. 



BIACTJMINATUS. Having two diverg- 

 ing points. 



BIARTICULATUS. Two-jointed. 



BIARUM. One of the numerous new 

 genera of Aracece proposed by Schott on 

 comparatively slight grounds. This genus 

 differs from Arum in its spathe being 

 tubular at the base, with the limb spread- 

 ing. The female flowers, moreover, have 

 a distinct style, and the fruit contains only 

 one ovule. The plants, which are much 

 like the species of Arum, are natives of the 

 south of Europe. [M. T. M.] 



BIAURITE. Having two little ears. 

 See also Auriculate. 



BIBACIER. (Fr.) Eriobotryajaponica. 



BIBIRI. The Greenheart Tree, or Bee- 

 beeree of Guiana, Nectandra Rodiwi. 



BIC ALLOSE. Having two callosities, as 

 the lip of many orchids. 



BICARINATE. Having two elevated 

 ribs or keels on the under side, as in the 

 pales of many grasses. 



BICEPS. A term sometimes applied to 

 the keel of a papilionaceous corolla when 

 the ungues of the two petals of which it is 

 composed, are distinct. 



BICONJITGATE. When each of two 

 secondary petioles bears a pair of leaflets. 



BICONJUGATO-PINNATE. When each 

 of two secondary petioles is pinnated. 



BICORNELLA. A genus of little known 

 Madagascar orchids nearly related to Habe- 

 naria. They have long almost leafless 

 stems, terminated by a few orchis-like 

 flowers. 



BICORNES. Aname originally given by 

 Linna?us to a group of genera, correspond- 

 ing nearly to the heath family (Ericacecc) 

 taken in its most extended sense. It has 

 been lately revived by Klotzsch and others 

 for the designation of a class to consist of 

 Vaccinia cea-, Ericaceae, Epacridacece, and 

 the smaller families or tribes included in 

 or closely allied to them. 



BICORNIS, BICORNTJTE. Having two 

 horn-like processes. 



BICORONA. A genus of Apocynacece 

 remarkable, as the name implies, for 

 having in the throat of the salver-shaped 

 corolla, a double row of scales, each row 

 consisting of ten, and the upper series 

 being placed in pairs, before each lobe of 

 the limb of the corolla, the lower row alter- 

 nate with them. The five filaments are very 

 short; the stigma is two-parted; and the 

 fruit is like a berry. The only species is 

 a shrub with erect branches, thick leaves, 

 and flowers in axillary and terminal cymes, 

 and is a native of New Caledonia. [M. T. M.] 



BICRTTRAL. Having two legs or narrow 

 elongations, as the lip of the man-orchis. 

 BICTJIBA. Ifyristica Bicuiba. 



BIDENS. A somewhat extensive genus 

 of herbaceous compound flowers, growing 

 both in the old and new world, well marked 

 by the pericarp having, instead of a. pap- 

 pus, from two to flA r e rigid awns which 

 are rough with minute deflexed points. 

 The British species of Bur-marigold, B. 

 cernua and B. tripartita, are not unfrequent 

 on the borders of ponds and streams. 

 They grow from one to two feet high, and 

 may be distinguished while in flower by 

 their button-like dingy-yellow flowers, 

 which are surrounded at the base by an 

 involucre of long bracts. The former has 

 its flowers drooping ; the latter has tri- 

 partite leaves. Neither of them is remark- 

 able except for the tenacity with which the 

 fruits cohere by their serrated awns to any 

 penetrable substance to which they may 

 happen to attach themselves. The foreign 

 species possess little interest. French 

 Bident : German Ziveyzahn. [C- A. J J 



BIDENTATE. Having two teeth. 



BIDIGITATO-PINNATE. Same as Bicon- 

 jugato-pinnate. 



BIDUOFS, Lasting two days only. 



BIDWILLIA. A genus of Australian 

 and Peruvian liliaceous bulbs, with panicu- 

 late or racemose white flowers, only dif- 

 ferring from the asphodels {Asphodelus) by 

 having the filaments of the stamens thick- 

 ened upwards. The leaves are linear, more 

 or less glaucous ; the roots fasciculate with 

 knobbed ends. B, glaucescens is a native 

 of the table land called New England, in 

 Australia. [J. T. S.] 



BIEBERSTEINIA. This name comme- 

 morates the botanical services of Marschall 

 von Bieberstein, a Russian naturalist. It 

 is applied to a genus of Rutacew, or, accord- 

 ing to some authors, of Zygopliyllacece. 

 The species are herbaceous plants, with 

 pinnately divided leaves ; flowers in ter- 

 minal racemes, with five sepals and five 

 petals ; the stamens with filaments dilated 

 at the base, between which and opposite to 

 the petals are placed five round glands; 

 ovaries five, distinct at the base and at the 

 summit, but cohering in the middle, the 

 five thread-shaped styles proceeding from 



