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Index 



BARK, definition of 232 



BASAL, ba'sal, at or near the base. . .219 



BASAL DISC 249 



BASCANION ANTHONYI STEJNE- 



GER, baska'nlon 418 



A genus of snakes, such as the 

 blacksnake. 

 BASIDIOMYCETES, basid'iomice'tes 



(G. basis + mukus, fungus) . ..208,210 

 BASIDIUM, basid'ium (G. basis, 



base) 208 



A special cell of certain fungi 

 forming spores by abstriction. 

 BASIOCCIPITAL, ba'sioksip'ital (L. 



basis + occiput, back of head) 73 



BASIPODITE, basip'odite (G. basis + 



pous, foot) , definition of 315 



BASLE NOMENCLATURA ANATOM- 



ICA, bal nomenklatura 418 



BAST (A. S. baest, bast), definition 



of 231 



BATESON, PROFESSOR 389 



BATOIDEA, batoi'de'a (L. batus, a 



genus of fishes ) 427 



BEE 354 



Behavior 364 



Circulatory system 359 



Classification of 368 



Digestive system 358 



Embryology of 363 



Enemies of 366 



Excretory system 360 



External appearance 355 



Gynandromorphs 367 



Internal anatomy 358 



Metamorphosis 363 



Moth 366 



Muscular system 361 



Nervous system 360 



Reproductive system 362 



Respiratory system 360 



BEHAVIORISTS, definition of 174 



BELON 380 



BESTIARIES, bes'ti'ar'es (L. bestia- 

 ries, pertaining to wild beasts) 378 



Books treating of animals. 

 BICEPS, buy'seps (L. bi, two; caput, 



head) 82 



BICHAT, besha' 390 



BIFARIA, bifa'ria (L. bis, twice + 



fari, to speak) 156 



BILATERAL SYMMETRY (L. Us + 



latus, side) 248 



BILE (L. bills, bile) 50 



BILE CAPILLARIES 50 



BILHARZIA HAEMATOBIUM, bil- 

 har'zea hematobium, definition of... 291 



(After T. Bilharz.) A genus of 

 flukes or trematodes. 

 BINARY, bi'nary (L. binarius, of 



two) , definition of 126, 130 



BIOGENESIS, bi'ojen'esis (G. bios + 

 life + genesis, birth) 407 



BIOLOGICAL UNIT, definition of.... 88 

 BIOLOGY (G. bios, life + logos, dis- 

 course) — 



Chronological table of 390 



History of 376, 393 



Notable men in 387 



BIOMETRICS, blomet'riks (G. bios + 



metron, measure ) 32 



BIOPLASTS bi'oplasts (G. bios + 



plasma, something moulded) 91 



BIRAMOUS, bira'mos (L. bis + 



ramus, branch) 316 



BISEXUAL, blsek'sual (L. bis + 



sexus, sex) 



BLACK-MOSSES, definition of 218 



BLADDER 48 



BLADE 204 



BLASTOCOELE, blas'tosel (G. 



blastos, germ + koilos, hollow) .... .106 

 BLASTOMERE, blas'tomer (G. blastos 



+ meros, part) , definition of 105 



BLASTOMYCES, blastom'isez (G. 



blastos + mukus, fungus) 211 



BLASTO MYCETES, blastomise'tez 



definition of 211 



Plural of blastomyces. 

 BLASTOMYCOSIS, blastomico'sis, defi- 

 nition of 212 



The disease produced by Blastomy- 

 cetes. 

 BLASTOPORE, blas'topor (G. blastos, 



bud + poros, passage) 107, 279 



BLASTOSTYLE, blas'tostil (G. blastos 



+ stylos, pillar) 253 



BLASTULA, blas'tula (L. a little 



germ) 106 



Of Amphioxus 44 



BLATTAEFORMIA, blat'ta'formea (L, 



blatta, cockroach) 425 



A subclass of Pterygogenea having 

 the form of a cockroach. 

 BLATTOIDES (L. blatta + oid) , re- 

 sembling a cockroach 425 



An order of Blattaeformia. 

 BLOOD CORPUSCLES OF GRASS- 

 HOPPER 340 



B. N. A. {Basle Nomenclatura Ana- 



tomica) 418 



BONNET 383 



BORDERING CELLS 237 



BORK (periderm) 233 



BORRADAILE 406 



BORRELIA 147 



BOTANY, bot'any (G. botane, pas- 

 ture) 186, 194, 203,247 



Bacteria 191 



Bryophytes 216 



Economic 32 



Flowers 243 



Fungi 209 



Pathogenic fungi 210 



Photosynthesis 187 



Plant histology 229 



