Index 



445 



Pollination 239 



Pteridophytes 224 



Spermatophytes 226 



Thallophytes 205 



Three higher groupings 216 



Vaucheria 208 



Yeasts 189 



BOT-FLY LARVAE 370 



BOTHRIOCEPHALUS LATUS, both'- 

 reosef'lus la'tus (G. bothrios, pit 4- 

 kephale, head). A genus of tape- 

 worms also called Dibothriocephalus .296 

 BOTRYOIDAL TISSUE, bot'rioidal 

 (G. botrys, bunch of grapes), defini- 

 tion of 285 



BOUSINGAULT 382 



BOUTGN, boo-ton (F. bouton, button), 



definition of 356 



BOWMAN'S CAPSULE 64 



BOYLE 381 



BRACHIAL, bra'keal (L. brachium, 



arm) 67 



B R A C H I O P O D A, brak'iop'oda ( G. 

 brachium + pons, foot ) , definition 



of 311, 426, 435 



BRACHIUM, brak'ium (L. brachium, 



arm) 67 



BRACT, brakt (L. bractea, thin plate 



of metal) 240 



BRANCHIATA, brangkea'ta, definition 



of 313 



(L. branchiatus, having gills.) 



BRANCHIOPODA, brangkeop'oda 424 



BRANCHIOSTEGITE, brangkeos'tejit 

 (G. branchia + stege, roof) . . . .814, 315 



BRANCH ROOT 20I f 



BRAUN'S QUILLWORT 225 



One of the Fern Allies. 



BREAD MOLD .209 



BRONCHIAL FLUKE 292 



BROWN 382 



BROW-SPOT OF FROG 45 



BRUES 420 



BRUNNER 381 



BRYALES, bri'ales (G. bryon, moss), 



definition of 218 



BRYOPHYTES, brl'ofits (G. bryon + 



phyton, plant), definition of ... .204, 216 

 BRYOZOA, brlozo'a (G. bryon + zoon, 



animal), definition of 310, 426,435 



BUBONIC PLAGUE, bubon'ik (L. bu- 



bonicus, buboes, i.e., swellings ) 351 



BUCCAL, buck'al (L. bucca, cheek or 

 mouth) — 



Cavity 48 



Pouch 268 



BUDDING— 



In Hydra 252 



In plants 212 



BUFFON, boofon' 385 



BUGULA AVICULARIS, bu'giila (G. 

 diminutive of ox tongue, bos, ox -f- 

 glossa, tongue ) 810 



BULBUS AORTAE, (L. bulbus, globu- 

 lar root), Arteriosus 58 



BULLER 328 



BUMBLE BEE 368 



BURSA, burr'sah (L. a purse) — 



Copulatrix. a genital pouch. . 331, 345 



BURSARIA, ber'sa'ri'a (L. bursa, 



pouch ) 155 



A genus of infusoria. 



BUTTERCUP 2>,1 



CAECA, see'kah (L. caecus, blind)... 330 



CALCANEUM, kalkay'neum (L. calx, 

 heel) 76 



CALCAR, kal'kar (L. calcar, a spur) . 77 



CALCAREA, kal'ka're'a (L. calcarius, 



pertaining to lime) 421, 429 



A sub-class of Spongiae; the chalk 

 sponges, whose skeletons are made 

 up chiefly of calcium carbonate. 



CALCIFEROUS GLANDS, kalsif'erus 

 (L. calx, lime + ferre, to carry) . . .269 



CALCIFIED, definition of 112 



CALCULUS 39 



CALOPTENUS FEMORA RUBRUM, 

 the common red-legged grasshopper . 331 



CALOPTENUS ITALICUS, kal'op'te- 

 nus I'tal'icus (G. kalos, beautiful + 

 pteros, winged). A species of grass- 

 hopper. . 337 



CALOPTENUS SPRETUS, the Rocky 

 Mountain locust, which does incal- 

 culable damage to vegetation. . .330, 3^8 



CALYPTRA, kalip'tra (G. kalyptra, a 

 covering) 218, 220 



CALYX, k;a'liks (L. calyx, a calyx), a 



cup-like portion 



of flower 204,243 



CAMBARUS AFFINIS, kam'bariis af- 

 fin'is (L. camarus, a sea-crab + 

 affinis, related to). A species of 



crayfish 314 



Virilis 314 



CAMBIUM, kam'bium (L. cambium, 



change) 231, 232 



The soft tissue from which new 

 root and bark are formed in stems 

 and roots of shrubs and trees. 



CAMPER 381 



GAM POD EOIDEA, knmpo'de'oi'dea 

 (G. kampe, a caterpillar + eidos, 

 like). A family of elongated in- 

 sects 425 433 



CANALICULI, kanaiik'uii (L. canalic- 

 ulus, a small channel), definition of.H3 



CANCELLOUS, kan'seliis (L, cancel- 

 losus, chambered), definition of 113 



CAPILLARY, kap'eelay'ry (L. capil- 



lus, hair) 60 



Attraction 38 



CARAPACE, kair'apace (F. probably 

 L. capa, hood) 814 



CARBOHYDRATE, kar'bolu'drat (L. 

 carbo, coal + 0. hydros, water) .51, 96 



