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Miscellaneous- 



Asparagus bean 



(W. Ind.) ... Dolichos sesquipedalis 

 Asperous ... Rough 



Assai palm ... Euterpe edulis 

 Assam silk ... Eri silk 

 Assam tea ... A variety of tea 

 Assimilation ... Working up of the 

 simple food mate- 

 rials taken in by 

 root and leaves, into 

 the complex food of 

 the plant 



Asweddumize ... Convert into paddy 

 fields 



Asymmetric ... Not symmetrical when 

 divided by a line 

 through the centre 



Atap ... Nipa fruticaus leaves 



made into a cadjan 



Atavism ... Return to an ancestral 



type 



Atlas moth ... A silk-making moth ; 



silk valueless com- 

 mercially 



At stake ... Beside stakes set out at 

 regular intervals 



Attenuate ... Tapering 



Aubergine ... Brinjal 



Auricle ... An ear-like lobe at base 



of a leaf 



Aus ... Spring crop of rice 



(Bengal) 

 Austial ... Southern 



Australian — 

 Blackwood ... Acacia melonoxylon 

 Chestnut ... Castanospermum aus- 

 trale 



Currant ... Leucopogon 



Avocado pear Persea gratissima 



Awn ... A bristle-like out- 



growth iu the flowers 

 of grasses, &c. 



Axil The angle between a 



leaf and the stem 



Axile ... Of stem nature 



Axillary ... In an axil- 



Axis ... Stem 



Ayapana ... Eupatorium Ayapaua. 



Baas (boss) ... A head carpenter 



Babul ... Acacia arabica 



Baccate ... Berried 



Bachelor's button 

 (W. Ind,) ... Gomphrena globosa 



Bacteria ... Plants of excessive 



minuteness, which 

 cause fermenta- 

 tions, diseases, de- 

 cay, etc., in animal 

 matter. 



Bacteroids ... The organisms that 

 grow in the root 

 tubercles of Legu- 

 minosae 



Badinjan 



(W. Ind.) ... Brinjal, Solanum Me- 

 longeua 



Bael ... vEgle Marmelos. 



Baffle-plate ... A plate in an appar- 

 atus for smoking 

 etc., made to cause 

 the current to turn 

 another way 



Bagasse ... Refuse cane, after 



crushing for sugar. 



Bag worm ... (family Psyehid;e). A 

 caterpillar that lives 

 inside a case of 

 sticks, &c, that it 

 makes about itself 



Bahia piassaba... Attalea gummifera 



Bahama grass 

 (W. Ind.) ... Arugam-pillu,Cynodon 

 Dactylon 



Bahamas hemp ... Agave rigida, variety 



Baigan ... Brinjal 



Bajri ... Bulrush Millet, Penni- 



setum typhoideum 

 Balata ... Dried latex of Mimu- 



sops Balata 



Balata tree 

 (W. Ind.) ... Bumelia. 



Bale ... A compressed bundle 



of cotton or fibre 



Balsa ... Ocliroma Lagopus 



Balsam ... A flindresin 



Balsam ... Impatiens 



Balsam apple 

 (W. Ind.) ... Momordica Balsamiua 



Balsam, broad- 

 lea ved (W. Ind.) Oreopanax capitatum 



Balsam of 

 Copaiba ... Copaifera, several 

 species 



Balsam fig 



(W. Ind.) ... Clusia rosea 

 Balsam, gurjun... Dipterocarpus, several 

 species 



Balsam of Peru... Toluit'era Pereiraj 



Balsam of Tama- 

 coari . . Caraipa, several species 



Balsam of Tolu ... Toluit'era punctata 



Balsam tree, 

 yellow (W. Ind.)Cioton fiaveus 



Balsam (W. Ind.) Clusia rosea 



Bamboo ... A giant grass, belong- 



ing to the genera 

 Bambusa, Arundi- 

 naria, Dendrocala- 

 rnus, etc. 



Banana ... Plantain, Musa sapi- 



entum 



Band (Ind.) ... A crop of silk 

 Bandakai ... Okra, Hibiscus escu- 

 lentus 



Banjhi ... No longer giving rise 



to vigorous buds in 

 the axil 



Bante ... Pauicum Crus-galli 



Banrhea ... Villebruneaiutegiit'olia' 



Banyan ... Picus bengalen^is 



Baobab ... Adansonia digitata 



Bara-Mattar 

 (Ind.) ... Pisum sativum 



