GLOSSAKY. 



417 



Bi/di-iou-'s; in two series, or opposite roAvs; 



pointing in two directions. 

 B'ifid; two cleft, or split i to two segments. 

 Bifi-liate; having or producing 2 leaves. 

 Bifurcate; forked; ending in two equal 



branches. 



Bi-giobmis; having 2 hunches, or gibbous 



productions. 

 Bi-glandular ; having or producing two 



glands. 

 Bi'lMiate; having 2 lips. 

 BildmeUate; having 2 lamella?, or thin 



plates. 



Bildcular; having 2 cells. 

 Bipariihle; separab'e into 2 parts. 

 Bipartite; two-parted. 



Bipinnate leaf. Twice pinnate ; the com- i 

 mon petiole having opposite branches, 

 and those branches bearing opposite ar- 

 ticulated loatlets. 



Bipirmdti^tid leaf. The common petiole 

 bearing opposite pinnatifid segments. 



Bi-rofstrate; having 2 beaks. 



Bi-setose; having 2 bristles. 



Bisiilcate; having 2 grooves or furrows. 



Biiernuteleaf; twice ternate ; the common 

 petiole 3-parted, and each division, or 

 branch, bearing 3 leaflets. 



Bivalved; having 2 valves. 



Biveniricose; hav ing 2 bellied or distended 

 portions. 



Bloom. A fine powdery coating on certain 

 fruits, &c., as the plum. 



Border; the summit or upper spreading 

 part of a calyx or corolla. 



Bowl-shaped: hemispherical and concave, 

 or hollow, like a bowl. 



Brdchiate; having the branches spreading, 

 opposite and decus^sate. 



Bract. A floral leaf; a modified leaf, from 

 the axil of which arises the flower-branch, 

 or peduncle. 



Bractpute; i\wmi<\\Q(\. with bracts, or modi- 

 fied leaves among or near the flowers. 



Bract eoles, or Brattletf. Small bracts. 



Bractless: destitute of bracts. 



Branchlets. Small branches, or subdivi- 

 sions of branches. 



Bristles. Stiffish elastic hairs, straight or 

 hooked. 



Bud. A growing point, or undeveloped 

 axis, covered with the rudiments of 

 leaves. 



Bulb. A kind of bud, formed of fleshy 

 scales, or coats, and usually under 

 ground— sometimes in the axis of the 

 leaves. 



BulViferons; bearing or producing bulbs. 



Bulbous; formed of, or like a bulb. . 



Bullate\^^i\ having Jw&Z/Zc-Wjfce convexities 

 on the upper surface, with corresponding 

 cavities beneath. 



■Cadihco^is; falling oflP immediately, or ear- 

 lier than usual for such organs. 



C&lcarate; spurred; having a process like 

 6 horn, or spur,— usually hollow. 



Callo^is; firm and cristle-like. 



18^ 



Callus. A compact gristle-like tubercle, or 

 substance. 



Calycijorr.i; shaped like a calyx. 



Calyculate; having an additional (usually 

 small) outer calyx. 



Calyptra. The cap or hood (resembling 

 the extinguisher of a candle,) on the fruc- 

 tification of the mosses. 



Calyx The flower-cup, or outer (and 

 sometimes the only) covering of a flower, 

 usually green. 



Campdnulate; in the form of a bell. 



Campylvtropous ovule ; or seed. AVhcre the 

 ovule curves upon itself, and thus brings 

 the orifice, or apex, near to the funiculus. 



Canaliculate; channelled or furrowed. 



Candicant; whitish. 



Canescent: hoary; clothed with a whitish 

 or gi-ey pubescence. 



Capilldceous. 01- capnllary; long and fine, 

 or slender, like a hair. 



Capitate: head-form ; growing in a head, 

 or globular mass. 



Cdpjstilar; resembling, or being, a capsule. 



Cajisule. A dry hollow seed vessel,— usu- 

 ally opening by regular valves and defi- 

 nite seams. 



Carina: keel. 



Cdrinate: keeled ; having a ridge on the 

 back, like the keel of a boat. 



Cdrnose; fleshy; more firm than pulp. 



Cdrpd. A little fruit ; usually a partial pis- 

 til, or constituent portion of a compound 

 fruit. 



Carpophore. A slender central axis, bear- 

 ing the carpels— a.a in Umbellifer^. 



Cartildginous; hard, yet somewhat flexible, 

 like gi-istle. 



Caruncle. A fleshy excrescence, some- 

 times found at the hilum of seeds. 



Carydpjsds. A fruit where the pericarp is 

 very thin, indehiscent, and closely adher- 

 ent to the surface of the seed, — as in the 

 Grasses^ Cyperacea, &c. See Utricle. 



CatJdn ; see Ament. 



Cauda. A tail. Caudate; having a tail, or 

 tail-like appendage. 



Caulescent; having an evident or true stem. 



Cauline; belonging to, or growing on, tlie 

 main stem. 



Cellular: made up of little cells, or cavi- 

 ties, formed of membranaceous sacs. 



Cellular plants. The lower orders of plants 

 (including the Mosses., and those below 

 them), composed exclusively of cellular 

 tissue. 



Centr ifugal inflorescence ; — where the cen- 

 tral flower of a cyme precedes the 

 others, — i. e. the flowering commences at 

 the centre and extends successively to the 

 circumference. 



Centripetal inflorescence ; where the outer 

 flowers of a corymb, or umbel precede 

 the inner ones,— 1 e. the flowers expand, 

 in succession, from the circumference to 

 the centre. 



Cephaloid ; head-shaped. 



