GLOSSARY. 



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Bifarious; in two series, or opposite rows : 



pointing in two directions. 

 Btfid; two cleft, or split i< to two segments. 

 Bifcliate; having or producing 2 leaves. 

 Bifurcate; forked; ending in two equal 



branches. 



Bi-gibhous; having 2 hunches, or gibbous 



productions. 

 Bi-glandular; having or producing two 



glands. 

 Bi-ldhiate; having 2 lips. 

 Bildmellate; having 2 lamellae, or thin 



plates. 



Bildcuhtr: having 2 cells. 



Bipariihle: separab'e into 2 parts. 



Bipartite: two-parted. 



Bi]An}iate leaf. Twice pinnate ; the com- 

 mon petiole having opposite branches, 

 and those branches bearing opposite ar- 

 ticulated leafiets. 



Bipinndtijid leaf. The common petiole 

 bearintr opposite pinnatifid segments. 



Bi-rostrnt-: liaving 2 beaks. 



Bi-setoae: having 2 bristles. 



Bixidcate; havinj: 2 grooves or furrows. 



Biternate ]enf: twice tornate ; the common 

 petiole 3-partcd. and each division, or 

 branch, bearing 3 leaflets. 



Bivalred; having 2 valves. 



Bitentricose; ha\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. 



Bou-l---<haped : hemispherical and concave, 

 or hollow, like a bowl. 



Brdriiiiiir: ha vinir the branches spreading, 

 opposite and dt-cu^.-ate. 



Briu t. A floral leaf: a modified leaf, from 

 the axil of which arises the flower-branch. ' 

 or i)eduncle. j 



5/ fl( t'-f/^e,- furnished with bracts, or modi- 

 fied leaves among or near the flowers. 



Bract eoles, or BraUletK Small bracts. 



Bractlef<s: destitute of bracts. 



BrancTiJet'<. Small branches, or subdivi- 

 sions of branches. 



BrMUf. Stiflish elastic hairs, straight or 

 hooked. 



Bitd.. 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. 



BuVbUrou^: bearing or producing bulbs. 



BuU)(>u><: formed of. or like a bulb. 



Bull(it<^\i;i\.'i: having 7/Mi'>iZ<»-Z?A;e convexities 

 oh the up[.er surface, with corresponding 

 cavities beneath. 



Cudii'-ons: falling off immediately, or ear- 

 lier than usual for such organs. 



Cdlcorate spurred; having a process like 

 a horn, or spur,— usually hollow. 



Callous; firm and gristle-like. 



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! CalhtrS. A compact gristle-like tubercle, or 

 i substance. 



: Calyciform; shaped like a calyx. 

 I Ccdyculate: 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. 

 Campylotrojjous ovule : or seed. Where the 

 ovule curves upon itself, and thus brings 

 the orifice, or apex, near to the funiculus. 

 Canaliculate: channelled or furrowed. 

 Candicant ; whitish. 



Canescertt: hoary ; clothed with a whitish 



or grey pubescence. 

 Capilldcecnis,oT cajAUary; long and fine, 



or slender, like a hair. 

 Cdpitate: head-form ; growing in a head, 



or globular mass. 

 Capsular: resembling, or being, a capsule. 

 Capmle. A dry hollow seed vessel, — usu- 

 ally opening by regular valves and defi- 

 nite seams. 

 Carina: keel. 



Cdi inate: keeled ; having a ridge on the 



back, like the keel of a boat. 

 Cdrnose: fleshy : more firm than pulp. 

 Cdrpil. A little fruit ; usually a partial pis- 

 til, or constituent portion of a compound 

 fruit. 



Cdrpoplwre. A slender central axis, Jjear- 



ing the carjjeU, — as in U.mbellifer^. 

 Cartilaginous; hard, yet somewhat flexible, 



like gristle. 

 Caruncle. A fleshy excrescence, some- 

 times found at the hilum of seeds. 

 CaryojikiR. A fruit where the pericarp is 

 very thin, indehiscent, and closely adher- 

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

 Grasses, Cyp^racecF, «S;c. See Utricle. 

 Catkin ; see Ament. 



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



tail-like appendage. 

 Candescent: having an evident or true stem. 

 Caiiline: belonging to, or growing on, tlie 



main stem. 

 Cellular: made up of little cells, or cavi- 

 ties, formed of membranaceous sacs. 

 Ctllular plants. The lower orders of plants 

 (including the Mosses, and those below 

 them), composed exclusively of cellular 

 tissue. 



Centr''ifti,gal 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. 



