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VOCABULARY. 
Arundina'ceous, from arundo, a reed : 
resembling' reeds. 
Arven'sis. Growing in cultivated 
fields . 
Ascen'ding. Rising from the ground 
obliquely. 
Asperifo'lius. Rough leaved. 
Astringents. Substances which con- 
dense the fibres. 
Atten'uated. Gradually diminished 
or tapering. 
Aurie'ulate. Having appendages re- 
sembling cars. 
Awl-form. Sharp at the point, and 
curved to one side. 
Awn. A short still' bristle. 
Ax' it. The angle between a leaf and 
stem on the upper side. 
Ax illary. Growing out of the axils: 
leaves are said to be axillary when 
they proceed from the angle formed 
by the stem and branch. 
B. 
Bac'ca. A berry. It is a pulpy peri- 
carp, enclosing seeds without cap- 
sules. A berry is said to be proper 
when it is formed of the pericarp or 
seed vessel, improper or singular 
when it is formed of any other parts. 
In the mulberry and rose, a large, 
fleshy and succulent calyx becomes 
a berry. In the strawberry, a berry 
is formed of the common recepta- 
cle ; in the raspberry of a seed. 
Bacciferus. Bearing berries. 
Ban'ncr. The upper petal in a papil- 
ionaceous flower. 
Barb. A straight process armed with 
teeth pointing backwards. 
Barba’tus. Bearded. 
Bark. The covering of vegetables, 
consisting of several parts : as cuti- 
cle, cellular integument, &c. The 
bark consists of as many layers, as 
the tree on which it grows has years: 
a new layer being formed from the 
cambium every year. The newest 
layer of bark is called liber. 
Bar'ren. Producing no fruit : con- 
taining stamens only. 
Beak'ed. Terminating by a process 
shaped like the beak of a bird. 
Ber ry. A pulpy pericarp enclosing 
seeds without capsules. See Bacca. 
Hi, derived from bis, signifying two. 
Bicor'nis. Anthers with two horns. 
Bi'dens. Having two teeth. 
Bien nial. Living two years, in the 
second of which the flower and fruit 
is produced : as in wheat. 
Bifid. Two parted. 
BUa'biate. Corolla with two lips. 
Bipin'nate. Twice pinnate. 
Biter'nate. Twice ternate. The pe- 
tiole supporting three ternate leaves. 
Bivalve. Two valved. 
Bias’ teme. from the Greek blastema, 
a bud. 
Bor'der. The brim or spreading part 
of a corolla. 
Bot'rus. A cluster, like grapes. 
Brach'iate. Branches opposite, and 
each pair at right angles with the 
preceding. 
Bract. Floral leaf, a leaf near the 
flower which is different from the 
other leaves of the plant. In the 
crown-imperial the bracts are at the 
termination of the flower stem : 
from their resemblance to a hair, 
they are called coma. 
Branch. A division of the main stem 
or main root. 
Branch'let. Subdivision of a branch, 
a twig. 
Bre'vis. Short. 
Bruma'les, (from bruma, winter): 
plants which blossom in ■winter. 
Bud. The residence of the infant leaf 
and flower. 
Bulbs. Called roots, sometimes found 
growing on the stem ; strictly speak- 
ing bulbs are buds, or the winter 
residence of the future plants. A 
bulb contains in miniature or em- 
bryo, a plant similar to the parent 
plant. Plants may be renewed from 
bulbs as well as seeds. Annual 
plants do not have bulbs ; they are 
only preserved by seeds. 
Bundle. See fascicle. 
c. 
Cadu cous, (from cado, to fall); Falling 
early ; as 1 the calyx of the poppy. 
Caes'pitose. Forming turfs, several 
roots growing together. 
C al'amus. Reed like. 
Calca'reous. Containing lime, appli- 
ed to shells of oysters, &c, 
Calyb'ion, (from Kalubion, a little cab- 
in): a genus in Mirbel's second class 
of fruits. 
Calyc ulated. Having an additional 
calyx. 
