INDEX 657 
Bentham and Hooker’s system, 
125 
Benzoin, gum-, Sty rax 
Berberry, Berberis 
Bere, Hordeum 
Bergamot orange, Citrus 
Berger, 187 
Bermuda-grass, Cynodon 
Berries, yellow, Rhamnus 
Berry, 108; bay-, Myrica ; bil-, 
Vaccinium ; black-, Rubus ; 
blae-, Vaccinium ; buffalo-, 
Shepherdia ; cloud-, Rubus ; 
cow-, Vacciniutn ; dew-, Rubus ; 
partridge-, Gault heria\ rasp-, 
Rubus ; straw-, Fragaria ; trim- 
ble-, Rubus\ whortle-, Vacciniutn 
Betel-nut, Areca\ -pepper, Piper 
Betony, Stachys 
Bhang, Cannabis 
Bhotan pine, Pinus 
Bi-, bis- (Lat. pref.), two 
Biauriculate, with two auricles 
Bicarpellary, two carpelled 
Biceps (Lat.), two-headed 
Bicolor (Lat.), of two colours 
Bicuspidate, with two sharp points 
Bidentate, with two teeth 
Biennial plants, 151; stem, 44 
Biennis (Lat.), biennial 
Bifarious, distichous 
Bifidhairs53; petals, 77; stigma, 82 
Bifoliate, two-leaved 
Big, 4-rowed barley 
Bigeminate, in two pairs 
Big tree, Sequoia 
Bikh poison, Aconitum 
Bilabiate corolla, 77 
Bilateral symmetry, 31 
Bilberry, Vaccinium 
Bilimbi, Averrhoa 
Billiard- balls, Phytelephas 
Bilobus (Lat.), two-lobed 
Bilocular, with two loculi, 82 
Binary, of two members 
Binate (leaf), of two leaflets 
Bindweed, Convolvulus ; black-, 
Polygonum Convolvulus L. 
Binomial curve, 22; nomencla- 
ture, 211 
Biogenesis, life from life 
W. 
Biological agents and plant distri- 
bution, 145 
Biological classes of flowers, 87 
Biology, in the narrower sense, 
ecology 
Biometry, statistical measurement 
of living beings 
Bion, an independent individual 
Biparous, dichasial 
Bipartite, divided into two 
Bipinnate (leaf), 51 
Birch, Betula\ West Indian, 
Bursera 
Bird-cherry, Prunus\ -pepper, 
Capsicum minimum Roxb. 
Birds and plant distribution, 109, 
no, 148 
Bird’s-foot, Ornithopus ; -nest 
fern, Asplenium\ -nest orchis, 
Neottia ; -foot trefoil, Lotus 
Birth wort, Aristolochia 
Biseriate, in two rows 
Biserrate, twice serrate 
Bisexual flowers, 68 
Bishop’s cap (Am.), Mitella; 
-weed, Aegopodium 
Bispinose, with two spines 
Bistort, Polygonum 
Bisulcate, with two grooves 
Bissy nuts, kola nuts, Cola 
Biternate leaf, 51 
Bitchwood (W. I.), Lonchocarpus 
Bitter-ash (W. I.), Picraena ex - 
celsa Lindl. ; -cress, Cardami?ie\ 
-nut, Cary a ; -orange, Citrus', 
-root, Lezuisia; -sweet, Sola - 
num; -wood, Picraena , (W. I.) 
Picramna , Simaruba , Trichilia , 
Xylopia 
Black bead shrub (W. I.), Pithe- 
colobium Unguis-cati Benth. ; 
-berry, Rubus ; -bindweed, 
Polygonum Convolvulus L. ; 
-boy, Xanthorrhoea\ -bryony, 
Tamus ; -butt, Eticalyptus pilu- 
laris Sm. &c. ; -cap raspberry, 
Rubus ; -dammar, Canarium ; 
-gram, Phaseolus ; -grass (Am.), 
J uncus Gerardi Loisel. ; -gum 
tree (Am.), Nyssa; -jack (Am.), 
Quercus nigra L. ; -moss (Am.), 
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