Bac'ca—A berry. Bacca'tus' Bacci'fkrus 
— Beai'iiig berries, or having a succulent 
nature like that of berries, ext)ressed 
by Bacviforuiu. The true meaning 
ol tlio term in— Many celled, many- 
seeded, inferior, indehiscent, pulpy ; 
the attachment of the seeds lost at 
maturity, when they become scattered 
in the substance of the pulp. The Eng- 
lish CuiTant, lUOfH, is a good example. 
Bacil'lar, BAOir/r.iFOiiM— Club-shaped. 
Bacil'li, Buijulli, and FRorAGiNRS— 
Names which have been used for the 
small bulbs often formed upon the 
stems of Species of Lilinm ivnd AUium^. 
Ba'diu.s— A reddish or cliebtnut brown. 
Balavs'ta — F mit^ formed like the Pome- 
granate, iudGhiaceut,inferior,withinany 
cells and seeds. The seeds coated with 
pulp. 
Barba'tus — B earded, as Dianthvs harhotua, 
the Sw'cct William. 
Bark — T he external coating which lies 
outside the wood, within the epidermis. 
It is, like the wood, arrangetl in annual 
concentric circles, of which the outer 
older ones beconm dry and hard, 
forming the corkii htijvr or onter ho vk^ 
which, as it is distended by the 
thickening of the stem, either cracks or 
is cast off w'ith the eindei'inis, which is 
no longer distinguish.able. W ithin the 
corky layer is the ceUxdar or i)r(cn or 
niiildU hark, formed of loose thin-walled 
pulljy cells confining chlorophyll ; and 
which is xisimlly the layer of the 
pieceding i^easoii. The inuerniost and 
youngest circle, next the young wood, 
IS the fiber or mner bark, formed of 
long, tough, woody tissue called bast- 
cells. ^ . 
Ba'sal, Basiia'ris, Ba'sis, B.^se - As 
attache*! b) the base of any oi-g.m or 
part. That extremity at which an 
organ is attached to it=* support, and by 
which the nourishing ves.sels enter it 
0] )posite to the apex or summit. 
Basid'ioi— A cell hearing on its exterior 
one or nirire^H>res in ^omo Fungi. 
Bast or Bass— T he inupv librmis bark of 
1) ici»tylfcdotious plants. (Ii^ee Bark.) 
Bi — Two iucoTnpo^i^i^*^* Thus — biden'tate, 
2-toothed 5 bi'dd, 2-lobed ; bifo'liolatc, 
2 leaflets ; bifoliate, 2 leaves ; biteniate, 
tw’ice ternatftly divided ; bijngate, 2 
pairs (juga); bilabiate, S lipped ; bj- 
lo'bed, 2-lobed; bilo'cular, 2-celled ; 
bipartite, wlieu deeply divided into 
two parts; biplicate, do\ibly- folded, &c. 
Bifariam— I n two rows. Tuii'aRIAM— J. n 
three rows. 
Bimus— L asting two years. ^ 
BinaTe'- - Synonym for “ Geminate, (bee 
Drvfivra binata, » beautifnl Sundew, 
common in coastal swaui])s.) 
Blapk^TIio lamina or expiiuded part of a 
leaf. 
Blaste^ma— T he axis of an embryo, com- 
prehending the radicle and plumule 
■with the intervening portion ; also the 
thallus of a Lichen. 
Blastus — The plumule. 
BLEPHARJS—The eyelash, used to denote \ 
that an organ bears a fringe of fine! 
hairs. ' | 
Blet'ting — The first change after the sugar : 
in the ripe fruit has commenced to ;| 
oxidate is called “ bletting.” It is, in 
fact, the intermediate stage between 
maturity .and decay. _ t 
Bombtcixe — Silky, feeling like silk. (See 
the grass Andropof/vn homb^citius.) 
Botany {T^oUuie, a plant) — Synonym for 
“ Phytology.’’ 
Botryo'td— C ollected in clusters, supposed 
to resemble a bunch of grapes. 
Boyayx— A term introduced by M. Adolphe 
Brongniart to denote the tubes that 
issue from the gi’ains of pollen ui)on 
their contact with the stigma, and 
descend through the style by elonga- 
tion till they reach the ovary, carrying 
with them the materief^ or principle, of 
fecundation. In the books of EnglUh 
writers they are usually called pollen 
tubes. 
Bracuia'tus, Brachiate' — Wliere succeaa* 
siVe oi)posite pairs of branches are 
placed at right angles to each other,' 
(See Native Carrot, Daucus brachia^ 
tm.) 
Brao'tka, Bract— T he leaves more or leas 
modified in form, which are seated on 
the peduncles. They are fiequently 
reduced to mere scales, and are >omc- 
times highly coloured and resemble the 
parts of the flower. Bracteolbs— 
Small bracts, seated on the pedicels^^ 
the one or two last bracts under each 
flower. 
Brin gall, or Brinjal— T he fruit of the 
Egg Plant, ■Hofanum 
Brujial, BrcmaTe — Belonging to winter. . 
Brun'nkus — D eep brown, formed by mixing- 
dark grey with red. j 
Bukonius — S ome few plants have been scr 
called from being found growing where: 
toads abound. (See Jmeas imfonniH.) ■ 
Bvlb— A n undergu.mnd bud covered with 
scales. 
Bulb, naked — Having loose scales like thft 
Lilies. 
Bulb, solid — See “Corm.” 
Bulb, tunicated— Having the outer scale^ 
membrauoup, like the Tulips. 
Bulbil, Bulbit, or JiuLBLicr— Separable 
buds in the axil of leaves, as in some 
Lilies, also in the inflorescence of 
Fiiretnca. 
Bulla'tu«— When the sj-«accs botweon the 
nerves of a leaf present convexities on 
one side and concavities on the other, 
giving the whole surface a blistered 
a])pearaTice. 
Buttraceus — Buttery, fi'oni butyriiMi 
butter. 
Byrsinus, Byrsa— S upposed resemblance 
to oxhide, as PoltfAktas hiersinns. 
By.ssisedus (from byssua, cotton, and 
I sit) — As if sitting in a cottony 
mass. 
Bysbo'id— V ery slender, like a cobweb. 
