AXIL (axilla, Lat. the armpit), the angle between the axis and any part produced from it.

AXILE (axis, Lat. an axle-tree), belonging to the axis. AXILLARY (axis, Lat. an axle-tree), growing in the axils.

AXIS (Lat. an axle-tree), the centre of growth; the stem and root.

AXIS, ASCENDING, the stem.

AXIS, DESCENDING, the root.

B.

BACCA (Lat. a berry), an indehiscent pulpy fruit resulting from an inferior ovary (223).

BACCATE (bacca, Lat. a berry), berry-like or pulpy. BACILLI (bacillum, Lat. a stick), the narrow plates.

of diatoms.

BALAUSTA (balaustion, Gr. pomegranate-flower), the fruit of the pomegranate (231).

BARBS (barba, Lat. a beard), double-hooked hairs (48). BARBULA (Lat. a little beard), the inner teeth of the peristome of mosses.

BARK. The integument of the stems of exogens.

BASAL, BASILAR (basis, Lat. the base), growing at the base (204).

BASIDIA (Lat. a little pedestal), cellular processes in fungi bearing spores (281b).

BASIDIOSPORE (basidia, Lat. a little pedestal), a spore borne upon a basidia.

BEAKED, ending in a long sharp angle.

BELL-SHAPED. (See CAMPANULATE.)

BERRIED. (See BACCATE.)

BI-ACUMINATE (bis, Lat. twice; acuminatus, Lat. pointed), two-pointed, with the points diverging. BI-ARTICULATE (articulatus, jointed), two-jointed. BI-CARINATE (carina, Lat. a keel), two-keeled. BI-CONJUGATE (conjungo, Lat. I join together), two secondary petioles, each with a pair of leaflets (113). BI-CORNUTE (cornu, Lat. a horn), with two horn-like processes (247).

BI-DENTATE (dentatus, Lat. toothed), with two teeth. BIENNIAL (biennis, Lat. of two years' continuance), growing one year, flowering and fruiting the succeeding.

BIFID (findo, Lat. I divide), split in two half-way down (96).

BI-FOLIATE (foliatus, Lat. leafed), compound leaves with two leaflets (112).

BI-FOLLICULAR (folliculus, Lat. a little bag), with a double follicle.

BIFORINES (biforis, Lat. having a double door), oblong raphidian cells with an opening at each end.

BI-FURCATE (furca, Lat. a fork), doubly forked. BI-JUGATE (bijugus, Lat. coupled), a compound leaf, with two pairs of leaflets (114).

BI-LABIATE (labium, Lat. a lip), two-lipped.

BI-LAMELLATE (lamella, Lat. a thin plate), formed of two plates.

BI-LOBATE (loba, Lat. a lobe), two-lobed (96).
BINATE (binus, by couples), in pairs.

BI-PALEOLATE (palea, Lat. chaff), with two pales, or scales.

BI-PARTITE (pars, Lat. a part), divided in two nearly to the base.

BI-PINNATE (pinna, Lat. a feather), doubly pinnate (116, 117).

BI-PINNATIFID (pinna, Lat. a feather; findo, I divide), doubly pinnatifid.

BI-PLICATE (plico, Lat. I fold), with two folds or plaits. BI-POROSE (porus, Lat. a pore), opening by two pores. BI-SEPTATE (septum, Lat. a partition), with two partitions.

BI-SERIAL (series, Lat. an order), arranged in two parallel rows.

BI-SERRATE (serratus, Lat. sawed), serratures again serrated (72).

BI-TERNATE (ternus, Lat. three and three together), a compound leaf divided into three, each division bearing three leaflets (111).

BITTEN. (See EROSE.)

BI-VITTATE (vitta, Lat. a canal), having two canals, or vittæ.

BLADDERY, inflated.

BLADE. (See LAMINA.)

BLASTEMA (blastanō, Gr. I germinate), the axis of an embryo.

BOAT-SHAPED, resembling a little boat.

BOSSED. (See UMBONATE.)

BOTHRENCHYMA (bothros, Gr. a pit; cheuma, tissue), pitted, dotted, or porous tissue (5).

BRACHIATE (brachium, Lat. the arm), opposite branches alternating at right angles.

BRACTEATE (bractea, Lat. a thin leaf), with bracts.

BRACTEOLES (bracteola, diminutive of bractea), secondary bracts, between the true bracts and the flowers.

BRACTS (bractea, Lat. a thin leaf), leaves generally modified in form, at the base of the flower-stalk. BRANCHES, divisions of the axis.

BRISTLE-POINTED, terminating in a bristle.

BRISTLES, stiff pointed hairs.

BRISTLY, covered with stiff-pointed hairs. BRYOLOGY (bruon, Gr. moss; logos, a discourse), the division of botany relating to mosses.

BUD, elementary folded leaves or flowers.

BULB (bulbus, Lat. a bulb), modified leaf-bud, with fleshy scales generally upon, or partly immersed in the soil (64).

BULB, TUNICATED, a bulb with thin membranaceous scales, forming successive coats.

BULBILS (diminutive of bulbus), small axillary bulbs (63).

BULBOSE (bulbus, Lat. a bulb), with the structure of a bulb.

BULLATE (bulla, Lat. a bubble), blistered or puckered, as the leaf of a Savoy cabbage.

BURSICULATE (bursa, Lat. a purse), purse-like.

BYSSACEOUS (byssus, Lat. fine flax), consisting of fine entangled threads.

BYSSOID (byssus, Lat. fine flax), resembling fine matted threads.

Byssus (Lat. fine flax), the thread-like stipes of some fungi.

C.

CADUCOUS (caducus, Lat. ready to fall), dropping off. CESPITOSE (caspes, Lat. turf), growing in tufts. CALCARATE (calcar, Lat. a spur), spurred (163). CALCEOLATE (calceolus, Lat. a little shoe), having the form of a slipper (176).

CALYCIFLORAL (calyx, Lat. a flower-cup; flora, a flower), having the petals and stamens inserted in the throat of the calyx.

CALYCINE (kalux, Gr. the cup of a flower), belonging to a calyx.

CALYCOID (kalux, Gr. a flower-cup; eidos, appearance), resembling a calyx.

CALYCULUS (Lat. a little bud), a partial involucre; an involucre containing but one or two flowers. CALYPTRA (kaluptra, Gr. a veil), the hood of a moss theca, &c. (284 2).

CALYPTRATE (kaluptra, Gr. a veil), hooded (165).

CALYX (kalux, Gr. the the cup of a flower), the external whorl of floral leaves.

CAMBIUM, the formative fluid found between the wood and bark of exogens in the spring.

CAMPANULATE (campanula, Lat. a little bell), bellshaped (168).