Axil, the angle on the upper side between a leaf and the stem, [13].
Axile, belonging to the axis, or occupying the axis.
Axillary (buds, &c.), occurring in an axil, [27].
Axis, the central line of any body; the organ round which others are attached; the root and stem. Ascending and Descending Axis, [38].
Baccate, berried, berry-like, of a pulpy nature like a berry (bacca).
Badius, chestnut-colored.
Banner, see [Standard], [92].
Barbate, bearded; bearing tufts, spots, or lines of hairs.
Barbed, furnished with a barb or double hook; as the apex of the bristle on the fruit of Echinospermum (Stickseed), &c.
Barbellate, said of the bristles of the pappus of some Compositæ when beset with short, stiff hairs, longer than when denticulate, but shorter than when plumose.