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The branch of botany which treats of orchids.

One versed in paleobotany.

Paleobotany.

hysiology; relating to the science of the functions of living organism; as, physiological botany or chemistry.

The branch of science which treats of fossil plants; -- usually called paleobotany, sometimes paleophytology.

The science of plants; a description of the kinds and properties of plants; botany. Sir T. Browne.

or instruct students, in a particular branch of learning; as a professor of theology, of botany, of mathematics, or of political economy.

Paleobotany.

That department of botany which treats of ferns.

cata, Mollusca, Articulata, Molluscoidea, Echinodermata, Coelentera, and the Protozoa; in botany, the Phanerogamia, and the Cryptogamia.

ng; as, a system of philosophy; a system of government; a system of divinity; a system of botany or chemistry; a military system; the solar system. The best way to learn any science, is to begin with a regular system, or a short and plain scheme of that science well drawn up into a narrow compass. I. Watts.…

am, in India, originally brought there from China about the year 1850. -- Australian, or Botany Bay, tea (Bot.), a woody clambing plant (Smilax glycyphylla). -- Brazilian tea. (a) The dried leaves of Lantana pseodothea, used in Brazil as a substitute for tea. (b) The dried leaves of Stachytarpheta mutabilis, used for…

ch valuable knowledge, wisdom, wit, or the like; a thesaurus; as, " Maunder's Treasury of Botany."