BIXALES

(Lat.), n. f. pl. Bi?x-a(a')/lez(las). Of Lindley, an it a of the Parielales, comprising the single order Bixinæ. , 170. BIXEÆ (Lat.),n. f. pl. Bi?x’e?-e(a8-e?). 1. Of Sprengel, a division of samydeous (bixaceous) plants, comprising Bixa and Prockia; by other authors extended to include a number of genera and divided into various sections. 2. Of Bentham and Hooker, a tribe of the Bixinew, including Bixa, Coch los per mum, and another genus, in which the flowers are hermaphrodite, rarely polygamous, the petals are broad, contorted, and devoid of scales, the anthers re linear, oblong, biporose or shortly bivalved at the apex, and the fruit is a capsule of valvular dehiscence with a membranaceous endocarp. 3. Of Baillon,.a series of the Bivineæ, including Bixa and Oncoba. [B, 42, 121, 170.]