198 GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 



Caducous, dropping off very early, compared with other parts; as the calyx in the 



Poppy, falling when the flower opens. 

 Cairuleous, blue. Ccerulesrent, becoming bluish. 

 Caspilose, or (Jtfj>it< .-, growing in turf-like patches or tufts. 



' .'////'<>;/, cui->haped. 



C<il<-<mite, funiisln-il with a spur (calcar), 86, 87. 



Calceolate or Calceiform, slipper-shaped, like one petal of the Lady's Slipper. 



Callose, hardened; or funii.sln.-cl with callosities or thickened spots. 



Cd/i-ous, bald or naked of ha. . 



Calyciflorus, when j petals and stamens are adnate to calyx. 



C'llyi-int.', In-longing to the calyx. 



Clyculate, furnished witli an outer accessory calyx (calyculus) or set of bracts 



looking like a calyx, as in true I'inks. 

 Calyptrn, the hood or veil of the capsule of a Moss, 163. 

 Calyptrate, having a calyptra. 



Calyptnform, shaped like a calyptra or candle-extinguisher. 

 Citlyx, the outer set of the floral envelopes or leaves of the flower, 14, 79. 

 Cambium, Cambium-layer, 140. 

 Campanulate, bull-shaped, 90. 

 Campylotropota, or Campylotropal, curved ovules and seeds, 111. CnmpylospeTmous, 



applied to fruits of Umbelliferas when the seed is curved in at the edges, 



forming a groove down the inner face ; as in Sweet Cicely. 

 ( annliculnte, channelled, or with a deep longitudinal groove. 

 C'ince/lfite, latticed, resembling lattice-work. 

 ('.iiK/i-i'tii, Latin for pure white. 

 ('<uii.<i;-/tt, grayish-white; hoary, usually because the surface is covered with fine 



white hairs. Incanous is whiter still. 

 C a nous, whitened with pubescence; see incanous. 



i Inceous, Capillary, hair-like in shape; as tine as hair or slender bristles. 

 e, having a globular apex, like the head on a pin. 



i', diminutive of capitate. 

 l'ii/>itulnm. a close rounded dense (luster or head of sessile flowers, 74. 

 C'l/ii-tui >tt , hearing tendrils (from citfireolus, a tendril). 

 C'i]i.ilt , a dry dehi.s.vnt -.--ed-vessel of a compound pistil, 122. 

 r, relating to, or like a capsule. 

 uf insects, 154. 



Cm-inn, a lu-i 1 ; the two anterior petals of a papilionaceous flower, 92. 

 I'm inn/I', keeled, furnished with a sharp ridge or projection on the lower side. 

 Citr/it/mi.*, or Caryopsis, the one seeded fruit or grain of Grasses, 121. 

 Cnrneinis, tlesh rolored; ]iale red. Cunwse, tleshy in texture. 

 ' < /. nr Ciir/>!'Hiim, a siin]'le jiistil or a pistil-leaf, l(i. 

 CarpeUary, jicrtaininu' t<> a car]>el. 



Ctirjxi/iit/i/, that depariinent of liotany whirh relates to fruits. 

 Ciii-j><'/>lu>n\ th.' stalk c.r support of a pistil extending between its carpels, 113. 

 Cur/ii.f, Crec-k for fruit. 



CrirlilntjiHinis. or Cui-tUnr/infoim, firm and tough in texture, like cartilage 

 Caninrli\ an eXc-iVM-eiiee at the sear of xiine seeds, J26. 

 Carvncvlnte, furnished with a caruncle. 



Carynphyllaceovt, pink-like: applied to a corolla of 5 long-clawed petals. 

 Cassidt mix, helmet-shaped. 

 Ciiffii.t, empty and sterile. 



' >iatc, or Cut, nulati , end to end a. in a chain. 

 ' in, see Ain^nt, 7">. 

 Cnii'/iitf, tailed, or tail-pointed. 



Cuudcx, a sort of trunk, such as that of P&'ms; an upright rootstock, 39, 44. 

 Caudlch', the stalk of a pollen-mass, &c. 

 Caulescent, having an obvious stem, 36. 



