GLOSSARY. 399 



Bulb. A solid, coated or scaly part of a plant, capable of continuing its 



existence; usually found at the root, but sometimes on the stem. 

 Bulbous. Formed of a bulb. 



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Caducous. Falling early ; sooner than deciduous. 



Catspitose. Forming turfs. 



Calcarnle. Resembling, or furnished with, a spur. 



Calyciform. Shaped like a calyx. 



Caluculaled. Furnished with an additional outer calyx. 



Calyx. The lowest portion of a flower, or that which forms its outer cover- 

 ing in the bud ; usually of a green colour. 



Campanulate. Bell shaped ; which see. 



Canesc'.nt. Whitish. Hoary. 



Capillary. Hair like. 



Capitate. Shaped like a head ; or bearing a head. 



Capsule. A hollow seed vessel which opens and becomes dry, when ripe. 



Carinated. Keeled. Furnished with a sharp or prominent back like the 

 keel of a vessel. 



Carnose. Fleshy in consistence. 



Catkin. See Ament. 



Caudate. Having a taH. 



Caudex. The upper part of a root, which gives rise to the stem 



Caulescent. Having a true stem, or caul-is. 



Cauline. Growing on the stem. 



Cell. A cavity or compartment of a seed vessel or anther, 



Cellular. Made up of little cells or cavities. 



Cespilose. See Coespitose. 



Chaffy. Made of short membranous portions like chatV. 



Citiale. Fringed wilh parallel hairs. 



Cinereous. Ash coloured. 



Cirrosc. Bearing a tendril. 



Clasping. Surrounding the stem partly or quite, with the base of the leaf. 



Clavate. Club shaped. Larger at top than bottom. 



Claw. The narrow part by which a petal is inserted or attached. 



Cleft. Split or divided less than half way. 



Club shaped. Larger at top than bottom. 



Coftdunate. United at base. 



Coloured. Different from green which is the common colour of plants. 



Column. The central pillar of a capsule. Also the style of gynandrous plants. 



Compound. Made up of similar simple parts. 



Compound flower. A flower of the class Syngynesia, consisting of florets 

 with united anthers. 



Compressed. Flattened. 



Cone. A scaly fruit like that of the pine. See Strobilu?. 



Conglomerate. Crowded together. 



Connate. Opposite with the bases united or growing into one: as in TYit* 

 teum perfoliatum. Med. Bot. PI. 9. 



Connirent. Converging. The tips inclining towards each otjicr. 



Contorted. Twisted. Bent from a common position. 



Corculum. The embryo or miniature of the future plant which is found in 

 seeds, often between the cotyledons. 



Cordate. Heart shaped, with the stalk inserted in the largrsf ni'! 



Coriaceous. Resembling leather. Tough and thick. 



Corneous Horny. Having a consistence like horn. 



Corniculate. Horn shaped. 



Corolla. The secondary covering of a flower, being the part which is usu- 

 ally coloured. When the calyx is wanting the corolla is then the pri 

 niary covering. 



