GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 



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Cassia-bark, 467. 



Caslor-oil, 472. 



Castrate (stamen) : with no anther or 

 oiic containiu;^; no pollen. 



Catapttalons : where the ]ietals are unit- 

 ed with each other at the base and 

 with the base of the stamens, as in 

 the Mallow family. 



Catechu, 414. 



Cate'nulate : composed of parts united 

 end to end, like tlic links of a chain. 



Catkin: see Anient, 213. 



Caudate : tailed or tail-pointed. 



Caudex, 101. 



Caudide : a little stalk, like that of the 

 pollen-mass of Orchis, &c., fig. 1 235 



Caulescent : obviously having a stem. 



Caultcle : a little stem, or a rudimentary 

 stem ; the radicle, 71. 



Caidine, or caul.inar : relating to a 



Caulis : the main stem, 91. 



Cayenne pepper, 456. 



Cedrelacca;, 401. 



Cedron, 405. 



Celastraceie, 408. 



Cell : a cavity of an anther, ovary, &c., 

 281, 291. In vegetable anatomy, 

 one of the vesicles, or elements of 

 which a plant is composed, 23. 



Cell-formation, 27. 



Cell-growth, 30. 



Cell-multiplication, 28. 



Celhdar hur/c, or envelope, 121. 



Cellular Plants, 68. 



Ce'llalar tissue, or structure, 23. 



Cellule: same as Cell (in veg. anatomy). 



Cellulose, 27, 192. 



CeltideiB, 474. 



Centrifuyal inflorescence, 218. 

 " radicle, 326. 



Centripetal inflorescence, 212. 

 radicle, 326. 



Ceratophyllacere, 470. 



Ce'real : belonging to corn or corn- 

 plants ; these having been called 

 the gift of Ceres. 



Cernuous : nodding. 



Ciiaff: the scales or bracts on the re- 

 ce])tacle which subtend each a flow- 

 er in the heads of many Compositse, 

 as the Sunflower ; also the glumes, 

 &c. of Gras.ses ; 215, 435. 



Chaff/i : provided with, or of the texture 

 of chaff. 



Chald-za : the part of the ovule where 

 the coats, nucleus, &c. arc all unit- 

 ed ; 298, fig. 521, d, 526, c. 



Channelled : see Canaliculate. 



CharacciE, 510. 



Characters: the essential marks distin- 

 guishing one species, genus, &c. 

 from those most resembling it, 362. 



Chartaceons : of the texture of paper or 

 parchment. 



Checkcrl)erry, 441. 



Chenopodiacete, 464. 



Cherry, 417. 



Chestnut, 477. 



Chldrophijll : leaf-green, 58. 



Chlorosis : a loss of color ; a reversion 

 of the petals, &c. of a blossom to 

 green leaves. 



ChlorospermeaB, 509. 



Chocolate, 398. 



Chdrisis : the division of one organ into 

 two or more, 2-13. 



Chromule : the coloring matter of plants, 

 especially of petals, &c. 



Chrysobalanaceaj, 415. 



Cicatrix : a scar left by the fall of a leaf 

 or other organ. 



CUia (sing, cilium, tlie eyelash) : hairs or 

 bristles fringing the margin of any- 

 thing ; those of the inner peristome 

 of a Moss, 502. 



Ciliate : the margin fringed with hairs. 



Cinchona, 432. 



CinchoneEB, 432. 



Cine'nchijnia, 49. 



Cinereous, cineraceous : ash-gray. 



Cinnamon, 467. 



Circinate: involute from the top; 144, 

 fig. 219. 



Circulation in cells, 31, 178. 



Circunicissile, or circumscissile : opening 

 or divided by a transverse circular 

 line; 317, fig. 588. 



Circumscription : the general outline. 



Cirrhose, cirrhiferous : tendril-bearing, 

 or with organs serving as a 



Cirrhus : a tendril. 



CistaceiE, 393. 



Cistdnia : a kind of sac lining the cham- 

 ber under a stomate in certain 

 plants. 



Classes, 360. 



Classification, 352. 



Chithrate : latticed. 



Cluvate,clariforni: club-shaped; narrow 

 below and thickened towards the 

 summit. 



Claviculute : with tendrils, or leafstalks 

 acting as such {claviculce). 



Claw : the narrowed base of a petal, 

 &c., 276. 



Gcft : cut to about the middle, and with 

 narrow or acute sinuses ; 159, fig. 

 261, 265. 



Climhincj : rising by laying hold of oth- 

 er objects in any way, 102. 



Clindnthium : the receptacle of the flow- 

 ers in Compositai. 



Cloves, 418. 



Club-shaped: see Clavate. 



