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GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 



Bulb: a permanent 1)ud with flosliy 

 scales, mostly subterranean, 109. 



Biilhijlrous : produein.n' bulbs. 



Biilli/tJs : little bulbs ai)ove fxround, 109. 



Bulhose, or bulbous : bulb-like in shape. 



Bulbo-luber : same as a corm. 



Bullair : a surface appearinrc as if blis- 

 tered, puckered, or bladdery (from 

 build, a bubble). 



Burmainiiaeeii;, 490. 



Burseraec:\!, 406. 



Bursiculate : provided with pouch-like 

 a ppendaues ( bursiculm ) . 



Butomaccie, 487. 



Buttirjlii-shajwd corolla, 253, 277. 



Butteruut, 476. 



Bijssunuus : composed of tine entangled 

 threads {liyssus, or Hue flux). 



Byttneriacete, 398. 



Cabombaceoe, 386. 



Cactacere, 421. 



Caducous: falling off at the time of 

 exi)ansioii, as the calyx of the 

 Poppy, 279. 



Cresalpine:\;, 413. 



CcEsious : lavender-colored. 



Cdspitose, or cespitose : growing in tufts 

 or tuifs. 



Cajepnt oil, 418. 



Calaltash, 447. 



Calabash-Xutmeg, 383. 



Culdtlddiuin : a name for the head of 

 Coni])osita3. 



'Col (it hi form : cup-shaped. 



Cdlcarate : bearing a spur (calcar), 278 ; 

 as the Violet, fig. 396, and Lark- 

 spur, fig. 398. 



Cdlcfohiffi, or cdlciform, slipper-shaped. 



■Callitrichacca% 470. 



Callosc: furnished with callosities (calli) 

 or hardened or protuberant spots. 



Calcous : bald. 



Calycanthaceffi, 417. 



Cdhjcine : relating to the calyx. 



CulycuhUe, or caliculate : furnished with 

 an outer accessory calyx ( adt/culus ] , 

 or set of braetlets resembling a ca- 

 lyx, as in Diauthus. 



Caly/itra : the hood or veil of the spore- 

 case of a Moss, 503, 504 ; or a body 

 like it, 389. 



Calij/iliate : furnished with a calyptra, 

 or something like it. 



Cahjjitriform : slia))ed like a calyptra or 

 candle-extinguisher, as the calyx 

 of Eschseboitzia, p. 389, fig. 692. 



Cahjx : the exterior floral envelope, or 

 leaves of the flower, 222, 274. 



Cambium, Cambium-layer, 122. 



Camelliacea;, 400. 



Campanulacea;, 438. 



Campdimlate : bell-shaped ; 277, fig. 

 456. 



Camphor, 400, 467. 



Campi/losjiermous : when a seed or seed- 

 like fruit is rolled up so as to form 

 a longitudinal furrow down one 

 side, as that of Sweet Cicely. 



Campijldlfopous or campylntropul ovule or 

 seed, 298, 299, fig. 527. 



Canada Balsam, 480. 



Canaliculate : longitudinally channelled. 



Cdticellate: resembling lattice-work. 



Candleberry, 477. 



Cunescmt : whitened or hoary with fine 

 and close ]iubescencc. 



Cannabinea;, 475. 



Cannaeete, 490. 



Caoutchouc , 57, 458, 473, 475. 



Capers, 391. 



Cd/iillan/, or capilldceous : hair-like. 



Capitate : heailed ; having a globular 

 apex like the liead of a pin ; or col- 

 lected into a head. 



Capitellate : diminutive of capitate. 



Cupitulum : a bead of flowers, as of 

 Clover, Button-bush, &c. ; 213, fig. 

 320. 



Capparidacca^, 391. 



Caprcolale : furnished with tendrils. 



Caprifoliaceffi, 431. 



Cdpsular : relating to a 



Capsule : an v compound dehiscent fruit ; 

 315, fig". 582, 583. 



Cardamon, 490. 



Carina : a keel ; the two anterior petals 

 of a papilionaceous flower ; 254, 

 fig. 392, c. 



Cdrimite: keeled; furnished with a pro- 

 jecting longitudinal ridge along the 

 under side. 



Caridpsis, or carydpsis : a grain, 314. 



Canitous : flesh-colored. 



Cariiose : fleshy in texture. 



Carpel (carpellum or carpidium) : a sim- 

 ple pistil, or one of the elements of 

 a compound one, 290. 



Cdrpellary : pertaining to a carpel. 



Carjioloi/y : the department of Botany 

 that relates to fruits. 



Carpophore : the stalk of a pistil, 267. 



Carrot, 426. 



Cartilapinous : tough, like cartilage. 



Caruncle : an excrescence at the hilum 

 of certain seeds, 322. 



Canhtculat.e : furnished with a caruncle. 



Caryo])hyllaceiT3, 395. 



Caryo/tliijllaceous (corolla) : pink-like, 

 276. 



Caryopsis : a grain, 314. 



Cascine, 198. 



Cashew, 406. 



Cassava, 472. 



