414 A COMPENDIUM OF 
Caducous—ka-du’-kus (Lat. caducus, falling 
from, cado, to fall). The early falling of the 
leaves of a tree or shrub. 
Czspitose—ses’-pi-toz (Lat. cepez, turf). In 
botany, a term applied to plants which grow 
in turf-like patches. 
Calyptra—ka-lip’-tra (Gr. kaluptra, a covering 
for the head of a woman). ‘The covering or 
hocds found on the mosses during flowering. 
Calyx—ka’-liks, plural calyxes or calyces (Lat. 
from the Gr. kalux, the cup of a flower). The 
envelope or outer covering of the lower por- 
tion of a flower. 
Calyculate—kal-lik’-u-late. A flower having 
the appearance of a double calyx. 
Cambium—kam’-bi-um (new Lat.) The sap 
between the young wood and the bark of the 
tree or plant; the cambium layer, the young, 
white wood of the tree underneath the bark. 
Camellia—ka-mel’-i-a (named after a Jesuite 
of Moravia who traveled much in Asia). A 
flower much admired. 
Chamomile—kam’-o-mil (Gr. chamaz, melon, 
earth apple). So called from the odor of its 
power (anthemis). Natural order, Compos- 
ites. 
Campanulate—kam-pan’u-lat (Lat. campan- 
ula, a little bell). Plants that bear bell- 
shaped flowers. 
Campylotropous — kam’-pi-lot’-ro-pus (Gr. 
kampulos, curved, and trepo, 1 turn), When 
the seed is so bent that the apex is brought 
near the hilum the hilum and chalaze being 
together. Campylotropal has the same mean- 
ing. 
