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Calimariae Reeds, a natural Order of plants in the Fragmenta 

 methodi naturalis of Linnaeus. 



Calcariatum nectarium. A kind of nectarium resembling a 

 spur, as in the Nasturtium, Class viii. Order 1. 



Caliculatus calyx. A little calyx added to a larger one, as in 

 the Coreopsis, Leontice, &c. 



Calycanthemi, a calyx. A natural Order of plants in the Frag- 

 menta methodi naturalis of Linnaeus. 



Calyptra. A veil, in mosses, where it is placed over the peti- 

 carpium, and is supposed to be the corolla. 



Calyx (plural Calyses.) A flower-cup, of which there are 

 seven kinds, as enumerated, vol. i. p. 7. 



Camparaccse. A natural Order of plants in the Fragmenta me- 

 thodi naturalis of Linnaeus. 



Campunalata corolla. Bell-shaped flowers. Ex. Harebell. 

 Class \i. Order 1. 



Canaliculatum folium. A leaf having a deep channel from 

 the base to the apex. 



Candelares. A natural Order of plants in the Fragmenta me- 

 thodi natularis of Linnaeus. 



Capillaceum folium. Capillary, exemplified in the Ranuncu- 

 lus aquatilis. 



Capillars pappus. Hairy down, as in the dandelion. Class xi x . 



Capillus, hair. The first degree of the Linnaean scale for mea- 

 suring plants, the diameter of a hair, and the twelfth part 

 of a line. 



Capitati Jlcres. Flowers collected into heads, as in Mentha 

 aquatiea, and Thymus serpyllum. 



Capitulum. A little head, a species of inflorescentia, in which 

 the flowers are connected into close heads on the tops of 

 the peduncles, as in the tuberous Moschatell. Class viii. 



Capreolus. A tendril, one of the appendages of plants. See 

 p. 40, Vol. ii . 



Capsula (plural Capsulae.) A hollow pericarpium, as the seed- 

 vessel of the Tea, Class xiii. the Fox-glove, Class xiv. &c. 



