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Carina. The keel of a boat or ship. The lower petal of the 



papilionaceous corolla. Ex. Class xvii. Order 4. 

 Carinatum folium. When the back of a leaf resembles the 



keel of a ship. 

 Cariophyllaeus flos. Clove tree, or flowers growing in the man- 

 ner of carnations. 

 Carnosum folium. A fleshy leaf, as the House-leek, Class xi. 

 Cartilagineum /oft'um. A leaf whose brim is furnished with a 



margin of different substance from the disk. 

 Caryophylli. Carnations or pinks, a natural Order of plants in 



the Fragmenta methodi naturalis of Linnaeus. 

 Catenulata scabritics. Species of glandular roughness, hardly 



visible to the naked eye, resembling little chains, on the 



surface of some plants. 

 Catkin. One of the seven kinds of calyx of Linnaeus. Ex. Class 



vii. Order 3. 

 Caudex. The stem of a tree. 

 Caulescens. Having a stalk, or stem. 

 Caulinayi/m. Leaves growing immediately on the stem. 

 Caulis. A stem, a species of trunk. 

 Cernuus. Nodding, or hanging down its head. 

 Cespitosa. Plants which produce many stems from one root, 



and form a surface of turf or sod. 

 Ciliatum. Whose margin is guarded by parallel bristles, formed 



like the eye-lash. 

 Circinalea/o/fa. A term of foliation, expressive of the leaves 



within the gemma being rolled spirally downward. 

 Circumcissa capsula. Cut transversely. 

 Cirrhiferus pedunculus. A peduncle bearing a tendril, as in 



the Vine. Passion-flower, Class v. Order 3, &c. 

 Cirrhosum folium. A leaf that terminates in a tendril, as in 



Gloriosa. 

 Cirrhus. A clamper, or tendril, one of the fulcra of plants, as 



in the Passion-flower and Anguria, Class v. and Class xxi. 

 Classis. A class, according to the Linnaean system, is an 



