cannaceous 



Caput 



canna'ceous, relating to the genus 

 Canna or its allie-. 



Can'opy (Mediaeval Lat., canopium, 

 tent), (1) a characteristic membrane 

 within the testa surrounding the 

 free part of the nucellus in Lageno- 

 st-oma (Williamson); (2) the high, 

 leafy covering in woodlands, the 

 uppennost layer in forests ; -^ Trees, 

 those having well-branched crowns 

 and abundant leafage (Warming). 



Cantharoph'ilae {ndyQapos, a beetle ; 

 <pi\4(i}, I love), plants which are 

 fertilized by beetles, having showy 

 colours, and abundance of pollen ; 

 adj. cantharopViloas. 



ca'nus (Lat.), hoary, grey. 



Caoutcli'ouc, (S. American), pr. koot'- 

 shook, a substance occurring in 

 the milky latex of many plants ; it 

 is allied to the Hydrocarbons ; -^ 

 Bod'ies, small particles in the latex. 



Cap, (1) Grew's term for the husk of 

 a nut ; (2) the pileus of Hymeno- 

 mycetous fungi ; (3) the calyptra 

 of Mosses ; (4) the short, upper 

 division of the dividing cell in 

 Oedogoiimm ; '^ Cells, the upper 

 sister-cells of the embryo-sac in the 

 ovule which are compressed as the 

 embryo-sac develops and for a time 

 figure as a cap on its apex ; ~ Fangi, 

 pileate Fungi, as the mushroom ; 

 Cellulose '^, formation by proto- 

 plasm of cells of certain trichomes. 



capilla'ceous, -ceuSy capillary, capil- 

 la'ris {capillus, a hair), slender, 

 comparable with a hair ; capil/a'tus, 

 liairy ; capilla'tae Kadi'ces, roots 

 with evident root-hairs ; Capil'- 

 lament, CapiUament'urn, the fila- 

 ment of an anther ; capillamento'sus 

 (Lat.), comose ; Capillitlum, sterile, 

 thread-like tubes or fibres gro^ving 

 amongst the spores in a sporogenous 

 body, frequently forming a net, 

 especially in Myxogastres ; adj. 

 capillit'ial ; Capiirus, the width of 

 a hair, taken ns i^th of a line or 

 about 'l? mm. 



Cap'italist, a term applied to plants 

 which have a large reserve of 

 material, and are insect-fertilized. 



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cap'itate, capita'tus (Lat., having a 

 head), (1) pin-headed, as the stigma 

 of a primrose ; (2) growing in heads, 

 as the floAvers • of Composites ; 

 capiteirate,capifgZZtt'^M5, diminutive 

 of CAPITATE; Capiteirum, the cap- 

 sule of Mosses ; capitiformls, % 

 {forma, shape), shaped like a head, 

 somewhat globose ; capit'ular = 

 CAPITELLATE (Crozier) ; capit'uli- 

 form, shaped somewhat like a head ; 

 Capit'ulum (Lat., a little head), (1) 

 a close head of sessile flowers ; ^2) 

 a term vaguely applied to the 

 pileus, etc. of Fungi ; (3) a rounded 

 cell borne upon each of the manu- 

 bria in the antheridium of Chara ; 

 head-cell, 



capno'des, capnoi'des (kottvwStjj, 

 smoky), smoke-coloured. 



cappari'nus (Mod. Lat., from Capparis, 

 the caper-bush), brownish-green. 



cap'reolate, capreoln'tus (capreolus, a 

 tendril), having tendrils. 



Caprifica'tion, Caprifica'iio (Lat.), (1) 

 the fertilization of the fig by 

 insects, branches of the wild .fig 

 being placed among the cultivated 

 kind ; the subsequent fertilization 

 is attributed to the punctures of an 

 hymenopterous insect ; (2) fecunda- 

 tion by artificial means ; Caprifi'cus, 

 (Lat.), the wild or " male " fig, the 

 uncultivated form, 



CapseU'a (/cov|/a, a box), Link's term for 



ACHENE. 



Cap'sicin, an acrid alkaloid principle 

 found in some species of Capsicum. 



Capsoma'nia {nd^a, a box ; fiavia, 

 madness), a multiplication of pistils. 



Cap'sule, Cap'sula, (1) a dry, dehiscent 

 seed-vessel ; (2)thetheca of Mosses ; 

 (3) X the perithecium or receptacle 

 of Fungi ; cap'sular, capsula'ris, 

 possessing a fruit of the kind just 

 mentioned ; cap'sulate, enclosed in 

 a capsule ; capsulife'rous, -n«, 

 {fero, I bear), bearing capsules. 



Cap'ut, (Lat., the head), the peridium 

 of some Fungi; ~ Flor'um % = Capit- 

 ULUM ; — Sadi'cis, the crown of the 

 root ; the obsolete stem or bud of 

 herbaceous plants. 



