GLOSSARY. 



Caducous : falling away early. 



Ccespitose : growing in a tuft. 



Callous : thickened. 



Calyx, 63. 



Cambium, 31. 



Campauulate : see Bell shaped. 



Campylotropou'5, 83. 



CapiUarv': hair-like. 



Capsule,- 89. 



Capsular: relating to, or with the char- 

 acters of a capsule. 



Carinate: keeled; bearing on the back a 

 sharp longitudinal ridge. 



Cariopsis, 95. 



Carpel: a single pistil, or one of the parts 

 of a compound pistil. 



Carpellary: pertaining to a carpel. 



Carpophore: Flora, p. 157. 



Cartilaginous: hard and tough. 



Canincle: an appendage of tlic Iiiluni. 



Caudate: tailed. 



Caudex, 17. 



Caulescent: furnished with a stem. 



Cauline: pertaining to the s-cm. 



Cell : one of the cavities of the f.niit or 

 of the anther, &c. 



Celled: divided into cells. 



Cellular Tissue, 3. 



Centrifugal Inflorescence, 48. 



Centripetal Inflorescence, 48. 



Chaff: thin scales or bi-acts. 



Chaffy: furnished witli chaff, or of the 

 texture of chaff. 



Chalaza. 82. 



Channelled : with a deep longitudinal 

 furrow. 



Character: a phrase employed to distin- 

 guish a genus, &c. from all others. 



Chartaceous : of the texture of paper. 



Chlorophyll : the green matter of leaves, 

 &c. 



Ciliate: fringed with a row of hairs 



Circinate: rolled inward at the apex. 



Circumscissile, 89. 



Cirrhose: bearing tendrils; tendril-like. 



Clasping: enclosing by its base, as a leaf 

 the stem. 



Clavate : club-shaped. 



Claw: the stalk of a petal. 



Clawed : raised o:i a claw. 



Climbing: clinging to other objects for 

 support. 



Club-shaped : terete and gradually thick- 



* ened upward. 



Clustered: crowded. 



Coated Bulb, 21. 



Cobwebby : bearing fine loose hairs. 



Cochleate: coiled like a snail-shell. 



Coherent: growing together. 



Column: the axis of a compound pistil; 

 the united stamens of the JIallow Fam- 

 ily; the united stamens and pistil of the 

 Orchis Family. 



Commissure: Flora, p. 157. 



Comose : hearing a coma, 99. 



Compound: composed of similar simple 

 parts, 3e. 



Compressed : flattened. 



Cone: the scaly fruit of the Pine. 



Confluent: nmning together. 



Conglomerate : heaped together. 



Conical : cone-shaped. 



Connate: growing together at the base, 



as opposite leaves around the stem. 

 Connective, 71. 



Connivent: brought near together. 

 Continuous: iu one piece; not jointed. 

 Contorted: twisted; bent. 

 Contorted iEstivation: see Convolute. 

 Contracted: naiTOwed; not spreading. 

 Convolute, 68. 

 Cordate : heart-shaped. 

 Coriaceous : of the texture of leather. 

 Comi, 20. 



Corneous : haixl like horn. 

 Corniculate : bearing a horn or spur. 

 Corolla, 64. 

 Coiymb, 56. 

 Corymbose : branched like a corymb : 



arranged in corymbs. 

 Costate: rilibed. 

 Cotyledons, 104. 



Creeping: prostrate, and rooting. 

 Crenate : having sharp notches on the 



edge separated by rounded teeth. 

 Crenulate: slightly crenate. 

 Crested: bearing an elevated ridge. 

 Crown: an appendage of the corolla at 



the base of the limb. 

 Crowned : bearing anything at the apex. 

 Cruciform: shaped like a cross. 

 Crustaceous : hard and brittle, like a shell. 

 Cryptogamous Plants. 107. 

 Cucullate: see Hooded. 

 Culm, 16. 



Cuneate : wedge-shaped. 

 Cvip-shaped: shaped like a bowl or cup. 

 Cuspidate : ending abruptly in a sharp 



point. 

 Cuticle 31. 

 Cylindrical: round and of nearly equal 



thickness. 

 Cyme, 60. 

 Cymose : arranged in a cyme. 



Decandrous : having ten stamens. 



Deciduous: falling off at, or before, the 

 close of the season. 



Declining: leaning to one side. 



Decompound : several times divided. 



Decumbent: prostrate, but ascending at 

 the summit. 



Decurrent : with the edges extending be- 

 low the main point of attachment. 



Definite: few; a number easily counted. 



Definite Inflorescence, 48. 



Deflexed : bent downward. 



Dehiscence: the manner in which closed 

 organs regularly open. 



Dehiscent : opening regularly. 



Deltoid : triangular. 



Dentate : having sharp notches on the edge 

 separated by coarse and spreading teeth. 



Denticulate : slightly toothed. 



