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GLOSSARY. 



arranged at right angles to 

 the next. 



hract, the leaf of an inflorescence. 

 bractlet, bracts that occur on 



flower-pedicels. 

 bulb, a leaf-bud with fleshy 



scales, usually subterranean. 

 bullate, appearing as if blistered 



or bladdery. 



caducous, dropping off very 



early. 

 ccespitose, growing in tufts. 

 callous, hardened. 

 calyptra, a hood. 

 calyx, the outer set of the peri- 

 anth. 

 campanulate, bell-shaped. 

 canescent, grayish-white, caused 



usually by a covering of fine 



whitish hairs. 

 capitate, having a head. 

 capsule, a dry dehiscent fruit 



formed from a compound 



pistil. 

 carinate, keeled. 



carpel, a pistil-leaf or sporophyll. 

 caruncle, an excrescence at the 



hilum of some seeds. 

 catkin, see ament. 

 caudate, tailed. 

 caudex, an upright stock. 

 caudicle, the stalk of a pollen- 

 mass. 

 caulescent, having an obvious 



stem. 

 caulicle, rudimentary stem of a 



seedling. 

 cauline, belonging to the stem. 

 cell, the cavity of an anther or 



ovary. 

 chaff, small membranous scales 



on the receptacle of Com- 



positae. 

 chaparral, a thick growth of 



shrubs, such as manzanita or 



scrub-oak. 

 chartaceous, of the texture of 



paper. 

 ciliate, beset on the margin with 



a fringe of hairs or bristles. 

 clavate, club-shaped. 



cla-iv, the stalk-like base of some 

 petals. 



cleistogamous, fertilized in closed 

 buds. 



cleft, cut into lobes. 



comose, bearing a tuft of hairs. 



commissure — see page 253. 



connate, united or grown to- 

 gether. 



connivent, converging. 



convolute, rolled up lengthwise. 



cordate, heart-shaped. 



coriaceous, leathery in texture. 



corm, a solid bulb. 



cornute, horned. 



corolla, the inner set of perianth 

 leaves. 



corona, a crown. 



corymb, a flat or convex flower- 

 cluster. 



corymbose, in corymbs. 



casta, a rib. 



cotyledons, the seed-leaves. 



creeping, growing flat on the 

 ground and rooting. 



crenate, with rounded teeth. 



cruciate, cross-shaped. 



cucullate, hood-shaped or hooded. 



culm, the stem of grasses or 

 sedges. 



cuneate, wedge-shaped. 



cuspidate, tipped with a sharp 

 stiff point. 



cyme, a cluster of centrifugal 

 inflorescence. 



cymose, with cymes. 



deciduous, falling off. 



decompound, several times com- 

 pound. 



decumbent, reclined on the 

 ground, the summit tending 

 to rise. 



decurrent, prolonged on the stem 

 beneath the insertion. 



decussate, arranged in pairs, 

 which successively cross each 

 other. 



dehiscence, the regular splitting 

 open of a capsule or anther. 



dentate, toothed, the teeth point- 

 ing outward. 



