GLOSSARY. 



Caducous : fallinp; a^vay early. 



Ctespitose: gi-owing in a tuft. 



Callous: thickened. 



Calyx, 63. 



Cambium, 31. 



Campanulate: see Bell shaped. 



Campylotropous, 83. 



Capillary: 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 : jjertaining to a carpel. 



Carpophore : Flora, p. 157. 



Cartilaginous: hard and tough. 



Carancle : an appendage of the hilum. 



Caudate : tailed. 



Caudex, 17. 



Caulescent: furnished with a stem. 



Cauline: pertaining to the stem. 



Cell : one of the cavities of the fniit or 

 of the anther, &c. 



Celled: divided into cells. 



Cellular Tissuq, 3. 



Centrifugal Inflorescence, 48. 



Centripetal Inflorescence, 48. 



Chaff: thin scales or bracts. 



Chaffy : furnished with 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 gi-een matter of leaves, 

 &c. 



Ciliate: fringed with a row of hairs. 



Circinate: rolled inward at the ajjex. 



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 on a claw. 



Climbing: clinging to other objects for 

 support. 



Club-shaped : terete and gradually thick- 

 ened upward. 



Clustei'ed: 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 Mallow Fam- 

 ily ; the united stamens and pistil of the 

 Orchis Family. 



Commissure: Flora, p. 157. 



Comose: bearing a coma, 99. 



Compound: composed of similar simple 

 parts, 36. 



Compressed : flattened. 



Cone: the scaly fniit of the Pine. 



Confluent: running 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: in one piece; not jointed. 

 Contorted : twisted ; bent. 

 Contorted aistivation : see Convolute. 

 Contracted : narrowed ; not spreading. 

 Convolute, 68. 

 Cordate: heart-shaped. 

 Coriaceous : of the texture of leather. 

 Conn, 20. 



Coi-neous : hard like horn. 

 Corniculate : bearing a horn or spur. 

 Corolla, 64. 

 Corymb, 56. 

 Corymbose : branched like a corymb ; 



arranged in corymbs. 

 Costate: ribbed. 

 Cotyledons, 104. 



Creeping : prostrate, and rooting. 

 Crenate : having sharp notches on the 



edge separated by rounded teeth. 

 Ci'euulate: 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. 

 Cnistaceous : hard and brittle, like a shell. 

 Cryptogamous Plants. 107. 

 Cucullate: see Hooded. 

 Culm, 16. 



Cuneate : wedge-shaped. 

 Cup-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. 

 Cyraose: arranged in a cyme. 



Decandrous : having ten stamens. 



Deciduous: falling off at, or before, the 

 close of the season. 



Declining: le^aning 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 

 oi-gans regularly open. 



Dehiscent: opening regularly. 



Deltoid : triangular. 



Dentate : having sharp notches on the edge 

 separated by coarse and spreading teeth. 



Denticulate: slightly toothed. 



