GLOSSARY. 



XIX 



Caducous; falling away early. 



Caespitose: growing in a tuft. 



Callous: thickened. 



Calyx, G3. 



Cambium, 31. 



Campanulate: see Bell-shaped. 



Campylotropous, 83. 



Capillary : hair-like. 



Capsule, 69. 



Capsular: relating to, or with tlie ehar- 

 srs of a capsule. 



Carinate: keeled; liearing on the back a 

 sharp longitudinal ri I; 



Cariopsis, 95. 



Carpel: a single pistil, or one of the parts 

 or a compound pistil. 



' Uary: pertaining to a carpel. 



Carpophore: Flora, p. 167. 



Cartilaginous: hara and tough. 



Caruncle: an appendage of the hilum. 



Caudate: tailed. 



Caudex, 17. 



:ent: furnished with a stem. 



Cauline: pertaining to the stem. 



Cell: one of the cavities of the fruit or 

 of the anther, &c. 



Celle 1: divided into cells. 



Cellular Tissue, 3. 



Centrifugal Inflorescence, 48. 

 i -":il Inflorescence, 48. 



Chaff: thin scales or brae -. 



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 ol 



Chartaceous: of the texture of paper. 

 n iphyll : 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 ot'a petal. 



Clawed: raised on a claw. 



Climbing: clinging to other objects for 

 support. 



Club-shaped : terete and gradually thick- 

 ened upward. 



Clustered : crowded. 

 I 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. 

 >se : bearing a coma, 99. 

 lound: composed of similar simple 

 parts, 36. 



< impressed: flattened. 



< '• : the scaly fruit of the Pine. 



( ionfluenl i running together. 

 Conglomerate: heaped together. 

 Cornea) : 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. 



< 'ontorted : twisted : bent. 

 Contorted aestivation: see Convolute. 

 Contracted: narrowed; not spreading. 

 Convolute, 68. 



Cordate: heart-shaped. 



< Joriaceous : of the texture of leather. 

 i'nnn, 20. 



Corneous: hard like horn. 



date: bearing a horn or spur. 

 Corolla, 64. 

 ( lorymb, 56. 

 Corymbose: branched like a corymb; 



arranged in corymbs. 

 Costate: ribbed. 



< lotyledons, 104. 



I ireeping: prostrate, and rooting. 

 Crenate \ having sharp notches on the 



edge separated by rounded teeth. 

 date: slightly crenate. 



: liearing an elevated mitre. 

 Crown: an appendage of the corolla at 



the base of the limb. 

 Crowned: liearing anything at the apex. 

 Cruciform: shaped like a cross, 

 i irustaceous: hard and brittle, like a shell. 

 Cryptogamous Plants, 107. 

 Cueullate: see Hooded. 

 Culm, 16. 

 Cuneate : wedge-shaped. 



< !up-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 teem. 



Denticulate: slightly toothed. 



