GLOSSARY. 



Caducous: falling away early. 



Ccespitose: growing in a tuft. 



Callous: thickened. 



Calyx, 63. . 



Cambium, 31. 



Campanulate: see Bell shaped. 



Campylotropous, 83. 



Capillary: hair-like. 



Capsulej^ 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. 



Canmcle : an appendage of the hilura. 



Caudate : tailed. 



Caudex, 17. 



Caulescent: furnished with a stem. 



Cauline: pertaining to the stem. 



Cell : one of the cavities of the fruit or 

 of the anther, &c. 



Celled: divided into cells. 



Cellular Tissue, 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 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 on a clav.'. 



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 togethei'. 



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 fruit of the Pine. 



Confluent: running together. 



Conglomerate : heaped together. 



Conical : cone-shaped. 



Connate: growing together at the basey 



as opposite leaves around the stem. 

 Connective, 71. 



Connivent : brought near together. 

 Continuous: in one piece; not jointed. 

 Contorted: twisted; bent. 

 Contorted ajstivation: see Convolute. 

 Contracted : narrowed ; not spreading. 

 Convolute, 68. 

 Cordate : heart-shaped. 

 Coriaceous : of the texture of leather. 

 Corm, 20. 



Corneous : 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. 

 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. 

 Cnicifonn: shaped like a cross. 

 Crustaceous : 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. 

 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. 



