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Glossary 



biennial. Dowering and dying the 



second year. 

 bifid, 'J Heft bo about the middle. 

 bifurcaU , 8-forked. 

 bilabiate, 2-lipped. 

 bladdery, thin and Inflated. 

 blade, tin- expanded portion of a leaf 



or petal. 



bloom, a whitish powder. 



brachiate, in pairs, each pair arrang- 

 ed at right angles to the next. 



bract, t lie leaf of an inflorescence. 



bractlet, bracts thai occur on flower 

 pedicels. 



Imlli, a leaf-bud with fleshy scales, 

 usually subterranean. 



bullate, appearing as if blistered or 

 bladdery. 



caducous, dropping off very early. 



caspitose, growing in tufts. 



cal/mi*, hardened. 



calyptra, a hood. 



calyx, the outer set of the perianth. 



campanulate, bell shaped. 



canescent, grayish-white, caused usu- 

 ally by a covering of fine whitish 

 hairs. 



capiiati , having a head. 



capsule, a dry dehiscent fruit formed 

 from a compound pistil. 



i a rin ill, , keeled. 



carpel, a pistil-leaf or sporophyll. 



carunclt , an excrescence tit the hilum 

 of some seeds. 



catkin, see ament. 



emulate, tailed. 



caudex, an upright stock. 



caudicle, the stalk of a pollen mass. 



caulescent, having an obvious stem. 



caullcle, rudimentary stem of a seed- 

 ling. 



caulim , belonging to the stem. 



c, II, the cavity of an anther orovary. 



chaff, small membranous scales on 

 the receptacle of Composita:. 



chaparral, a thick growth of shrubs, 

 such as manzanita or scrub-oak 



chartaceous, of the texture of paper. 



dilate, beset on the margin with a 

 fringe of hairs or bristle's 



clavatt , olub-shaped. 



claw, the stalk like base of some 



petals. 

 cleistogamoiiK, fertilized in closed 



buds. 

 cleft, cut into lobes. 

 COmose, bearing a tuft of hairs. 

 fiiiiiHtitisurt see page ;!?»'>. 

 i-oniiati , united or grown together. 

 cmi niri a/, converging. 

 COtlVOlvte, rolled up lengthwise. 



cordatt , heart-shaped. 

 coriaceous, Leathery In texture. 

 cor/71, a solid bulb. 

 • in n >ite, horned. 



COrOlla, the inner set Of perianth 

 leaves. 



corona, a crown. 



corymb, a Bat or convex flower-olus- 

 ter. 



corymbose, in corymbs. 



costa, a rib. 



cotyledons, the seed-leaves. 



creeping, growing flat on the ground 

 and root ing. 



crenate, with rounded teeth. 



cruciate, cross-shaped. 



cuciillatc, 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 Inflor- 

 escence. 



cymose, with cymes. 



./. ciduous, falling off. 



decompound, several times com- 

 pound. 



decumbent, reclined on the ground, 

 t he summit tending to rise. 



lb ,iirii ni , prolonged on the stem be 



Death the insertion. 

 decussate, arranged In pairs, which 



successively cross each other. 

 dehisa nee, the regular splitting "pen 



of a capsule or tint her. 

 ,/, uliil, , toothed, the teeth point Ing 

 out ward. 



diadelphous — see page 804. 

 dichotomous, ■.'•forked. 



