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BuLLATE leaf; When the substance of the leaf rises high above tht 

 veins so as to appear like blisters. It is only the wi'inkled leaf ift 

 the highest degree. (Bullatiun.) 



Caducous. Falling oft' quickly. Applied to the corolla calyx, leaf, 

 stipule andbractea. (Caducus.) 



C ALYcuLATE calyx. A calyx having a caljcle or little cup at the basfc 

 on the outside as in the common garden pink. (Calyculatus.) 



Campanulate, corolla: Swelling out without forming a tube, bell- 

 shaped. (Campanulata.) 



Calyx. — The outer covering of the flower. 



Canescext — See Hoaiy. 



CAriLLAKY. Long and fine like a hair. (CapillarisandCapillaceus.) 



Capitate. Growing in ahead. (Capitatus.) 



Capsule. A membranaceous hollow pericarp or seed-vessel opening 



in some determinate manner. (Capsula.) 

 Cahinate; keeled, 



Cell. — The hoUotv part of a pericarp or capsule, in which the seed 



are lodged. (Loculamentum.) 

 Cernuous. See Drooping. 



Cespitose plant. Having many stems from the same root. (Cespitosa.) 

 Chaff. A dry membranaceous body interposed between florets ia 



some plants of the class syngenesia. (Palea.) 

 Chaffy receptacle. In wliich florets arc divided by interposed chaff 



or. scales. (Receptaculum paleaceum.) 

 Channelled. Hollowed above with a deep longitudinal channel or 



groove and convex underneath. (Canaliculatus.) 

 Chinked. Applied to the outer bark of some trees. (Rimosus.) 

 CiLiATE leaf. The edge guarded by parallel bristles resembling 



eyelashes. (Folium ciliatum.) 



CiRcuMscissED CAPSULE. Opening transversely or horizontally like 



a snuff-box. (Capsula circumscissa.) 

 Clavate, clubshaped. Growing gradually thicker towards the topt, 



(Clavatus.) 

 Claw. — The lower narrow part of a petal in a polypetalous corolla^ 



by which it is fixed to the receptacle. (Unguis.) 

 Clawed petal. A petal with a claw. (Petalum unguiculatum.) 

 Cleft leaf. Divided by linear sinuses with straight margins, and 



according to the number of such divisions, a leaf is called bifidj trifid, 



&c. or two cleft, three cleft, &c. (Folium fissum.) 

 CoccuM. A fruit of a particular structure, having several cells with 



a single seed in each. Thus euphorbia has a tricoccous fruit or 



three grained. 



Coloured leaf. Of any other colour than ^reen. (Coloratus.) 

 Columella. The central pillar of a capsule having the seeds affixeij 

 ed to it all round. . 



Columnar. Like the shaft of a column, without angles, round- 

 (Columnaris.) 



Complicate. Folded to<>;ether. (Complicatus.) 

 Compound flower. See Flower. 



Compressed or flattened- Applied to a stem whidihas two opposite 

 sides flatr (Compressus.) 



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