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INDEX AND GLOSSARY. 



Caryota, 302, 303. 



Cassava, 280. 



Cassia, 196, 197, 198, 292. 



Cassytha, 292 



Castor-oil Family. 276. 



Castor-oil seed, 45. 



Catechu. 199. 



Caikm (or Ament), a deciduous spike. 



41. 283. 

 Catidicle, 318. 

 cauline, 4. 

 Cedar, 297. 



Cedar. W. Indian, 187. 

 Cedrela, 187. 

 Cedrus, 297. 

 Celastracese, 204. 

 Celastrus, 204. 

 Celery, 222. 

 Cell-contents, iii. 

 Cells, ic8. 

 Cellular plants, 356. 

 Cellular system, 114. 

 Cellulose, ri2. 

 Celosia, 268. 

 centrifui^al, same as definite, applieil to 



an inflorescence. 

 centripetal, same as indefinite, applied 



to an inflorescence. 

 Cephaelis, 226. 

 Ceratopteris, 349. 

 Cereals, 341. 



cer7tuous, pendulous, overhanging. 

 Cetraria, 361. 

 Chalaza, the part of an ovule where the 



base of the nucleus is united to its 



coat. 

 Chamserops, 302. 

 Chaste-tree, 259. 

 Chavica, 293. 

 Cheer Pine, 294. 

 Cheersullah, 294. 

 Chenopodiaceae, 266. 

 Chenopodium, 266. 

 Cherry, 203. 

 Chestnut, 284. 

 Chlorophyll, 113. 

 Chloroxylon, 187. 

 Chocolate, 176. 

 Chrysophyllum, 236. 

 Churrus, 273. 

 Cicca, 280. 

 Cicer, 196. 

 Cinchona, 226. 

 Cinchoraceac, 230. 

 Cine?tchy)na, branching or simple vessels 



containing white or coloured fluid 



(milk-sap). 

 Cinnamomum, 291, 

 Cinnamon, 291, 292. 

 circhiate. 344. 

 circumscissile, dehiscing transversely ; 



applied to capsular fruits. 

 Cissampetos. 154. 



Citron, 6, 184. 



Citrullus, 214, 215. 



Citrus, 5, 182. 



Citrus auraniiurn, described, j6o. 



Cladonia, 361. 



Class, 45. 



Classification, 123. 



Clausena, 184. 



Claw of petal, 89. 



Clearing nuts, 242. 



Clematis, 147, 148. 



Clerodendron, 260. 



Clove, 209. 



Clove pepper, 209 



Clubmoss Family, 351. 



Coat of ovule, 26. 



Coccinia, 215. 



Cocculus, 154. 



Coccus, the one-seeded carpel of a syn- 



carpous fruit, the carpels of which 



separate from each other when ripe. 

 Cockscomb, 268. 

 Cocoa-nut, 100, 301. 

 Cocoa-tree, 176. 

 Cocos, 301, 302. 

 Coflfea, 226. 

 Cohesion, 29. 

 Coix, 337. 



Collective fruits, 102. 

 Colocasia, 29, 47, 306, 308. 

 Colocynth, 215. 

 Columella, the central axis in the spo- 



range of mosses. 

 Column, 318 ; of Orchids, 51. 

 Coma, 241. 

 Combretaceae, 203. 

 Combretum Family, 203. 

 Commelyna, 314. 

 Commelynacese, 314. 

 Commissure, 221. 

 complete, applied to flowers when calyx, 



corolla, stamens, and pistil are present. 

 Compositse, 227. 

 Composite Family, 227. 

 Compound leaves, 75. 78. 

 Conceptacle, a closed cavity containing 



fructification in Cryptogams ; ofp'ucus, 



362. 

 conduplicate, folded down the middle. 

 Cone, 102. 

 Confervoideae, 362. 

 Coniferae, 294. 

 Conium, 221. 

 Connaraceae, 193. 

 Connarus Family, 193. 

 connate. 80. 

 Connective, the portion of the anther 



connecting the pollen-bearing lobes 

 Constituents of plants, 20. 

 contorted, twisted. 

 Convolvulaceas, 247. 

 Convolvulus, 247. 248. 

 Copal, Indian, 172. 



