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Catius. (1.) Any abnormally thickened part. (2.) In grasses, applied to a 
swelling or extension of the flowering glumes at their insertion on the axis 
or rhachilla of the spikelet. 
Catyctne. Pertaining to or resembling a calyx. 
CaLycuLaTE. Having a whorl of bracts outside the true calyx and resembling it. 
CatypTratTE. Hood-like, or bearing a hood or cap. 
Catyx. The outer series of floral envelopes. 
CaMPANULATE. Bell-shaped. 
CaMPYLOTROPAL, CaMPyLoTROPOUS. Applied to an ovule when one end has 
grown faster than the other, so as to cause the apex (or micropyle) to curve 
inwards and approach the hilum. 
CanaticuLatTE. Having a longitudinal groove or channel. 
Capi~taRy. Very slender and hair-like. 
Capiratr. (1.) Having a rounded head. (2.) Growing in heads, as the flowers 
of Composite. 
CaprreLuATE. The diminutive of ‘ capitate.” 
CapsuLe. A dry many-seeded seed-vessel, splitting into valves. 
CapsuLar. Having fruit of the nature of a capsule. 
Cartna. The name applied to the keel, or the two cohering anterior petals of a 
papilionaceous flower. 
CaRInaTE. Keeled. 
Carpet. A simple pistil, or that element of a compound pistil which answers 
to a single leaf. 
CaRPoPHoRE. A portion of the axis or receptacle elongated between the carpels. 
and protruding beyond them, as in Geraniwm and many Umbellifere. 
Cartinacinous. Firm and tough; resembling cartilage. 
Caruncie. A wart or prominence near the base or hilum of a seed. 
CaRUNCULATE. Having a caruncle. 
Caryopsts. A small one-celled and one-seeded fruit with a thin, closely adherent 
pericarp; the fruit of grasses. 
Catrin. A deciduous spike consisting of unisexual apetalous flowers. 
CaupatTE. Tailed; drawn out into a tail-like appendage. 
CaupEx. The axis of a plant, consisting of the stem and root ; the stem of a palm 
or tree-fern. 
Caupicte. In orchids, applied to the slender often strap-shaped body connect- 
ing the pollen-masses with the rostellum. 
Cavutrmng. On or belonging to the stem; frequently applied to leaves growing 
on the stem, as opposed to those springing from near the root. 
Ceti. (1.) An independent portion of protoplasm, bounded by a wall of 
cellulose, and containing a nucleus; the unit of all cellular structure. (2) A 
cavity or separate enclosure, as of an ovary or anther. 
CELLULAR. Composed of minute cells. 
CrenTRIFUGAL. Applied to an inflorescence which develops from the centre out- 
wards, as the cyme. 
CENTRIPETAL. Applied to an inflorescence which develops from the margin 
towards the centre, or from the base towards the summit, as the corymb,. 
raceme, &c. 
Crrnoovus. Nodding, but hardly pendulous. 
CHANNELLED. Having a longitudinal groove like a gutter. 
CHARTACEOUS. Papery; having the texture of paper. 
CHLOROPHYLL. The green colouring matter within the cells of plants, 
Crmuiate. Having the margin (and sometimes the nerves) fringed with hairs. 
CittoLtaTE. Fringed with minute hairs. 
CryerEous. Ashy-grey. 
CrrcinaTE. Coiled from the tip into a spiral, as the young fronds of ferns, 
CIRCUMSCISSILE. Opening by a transverse circular line. 
CIRRHATE, CrRRHOSE. Bearing tendrils. 
CiapopE. A flattened branch simulating a lea. 
