GLOSSARY 309 



Bracts (bractea = a thin plate, or leaf, of metal). An 



irregularly developed leaf at base of flower or fruit stalk. 



Note the bracts behind cone scales, which are sometimes 



concealed and sometimes exserted, and of different 



lengths and shapes. 

 Breathing-pores. Vide Stomata. 

 Bud. Young folded-up-branch or flower. 

 Bud Scales. The covering of winter buds. 

 Callous (callosus = thick-skinned). Thick-shelled. 

 Cambium. The sticky fluid between bark and wood of 



exogenous trees when new wood is forming. 

 Carinate (carina = keel). Shaped Uke the keel of a boat. 



Vide Boat-shaped, Keeled. 

 Cartilaginous (cartilago = gristle). Like gristle. A 



description often apphed to the apex of leaves of Conifers. 

 Ciliate (cihum = eyelash). Fringed with hairs, hke the 



young leaf of a beech tree. 

 Circa (circa = round about). To describe " or thereabouts." 

 Chlorophyll (chloros = pale green ; phyllon = leaf) . The 



green granular colouring matter below the surface of 



plants. 

 Clados (Gk. clados = branch). Cladodes, or Phylloid shoots. 



Vide Phylloid s, term apphed to the herbaceous growths 



arising from the axil of the scale-like leaves of the Japanese 



Umbrella Tree, Sciadopitys Verticillata. 

 Columnar (columen = an eminence; columna = a pillar). 



Shaped like a column. Strict shape of a column vertical. 



Section Cuneate, horizontal circular. 

 Comb-shaped. Vide Pectinate. 

 Cone (Gk. conos = peak). The fruit of Conifers, and made 



up of overlapping scales. Synonym Strobile. 

 Conical. Shaped like a cone, i.e. with vertical section 



triangular and pointed, and horizontal section and 



base circular, or of a form gradually tapering down at 



one end. 

 Coriaceous (corium = leather). Leathery. 

 Corky (cortex = rind or bark). Having the texture of cork. 



Syn. Suberose, Corky (Suber = Cork Tree). 

 Corrugated (ruga = wrinkle). Apphed to a surface falhng 



and rising at parallel angles in wavy ridges. A term used 



