GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 



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Capsule, 153. 



Carina 81. 



Carinate, keeled, furnished with a 



sharp or prominent back like the 



keel of a vessel. 

 Carpel, 113. 

 Carpophore, the axis of the fruit in 



the Umbellifers. 

 Caryopsis, 144. 

 Catkin, see Ament. 

 Caudate, having a tail ; as in some 



seeds. 

 Caudex, the main body of a tree or 



root. 



Caulescent, having a true stem 

 Cauline, growing on the stem. 

 Cell, a cavity or compartment of a 



seed vessel or anther. 

 Cellular, made up of little cells or 



cavities. 



Centrifugal inflorescence, 72. 

 Centripetal inflorescence, 71. 

 Chaffy, made of short membranous 



portions like chaff. 

 Channelled, grooved or furrowed. 

 Chartaceous, of a texture resembling 



paper. 



Ctiite, hairs along the margin of a sur- 

 face, like those of the eyelashes. 

 Ciliate, fringed with parallel hairs, 



like eyelashes. 



Cinereous, of the color of wood-ashes. 

 Circinate, with the apex rolled back 



upon itself, like the young fronds 



of a fern. 

 Circumcised, cut round transversely, 



or opening like a snuff-box. 

 Cirrhus, a tendril. 

 Cirrhose, bearing tendrils. 

 Clasping, surrounding the stem partly 



or quite with the base of the leaf. 

 Clavate, club-shaped, larger at top 



than bottom. 



Claw, the taper base of a petal, 82. 

 Cleft, split or divided less than half 



way. 

 Clypeate, shaped like a Roman 



buckler. 



Coadunate, united at base. 

 Coarctate, contracted or crowded. 

 Cochleate, resembling the shell of a 



snail. 

 Coherent, united with an organ of 



the same kind. 



Collateral, placed side by side. 

 Colored, different from green, which 



is the common color of plants. 



ia, 135. 



Column, 99. 



Commisure, the line of junction of 

 two bodies ; as the face of the car- 

 pels in the Umbelliferae. 



Comose, covered with cottony hair. 



Compound, made up of similar simple 

 parts. 



Compressed, flattened. 



Conduplicate, doubled lengthwise, 



Cone, 161. 



Conglomerate, crowded together. 



Confluent, running into one another. 



Conjugate, in pairs; coupled. 



Connate, joined together at base. 



Connective, the organ which connects 

 the two cells of an anther. 



Connivent, converging, the tips in- 

 clining towards each other. 



Conoid, like a cone. 



Continuous, without interruption or 

 articulation. 



Contorted, twisted, bent from a com- 

 mon position. 



Convolute, rolled together. 



Coraloid, resembling coral in appear- 

 ance. 



Cordate, heart-shaped. 



Coriaceous, leathery, tough and thick. 



Cormus or corm, the fleshy subter- 

 raneous base of a stem, resembling 

 a bulb, but solid. 



Corneous, horny, having a consist- 

 ence like horn. 



Corniculate, horn-shaped. 



Corolla, 77. 



Cortical, belonging to the bark. 



Corymb, 67. 



Costate, ribbed. 



Cotyledons, 172. 



Creeping, 12. 



Crenate, scolloped, having sharp 

 notches on the edge separated by 

 round or obtuse dentures. 



Crenulate, finely or minutely crenate. 



Crested, having an appendage re- 

 sembling a cock's comb. 



Crowned, having a circle of projec- 

 tions round the upper part of the 

 tube of a flower, on its inside. 



Cruciform or cruciate, consisting of 

 four petals placed like a cross. 



Crustaceous, having a hard brittle 

 shell. 



Cucullate, hooded or cowled, rolled 

 or folded in ; as the spathe of Arum 

 triphyllum. 



