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CAKIVATE. See keeled. 



CARTILAGINOUS Hard and somewhat flexible. It applies tq a leaf, 

 when it is b'umd around with a strong margin, different from the 

 dik of the leaf. 



CARYOPHTLLEOUS, 11 



CATKIN. See ament. 



CATHARTICS rubstunees whieh stimu-ate the intestines so as to has- 

 ten and ir.crcnse evacuations. 



CAULINE. ('.rowing on the main stem. 



CAUSTICS. Subst nces whicli correde, burn or dissolve the part with 

 which they c me in contact. . 



CELL. The hollow part, or cavity of a pericarp or anther. It is more 

 .generally applied to the cavities of pericarps, where seeds are lo.dg- 

 ed. Acc.m'-i .<g to the numbers of these the pericarps are Culled 

 one celled, two-celled, &.C. 



CELLULAR INTEGUMENT, 14. 



C-ELLULK*, cisivla. That kin<l of receptacle oflichens, which is glo. 

 bose, terminal and f jrmed of the substances of the frond. It is 

 filled with uncouted seeds, intermixed with fibres ; at length it 

 bursts irregularly. Smith 



CKSPITOSK. See Cccspuose. 



CHANNELLED. Hollowed out longitudinally with a raunded groove of 

 considerable depth. 



CILTATE, 17. CLASPING, 17. 



CLAVATE. Club-form. Growing larger towards the end. 



CLAW. The lower narrow part of a petal by which it is fixed on the 

 calyx or receptacle. It can cxis' only in Polypetalous corols. 



CLEFT. Split down, not exceeding halfway to'the base ; with nearly 

 Strait edges on both sides of the fissure. The parts into which it is 

 sp'it are numbered in desc ipums ; as onc^ sp'ii making two divisi- 

 ons, i-i called 2 cleft ; two splits, 3-clefi, &c. 



CLEFTS, Urell*. That kind of receptacle of lichens, which is open, 

 elongated, sessile, bluck, very narrow or linear, with a somewhat 

 spongy disk ; the border is parallel on each side and proper. Some- 

 times it has an accessory border from the crust besides. The clefts 

 are either simple and solitary ; or aggregate, confluent and branch- 

 .d. Smith. 



CLIMBING. Ascending by means of tendrils, as grapes : by leaf-stalks 

 as virgin's bower ; bycauUne radicles, or rootlets, as the creepi.'ig- 

 American .ivy, (rhiis-radi- flns.) It differs from twining, which see. 



CLUB-FORM. See clavate. COBWEBHED. See arachnoideus. 



COCHLEATE. Coiled spirally, like a snail-shell. 



COILED. Twisted like a rope ; or rather resembling the form of one 

 thread of a rope, after the other threads are removed, 



CoLOUnZD. COLUMELLA, 12. 



COMMON. Any part is common, which serves to include or sustain 

 several parts, similar among themselves, 



perianth Includi-ig several florets ; as in the thistle. 



invulncre. Surrounding the base of the pedunclts, in an Umbel, 



which are subdivided above. 

 This term is often used for frequent aUo. 



