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GLOSSARY OP TERMS. 



Bitemate, twice ternate, the petiole 



supporting three ternate leaves. 

 Bivalved, two valved. 

 Border, the brim, or spreading part 



of a corol. 

 Brachiate, branches opposite, and 



each pair at right angles with the 



preceding. 

 Bract, 51. 

 Bulb, 36, 11 i. 



Caducous, falling early, sooner than 

 deciduous. ,.:. 



Caspitose or cespitose, growing in 

 tufts. 



Calcaratc, resembling, or furnished 

 with, a spur. 



Calli, small callosities or rough 

 protuberances. 



Calycjform, shaped like a calyx. 



Calyculated, furnished with an ad- 

 ditional outer calyx. 



Calyptriform , shaped like a calyp- 

 tra or extinguisher. 



Calyx, 73. 



Campanulate, bell-shaped. 



Canaliculate, channeled or furrow- 

 ed. 



Canescent, whitish, hoary. 



Capillary or capillaceous, very slen- 

 der, resembling a hair. 



Capitate, shaped like a head, or 

 bearing a head. 



Capsnde, 153. 



Carina, 81. 



Carinated, keeled, furnished with 

 a sharp or prominent back like 

 the keel of a vessel. 



Carpel, 113. 



Caryopsis, 144. 



Catkin, see Arr-ent. 



Caudate, having a tail ; as in some 

 seeds. 



Caudex, the main body of a tree or 

 root. 



Caulescent, 14. 



Cauline, growing on the stem. 



Cell, a cavity or compartment of a 

 seed vessel, or anther. 



Cellular, made up of little cells or 

 cavities. 



Chaffy, made of short membranous 

 portions like chaff. 



Ctiiate, fringed with parallel hairs. 



Cirrose, or cirrhosc, bearing a ten- 

 dril. 



Clasping, surrounding the item 



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. 



Clypcatc, .shaped like a Roman 

 buckler. 



Coadunate, united at base. 



Cochlcate, resembling the shell of a 

 snail. 



Coloured, different from green 

 which is the common colour of 

 plants. 



Columella, 135. 



Column, 99. 



Comose, covered with cottony hair. 



Compound, made up of similar sim- 

 ple parts. 



Compressed, flattened. 



Cone, 161. 



Conglomerate, crowded together. 



Confluent, running into one another. 



Connate, jointed together at base. 



Connivent, converging, the tips in- 

 clining towards each other. 



Contorted, twisted, bent from a 

 common position. 



Convolute, rolled together. 



Cordate, heart shaped. 



Coriaceous, leathery, tough and 

 thick. 



Corneous, horny, having a consis- 

 tence like horn. 



Corniculate, horn shaped. 



Corol or Corolla, 77.^ 



Cortical, belonging to the bark. 



Corymb, 67. 



Cos tote, ribbed. 



Cotyledons, 171-2. 



Creeping, 12, 16. 



Crcnalc, scolloped, having sharp 

 notches on the edge separated by 

 round or obtuse denture^. 



Crenulate, finely or minutely cre- 

 nate. 



Crovmcd, having a circle of pro- 

 jections round the upper part of 

 the tube of a flower, on its inside. 



Cruciform, or cruciate, consisting of 

 four petals placed like a cross. 



Crustaceans, having a hard brittle 

 shell. 



Cucullate, hooded or cowled, rolled 

 or folded in ; Ex. spathe of Arum 

 triphyllum. 



