Catapetalous 



A DICTIONARY 



Cell 



CAlApfiT'ALOu'S, having the 

 bases of the petals in a 

 polypetallous corolla adher- 

 ent to the bases of the stamens, 

 as in Malva. 



CAT'APHtL, a scale-like leaf, 

 as on buds, rhizomes, etc. 

 Compare Euphyll. 



CATAPHtL'LARt, scale-like, as 

 the perules of a bud or the 

 rudimentary leaves on a root- 

 stock. 



CAT'ENATE, see Concatenate. 



CATfiN'tJLATE, see Concate- 

 nate. 



CAtH'ODAL, see Cathodic. 



CATHdD'IC, applied to the edge 

 of a leaf which is entered by 

 an ascending spiral. In a 

 right-handed spiral it would be 

 the left edge and vice versa. 

 Also spelled Kathodic. Com- 

 pare Anodic. 



CATKIN, see Ament. 



CAU'DATE, having a long termi- 

 nation like a tail. 



CAU'DATED, see Caudate. 



CAU'DEX (pi. Cau'dexes or Cau'- 

 iiiQes), the trunk of a palm, a 

 tree-fern, or other arborescent, 

 endogen or acrogen; an up- 

 right root-stock; the persistent 

 base of various herbaceous 

 perennials (in this sense obso- 

 lete). Formerly applied to the 

 trunk of any tree. 



CAU'DlCLE, a little stalk, as that 

 to which each pollen-mass in 

 orchids is attached. 



CAUDlCULA, seeCAUDiCLE. 



CAULESCENT, having a distinct 

 leaf-bearing stem. 



CAU'LlCLE, the first internode, 

 or portion of the stem below 

 the cotyledons and above the 

 radicle or beginning of the 

 true root; tigellum; cauliculus, 

 usually called radicle. Seldom 



applied to the part after the 

 plant has developed. 



CAU'LlCtJIE, see Caulicle. 



CAULICULUS (pi. Caulic'ull), see 

 Caulicle. 



CATJLLF'EROUS, having a stem; 

 caulescent. 



CAU'LIfCRM, stem-like. 



CAULf^'EROUS, borne upon the 

 stem . 



CAULlNE, pertaining to the 

 stem; belonging to the stem, 

 or main stem, as cauline 

 leaves. 



CAULlNE BUN'DLES, fibrovas- 

 cular bundles confined exclu- 

 sively to the stem and not con- 

 nected with those in the leaves. 

 Compare Common Bundles. 



CAU'LIS, the stem; especially 

 the main stem in herbaceous 

 plants. 



CAULOCAR'POUS.producing fruit 

 upon a permanent stem, as or- 

 dinary trees and shrubs. 



CAU LOME, a general term for 

 stems of all kinds, whether 

 having the ordinary form and 

 functions of stems or not. 

 Compare Phyllomk. 



CAULO'MER, a name proposed 

 for one of the secondary axes 

 which form a sympodium. 



CAULOTAX'IS, the arrangemeut 

 of the branches upon a stem. 



CAVlT"? (Hort.). the depression 

 in the stem end of an apple. 

 Compare Basin. 



CELL, (1) one of the structural 

 elements of living bodies, by 

 the multiplication of which 

 growth is effected. In plants 

 the cell usually appears as a 

 closed sac surrounded by a 

 firm wall of cellulose and con- 

 taining the essential element, 

 protoplasm, and usually a nu- 

 cleus, the active agent in cell- 



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