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GLOSSARY. 



Ckntrifugal inflorescence ; where the cent- 

 ral flowers of a cyme precede the others, 

 i. e. the flowering commences at the 

 centre, and extends successively to the 

 circumference. 



Centripetal i nflorescence ; wh ere the outer 

 flowers of a corymb, or umbel, precede 

 the inner ones, expanding in succes- 

 sion from the circumference to the 

 centre. 



Cephaloid; head- shaped; in the rounded 

 form of a head. 



Cephalodia; the knobs, or head-shaped 

 fructification of some Lichens. 



Cereal; pertaining to Ceres; belonging 

 to the farinaceous grains, over which 

 Ceres presided. 



Cernuous; nodding; drooping at apex. 



Cespitose, ; having numerous stems from 

 the same root, forming a tuft, or tus 

 sock. 



Chaff; the small dry husks, or seed -covers 

 of theG'-asses(being the stunted sheaths 

 of abortive leaves); also, the bracts on 

 the receptacle of many compound anc 

 other aggregated Bowers. 



Chaffy ; bearing, or resembling, chaff. 



Channels; longitudinal grooves; the in- 

 terstices between the ribs on the fruit 

 ofUmbeliiferae. 



Character; a phrase, or sketch, giving 

 the essen tial features of the objects, or 

 classes of objects, by which they are 

 known, and distinguished. 



Charlaceous; with the texture of writing 

 paper. 



Cicatrice; a scar, such as that left a 

 the place of articulation, after the fal 

 of a leaf, &c. 



Cilia; hairs arranged like eye-lashes. 



Cilialie ; fringed with parallel hairs on 

 the margin, like eye-lashes. 



Ciliate-serrate ; having serratures so fine 

 as to resemble short eye-lashes. 



Ciliolae; diminutive of cilia; hairs lik 

 miniature eye-lashes. 



Cinereous ; of the color of wood-ash es. 



Circinate; with the apex rolled back on 

 itself, like the young fronds of a fern. 



Circumscissed ; cut round transversely 

 or opening horizontally, like a snuff 

 box. 



Cirrhose; bearing, or resembling, tendrils 



Class ; one of the higher or primary di 

 visons, in a systematic arrangement. 



Clavate; club-shaped; thicker toward th 

 summit, or outer end. 



Clavellate ; in the form of a little club. 



Claw of a petal; the slender taperinj 

 portion, at base. 



Cleft; split, or divided, less than hal 

 way to the base. 



Clypeate ; in the form of an ancient shield 

 or buckler. 



Coacervate ; heaped, or aggregated. 



Coaetaneous flowers; appearing at th 

 same time with the leaves. 



Coarctate; contracted, or crowded into 

 narrow compass. 



Coccus (plural Cocci); a kind of semi- 

 baccate, separable, and sometimes in- 

 dehiscent, carpel. 



^ochleale; coiled like a snail-shell. 



Coherent; united with an organ of the 

 same kind, as stamens coherent with 

 each other, &c. See adherent. 



Collateral; placed side by side ; or on the 

 same side of another organ. 



Colored; of any other color than green. 



'Mumella ; a little column ; the solid axis 

 of a pod. 



folumn; the combined stamens in Mal- 

 vaceous, or stamens and pistils in 

 Orchidaceous plants. 



loma ; a tuft of hair, bracts, &c. 



Commissure; the face by which two carpels 

 cohere, as in Umbelliferae. 



Common (petiole, peduncle, &c.) ; belong- 

 ing to, or sustaining, several similar 

 subordinate parts. 



Jomose ; having a tuft, or topknot of 

 hairs, bracts, or leaves, at summit, or 

 atone end (in case of seeds). 



Complete flower ; having both calyx and 

 corolla. 



Compound; not simple, but made up 

 of similar, simple parts. 



Compound flower ; an aggregated cluster, 

 or head of syngenesious florets, seated 

 on a common receptacle, and embraced 

 by an involucre, or many-leaved com- 

 mon calyx. 



Compound leaf; con si sting of several leaf- 

 lets, each articulated with the common 

 petiole (or its branches), and ultimately 

 falling from it. 



Compound pistil ; consisting of 2 or more 

 carpels or simple ovaries, cohering to- 

 gether. 



Compound umbel ; in which each primary 

 ray bears a small umbel (or umbellet) 

 at summit. 

 mipressed; flatted,as if laterally squeezed 



Compressed akene ; in compound flowers ; 

 flatted, with one edge to the front, or 

 periphery. See obcompressed. 



Concave ; presenting a hollow or depress- 

 ed surface. 



Concentric layers, or circles; circles of 

 different sizes, or diameters, with a 

 common centre. 



Concrete; grown together, or united. 



Conduplicate ; doubled lengthwise, so that 

 the sides are applied face to face, like 

 a folded sheet of paper. 



Cone; the woody ament of the Pines: 

 also the fruit of the Hop. 

 mftuent; blended, or running together ; 

 forming a junction. 



Congener; one belonging to the same 

 genus; nearly related. 



Conglomerate ; clustered into a mass. 



Conjugate ; in pairs ; coupled. 



Connate; united, or cohering together, 

 from the first. 



Connate-perfoliate leaves; their bases 



united round the stem. 

 Connective; that portion of the filament 



