GLOSSARY. 



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micropyle or true apex down near to 

 the hilum; 279. 

 Canalicaulate (-atus). Channelled, or 



with a longitudinal groove. 

 Cdncellate (-dtus). Latticed; resembling 



lattice-work. 

 Cdndidus. Pure white. 

 Canescens. Hoary, usually with gray 



pubescence. 



Canus.' Gray-white; whiter than the 

 preceding. 



\ So slender that it 

 Caplllaceous(-eus). f may be compared 

 Capillary (-aris). 1 with the hairs of 



) animals. 



Capitate (-atus). Head-shaped, or col- 

 lected in a head; 147. 

 Capitellatt (-atus). Diminutive of Cap- 

 itate. 



Capitulum. A head of or simple globu- 

 lar cluster of sessile flowers ; 147. 

 Capreolate (-atus). Bearing a tendril 



(capreolus). 



Capsule (-ula). A dry and dehiscent 

 pericarp composed of more than one 

 carpel ; 28i), 293. 

 Capsular. Of the nature of, or relating 



to, a capsule. 



Capsuliferous. Capsule-bearing. 

 Carc^rulus. An unused name for an 

 indehiscent and several-celled dry 

 fruit; 297. 



Carina. A keel; used either for the 

 two combined lower petals of a papil- 

 ionaceous corolla (185); or for a sa- 

 lient longitudinal projection on the 

 centre of the lower face of an organ, 

 as on the glumes of many Grasses. 

 Connate (-atus). Keeled. 

 Cariopsis or Caryopsis. A grain ; a seed- 

 like fruit with thin pericarp adnate to 

 the contained seed ; 295. 

 Carneus. Flesh-colored, very pale red. 

 Cam. Flesh, as the pulp of a melon, or 



the fleshy part of a drupe. 

 Carp'idilhim. Synonym of Cremocarp. 

 Carpel, Carp-'Vam. A simple pistil, or 

 an element of a compound pistil, an- 

 swering to one leaf ; 167, 260. 

 Carpid, Carpidium. Synonym of carpel, 

 Carpology. The botany of fruits. 

 Carpophore (Carpophorum). A portion 

 of receptacle prolonged between the 

 carpels; 212. 

 Cdrpophyll (Carpoplnjllum). Literally 



fruit-leaf; synonym of Carpel ; 260. 

 Cartilaginous or Cartilaf/ineous (-eus). 

 Of the texture of cartilage or gristle; 

 firm and tough. 



Caruncle (Caruncula). An excrescence 

 at or about the hilum of certain seeds ; 

 308. 



Gary ophyllaceous (-eus). Resembling or 

 relating to the corolla of Dianthus 

 Caryophyllus (246), or to the Pink 

 family. 



Caryopsis. See Cariopsis. 

 Cassideus. Helmet-shaped. 

 Caasus. Empty, as an anther contain- 

 ing no pollen. 

 Castrate (-atus). Said of a stamen 



which wants the anther. 

 Catapetalous (-us). Where petals are 

 united only by cohesion with united 

 stamens, as in Mallow. 

 Cat'ipJiylla. Answers to the German 

 " Niederblatter," or under-1 eaves, 

 those at the beginning of a growth, 

 cotyledons, bud-scales, scales on rhi- 

 zomes, &c. ; 6. 



Catenulate (-atus). Formed of parts 

 united end to end, like the links of a 

 chain. 



Catkin. A scaly spike (see Ament) ; 150. 

 Caudate (-atus). Furnished with a tail 

 (cauda), or with a slender tip or ap- 

 pendage resembling a tail. 

 Caudex. A trunk or stock of a plant ; 50. 

 Caudide (Caudicula). The stalk of a 



pollinium, &c. 

 Caulescent (-ens). Having an obvious 



stem. 



Caulide (Cauliculus). The initial stem 

 in an embryo, generally named the 

 Radicle; 10. 



Cauline (-inus). Belonging to the stem. 

 Caulis. Greek form Caulon. The stem 



of a plant. 



Caulocdrpic or Caulocarpous. Applied 

 to plants which live to flower and 

 fructify more than once or indefi- 

 nitely. 

 Caulome, Cauloma. The stem-part of a 



plant. 



Cephalanthium. One of the names of 

 the head or capitulum in Composite ; 

 148. 



Cell ( Cellula). The anatomical element, 

 of plants; 28. The cavity of an 

 anther which contains the pollen, 

 or an anther-lobe, thus taken in the 

 sense of the circumscribing wall as 

 well as the cavity; 251, 254. The 

 cavity, or any one cavity of an ovary 

 or pericarp, containing the ovules or 

 seeds; 262. 



Cellular Plants, Cellulares, 340. 

 Cellule (-ula). Diminutive of cell; of 



