GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 199 



Caulicle, I little stein, or rudimentary stem (of a seedling), 11, 127. 

 Cauline, of or belonging to a Mini, 3t>. Caulis. Latin name of stem. 

 Caulocarpic, equivalent to perennial. 

 Cavfome, t lie cauline parts of a plant. 



CeW (diminutive, CelltUe), the cavity of an anther, ovary, &C.; one of the anatomi- 

 cal elements, 181. 



Cellular Cryptogams, 162. Cellular tissue, 131. 



Cellulose, 131. Cell-walls, 130. 



Centrifugal (inflorescence), produced or expanding in succession from the centre 

 outwards, 77. 



Centripetal, the opposite of centrifugal, 74. 



Cephala, Greek for head. In compounds, Sfonoctpkahus, with one head, .1/icro- 

 cephalvus, small-headed, &c. 



Cereal, belonging to corn, or corn-plants. 



Cernuous, nodding; the summit more or less inclining. 



Chaita, Greek for bristle. 



Chaff, small membranous scales or bracts on the receptacle of Composite; the 

 glumes, &c, of grasses. 



Chaffy, furnished with chaff, or of the texture of chaff. 



Chalaza, that part of the ovule where all the parts grow together, lit), 126. 



Channelled, hollowed out like a gutter; same as canaliculate. 



Character, a phrase expressing the essential marks of a species, genus, &a, 181. 



Chartaceous, of the texture of paper or parchment. 



Chloros, Greek for green, whence Chloranthuus, green-flowered; Chlorucarpous, 

 green-fruited, Sec. 



Chlorophyll, leaf green, 136. 



Chlorosis, a condition in which naturally colored parts turn green. 



Choripetalous, same as polypetalous. 



Churisis, separation of the normally united parts, or where two or more parts take 

 the place of one. 



Chromule, coloring matter in plants, especially when not green, or when liquid. 



Chrysos, Greek for golden yellow, whence Ckrgsanthous, yellow-flowered, &c. 



Cicatrix, the scar left by the fall of a leaf or other organ. 



Ciliate, beset on the margin with a fringe of cilia, i. e. of hairs or bristles, like the 

 eyelashes fringing the eyelids, whence the name. 



Cinereous, or Cineraceous, ash-grayish; of the color of ashes. 



Cirriiiute, rolled inwards from the top, 72. 



Circumscis-;ilr, or Circumcimle, divided by a circular line round the sides, as the 

 pods of Purslane, Plantain, Sec., 1-24. 



Circumscription, general outline. 



Cirrhiferous, or Cirrhnse, furnished with a tendril (Latin, Cirrhus): as the (Grape- 

 vine. Cirrhose also means resembling or coiling like tendrils, as the leaf- 

 stalks of VirginVbower. More properly Cfrrtuand Cirruse 



CitreOHi, lemon-yellow. 



Cladas, <ireek for branch. Cladophylla, 64. 



. 178, 183. 

 Classification, 17-"), 183. 

 Clathrate, latticed: Bame as canceiiate. 

 Clavate, club-shaped; slender below and thickened upwards. 

 t'lavtllate, diminutive of clavate. 



Cl'iriculiite, having Clamcula, or little tendrils or hook-. 

 Claw, the narrow or -talk like l.a-e of -oine petals, a- of Links, 91. 

 Cleistogamout (Cleistogamy), fertilized in closed bud, 115. 

 Cleft, cut into lobei 

 Clot* fertilisation, 1 15. 

 Climbing, rising by clinging to other objects, 89, 151. 



Club~sha/>ed, see clavate. 



Clustere<I, leaves, flowers, &c., aggregated or collected into a bunch. 



