GLOSSARY. 



Campylodromous, appUed to the manner in which 

 veins are distnbuted. See vol. i. p. 633, fig 150 » 



Carapylotropous, used of an ovule or seed in which 

 the nuceUus, «ith its integuments, is bent so that 

 the apex is brought near to the point of attachment. 



Canker, a vague term appUed to the disease or Fun<nis 

 M'hich attacks plants and causes slow decay 



Capillitium, the thread-Uke fibres, often united into 

 a reticulum, winch are developed within the spores 

 of Myxomycetes and many Gasteromycetes. 



Capitulum, a head or globular cluster of sessile 

 nowers. 



Caprification, the custom of hanging branches of the 

 «ild iig in the cultivated trees so as to ensure pol- 

 hnation by means of the gaU-insects thus introduced 



Capnficus, the uncultivated male form of the com- 

 moil r ig. 



Capsule, a drj-, dehiscent fruit. 



'^on°p't'''°i"'^!' Turpentine GaU-apple, produced 

 on Pistacia Lentiscus by a Pemphigus 



Carpel a single-ceUed ovary or seed-vessel, or a single 

 ceU of an ovary or seed-vessel together ,vith what 



fied kaf '"' """^ ^^ ''^""^"^ ^ --^ '""di- 



Carpium, or Carp, the oogonium modified by fertiU- 



embiyo. Cf. vol. u. p. 47. 

 Carpo-asci, the more complex Ascomycetous Fungi 

 — aU except the Exoascacea;. ^ 



Carpophylla, the carpels. 



^sort"of aril ^""'■^"'^ outgrowth of the seed-coat; a 

 Caryophyllaceous, appertaining to the Pink family 

 Caryopsis, an indehiscent one-seeded fruit, in which 



cereai^a^'s ""^ '"^^"''"" '° '^' P'^"'=""^' ^ ^ ^^^ 

 Catapult-fruits, fruits in which the dispersal of the 



seeds or fruit-segments is due to the elastic reaction 



ot the resihent peduncles or pedicels. 

 Catkin, a pendulous inflorescence bearing flowers of 



one sex only ; an amentum. 

 Caudex, a trunk or unbrauched stem. 

 ^ P"a'lm'^tr';ei"""'^"^' *" "^''^ columnar stem, as in 

 ^^ rouu""'' ''^'^"^ '"' obvious stem rising above the 

 Cauline, .appertaining to the stem. 

 Caulis, the stem or stalk. 

 Caulis herbaceus, a herbaceous stem 



'^ c,f an :nl^":;i::^"^' ' ^""™'''=°^^ ^'^""^ *>>« ^*- 

 ^lf°pllut. '''^'"■"'™='"'-'=' ""• «ie stem-like portion 



^d'il^il^rt \^''" r ."hypertrophy on a plant-member, 



due to the stunulatmg action of an insect or Fungus 



Cell, the structural unit in the formation of plants- 



are built u!"^"^ portions of which plants 



Cell-membrane, the cell-wall. 



^ plan^e.^*^' '^^ ^^'^ °^ aggregates of cells in one 

 Cell-sap, the watery fluid contained in a ceU 

 Cellular, consisting of cells. Sometimes used of 



plants wluch are destitute of vessels. 

 ^t""'°'^' ^ carbo-hydrate of which ceU-membranes 

 are composed ; the essential constituent of cell-walls 

 Centrifugal, a term appUed to such inflorescences as 

 develop from the centre outwards 

 Vol. II. 



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Centripetal, a term appUed to such inflorescences as 



develop from wathout inwards. 

 Cephalonion gall, a sac-Uke gaU joined to the leaf 



by a narrow neck. 



Ceratonion gall, a hollow, thick-waUed, hom-Uke 

 gaU, belonging to the series of Mantle-galls. 



Chalaza, the part of an ovule where nuceUus and 

 integuments cohere; the base of the nuceUus 



Chalazogamic, appUed to fertiUzation in flowering 



^Fumo"'"^''"''^' ""^ reproductive organ in some 

 Chloranthy, the production of green flowers; a sup- 



Fou:' cSr °^ ^°''' ^'™^'"^^ *° ^ P^''- 

 "'m^S^:-^!^ ?-::!- ^— green. 

 Chlorophyll, the ordinary green pigment of plants 



hation "^ ''^'"'' "" ^^^ P™"''^^ °^ ''''''^°'' ^'^'^ir'^- 



Chlorophyll-corpuscles,protoplasmicbodiesdistinct 

 from yet imbedded m, the general ceU-protopIasm 

 of the gi-een parts of plants. The chlorophyU is 

 restncted to these corpuscles. F j" « 



^\^°J"^'°P^°'^' a general term for any protoplasmic 

 ar°e'romr;ifor^es''°""^"^'- ^^-opl^yU-eo^uscles 



Chromosomes. See Fibrils. i 



Cilia deUcate protoplasmic filaments serving as organs 

 of locomotion, as in zoospores, &c. *= b » 



Cincinnus, a form of cymose inflorescence, a one-sided 



^"w.Z ."P,'?'"':. 2 *'™ f""- stem-tendrHs, i.e. 

 branch-tendnls and flower-stalk tendrils. 



Cirrhus costalis, a projecting or excurrent midrib 

 modified as a tendril. "uuiiu. 



Cirrhus foliaris, a leaf modified as a tendril 



^ tendril.^^'^""""'^""' "^ ""^^'^r-stalk modified as a 



""t'lTen'd'rl;."''"^' ^ ^'''"'^ "^ '-^-'^"^ -"defied 

 Cirrhus radicalis, a root modified as a tendril 

 ^br.wh."'"^^"^"^' " '""^"^ '''^"^ ^ " """difi^d 



"" phtd !S^'''' ^ '^-^^"^ "■''^^'> '^ - -t-or- 



Cladodes, leaf-Uke branches. See PhyUoclade 



Clamp cells, here used for the papiUa-Uke ceUs by 



whach an epiphytic root adheres to the substratum 



Class, the highest grade or division of plants in the 



system of Lmna^us. In our system a class iTsub 



ordinate to a phylum, and the classes are subdivided 



mto aUiances. u^uinueu 



Clavate, club-shaped. 

 Claw, a name given to the stalk of a petal 

 Cleistogamic, -ous, a term appUed to the inconsm- 

 cuous flowe,^ produced by'^Lany plants ThTse 

 flowers do not open, and are self-piuiLted (autoga! 



'^°g^;«l""° '"^'^^"^ *° '^' '^^'^ °° «hich Maize 



'^kms m'lired^rv"""'""'' " ^'^^^ "^ ''P^'^'' "rgan- 

 isms united by a common mvestment, e.g. Volvox 



Coherent, used of the union of similar members 

 Cohort, a group of families or orders which are 

 nearly related to one another; is used here i sy^o 

 nymous with Alliance. ^ 



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