GLOSSARY. 



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Cell. A cavity or separate inclosure, as of an 

 ovary or anther ; a minute sac or hollow 

 structure, the unit of all cellular tissue. 



Cellular. Composed of such minute cells. 



Centrifugal. Developing from the centre out- 

 ward, as in the cyme. 



Centripetal. Developing from the margin to- 

 ward the centre, or from below upward, as in 

 the corymb, raceme, etc. 



Cernuous. Nodding, usually indicating less in- 

 clination than pendulous. 



Cespitose. Growing in tufts or turf-like ; form- 

 ing mats. 



Chaff'. Small dry scales, usually membranous 

 or scarious. 



Chalaza. The proper base of an ovule, at a 

 point opposite its orifice. 



Channelled. Having a deep longitudinal 

 groove, like a gutter. 



Chartaceous. Having the texture of parchment 

 or writing-paper. 



Chlorophyll. The green matter within the cells 

 of plants. 



Chlorophyllose. Containing chlorophyll. 



Ciliate. Having the margin, or sometimes the 

 nerves, fringed with hairs. 



Oiliola, pi. Ci/iolce. Diminutive of the next ; 

 in mosses, the hair-like processes between the 

 cilia. 



C ilium, pi. Cilia. A marginal hair ; applied in 

 mosses to the slender teeth of the inner per- 

 istome. 



Cinereous. Ash-gray, the color of wood-ashes. 



Circinate. Coiled from the tip into a spiral. 



Cireumscissile. Dehiscing by a transverse cir- 

 cular line of division. 



Cirrhose. Tendril-bearing. 



Clavate. Club-shaped ; enlarged gradually to- 

 ward the summit. 



Claw. The elongated narrow base of a petal. 



Cleft. Cut somewhat deeply, usually about 

 half-way to the centre or midrib. 



Climbing. Rising by the aid of some support. 



Clustered. Collected near together. 



Caulescent. United ; used properly in respect to 

 similar parts, as the stamens in Malvaceae. 



Coded. Composed of coats or layers, as an onion. 



Cohesion. The sticking together of parts, or 

 their n.ore intimate coalescence or adnatiou. 



Collateral. Side by side. 



C'ollum. In mosses, an obconical thickening of 

 the pedicel continuous with the capsule. 



Colored. Of other color than green. 



Columella. The persistent axis of a capsule. 



Column. A body formed by the union of fila- 

 ments (stamineal) or, in orchids, of the sta- 

 mens and pistil. 



Coma. A tuft of hairs, especially upon a seed. 



Commissure. The surface by which two car- 

 pels cohere, as in Umbelliferae. 



Common. Belonging equally to more than one. 



Comose. Having a coma. 



Complanate. Flattened ; of leaves upon a stem, 

 lying nearly in the same plane. 



Complicate. Folded together. 



Compound. The opposite of simple ; consisting 

 of more than one ; divided. 



Compressed. Flattened laterally. 



Cmiduplicate. Doubled together lengthwise, of 

 leaves. 



Cone, or Strobile. A dry multiple fruit formed 

 of densely imbricated scales. 



Confervoid. Of slender diffuse filamentose 

 structure, like Conferva among the Algaj. 



Confluent. Blended or running together. 



Congested. Crowded together. 



Conglomerate. Clustered densely together. 



Conical. Shaped like a cone ; narrowing to a 

 point from a circular base. 



Coniferous. Bearing cones. 



Conjugate. Arranged in single pairs. 



Connate. United in one ; growing together. 



Connective. The portion of the filament which 

 connects the cells of the anther. 



Connivent. Coming in contact ; converging to- 

 gether. 



Constricted. Contracted or drawn together, as 

 a bag by its string. 



Continuous. Not interrupted by joints or 

 otherwise. 



Contorted. Twisted ; in {estivation, an equal 

 and uniform somewhat oblique overlapping 

 and rolling up of the parts of the circle. 



Contracted. Reduced in width or length. 



Convolute. Rolled together from one edge. See 

 Contorted. 



Cordate. Heart-shaped, i. e. ovate with rounded 

 lateral lobes projecting beyond the base and 

 forming a sinus. 



Coriaceous. Of the stiffness and consistence of 

 leather. 



Corky. Resembling cork. 



Corm. A solid fleshy rounded or depressed sub- 

 terranean body, the base of a stem and bulb- 

 like in appearance. 



Corneous. Of the consistence of horn ; horny. 



Corolla. The inner perianth, within the calyx, 

 consisting of the petals. 



Corona, or Crown. An appendage at the throat 

 of the corolla, or a crown-like margin at the 

 top of a seed or other organ. 



Coronate. Having a crown. 



Cortex. The bark, or similar outer covering. 



Cortical. Relating to the cortex. 



Corticated. Having a cortex. 



Corymb. A Hat-topped or convex open inflores- 

 cence, with short axis, flowering from the 

 margin inward ; a depressed raceme. 



Corymbose. In corymbs or resembling a corymb. 



Costa. A rib, mid- rib, or mid-nerve. 



Costate. Having one or more longitudinal ribs 

 or nerves. 



Cotyledons. The seed-lobes or leaves of the 

 embryo. 



Crateriform. Shaped like a goblet or shallow 

 cup. 



Creeping. Running upon or under the ground 

 and rooting. 



Crenate. Scalloped ; having rounded teeth with 

 shallow acute sinuses. 



Crenulate. Finely crenate. 



Crested. Having an elevated ridge or appen- 

 dage like the crest of a helmet. 



Cribrose. Perforated, like a coarse sieve. 



