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GLOSSARY AMD INDEX. 



Brake or Bracken. Vide 



Pteridium. 

 Brvophytes <Gr. ppvov, moss, and 



<f>vr6v, plant). 57. 

 Buds, borne on ferns, 27. 

 Bulblets, borne on ferns, 27. 



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Calamariaceae, 6 3 . 

 Camptosorus, 108; also 3,6, 9, 16, 



Campyloneuron, 83; also 13, 79. 



Carboniferous Age, Pterido- 

 phytes of, 62. 



Carinate (Lat. carina, a keel), 

 keeled. 



CaStaneOUS (Lat. castnnea, a 

 chestnut), chestnut-colored. 



Caudate (Lat. cauda, a tail), fur- 

 nished with a slender appendage re- 

 sembling a tail. 



Caudex (Lat. a stem), the upright 

 rootstock forming the trunk of a tree- 

 fern, 8. 



Cellulose (Lat. celluia, a little cell), 

 the substance composing the wall of 

 cells, containing the elements car- 

 bon, hydrogen, and oxygen. 



CeraceOUS (Lat. cera, wax), hav- 

 ing the nature of wax. 



Ceratopteridaceae, 78. 



Ceratopteris, 78; also 6, 14. 



Characeae, 51. Literature of, 56. 



Chartaceous (Lat. cAaria, a leaf 

 of paper), having the texture of paper 

 or parchment. 



Cheilanthes, 91; also 3, 6, 8, 13, 



26. 43, 80. 



Cheiroglossa, 68; also 66. 



Chlorophyll (Gr. X A /">, Rreen, 

 and <(>v\\ov, leaf), the green grains 

 forming the coloring matter of plants. 



Christmas-fern. Vide Poly- 

 stichum. 



Ciliate (Lat. cilium, an eyelash), 

 having on the margin a fringe of 

 hairs resembling the fringing eye- 

 lashes. 



Cinnamon-fern. Vide Os- 

 munda. 



Circinate (Lat. drdnus, a pair of 



compasses), rolled inward from the 



apex, 8. 

 Classification of the Vegetable 



Kingdom, 55. Principle of, 46. 

 Cliff-brake. Vide Pelliea. 

 Climbing-fern. Vide Lygo- 



dium. 

 Cloak-fern. Vide Notho- 



laena. 

 Club-moss. Vide Lycopo- 



dium. 

 Confluent (Lat. con, together, and 



Jluere, to flow), blended together. 

 Connate (Lat. con, together, and 



nasci, to be born), united together 



from the first. 



Cordate (Lat. cor, the heart), heart- 

 shaped. 

 Coriaceous (Lat. cerium, a hide), 



leathery. 

 Cotton-fern. Vide Notho- 



laena. 



Crenate (Lat. crena, a notch), hav- 

 ing the margin scalloped with rounded 

 teeth. 



Crenulate (Lat. crenu/a, a little 

 notch), scalloped with small rounded 

 teeth. 



Cryptogamia (Gr. /epuirrds, hid- 

 den, ydfios, marriage). flovverless 

 plants; an obsolete term. 



Cryptogramma, 97; also 2, 14, 80. 



Cultivation, Literature of, 7. 



Cuneate (Lat. cuaeus. a wedge), 

 wedge-shaped. 



Cystopteris. Vide Filix. 



Decurrent (Lat. de, down, and 



turrere, to run), prolonged on the 



rachis. 

 Deer-fern. Vide Struthiop- 



teris. 

 Deltoid (Gr. iAra, the letter D, and 



eiSos. form), triangular, like the Greek 



delta. 

 Dennstaedtia, 122; also 3 , 5 , 7, 17, 



So. 



