BOTANY. GLOSSARY. 



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CAPITA'TUS. Headed. 



CAPI'TULUM. Latin. A capital. 



CA'PPARIS. Latin. Caper-bush. 



CApRiFoLu'cEyE. Systematic name 

 of a family of plants, formed from 

 tlie genus Caprifolium, which is de- 

 rived from the Latin, capra, goat, 

 and folium, leaf. 



CAPSU'LE. From the Latin, capsula, 

 a little casket or chest. A form of 

 fruit. 



CA'RBON. See page 53. 



CA'RICA. Latin. A kind of dry fig. 



CA'RINA. Latin. A keel. 



CA'RPEL. From the Greek, karpos, 

 fruit. Certain appendages or parts 

 of the pistil are called carpels. 



CARYOPHYL'LE^:. From the Latin, 

 caryo'phyllus, the garden pink. 

 Systematic name of a family of 

 plants. 



CARYOPHYLLA'CEOUS. Belonging or 

 relating to the caryophylleae. 



CARYO'PSIS. From the Greek, karvon, 

 a nut, and opsis, resemblance. Name 

 of a form of fruit, as the grain of 

 wheat, for example. 



CASTA'NEA. Latin. Chestnut. 



CA'TKIN. A form of inflorescence. 



CAU'DEX. Latin. A trunk of a 

 tree. 



CAULIS. Latin. Stem. 



CAU'STIC. From the Greek, fond, I 

 burn. Substances which possess 

 the property of destroying organic 

 structure are so termed. 



CE'LLULAR. Composed of cells. 



CENOMY'CE. From the Greek, kenos, 

 empty, and mukes, a diminutive 

 fungus. A kind of lichen. 



CERA'SUS. Latin. A cherry tree. 



CE'REAL. From the Latin, ceres, 

 corn. Applied to grasses which 

 produce the bread corns ; as wheat, 

 rye, barley, oats, maize, rice and 

 millet. 



CHENOPO'DE^E. From the Greek, chen, 

 goose, and pous, foot. Name of a 

 family of apetalous dicotyledons. 



CHICORA'CE^E. From the Greek, ki- 

 chore, garden succory. Systematic 

 name of a family of plants. 



CHOND'RUS (pronounced Tcond'rus). 

 From the Greek, Chondros, carti- 

 lage. Name of a genus of sea- 

 weeds. 

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ICA'TRICES. Plural of cicatrix. 



CICA'TRIX. Latin. A scar. 



LIA'TUS. Latin (from cilium, eye- 

 lash). Having the margin guarded 

 by parallel bristles, like the eye- 

 lash. 



NCHO'NA (pronounced sinkdnah). 

 Name of Peruvian bark, so called 

 from the Spanish Viceroy's lady, 

 the Countess of Cinchon, who was 

 cured of fever by it, at Lima, about 

 1638. 



CIRR'OSO-PIXNATE. From the Latin, 

 cir'rus, a tendril, and pinna, wing. 

 A form of pinnate leaf having ten- 

 drils at the extremity. 



CI'TRUS. Latin. Lemon or orange 

 tree. 



CITRU'LLUS. Latin. Diminutive of 

 citrus. j 



CLAW. The inferior part of a petal, 

 corresponding to the petiole of a 

 leaf. 



CLO'STRES. Elongatcd,spindle-shapcd 

 cells. 



CLUSTER. When flowers are borne 

 on a common, irregularly branched 

 peduncle, they form a cluster. 



CO'LLUM. Latin. Neck. The part 

 between the stem and root. 



COMMU'NIS. Latin. Common. 



COM ' POS ITE. Com poun d . 



CONCE'NTRIC. Having a common cen- 

 tre. 



CONCE'PTICLE. Envelope of a sporule. 



COM'FERJE. From the Latin, conus, a 

 cone, and /ero, I bear. Cone-bearing. 



CONM'UM. From the Greek, koneion, 

 hemlock. 



CON'JUGATE. From the Latin, con, 

 together, and jugum, a yoke. 

 Yoked or joined together. 



CON'NATE. From the Latin, con, to- 

 gether, and natus, grown. Joined 

 together at the base. 



CONNEC'TIVE. From the Latin, con- 

 necto, I join together. 



CONVO'LVULUS. Latin. Bind-weed. 

 (From convolo, I bind together or 

 entwine.) 



CONVOLVULA'CE*:. Systematic name 

 of a family of plants. 



COR'DATE. Heart-shaped. 



CO'RDJFORM. From the Latin, cor, the 

 heart, and forma, shape. Heart- 

 shaped. 



