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GLOSSARY. 



Ca-ly'p-tra (<a.\vmpa, a. cover). In 

 mosses, the hood which covers the 

 capsule. 



Ca'-lyx (calyx, a cup}. The outer en- 

 velope of a flower, composed of sep- 

 als. 



Ca'm-bi-form. Resembling cam- 

 bium. 



Ca'm-bi-um (cambio, / exchange). 

 The meristem cells of an open fibro- 

 vascular bundle, lying between the 

 phloem and xylem, which retain the 

 power of division. 



Cam-py-lo't-ro-pous (/caju.7rij, bend- 

 ing; rpeirw, / turn\. Said of an ovule 

 or seed which becomes curved in its 

 growth so as to be inverted. 



Ca'p-sule (capsula, a small box). A 

 dry dehiscent seed-vessel (formed of 

 more than one carpel) ; or a similar 

 spore-vessel. 



Ca'r-pei (<cap7r6s, fruit}. The con- 

 stituent leaf of a pistil hence either a 

 simple pistil, or one of the parts of a 

 compound pistil. 



Ca'r-pel-la-ry. Relating to a carpel. 



Car-po-go'-ni-um, pi. carpogonia 

 (/capTTOS, fruit ,-yovr), offspring). The 

 female organ of carpophytes. 



Ca'r-po-phyll (/capwos, fruit ; </>vAAov, 

 a leaf). The carpellary leaf. 



Car-po'pli-y-ta (xapTros, fruit ; <f>vT6v, 

 a plant). A primary division of 

 plants, named from the sporocarp, or 

 spore-vessel, which is the result of 

 fertilization. Ca' r-po-phyte is the 

 English equivalent. 



Cur-y-o'p-sis (xapvoi', a nut ; oi|us, an 

 appearance). A grain ; the seed-like 

 fruit of grasses. 



Cau'-li-cle (cauliculus, a small stem). 

 The initial stem in an embryo. 



Cell (cella, a cell}. The anatomical 

 unit of plant-structure. 



Ce'1-lu-lose (cellulosus, pertaining to 

 a cell}. The primary substance of the 

 cell-wall. 



Chaff. Small dry scales. 



Cha-la'-za (x<xAaa, that which is let 

 loose). The part of an ovule where in- 

 teguments and nucellus are confluent. 



Chlo'-ro-phyll (xAwpos, greenish-yel- 

 low ; ^uAAov, a leaf). The green 

 coloring matter of plants. 



Cho'r-i-sis (xwptffis, a separating). 

 Longitudinal separation into two or 

 more similar parts. 



Ci'1-i-uni, pi. cilia (cilium, an eye- 

 lash). Marginal hairs ; motile proto- 

 plasmic filaments, as those of anthero- 

 zoids. 



Closed bundle. A fibre-vascular 

 bundle containing no cambium. 



Col-la't-er-al (con, together ; latus, a 

 side). Side by side ; used of a fibro- 

 vascular bundle in which the xylenj 

 and phloem are side by side in a radial 

 direction. 



Col-u-me'1-la (columella, a small 

 column). The persistent axis of cer- 

 tain spore-cases, as in mosses. 



Coii-ce'n-tric (con, together; centrum, 

 the center). Technically used of a 

 fibro-vascular bundle whose tissues 

 are arranged concentrically. 



Co ni' di o-phore (conidia ; </>epw, / 

 carry). The stalk upon which co- 

 nidia are borne. 



Co-ni'-tli-um (gonidiutn), pi. conidia 

 (yovr), offspring; eZSos, form). The 

 asexual spores of certain groups. 



Con jn-ga' tion (conjugatus, joined 

 together, paired). The sexual union 

 of similar cells, as in zygophytes. 



Con-iie'ct-ive (connecto, I connect}. 

 The portion of the stamen connecting 

 the thecae. 



Co-ro'1-la (corolla, a small crown). 

 The inner envelope of a flower, 

 within the calyx, and composed of 

 petals. 



Cor-pu's-cu-lum, pi. corpuscula 

 (corpusculum, a little body). The 

 archegonium-like structures in the 

 ovule of gymnosperms. 



Co'r-tex (cortex, the bark). The rind 

 or bark. 



Co'r-ti-cal. Relating to the cortex or 

 bajk. 



Cot-y-le'-doii (KOTV \yStav, a cup-shaped 

 cavity). A primary embryo-leaf 

 borne by the caulicle. 



