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A GLOSSARY OF TERMS 



. fr. lat. cacus, blind. 

 Systematic name of a kind of ba- 

 trachian, which has very small 

 eyes, and sometimes none. 



CBMENTA'RIA. Lat. Belonging or 

 relating to mortar. 



C^E'SIUS. Lat. Caesious; grey. 



CJESPITO'SA. Lat. From c&spes. turf 

 or sod. Belonging or relating to 

 turf. 



C.S/SPITOSE. Growing in little tufts. 



CAILLET'TE. Fr. A name of the 

 fourth stomach of ruminating ani- 

 mals, derived from cailler, to cur- 

 dle. The fourth stomach of a calf 

 is used, under the name of rennet, 

 for the purpose of curdling or co- 

 agulating milk. 



CAIMA'N. Sp. Alligator. 



CAIRNGORM. A variety of rock crys- 

 tal named after a mountain in 

 Scotland, where it was once plen- 

 tiful. 



CA'LAMINE. Impure carbonate of 

 zinc. 



CALA'MITES. fr. gr. kalamos, a reed. 

 Common fossil plants in the coal 

 strata. Cala'mites usually consist 

 of jointed fragments which are 

 supposed to be portions either of 

 the trunk, or branches of a plant, 

 which appears, from some of the 

 larger specimens, to have attained 

 the dimensions of a tree. Both 

 stem and branches were deeply 

 ribbed along their whole length, 

 and the ribs or furrows were 

 crossed by horizontal rings at ir- 

 regular intervals, (p. 42, Book viii). 



CA'LAMUS. A genus of phaneroga- 

 mous plants of the family of 

 palms. Ca'lamusdraco. An East 

 Indian plant which yields an 

 astringent substance called Dra- 

 gon's blood. Ca'lamus rotan. The 

 rattan plant. Also, a term ap- 

 plied to all fistular, simple stems, 

 without articulations, as those of 

 the rushes. 



CALCA'IRE GROSS'IER. Fr. Marine 

 limestone : an extensive series of 



strata found in the Paris basin, 

 belonging to the eocene tertiary 

 period. 



CAICA'IRE SIU'CEUX. Fr. Fresh 

 water or siliceous limestone. 



CAL'CARATE. fr. lat. calcar, a spur. 

 Spurred, or spur-shaped. 



CALCA'RKOUS. fr. lat. calx, calcis, 

 lime. Belonging or relating to 

 lime. Calcareous rocks are those 

 of which lime forms a principal 

 part. 



CALCA'REOUS GRITS. Sandy beds, 

 intermixed with calcareous mat- 

 ter, found in the o'olite. (p. 62, 

 Book viii). 



CALCA'REOUS SPAII. Crystal ized car- 

 bonate of lime. 



CALCEDONY. See Chalcedony. 



CALCE'IFORM. Formed like a little 

 shoe. 



CALCE'OLA. fr. lat. calceolus, a little 

 shoe. A fossil bivalve shell, (p. 

 33, Book viii). 



CALCKOLA'RIA. fr. lat. calceolus, a 

 little shoe. A remarkable genus 

 of phanerogamous plants of the 

 family of Scropholariiceae. 



CALCI'FEROUS. fr. lat. calx, .lime; 

 fero, I bear. Containing lime. 



CALCINA'TIOX. The reduction of 

 bodies to a calx or friable condi 

 tion by the action of fire. 



CAL'CINED. fr. lat. calx, lime. Con- 

 verted into calx *r a friable sub- 

 stance by the action of fire. 



CALCIS. Lat. (Genitive of calx). Of 

 the heel. 



CAL'CIUM. fr. lat. calx, calcis, lime. 

 A metal discovered by Sir H. 

 Davy in 1807, which united with 

 oxygen forms oxide of calcium or 

 lime. 



CALC-SINTER. Ger. sintern, to drop. 

 A German term for limestone de- 

 posited from springs and waters 

 containing it. Travertin. 



CALCTUFF. An alluvial formation 

 of carbonate of lime, probably 

 deposited from calcareous springs. 



CA'LICES. Lat. Plur. of calyx. 



