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CALIFORXIA'NCS. Lat. Californian. 



CALLI. Small callosities, or rough 

 protuberances. 



CAL LITRIX. fr. gr. kallithrijc, hav- 

 ing luxuriant hair. A genus of 

 aquatic plants. Also the name 

 of a genus of American monkeys. 



CALLO'SITY. Hartl ness, induration, 

 and thickness of the skin; a pro- 

 tuberance. 



CAI/I.OUS. fr. lat. callus, hardness. 

 That which is hard, or indurated. 



CAL'LUS. In conchology ; is com- 

 posed of two short ribs, united at 

 the base, and converging at the 

 apex towards the hinder part of 

 the shell. The thickening of ena- 

 mel on a shell resembling a tu- 

 mour, as in the inner lip of the 

 olives. 



CALMA'RIKS. fr. fr. calmar, an ink- 

 stand, or a pen-case. Name of a 

 family of cephalopods. (p. 29, 

 Book v). 



CALO'RIC fr. lat. caleo, I am warm. 

 The term used by chemists to 

 designate the matter of heat. 



CALOHI'FIC. Belonging or relating 

 to caloric. 



CAI/VUS. Lat. Bald. Specific name 

 of a product us. 



CALT'CIFORM. Shaped like a calyx. 



CALY'CIXE. Belonging to the calyx. 



CALY'CCLATE. Having bracteolae re- 

 sembling an external or additional 

 calyx. 



CALY'MEXE. fr. gr. kekalumene, con- 

 cealed. A name of a genus of 

 fossil crustaceaus, allied to the 

 trilobites. (p. 29, Book viii). 



CALY'PTRA. fr. gr. kaluptra, a co- 

 vering, an extinguisher. Part of 

 the capsule of a moss. 



CALY'PTRATE. Having a covering 

 like an extinguisher. 



CALYPTR;'A fr. gr. kaluptra, a co- 

 vering. Name of a genns of gas- 

 teropods. (p. 59, Book v). 



CALYPTR^'^ Plur. of Calyptrae'a. 



CALYPTRIFO'RMIS. -Lat. Shaped like 

 a calyptra. 



CA'LYX. The cup of a flower. 



CA'MBIUM. A low Latin word fa 

 liquid which becomes glutinous. 

 An organic vegetable fluid, or 

 tissue-forming juice. In its de- 

 scent between the bark and the 

 wood it forms every year, the 

 new wood externally to the old, 

 and the new, internally to the old 

 bark. (p. 59, Book vii). 



CAM BUI AX SYSTEM. From Cambria 

 in Wales. A name given by ge- 

 ologists to the lowest sedimentary 

 rocks, characterized by fossil re- 

 mains of animals, lowest in the 

 scale of organization, such as co- 

 rallines, &e. It is also called the 

 schistose system, on account of its 

 slaty nature, (p. 27, Book viii). 



CAME'LEOPA'RDALIS. fr. gr. kamelos, 

 a camel ; pardalis, a leopard. The 

 ancient name of the giraffe. 



CAMEL'LIA. A genus of the family 

 of Aurantia'ceae, named in honour 

 of Kamel, a botanist. 



CAMELUS. Lat. Camel. 



CAM'EKA Lat. A chamber. 



CAM'ERIXES. fr. lat. camera, cham- 

 ber. Name of certain microsco- 

 pic shells, (p. 32, Book v). 



CAMPAGXOL. Fr. The field-mouse. 



CAMPA'NULATE. Bell-shaped. 



CAMPANU'LIFORM. fr. lat. campanu- 

 la^ a little bell ; forma, shape. In 

 shape of a bell. 



C AMPHORA. Lat. Camphor. Be- 

 longing or relating to camphor. 



CANADENSIS. Lat. Canadian. Be- 

 longing or relating to Canada. 



CANA'L. A groove observed in dif- 

 ferent parts of certain spiral 

 shells, for the protrusion of the 

 siphon of the animal inhabiting 

 them. 



CANALI'CULATED. Channelled, or 

 furrowed j made like a pipe or 

 gutter. 



CAKA'RIA. ") Lat. Belonging or 



CAJfARiE'ifsrs. 3 relating to the 

 Canary Islands. 



CAN'CELLATE. Latticed ; resem- 

 bling lattice-work. Longitudi 

 nally and transversely ribbed 



