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A GLOSSARY OF TERMS 



CAR'POLOGY. fr. gr. karpos, fruit ; lo- 

 gos, discourse. The department 

 of botany which treats of .the 

 structure of fruits and seeds. 



CAR'POPHORE. fr. gr. karpos, fruit; 

 phero, I bear. The slender axis 

 which supports the achenia. 



CAR'PUS. fr. gr. karpos, the wrist. 

 That part which is between the 

 fore arm and hand. 



CAR'TILAGE. Gristle. A solid part 

 of the animal body of medium 

 consistence between bone and 

 ligament. In conchology, a flexi- 

 ble fibrous substance, situated 

 near the beak, by which the 

 valves of shells are united. 



CARTILA'GINOUS. Partaking of the 

 nature of cartilage. 



CARTILA'GINOUS FISHES. A term 

 used to designate that division of 

 the class of fishes which includes 

 only those having cartilaginous, 

 instead of bony skeletons. 



CAR'UNCLE. fr. lat. caruncula, the 

 diminutive of faro, flesh. A small 

 portion of flesh : a fleshy excres- 

 cence ; the gills of a cock, for ex- 

 ample. 



CARYO'PHYLLUS. Lat. A garden 

 pink. A genus of plants of the 

 family of caryophyl'leae. Caryo- 

 phyllus aromaticus. The clove- 

 tree. 



CA'RYOPHY'LI.IA. fr. lat. caryo'phyl- 

 lus, the garden pink. A genus of 

 Ma'drepo'ra. (p. 14 I, Book viii). 



CARYOPHYL'LE;E. fr. lat. caryo'phyl- 

 lus, the garden pink. Systematic 

 name of a family of plants. 



CARYOPHYLLA'CEOUS. Belonging to 

 the caryophyllete. Clove-like. 



CARYO'PSIS fr. gr. karuon, a nut; 

 opsis, resemblance. Name of a 

 form of fruit, as the grain of 

 wheat, for example. 



CAS'SIS. Lat. A helmet (p. 54, 

 Book v). 



CASTA'NEA. Lat. Chestnut. 



CASTOR. Lat. Beaver. 



CASTO'REUM. A substance obtained 

 from the beaver. 



CASTTA'RIUS. Lat. A cassowary. 



CAT'S EYE. A beautiful siliceous 

 mineral, penetrated by fibres of 

 asbestos, which, when polished, 

 reflects an effulgent, pearly light, 

 much resembling the mutable re- 

 flections from the eye of a cat. 



CATACLY'SM. A deluge. 



CATE'NA. Lat. A chain. Specific 

 name of an ammonite, (p. 152, 

 Book viii). 



CA'TENATED. fr. lat. catena, a chain. 

 Linked together. 



CATENIPO'RA. 1'r. lat. catena, a chain ; 

 jiora, pore. Generic name of a 

 polyp, (p. 31, Book viii). 



CATHA'RTES. fr. gr. kathartes, one 

 who purifies. The generic name 

 of certain vultures. 



CA'TKIX. A form of inflorescence. 



CATODO'NTID^:. fr. gr. cato, below ; 

 odous, odontos, a tooth. A family 

 of ceta'ceans, which includes the 

 cachalots. 



CA'TULUS. Lat. Properly, a whelp, 

 a young dog. Specific name of a 

 shark. 



CA'TUS. Lat. Sharp, quick, sly. 



CA'TYLUS or CATILLUS. Lat. A lit- 

 tle dish. A genus of fossil shells. 



CAUCA'SIAJT. Relating to Mount 

 Can'casus. 



CAU'DA. Lat. A tail. In conchol- 

 ogy ; the elongated base of the 

 venter, lip and columella. 



CAU'DAL. fr. lat. cauda, tail. Be- 

 longing or relating to the tail. 

 The caudal Jin, generally increases 

 the length of the tail. 



CAU'DATE Tailed: like a tail. 



CAUDA'TUS. Lat. Caudate; hav- 

 ing a tail. 



CAU'DEX. Lat. A trunk of a tree. 



CAUDI'CULA. A small membranous 

 process on which the pollen of 

 orchid eous plants is fixed. 



CAULESCENT. Acquiring a stem. 



CAULINE. Produced on the stem. 



CAULIS. Lat. The main stem of 

 a plant. 



CAUS'TIC. fr. gr. kaio, I burn. Ap- 

 plied to substances which have 



