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GLOSSARY 



Bulbiferous. Producing bulbs. 

 Bulblet. A small bulb. 

 Bulbous. Bulblike in form. 



Caducous. Dropping off very early as 



compared with other parts. 

 Caespitose. Growing in tufts. 

 Callus. A hard protuberance; in 



grasses the tough swelling at the 



base of the lemma. 

 Calyx. The outer set of floral en- 

 velopes; when there is but i it is 



considered to be calyx. 

 Campanulate. Bell-shaped 

 Canescent. Grayish white with fine 



hairs. 



Capillary. Hairlike in form. 

 Capitate. Collected into a headlike 



cluster ; headlike in form. 

 Capsule. A pod; any dry dehiscent 



seed-vessel. 

 Carinate. Keeled; furnished with a 



sharp ridge or projection on the 



lower side. 

 Carpel. The pistil is composed of i or 



more modified leaves, each of which 



is a carpel. 



Carpous. Of or like a carpel. 

 Caruncle = Strophiole. 

 Catkin = Ament. 

 Caudate. Tailed. 

 Caudex. The persistent base of an 



otherwise annual herbaceous stem. 

 Caulescent. Having an obvious leafy 



stem. 



Cauline. Belonging to a stem 

 Cernuous. Nodding. 

 Chaff. Small scales or bracts on the 



receptacle of Compositaceae; the 



glumes of grasses, etc. 

 Chaffy. Furnished with chaff, or of 



the texture of chaff. 

 Chartaceous. With the texture of 



paper or parchment. 

 Ciliate. The edge with a fringe of 



hairs. 



Cinereous. The color of ashes. 

 Circinate. Rolled inward from the 



end, like some umbrella handles. 



Circumscissile. Opening by a trans- 

 verse circular line of division. 



Clavate. Shaped like a baseball bat. 



Claw. The narrow or stalklike base 

 of some petals. 



Cleft. Separated by a sharp indentation 

 half way to the mid-vein or base, or 

 less. 



Club-shaped = Clavate. 



Coalescence. The union of parts or 

 organs of the same kind. 



Cohesion. The union of one organ 

 with another of like nature. 



Column. The united stamens, as in 

 Malvaceae; or the stamens and 

 pistils united into one body, as in 

 Orchidaceae. 



Commissure. The plane of union of 

 the two carpels in the Umbellaceae. 



Compound. A pistil composed of 2 or 

 more carpels; a leaf divided into 

 leaflets. 



Compressed. Flattened on two oppo- 

 site sides. 



Cone = Strobilus. 



Congested. Crowded together. 



Connate. United or grown together 

 from the first. 



Connective. The part of the anther 

 connecting its two cells. 



Connivent. Converging, or brought 

 close together. 



Contorted. Twisted together. 



Convoluted. Rolled up lengthwise. 



Cordate. Heart-shaped, with the 

 notch basal. 



Coriaceous. Leathery in texture. 



Corm. A solid bulb. 



Corolla. The flowery envelope 

 (usually showy) within the calyx. 



Corona = Crown. 



Corymb. A flat or convex flower 

 cluster, with branches arising at 

 different levels and blooming from 

 the outside toward the center. 



Corymbose. Corymb-like. 



Costate. Ribbed. 



Cotyledons. The first leaves of the 

 embryo. 



