248 EXPLANATION OF 



turally, when the seeds are ripe, to let them out : 

 as in the Poppy. [Plate 15.] 



CATKIN ; a composition of flowers and chaff, upon a 

 long, slender, thread-shaped receptacle; the whole 

 resembling the tail of a cat; as in the common 

 Willow. [Plate 2. Class Dioecia.] 



CELL ; a hollow space in a seed-vessel, (particularly in 

 a capsule), for holding the seed. 



CENTRE FLORETS, are those which occupy the middle 

 part of a compound flower : as the yellow ones in 

 the Daisy. [Plate 21.] See FLORET. 



CIRCUMFERENCE ; the outward line, or boundary, of 

 a circle. The word is used, in speaking of compound 

 flowers, to express the florets which are farthest from 

 the centre ; as the white ones, that surround the - 

 yellow florets, in the Daisy. [Plate 21.] 



CLAW ; the lower part of the petal, which stands within 

 the calyx, in a polypetalous flower : as in Wall-flower 

 and Corn-cockle. [Plates 1. and 12.] 



CLIMBERS ; plants which are weak, and require the 

 support of some other body to raise themselves upon : 

 as Ivy, Vine, &c. Climbers do not twine round the 

 bodies to which they are attached. 



CLOVEN; divided or split, the edges of the divisions 

 being straight : as the summit of the pistil in 

 Ground Ivy. [Plate 16.] See NOTCHED. 



COATED ; composed of layers, one over another ; like 

 an Onion. 



COLOURED ; of any other colour than green. The 

 calyx is sometimes coloured. 



COMMON, applied to the calyx; containing several 

 blossoms: as in plants of the class Syngenesia, 

 Dandelion, Thistle, Daisy, &c. [Plate 21.] 



