208 GLOSSARY. 



Bidblets: small bulbs, borne above ground, as on tiie stems of the bulb-bearing 

 Lily and on the fronds of Cistopteris bulbifera and some other Ferns; p. 46. 

 Bulb-scales, p. 50. 

 Bullate: appearing as if blistered or bladdery (from bulla, a bubble). 



Caducous : dropping off very early, compared with other parts ; as the calyx in 



the Poppy Family, falling when the flower opens. 

 Ccespitose, or Ce'spitose : growing in turf-like patches or tufts, like most sedges, &c. 

 Culcurate: furnished with a spur [calcur), as the flower of Larkspur, fig. 183, 



and Violet, fig. 181. 

 Culce'olute or Cdlceiform : slipper-shaped, like one petal of the Lady's Slipper. 

 Cdl/ose : hardened ; or furnished with callosities or thickened spots. 

 Cdlycine : belonging to the calyx. 

 Calyculate : furnished with an outer accessory calyx [calyculus) or set of bracts 



looking like a calyx, as in true Pinks. 

 Calyptra : the hood or veil of the capsule of a Moss : Manual, p. 607, t&c. 

 Calyptriform : shaped like a calyptra or candle-extinguisher. 

 Calyx: the outer set of the floral envelopes or leaves of the flower ; p. 85. 

 Cambium and Cambium-layer, p. 154. 

 Cumpdnulatt: bell-shaped; p. 102, fig. 207. 

 Cumpyldti-opous, or Campyldtropal ; curved ovules and seeds of a particular sort ; 



p. 123, fig. 271. 

 Canipylospe'rmous : applied to fruits of Umbellifcrre when the seed is curved in 



at the edges, forming a groove down the inner face ; as in Sweet Cicely. 

 Catiaficulate : channelled, or witli a deep longitudinal groove. 

 Cdncillale: latticed, resembling lattice-work. 

 Canescent: grayish-white; hoary, usually because the surface is covered with 



fine white hairs. Incanous is whiter still. 

 Capilldceons, Cdpillary : hair-like in shape ; as fine as hair or slender bristles. 

 Cdpitate : having a globular ape.x, like the head on a pin ; as the stigma of 



Cherry, fig. 213; or forming a head, like tiie flower-cluster of Button-bush, 



fig. 161. 

 Ca pit dilate: diminutive of capitate ; as the stigmas of fig. 255. 

 Capitulum (a little head) : a close rounded dense cluster or head of sessile 



flowers; p. 80, fig. 161. 

 Capre'olate: bearing tendrils (from capreolus, a tendril). 

 Capsule: a pod; any dry dehiscent seed-vessel; p. 131, fig. 305, 306. 

 Cdpsular: relating to, or like a capsule. 

 Carina: a keel; the two anterior petals of a papilionaceous flower, wliich aro 



combined to form a body shaped somewhat like the Ivcel (or rather the 



prow) of a vessel; p. 105, fig. 218, k. 

 Cdrinate: keeled; furnished with a sharp ridge or projection on the lower side. 

 Caridpsis, or Carydpsis: the one-seeded fniit or grain of Grasses, &c., p. 351. 

 Cdnicous: flesh-colored ; pale red. 

 Cdrnose: fleshy in texture. 

 Carpel, or Carpidium : a simple pistil, or one of the parts or leaves of which a 



compound pistil is composed ; p. 117. 

 Cdrpellary : pertaining to a carpel. 



