GLOSSARY. iQ9t 



Carpolofji/: thnt department of Botany wliicli relates to fruits. 



CdifK>/)/iorc : tlic stalk or support of a fruit or pistil within the flower; as in 



fi-. 27G-278. 

 Citrli/u'/iiioiis, or C<irlil(ii;inious : firm ami ton^xli, like cartila;:c, in texture. 

 Cuntnclc: an cxereseenre at the sc-ar of some seeds ; as those of Tolvgala. 

 Ciiiiincultile : furnished with a eariuulc. 



Gin/o/i/ii/lldrcoiia: pink-like : ap|)lie(l to a corolla of .'} long-clawed petals ; fig. 200. 

 Culkin : a scaly deciduous spike of llowers, an anient ; j). 81. 

 Cdudiite : tailed, or tail-pointed. 



Candex: a sort of trunk, such as that of Palms ; an upright rootstock ; p. 37. 

 Caulescent: having an obvious stem ; p. 36. 

 Cinilicle: a little stem, or rudimentary stem; p. 6. 

 Caiiline: of or belonging to a stem {aiiilis, in Latin), p. 3G. 

 Cell (diminutive Cellule) : the cavity of an anther, ovary, &.C., p. 1 13, 119 ; one of 



the elements or vesicles of which plants arc composed ; p. 140, 142. 

 Cellular <(ssi(e of plants ; p. 142. Cellular Bark, \^. 152. 

 Cellulose, p. 159. 

 Cenlrifuijul (inflorescence) : produced or cx|)!iii(liiig in succession from the centre 



outwards; p. 82. The radicle is centrifugal, when it points away horn the 



centre of the fruit. 

 Centripetal: the opposite of centrifugal ; p. 79, 83. 

 Cereal: belonging to corn, or corn-plants. 

 Ce'rnuous: nodding ; the summit more or less inclining. 

 Chuff: small membranous scales or bracts on the i-eeeptadc of Compositaj ; the 



glumes, &c. of Grasses. 

 Chaffy: furnislied with chaff, or of the texture of cliaflf. 

 Clutldza : that ])art of the ovule where all the parts grow together; p. 122. 

 Channelled: hollowed out like a gutter; same as canaliculate. 

 Cliaracter : a phrase expressing the essential marks of a species, genus, &c. 



which distinguish it from all others ; p. 180. 

 Chartdceous : of the texture of paper or parcliment. 

 Chlorojihi/ll : the green grains in the cells of the leaf, and of other parts exposed 



to the light, which give to herbage its green color; p. 155. 

 Chrdmule: coloring matter in plants, esj)e(ially when not green, or when liquid. 

 Cicatrix: the scar left by tlie fall of a leaf or other organ. 

 Ciliate: beset on the margin with a fringe of cilia, i. e. of hairs or bristles, like 



the eyelashes fringing the eyelids, whence the name 

 Cinereous, or Cinerdecous : ash-grayish ; of the color of ashes. 

 Circinnle: rolled inwards from the top, like a crosier, as the shoots of Ferns; 



p. 76, fig. 154; the flower-clusters of lleliotrwpe, &c. 

 Circuuisrissile, or Circumcissile : divided by a circular line round the sides, as 



the pods of Purslane, Plantain, &c. ; p. 133, fig. 298, 311. 

 Circumscription : the general outline of a thing. 

 Cirrhf/erous, or Cirrhose: furnislied with a tendril (Latin, rlrrhus) ; ns the Grape. 



vine. Cirrho<;e also means resembling or coiling like tendrils, as tlic leaf- 

 stalks of Virgin 's-bowcr ; p. 37. 

 Clivis, p 175, 177. 

 Classijication, p 173. 



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