102 GLOSSARY. 



AXILLARY, seated in the axil. 



BIDENTATE, twice-toothed. 



BIFID, cleft in two. 



BIPINNATE, twice-pinnate. 



CALICIFORM, like the calyx or cup of a flower. 



CAPILLARY, fine thread- or hair-like. 



CAUDEX, the part under or on the ground, from which 



the frond springs ; popularly the root ; to which 



the fibres or actual roots are attached. 

 CELLULAR, consisting of little cells or cavities. 

 CILIATED, fringed with minute hairs. 

 CIRCINATE, coiled inwards, like a watch-spring or a 



shepherd's crook. 

 CLAVATE, club-shaped, thinner at the base, and thicker 



upwards. 



COMPOUND, composed of many parts or divisions. 

 COMPRESSED, a cylinder, more or less flattened. 

 CONCOLOROUS, of one uniform colour. 

 CONFLUENT, meeting or running together ; uniting. 

 CONNATE, joined at the base. 

 CONVOLUTED, rolled together ; curled inwards. 

 CORDATE, heart-shaped. 

 CORIACEOUS, leathery. 

 COTYLEDONS, the perishable side-lobes of the see 



which furnish nourishment to the embr V ( 



plant. 



CRENATE. ) 



~ v notched, indented. 



CRENULATE, J 



CRENATURES, notches ; indentations. 

 CROWN, the rounded top of the root projecting above 

 the ground. 



