xviii FLOWERING PLANTS OF THE RIVIERA 



BIFID, 2-cleft. 



BIPINNATE, twice-pinnate ; i.e. when the divisions of a pinnate leaf are themselves 



pinnate; e.g. the leaflets of Osmunda. 

 BIPINNATIFID, applied to pinnate leaves whose segments are doubly cut or 



lobed ; e.g. Matricaria. 



BITERNATE, when the divisions of a ternate leaf are themselves ternate. 

 BRACT, a small leaf at the base of a flower-stalk ; or the divisions of an 



involucre. 



BRACTEOLE, the last minute bracts under each flower. 

 BUD, the unopened leaf or flower. 

 BULB, a modified stem, usually subterranean, consisting of a series of succulent 



leaves, containing reserve material, such as an onion. 

 BULBIL, a bud which falls from certain flowers or leaves and is capable oi 



reproducing the plant, as in some Alliums and Lilies. 



C^SPITOSE, growing in tufts from the roots. 



CALCICOLE, applied to plants which thrive best on calcareous, or limestone, 



soils. 



CALCIFUGE, applied to plants which avoid calcareous soils. 

 CALYX, the sepals considered as a whole. 

 CAMPANULATE, in the form of a bell. 

 CAPILLARY, hair-like ; very fine, but hollow. 

 CAPITATE, growing in heads or close clusters. 

 CAPITULUM or HEAD, an inflorescence in which the flowers are stemless, and 



arranged on a terminal expansion of the axis; e.g. many Composite?. 

 CAPSULE, a dry seed-vessel containing many seeds and composed of two or 



more carpels. 



CARPEL, the divisions of the ovary or capsule. 

 CARPOPHORE, a small support to the capsules of certain plants, as in many 



Silenes. 

 CARTILAGINOUS, of the consistence and colour of cartilage ; e.g. the border of 



many Saxifrage leaves. 

 CATKIN, a dense spike of unisexual apetalous flowers, which are shed as a 



whole. 



CAULINE, growing from the stem, not radical. 

 CELLS, the units of which plant or animal tissue is built up. 

 CELLULAR, composed of cells. 



CHLOROPHYLL, the green colouring-matter of plants. 

 CILIATE, fringed with longish hairs or cilia. 

 CIRCINATE, curled up from the top towards the base. 

 CLAVATE, club-shaped. 

 CLAW, the narrowed base of a petal. 



CLEISTOGAMOUS flowers are those which never open and are self- fertilised. 

 CLUB-SHAPED, cylindrical, but becoming larger towards the apex. 

 COHESION, the union of similar parts of a flower ; cf. ADHESION. 

 COMPRESSED, flattened laterally. 

 CONE, the scaly fruit of the Conifera or Pine family. 

 CONICAL, cone-shaped. 



CONIFEROUS, applied to the Pine and Fir family, which bear cones. 

 CONNATE, when two similar parts, as leaves, are slightly connected round the 



stem. 



CONNIVENT, converging. 

 CONVOLUTE, rolled together. 



CORDATE, heart-shaped ; ovate, acute with two rounded lobes at the base. 

 CORIACEOUS, firm and tough like leather. 

 CORM, a bulb-shaped, modified and swollen underground stem, in which 



reserve material is stored ; e.g. a Crocus corm. 

 COROLLA, the petals of a flower considered as a whole. 

 CORONA, a circular rim within the corolla or perianth, such as the " trumpet" of 



a Daffodil. 



