318 A GUIITE TO FLORICTTLTTTRE. 



BIPiNNATED, twice pinnated. 



B ITERN ATE, cut into three twice over. 



BRACT, floral leaf; a leaf near the flower, different from the other 



leaves of the plant. 

 BRACTEA, small leaves between tine proper leaves of the plants 



and the flower cap. 

 BULBS, bulbs are buds or the winter residence of future plants; 



bulbous 1 plants are perennials. 



CADUCOUS, falHn^ off early, like the poppy. 



CALYX, u flower cup; in most plants it, closes and supports the 



corolla. 



CAPILLARY, hair like. 

 CAPITATE, growing- in the form erf a bead. 

 CAPSULE, the little chest or seed vessel which opens whon th 



seeds 1 sere ripe. 

 CARPEL, re a division of the fruit, each carpel forming a distinct 



eel?. 



CAULINE, developed on the stem. 

 CELLULAR. made up of cells or cavities 

 CERNIJGU'S, when a plant grows in a nodding, drooping, or pendu- 



lous style. 



CILIATED, eye lash haired ; bordered with soft paralled hairs. 

 CILIATE, fringed with parallel hairs. 

 COMOSE, applied to a flower shoot, which is terminated by barren 



COMPOUND, several things in one; the Chrysanthemum is a 



compound flower, so is the Dahlia, both formed of numerous 



little flowers or florets. 



CONNATE, situated opposite each other, and joined at the base. 

 CORDATE, heart-shaped; according to the common notion of tne 



heart. 



COROLLA, usually enclosing the stamens. 

 CORYMB, a bunch of flowers when the footstalks proceed from dif- 



ferent parts of the principal axis, and attains the same height. 

 CORY MBOUS, formed after the manner of a corymb. 



