HENDERSON'S HANDBOOK OF PLANTS. 



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Carcytes. The same as mycelium, which see. 



Caries. A. word used in vegetable pathol- 

 ogy to denote decay of the walls of the 

 cells and vessels, whether attended by a 

 greater or less degree of moisture. 



Carina, (adj. Carinafe.)k keel like that of 

 a boat; the two anterior or lower petals 

 of a papilionaceous flower, the three an- 

 terior in a Milkwort, etc. Also, the thin, 

 sharp back of certain parts, as that of a 

 glume of Phalaris, etc. 



Connate. Keel-shaped. See Carina. 



Carinately-concave. Hollowed, so as to re- i 

 semble a keel externally. 



Carinately-winged. Haying a wing like a 

 keel 



Carinato-plicate. So plaited that each fold 

 is like a keel, as in the peristome (which 

 see) of some Urn Mosses. 



Cariopsis. A one-celled, one-seeded, supe- i 

 rior fruit, whose pericarp is membranous I 

 and united to the seed, as in Wheat, 

 Maize, and other kinds of grain. 



Carneus. Pale red, or flesh-color. 



Carnose, Carnosus. Fleshy. 



Carious. Decayed. 



Caro. The fleshy part of fruit, or that 

 which is edible. Also, the flesh or tissue 

 of which Fungi consist. 



Carpadelium. An inferior, indehiscent, 

 (which see,) two or more celled fruit with 

 solitary seeds, and carpels which, when 

 ripe, separate from a common axis, as in 

 Umbellifers. 



Carpet Bedding. See Bedding. 



Carpel, CarpeHa, (adj. Carpellaris.)One of | 

 the rolled-up leaves of which the pistil is 

 composed, whether they are combined or 

 distinct; the small parts of which com- 

 pound fruits are formed. 



Carpockmium. A free case or receptacle of I 

 spores found in certain Algae. 



Carpofagy.Th&t part of botany which ! 



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treats of the structure of fruits and 



Carpomania. A term used to denote the 

 grittiness of Pears, Quinces, Medlars, etc. ; 

 a condition which always exists, and can- 

 not be altogether removed by cultivation, 

 though it may make the fruit more juicy. 

 Grittiness depends on the deposit of lay- 

 er after layer of new matter within cer- 

 tain cells till they become hard. In the 

 warm climate of Italy Quinces are often 

 so full of these cells as to become uneat- 

 able. 



Carpomorpha. Those parts in cryptogam- 

 ic plants which resemble true fruits with- 

 out being such receive this name, as the 

 spores of Lichens. 



Garpophorum. The stalk of the pistil above 

 or beyond the stamens. 



Carpophyttum. The same as carpel, which 

 see. 



Carpopodium. A fruit stalk. 



Carpoptosis. This term is used in reference 

 to the sudden arrest of growth and fall- 

 ing off of fruit and grain after impregna- 

 tion has taken place, and more or less 

 growth has been made. This result 

 will sometimes happen in consequence of 

 more fruit setting than the plant is able 

 to nourish; and in other cases the growth 

 of the plant will be so vigorous as to di- 

 vert the flow of the sap from the fruit, 

 and, in consequence, it falls off or fails 

 to mature; a matter of very common oc- 

 currence in both fruits and flowers. 

 There are, doubtless, other causes for the 

 falling of fruit aside from insects, which 

 are not yet well understood. 



Carpostomium. The opening into spore 

 cases of Algae. 



Cartilaginous. Hard and tough like the 

 skin of an apple-seed or a piece of parch- 

 ment. 



