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Oircumscissile, Circumseissu*. Cut circular- 

 ly around the sides, as in some seed-ves- 

 sels. 



Circumscriptio. The outline of anything. 



Oircumsepientia folia. A term applied to 

 leaves when they rise up like a funnel, 

 and surround the stem as if to protect the 

 young shoots, as in the Mai*vel of Peru. 

 The term is rarely used. 



Cirrhose or Cimhous. Either furnished with 

 a tendril, as the Grape-vine or the leaves 

 of Gloriosasujwba; or assuming the form 

 and functions of a tendril, as the peduncles 

 of Clematis cirrhosa; or where the ten- 

 drils are in some way remarkable, as the 

 ascidia cirrhalia of Nepenthes. 



Cirrhiferous. Bearing a tendril. 



Cirrhiform. Shaped like a tendril. 



Cirrhis. A tendril; a slender, twining or- 

 gan by which a plant climbs. 



Cirrhositas. The production of tendrils. 



Cistacece, (the Mock Rose family.) A natu- 

 ral order of Thalamifloral Dicotyledons, 

 characterizing Lindley's Cistal Alliance. 

 They are shrubs or herbs, often viscid, 

 with simple entire leaves and showy 

 flowers. There are three to five sepals, 

 which are persistent and unequal, the 

 three inner being twisted in the bud. 

 There are five petals, rarely three, falling 

 off, often crumpled, and twisted in an 

 opposite direction from the sepals. The 

 stamens are numerous, not united. The 

 fruit is a one-celled capsule with parietal 

 placentas, or imperfectly three to five- 

 celled with central placentas. Seeds with 

 mealy albumen; embryo curved or spiral. 

 The plants are found chiefly in the south 

 of Europe and the north of Africa, and 

 rarely in North or South America. They 

 are usually resinous, and have a balsamic 

 fragrance. Helianthemum vulgare, the 

 common Kock Rose of England, has re- 



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markably irritable stamens, which in sun- 

 ny weather move on being touched. 

 There are eight genera and about one 

 hundred and ninety species. Cistus, He- 

 lianthemum, Fumana, are examples of 

 this order. 



Gistella, Cistula. A cell-like shield found 

 among Lichens in the genus Sphaero- 

 phoron. 



Cistome. A membraneous sac which, accord- 

 ing to some, penetrates stomates, (which 

 see,) and reaches the bottom of the sub- 

 jacent chamber. If this statement be 

 correct, the cistome must be a fold of the 

 cuticle. 



Gistophorum. The stipe of certain Fungi. 



Gistusrapes. A name given by Lindley to 

 the group of Cytinaceous parasites. 



Ciireous, Citrinous. Lemon-colored. 



Citronworts. A name given by Lindley to 

 the family of Aurantiacece, to which the 

 Orange and Citron belong. 



Clados. In Greek compounds this word 

 means a branch. 



Glathrus. A lattice; a membrane pierced 

 with holes and forming a kind of grating, 

 as in the leaves of Ouvirandrafenistralis. 



Glathrate. Latticed; divided like lattice- 

 work 



Clausile. A name given by Richard to his 

 macropodal (which see) embryo when its 

 radicle is united by the edges and en- 

 tirely closes all the rest of it. 



Clavate, Clavatus, Claviformis. Club-shaped, 

 as where any organ, slender at the base, 

 gradually enlarges towards the apex, as 

 the filaments of Thalictrum clavatum. 



Glavellose. Clubbed, or having club-like 



Glavicula. A tendriL 



Glavula. The receptacle or spore-case of 



certain Fungae. 

 Glavus. The disease which produces ergot 



