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HEPATIC^. 



BiPiNNATE, doubly pinnate. 



BiPiNNATiFiD, doiibly pinnatifid. 



BiSEPTATE, with two partitions. 



BiSERiATE, arranged in two parallel 

 rows. 



BiSERKATE, serratures again serrated. 



Bracteole, the floral stipule. 



Bracts, the leaves enclosing the repro- 

 ductive organs. 



Byssaceous, divided into fine threads 

 like wool. 



Caducous, soon falling off. 



C/ESious, glaucous-green. 



C.espitose, forming matted tufts. 



C^spitulose, in very small tufts. 



Calcarate, spurred. 



Calcicolous, growing on limestone. 



Oalyptra, the sac enclosing the young 



Calyx, the external whorl of floral 



leaves. 

 Canaliculate, channelled. 

 Canescent, rather hoary. 

 Capillary, hairlike. 

 Capitate, forming a head. 

 Carinate, keeled. 

 Carnose, fleshy. 

 Catenulate, chainlike. 

 Catkin, a spike of unisexual flowers. 

 Caudex, the axis of a plant. 

 Cauline, belonging to the stem. 

 Channelled, hollowed out like a gutter. 

 Chlorophyl, the green colouring matter 



of leaves. 

 Cilia, hairlike processes. 

 CiLiATE, fringed with cilia. 

 Circinate, bent circularly. 

 Cladocarpous, the fruit terminating a 



lateral shoot. 

 Clavate, club-shaped. 

 CoCHLEARiFORM, round and concave like 



a spoon, 

 Complanate, pressed flat together. 



Complicate, folded. 

 Compressed, flattened laterally, 

 CoNCOLOROUs, of One uniform colour. 

 Conduplicate, folded face to face. 

 Confervoid, formed of fine threads. 

 Connate, joined together (base to base). 

 Connivent, meeting in one point. 

 Constricted, suddenly narrowed. 

 Convolute, rolled up. 

 Cordate, shaped like the figure of a 



heart on cards; the point of 



attachment being at the broader 



end. 

 Cortical, belonging to the bark, 

 Crenate, having convex teeth. 

 Crenulate, minutely crenate. 

 Cucullate, hooded, the apex curved 



inward like a slipper. 

 Cuneate, wedge-shaped. 

 Cuspidate, tapering gradually into a 



rigid point. 

 Cuticle, outer skin of leaf. 

 Cyathiform, cup-shaped. 

 Cylindrical, having a cylindrical figure 



like a pipe. 



Decumbent, reclining on the ground 



and rising again at the apex. 

 Decurrent, applied to leaves when the 



lamina runs down the stem below 



the point of attachment. 

 Deflexed, bent downward through the 



whole length. 

 Dehiscence, mode of bursting. 

 Deltoid, triangular. 

 Dentate, toothed, having sharp teeth 



with concave edges. 

 Denticulate, minutely toothed. 

 Denudate, bared of leaves. 

 Dependant, hanging down. 

 Depressed, flattened horizontally. 

 DiCHOTOMous, forked divisions in pairs. 

 Dioicous, male and female inflorescence 



on separate plants. 



