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GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 



Carinate (Lat. carina, a keel), 

 keeled. 



Carpophy ta (Gr. (capjro's, fruit, and 

 <|)UTo'i', plant). 



Castaneous (Lat. castanea, a 

 chesmut), chestnut-colored. 



Caudate (Lat. camia, a tail), fur- 

 nished with a slender appendage re- 

 sembling a tail. 



Caudex (Lat. a stem), the upright 

 rootstock forming the trunk of a tree- 

 fern, 8. 



Cellulose (Lat. cellula, a little cell), 

 the substance composing the wall of 

 cells, containing the elements car- 

 bon, hydrogen, and oxygen. 



CeraceOUS (Lat. cera, wax), hav- 

 ing the nature of wax. 



Ceratopterldeae, 77. 



Ceratopteris, loi ; also 6, 14, 77. 



Characeae, 51. —Literature of, 56. 



ChartaceOUS (Lat. <rAar/a, a leaf 

 of paper), having the texture of paper 

 or parchment. 



Cheilanthes, 91 ; also 3, 6, 8, 13, 

 26, 43, 77. 



Chlorophyll (Gr. x^^po's, green, 

 and ^vKXov, leaf), the green grains 

 forming the coloring matter of plants. 



Christmas-fern. Vide Dry- 

 opteris. 



Ciliate (Lat. cilium, an eyelash), 

 having on the margin a fringe of 

 hairs resembling the fringing eye- 

 lashes. 



Cinnamon-fern. Vide Os- 

 munda. 



Circinate (Lat. circinus, a pair of 

 compasses), rolled inward from the 

 apex, 8. 



Classification of the Vegetable 

 Kingdom, 48.— Principle of, 45. 



Cliff-brake. Vide Pellaea. 



Climbing-fern. Vide Lygo- 

 dium. 



Cloak-fern. P'ide Notho- 



laena. 

 Club-moss. Vide Lycopo- 



dium. 

 Confluent (Lat. <:<7«, together, and 

 Jluere, to flow), blended together. 



Connate (Lat. can, together, and 

 nasci, to be born), united together 

 from the first. 



Cordate (Lat. cor, the heart), heart- 

 shaped. 



Coriaceous (Lat. corium, a Uide). 

 leathery. 



Cotton-fern. Vide Notho- 

 Isena. 



Crenate (Lat. crena, a notch), hav- 

 ing the margin scalloped with rounded 

 teeth. 



Crenulate (Lat. crenula, a little 

 notch), scalloped with small rounded 

 teeth. 



Cryptogamla (Gr. K(>vm6<i, hid- 

 den, ya';u.os, marriage), flowerless 

 plants ; an obsolete term. 



Cryptogramma, 97; also 2, 14, 77. 



Cultivation, Literature of, 7. 



Cuneate (Lat. cuneus, a wedge), 

 wedge-shaped. 



Cystopteris, nS; also 4,5, 6, 16, 

 27, 78. 



Decurrent (Lat. de, down, and 

 currere, to run), prolonged on the 

 rachis. 



Deer-fern. ^^zV/i? Lomaria. 



Deltoid (Gr. SeAra, the letter D, and 

 ei5os, form), triangular, like the Greek 

 delta. 



Dentate (Lat. dens, a tooth), 

 toothed. 



Denticulate (Lat. denticulus, di- 

 minutive of dens, tooth), finely 

 toothed. 



Desmidiaceae, 50.— Literature of, 



56. 



Determination of Species, 



68. 

 Devonian Age, Pteridophytes of, 



66. 

 Diatomaceae, 50.— Literature of, 



56. 



Dichotomous (Gr. Si^a. asunder, 



and Tf/u.i'eii'. to cut), two-forked. 

 Dicksonia, 121 ; also 3, 5, 7. 17. 79. 

 Dicksonieae, 79- 

 Dimorphism, 3.— Literature, of 7. 



