INDEX AND GLOSSARY. 



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Branches, 203. 



Branching root, 219. 



Jirancklets, small branches. 



Bristles^ stiff hairs. 



Bud, 52. 



Piilb, 230, 



Bulblets, little bulbs borne above gronnd. 



i2"lbou8, having bulbs. 



Bushtc, 215. 



Caducous^ falling off early. 



Calyculate, having bracts resembling an 

 outer, additional calyx. 



Calyx, 65. 



Cainpamdate, bell-shaped, 91. 



Canescent, whitish with tine hairs. 



Capillary^ very slender, hair-like. 



Capitate, head-shaped, globular. 



Capsule, a pod, 182. 



Carinate, keel-shaped. 



Carpels, 124. 



Cartilaginous, gristly. 



Caryophyllaceous, 88. 



Caryopsis, grain or kernel. 



Catkin, 149. 



Caudate, with a tail. 



Caulescent, 235. 



Cauline, 146. 



Caulis, 235. 



Cellular, composed of cells. 



Cernuovs, nodding. 



Chaffy, with chaff. 



Character, marks which distinguish a spe- 

 cies, genus, &c. 



Chartaceous, of the texture of writing- 

 paper. 



Cilice, hairs, like those of the eye lashes. 



Ciliate, furnished with ciliae. 



Circinate, 140. 



Circumscissile, opening like a lid. 



Cirrhous, furnished with a tendril. 



Classification. — Lesson 29. 



Clavate, club-shaped. 



Claw, 71. 



Climbers, 54, 236. 



Climbing fern, 12.* 



Gochleate, resembling the shell of a snail. 



Cohering, connected. 



Cohesion, 79. 



Cohorts, 258. 



Colored, not green. 



Column, the consolidated stamens and 

 pistils of the Orchis. "^ 



Coma, a tuft of hairs, 187, 183. 



Complete fiowcr, 110. 



Compound flowers, 156. 



Compound leaves, 23-35. 



Compc)und petiole, 44. 



Compound pistil, 124. 



Compressed, flattened lengthwise. 



Cone, the same as strobile, 183, 185. 



Confluent, joining together. 



Conjugate, joined in pairs. 



Connate, joined together at base, 43. . 



Conncftiie, 102. 



Conniveiit, converging together. 



Conoids, 258. 



Contorted, twisted, 130. 



Convex, rising spherically. 



Convolute, 132. 



Cordate, heart-shaped, 19. 



Coriaceous, leathery, thick and tough. 



Corm, 2o0; 



Corn.uU, Corniculate, horned. 



Corolla.— Lesson 12. 



Corona or Grown, the expanded, cup-liko 



disk of Narcissus, &c. 

 Corymb, 151. 



Corymbous, arranged like a corymb. 

 Costate, ribbed. 

 Cotyledon, 190, 191. 

 Creeper, 232. 



Crenate and Crenulate, 31. 

 Crisped, Crispate, with excess of margin. 

 Cristate or Crested, with raised ridge. 

 Cruciform, 87. 

 Cryptogamia, 250. 

 CucuUaie, hood shaped. 

 Culm, the stem of grasses. 

 Cuneate, wedge-shaped, 17. 

 Cwpule, cup of the acorn, &c. 

 Cuspidate, with a small abrupt point, 38, 

 Cuticle, the epidermis, scarf-skin. 

 Cyme, 157. 

 Cymous, like a cyme. 



Decandrous, with 10 stamens. 



Deciduous, falling oft" in autumn. 



Decomjwund, more tlian once compound- 

 ed, as bi or tri-pinnate. 



Decumbent, 224. 



Decurrent, extending down the stem as 

 do the leaves of Mullen. 



Decussate, crossing at right angles. 



Deflexed, bent downwards. 



Definite, 106. 



Dehiscence, 102. 



Dehiscent fruits, 166. 



Deltoid, 15. 



Dentate, Denticulate, 30. 



Depressed, flattened from above. 



Descending axis.— Lesson 2v^. 



