208 GLOSSARY. 



Bulblets: small bulbs, borne above ground, as on the stems of the bulb-bearing 

 Lily and on the fronds of Cistopteris bulbifera and some other Ferns; p. 46. 

 Bulb-scales, p. 50. 

 Bullate: appearing as if blistered or bladdery (from bulla, & bubble). 



Caducous : dropping off very early, compared with other parts ; as the calyx in 



the Poppy Family, falling when the flower opens. 



Ccespitose, or Ce'spitose : growing in turf-like patches or tufts, like most sedges, &c. 

 Cdlcarate: furnished with a spur (cakar), as the flower of Larkspur, fig. 183, 



and Violet, fig. 181. 



Calceolate or Cdlceiform : slipper-shaped, like one petal of the Lady's Slipper- 

 Cd/lose : hardened ; or furnished with callosities or thickened spots. 

 Cdlycine : belonging to the calyx. 

 Calyculate : furnished with an outer accessory calyx (calyculus) or set of bracts 



looking like a calyx, as in true Pinks. 



Calyptra : the hood or veil of the capsule of a Moss : Manual, p. 607, &c. 

 Calyptriform : shaped like a calyptra or candle-extinguisher. 

 Calyx : the outer set of the floral envelopes or leaves of the flower ; p. 85. 

 Cambium and Cambium- layer, p. 154. 

 Campdnulate: bell-shaped; p. 102, fig. 207. 

 Campyldtropous, or Campylotropal ; curved ovules and seeds of a particular sort ; 



p. 123, fig. 271. 

 Campylospe'rmous : applied to fruits of Umbelliferae when the seed is curved in 



at the edges, forming a groove down the inner face ; as in Sweet Cicely. 

 Canaliculate: channelled, or with a deep longitudinal groove. 

 Cdncellate: latticed, resembling lattice-work. 

 Canescent : gray ish- white ; hoary, usually because the surface is covered with 



fine white hairs. Incanous is whiter still. 



Capilldceous, Capillary : hair-like in shape ; as fine as hair or slender bristles. 

 Capitate : having a globular apex, like the head on a pin ; as the stigma of 



Cherry, fig. 213 ; or forming a head, like the flower-cluster of Button-bush, 



fig. 161. 



Capite'llate: diminutive of capitate; as the stigmas of fig. 255. 

 Capttulum (a little head) : a close rounded dense cluster or head of sessile 



flowers; p. 80, fig. 161. 



Capre'olate: bearing tendrils (from capreohis, a tendril). 

 Capsule: a pod; any dry dehiscent seed-vessel; p. 131, fig. 305, 306. 

 Cdpsular: relating to, or like a capsule. 

 Carfna : a keel ; the two anterior petals of a papilionaceous flower, which are 



combined to form a body shaped somewhat like the keel (or rather the 



prow) of a vessel; p. 105, fig. 218, k. 



Cdrinate: keeled ; furnished with a sharp ridge or projection on the lower side. 

 Caritipsis, or Carydpsis : the one-seeded fruit or grain of Grasses, &c., p. 351. 

 Cdrneous: flesh-colored; pale red. 

 Cdrnose: fleshy in texture. 

 Cdrpel, or Carptdium : a simple pistil, or one of the parts or leaves of which a 



compound pistil is composed ; p. 117. 

 CdrpdLary: pertaining to a carpel. 



