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GLOSSARY. 



ABCHEGO'NIUM, or ABCH'EGONE. The 

 same as pistillidia. 



ASCENDING OVULES. Kising upward ob- 

 liquely. 



AWN. The beard of oats, barley, etc. 



AXIAL EM'BEYO. Situated in the centre 

 of the albumen. 



AXILE. Belonging to the centre, or axis. 



AX'ILLABT. Starting from the axil of a 

 leaf. 



BA'SAL. Situated at the base. 

 BA'SIFIXED. Same as innate. 

 BEERY. A thin-skinned, indehiscent, 



juicy fruit, having the seeds embedded 



in a pulpy mass. 



BIDEN'TATE, or BICUS'PID. Two- 

 toothed. 



BIEN'NIAL. Living two years. 

 BI'NAEY. Arranged in twos. 

 BLADE. The flattened green part of a 



leaf. 

 BOEAGINA'CE^!. Plants of the Borage 



family. 

 BBACT. A small leaf or scale, from the 



axil of which a flower, or its pedicel, 



proceeds. 



CADU'COUS (floral whorls) Falling when 



the flower opens. 

 CALYP'TEA. The cap or hood of a spo- 



range. 



CALYX. The outer covering'of a flower. 

 CAM'BIUM. A glutinous sap occurring 



between the newest layers of wood and 



bark. 

 CAMPYLOT'BOPOUS (ovule). Having the 



apex bent over close to the base. 

 CAP 'ILL ART. Pertaining to capillary or 



very minute tubes. 



CAP'SULE. The pod of a compound pis- 

 til ; the dry, dehiscent fruit of syncar- 



pous pistils. 

 CAE'PEL. A simple pistil, or one of the 



parts of a compound pistiL 

 CARYOP'SIS. A one-celled, one-seeded 



fruit with pericarp, membranous, and 



united to the seed. 

 CELL. A small chamber: the ultimate 



form in plant physiology. 

 CELLULAB TISSTTE. The mass of sub- 

 stances formed by the union of cells. 



, Regular. Having cubical cells. 



, Prismatic. Having elongated 



cells. 

 , Tabular. Having flattened 



cells. 



CELLULAB TISSUE, Muriform. Having 

 the cells arranged like courses of brick 

 in a wall. 



CHALA'ZA. The place where the nucleus 

 and the coats of an ovule grow together. 



CHABACTEBS OF PLANTS. The perma- 

 nent features of species. 



CHLO'BOPHYLL. The green coloring-mat- 

 ter of plants. 



CIL'ITJM (pi., CILIA). A vibrating hair or 

 lash. 



COCH'LEAE ^ESTIVATION, (See ^ESTIVA- 

 TION.) 



COHE'BENT. Growing together. Said of 

 identical parts. Thus petals with pet- 

 als, sepals with sepals, etc. 



COHE'SION. Growing together of parts 

 of the same sort. 



COLTJM'NAE. Shaped like a column. 



COM'MIBSUBE. The face by which two 

 carpels cohere, as in Umbelliferae. 



COMPLETE (flower). One having all the 

 organs. 



COMPOS 'IT^! Plants whose flowers are 

 made up of several florets with syn- 

 geneseous stamens. 



COMPOUND (pistil). Consisting of several 

 united carpels. 



CON'ICAL. Bound, and decreasing to a 

 point. 



CONNEO 'TTVE. A continuation of the fila- 

 ment which unites the two lobes of the 

 anther. 



CONNI'VANT. Converging. 



CONTORTED ^ESTIVATION. (See JESTIVA- 

 TION.) 



COBOL'LA. The inner covering of a flow- 

 er. 



COB'TICAL LAYEB. A layer of bark. 



COBYMB'. A species of inflorescence in 

 which the lesser flower-stalks are pro- 

 duced along both sides of the common 

 stalk, rising, however, to the same 

 height as the latter. Ex., scurvy -grass. 



CREM'OCABP. The fruit of Umbelliferse, 

 consisting of two indehiscent carpels. 



CRUCIF'ER^E. Plants having a cruciform 

 corolla; stamens four two !ong, and 

 two short; inflorescence racemose, 

 without bracts. 



CRYPTOO'AMOITS. Flowerless. 



CULM. The stem of grasses and sedges. 



Ctr'pTTLE. A little cup ; the involucre of 

 a nut. 



CYME. A loose, irregular, definite inflo- 

 rescence. 



CYMO'SE, or DEFINITE INFLOEES'CENCE. 



CYP'SELA. An achenium with an adhe- 

 rent calyx-tube. Ex., the Composite. 



