GLOSSARY. 327 



Blade. The flattened green part of a leaf. I. 



Bloom. The powdery, waxy covering of many fruits and leaves. 



Botanical name. 175. 



Bract. A small leaf or scale of a flower-cluster. 29. 



Bulb. A leaf-bud with fleshy scales : usually underground. 28. 



Bulblets. Small bulbs borne above-ground. 



Cadu'cous. Falling off very early ; or, when the flower opens. 



Calyp'tra. The cap or hood of a sporange. 181. 



Ca'lyx. The outer floral whorl. 32, 33. 



Cam'bium. A sappy layer between the wood and bark. 



Campan'ulate. Bell-shaped. 41. 



Campylot'ropous (ovule). Having the apex bent over close to the 



base. 105. 



Cap'illary. Hair-like. 



Cap'itate. Head-shaped. Having a globular apex. 

 Cap'sule. The pod of a compound pistil. The dry dehiscent fruit 



of syncarpous pistils. 113. 

 Car'pel. A simple pistil ; one of the parts of a compound pistil. 



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Car'pophore. The stalk of a pistil within the flower. 154. 



Caryop'sis. A one-celled, one-seeded fruit, with membranous peri- 

 carp united to the seed. in. 



Cat'kin. A scaly, deciduous spike ; an ament. 31. 



Caules'cent. Having a stem. 25. 



Cau'line. Belonging to the stem. 28. 



Chaff. Small membranous scales. 



Chala'za. The place where the nucleus and coats of an ovule grow 

 together. 104. 



Characters of plants. Their permanent features. 72. 



Chlo'rophyl. The green coloring-matter of plants. 



Cil'iate. Having a fringe of hairs on the margin. 



Circumscis'sile. Divided by a circular line round the sides. 



Cla'vate. Club-shaped. 



Claw. The narrowed base or stalk of a petal. 38. 



Cleft. Cut about half-way down. 



Coher'ent or cohesion. The growing together of like parts. 52. 



Col'umn. Results from the union of the filaments of a stamen with 

 each other, or with the style and stigma. 52. 



Colum'nar. Shaped like a column. 



Coma. A tuft of hairs upon a seed. 



Com'missure. The face by which two carpels cohere. 153. 



Complete. Having all the parts. 44. 



Compound pistil. Consists of several united carpels. 93. 



