GLOSSARY 249 



Cau'dex. The trunk or stem of a plant. 

 Cau-les'cent. Having a distinct stem. 



Cau'li-cle. A little stem, or rudimentary stem of a seedling. 



Cau'line. Relating to the stem. 



Cell growth. Formation and enlargement of cells. 



Cel'lu-lar tis'sue. Tissue formed of cells. 



Cel'lu-lose. The substance of which cell walls are formed. 



Ce're-al. Relating to grains, corn, etc. 



Cha-la'za. The part of an ovule where the covering and nucellus join. 



Chlo'ro-phyll. The green substance of leaves and bark. 



Cir'cu-la'tion. A moving around (as of the sap). 



Cla'vate. Club-shaped. 



Cleis-tog'a-mous. Pollination in closed buds. 



Climb'ing. Rising by clinging to other objects for support. 



Com-plete' flow'er. One that has all the organs calyx, corolla, stamens 

 and pistils. 



Corn-pound' flow'er. One composed of a number cf separate flowers 

 crowded on the torus. 



Corn-pound' leaf. One composed of separate leaflets, or little leaves. 



Cone. A strobile, a multiple fruit having the shape of a cone. 



Cork'y. Of the texture of cork. 



Corm. A sort of bulb or fleshy stem. 



Co-rol'la. Inner perianth made up of petals. 



Co-ro'na. A crown. 



Cor'ti-cal bark. Outer bark. 



Cor'ymb. A flat- topped or convex cluster of flowers, each on its own foot- 

 stalk, and arising from different points of a common axis. 



Cot'y-le'dons. Lobes or seed leaves, or first leaves of the embryo. 



Creep'er. A plant that trails on the ground. 



Cre'nate. Bordered with round teeth. 



Cross'-pol'li-na'tion. The pollination of a plant by pollen from a different 

 individual. 



Cru'ci-form. In the form of a Roman cross. 



Cryp'to-ga'mia. Name of the division of plants without flowers. 



Culm. The straw of grasses. 



Cu'ne-ate, or cu-ne'i-form. Wedge-shaped. 



Cu'pule. A little cup, as the cup of the acorn. 



Cus'pi-date. Having a sharp, stiff point. 



Cu'ti-cle. Outer lamina of wall of epidermis. 



Cyme. Flower cluster with the oldest flowers at the top or centre. 



