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GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 



Bulb: a pcrmnncnt bud with fleshy 

 scales, mostly subterranean, 109. 



Btdbtfeious : pioducing bulbs. 



BtillJcts : little bulbs above ground, 109. 



Bulbose, or bulbous: bulb-like in shape. 



Bulbo-tubei : same as a corm. 



Bui/ate: a surface appealing as if blis- 

 tered, puckered, or bladdery (fiom 

 bulla, a bubble). 



Burmanniaeca?, 490. 



Bnrseracese, 406. 



Bui siculate : provided with pouch-like 

 appendages (bursicuke). 



Butomacea?, 487. 



Bntttrfly-shap»d corolla, 253. 277. 



Butternut, 476 



Bi/ssaceous : composed of tine entangled 

 threads (byssus, or line flax). 



ByttneriacesE, 398. 



Cabombacea?, 386. 



Cactaecac, 421. 



Caducous: falling- off" at the time of 

 expansion, as the calyx of the 

 Poppy, 279. 



Csesal pincai, 413 



Ciesious : lavender-colored. 



Coisjii/o.se, or cespitose : growing in tufts 

 or turfs. 



Cajeput oil, 418. 



Calabash, 417." 



Calabash-Nutmeg, 383. 



Culatliidium : a name for the head of 

 Compositaj. 



Caldtlafonn : cup-shaped. 



Calcinate : bearing a spur (ca/car), 278 ; 

 as the Violet, fig. 396, and Lark- 

 spur, fig 398. 



Cdlcfolate, or cdlaform, slipper-shaped. 



CallitriehacesB, 470. 



Callose: furnished with callosities (cal/i) 

 or hardened or protuberant spots. 



Odious: bald. 



Calycanthacere, 417. 



Cd/i/cine : relating to the calyx. 



Calycnhite, or ctdicuhite : furnished with 

 an outer accessory calyx ( calyculus), 

 or set of bractlcts resembling a ca- 

 lyx, as in Dianthus. 



Cahjjitia : the hood or veil of the spore- 

 case of a Moss, 503, 504 ; or a bodv 

 like it, 389 



Cttlyi'tiate : furnished with a calyptra, 

 or something like it. 



Cahj/'trifoiiu : shaped like a calyptra or 

 candle-extinguisher, as the calvx 

 of Eschscholtzia, p. 389, fig 692" 



Calyx: the exterior floral envelope, or 

 leaves of the flower, 222, 274. 



Cambium, Cambium-layer, 122. 



Camelliacca?, 400. 



Campanulas a?, 138. 



! Campdnulatc : bcll-shapcd ; 277, fi^. 

 456. 



Camphor, 400, 467. 



Cauij>ylosi>e'niious : when a seed or seed- 

 like fruit is lolled up so as to form 

 a longitudinal furrow down one 

 side, as that of Sweet Cicely 



Cam/ii/lol) o/ious or raiiipyfdtropal ov ulc or 

 seed. 298, 299, fig. 527. 



Canada Balsam. 480. 



Canaliculate : longitudinally channelled. 



Cdncellate: resembling lattice-work. 



Candleberrv, 477. 



Canesrent: whitened or hoary with fine 

 and close pubescence. 



Cannabincaj, 475. 



Cannacea;, 490. 



Caoutchouc, 57, 4 58, 473, 475. 



Capers, 391. 



Capillary, or capilldceous : hair-like. 



Capitate: headed; having a globular 

 apex like the head of a pin ; or col- 

 lected into a head. 



Capile/late : diminutive of capitate. 



Ca/n'/ii/iini : a head of flowers, as of 

 Clover, Button-bush, &c. ; 213, fig. 

 320 



Capparidacca?, 391. 



Capico/ale : furnished with tendrils. 



Caprifoliaccre 431. 



Capsular : relating to a 



Capsule : an v compound dehiscent fruit ; 

 315, fig". 582, 583. 



Cardamom 490. 



Carina : a keel ; the two anterior petals 

 . of a papilionaceous flower; 254, 

 fig. 392. c. 



Cdrniate: keeled ; furnished with a pro- 

 jecting longitudinal ridge along the 

 under side. 



Caiidpsis, or carydpsis : a grain, 314. 



Cannons: flesh-colored 



Caruose : fleshy in texture. 



Caipd [cm pel Cum or caipidium) : a sim- 

 ple pistil, or one of the elements of 

 a compound one, 290. 



Cdipe/laiy : pertaining to a carpel 



Cuijioluyy: the depaitment of Botany 

 that i elates to fruits. 



Cdipoplioie: the stalk of a pistil, 267. 



Carrot, 426. 



Cartilaginous: tough, like cartilage. 



Cdi uncle: an excrescence at the hilum 

 of certain seeds, 322. 



Caninculatp : furnished with a caruncle. 



Caryophyllaceaj, 395. 



Caryoplii'/l/actous (corolla) : pink-like, 

 276. 



Carydpsis: a grain, 314. 



Cascine, 198. 



Cashew, 406. 



Cassava, 472. 



