GLOSSARY AND. INDEX. 



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Cassia-Irak, 4G7. 



Castor-oil, 472. 



Castrate (stamen) : with no anther or 

 one containing no pollen. 



Catapetalous : where the petals arc unit- 

 ed with each other at the base and 

 with the base of the stamens, as in 

 the Mallow family. 



Catechu, 414. 



Cute'nulute: composed of parts united 

 end to end, like the links of a chain. 



Catkin: see Anient, 213. 



Caudate: tailed or tail-pointed. 



Caudex, 101. 



Caudicle : a little stalk, like that of the 

 pollen-mass of Orchis, &e , fig. 1 235 



Caulescent : obviously having a stem. 



Cjulicle : a little stein, or a rudimentary 

 stem ; the radicle, 7 1 . 



Caulinr, or caulinar: relating to a 



Caiilis: the main stem, 91. 



Cayenne pepper, 450. 



Cedrelaceai, 401. 



Cedi-on, 405. 



Celastiacca;, 408. 



Cell : a cavity of an anther, ovary, &c , 

 281, 291. In vegetable anatomy, 

 one of the vesicLs, or elements of 

 which a plant is composed, 23. 



Cell-formation, 27. 



Cell-growth, 30. 



Call-multiplication, 28. 



Cellular bailc, or envelope, 121. 



Cellular Plants, 63. 



Cellular tissue, or structure, 23. 



Ci'.llule: same as Cell (in veg. anatomy). 



Cellulose, 27, 192. 



Celtitbas, 474 



Centrifugal inflorescence, 218. 

 " radicle, 326. 



Centripetal inflorescence, 212. 

 " radicle, 326. 



Ccratophyllaccae, 470 



Ce'ieal : belonging to corn or corn- 

 plants ; these having been called 

 the gift of Ceres. 



Cernuous: nodding. 



Cuff: the senles or bracts on the re- 

 ceptacle which subtend each a dow- 

 er in the heads of many Composiite, 

 as the Sunflower; also the glumes, 

 &c of Grasses; 215, 435. 



Chaff// : provided with, or of the texture 

 of chaff 



Chaldvi: the part of the ovule where 

 the coats, nucleus, &c arc all unit- 

 ed ; 298, fig 521, (/, 526, C 



Channelled : see Canaliculate. 



C laraceaj, 510. 



Ciaructeis : the essential marks distin- 

 guishing one species, genus, &c. 

 fiom t'iosa most resembling it, 362. 



CharUwcous : of the texture of paper or 

 parchment 



Chcckerbcny, 441. 



Chenopodiaecae, 4 64. 



Cherry, 417. 



Chestnut, 477. 



Ch/di oplujll : leaf-grccn, 58. 



Cidonisis: a loss of color; a reversion 

 of the petals, &c. of a blossom to 

 green leaves. 



ChlorospermciE, 500. 



Chocolate, 398. 



Chdrisis: the division of one organ into 

 two or more, 2 43. 



Chroinule: the coloring matter of plants, 

 especially of petals, &c. 



Chrysobalanaceue, 415. 



Cicatrix ; a scar left by the fall of a leaf 

 or other organ 



Cdia (sing cilium, the eyelash) : hairs or 

 bristles fringing the margin of any- 

 thing ; those of the inner peristome 

 of a Moss, 502 



Cdiate : the margin fringed with hairs. 



Cinchona, 432. 



Cinchoneae, 432. 



Cine'nelajina, 49. 



Cineieous, cinetaceous : ash-gray. 



Cinnamon, 467. 



Circinate : involute from the top; 144, 

 fig. 219. 



Circulation in cells, 31, 178. 



Circttmcissde, or circumscissile: opening 

 or divided by a transverse circular 

 line; 317, fig. 588. 



C'hcuiuscription : the general outline. 



Cm hose, cirrhifeioits: tendril-bearing, 

 or with organs serving as a 



Cin litis : a tendril. 



Cistaccaj, 393. 



Cisldma : a kind of sac lining the cham- 

 ber under a stoinate in certain 

 plants 



Classes, 360. 



Classification, 352. 



Clathrate : latticed. 



Clavate,clavifonn: club-shaped; narrow 

 below and thickened towards the 

 summit. 



Claviculute: with tendrils, or leafstalks 

 acting as such (clauicuke). 



Claw: the nan-owed base of a petal, 

 &c, 276. 



Cleft : cut to about the middle, and with 

 narrow or acute sinuses ; 159, fig. 

 261, 265 



Climbinrj : rising by laying bold of oth- 

 er objects in nny way, 102. 



Clindiitlunin : the receptacle of the flow- 

 ers in Composite. 



Cloves, 418. 



Club-shaped: see Clavate. 



