GLOSSARY. 



Bulbose, or bulbous : bulb-like in shape, &c. 



Bulblets : small bulbs, borne above ground, as on the stems of the bulb- 

 bearing Lily. 



Bulb-scales : the modified leaves of bulbs. 

 Bullate : appearing as if blistered or bladdery (from bulla, a bubble). 



Caducous : dropping off very early, compared with other parts ; as the calyx 



in the Poppy family, falling when the flower opens. 

 Ccespitose, or Ce'spitose : growing in turf-like patches or tufts, like most 



sedges, &c. 

 Cdlcarate : furnished with a spur (calcar), as the flower of Larkspur and 



Violet. 

 Calculate or Cdlceiform : slipper-shaped, like one petal of the Lady's 



Slipper. 



Cdllose : hardened ; or furnished with callosities or thickened spots. 

 Calculate : furnished with an outer accessory calyx (calyculus) or set of 



bracts looking like a calyx. 



Ca/yptriform : shaped like a calyptra or candle-extinguisher. 

 Calyx: the outer set of the floral envelopes or leaves of the flower. 

 Campdnulate : bell-shaped. 

 Campyltftropous : curved ovules and seeds, the chalaza and hilum being near 



together, and the micropyle at the other end of the curved axis. 

 Canaliculate: channelled, or with a deep longitudinal groove. 

 Cdncellate: latticed, resembling lattice-work. 

 Canescent : grayish-white ; hoary, usually because the surface is covered 



with fine white hairs. Inc.anous is whiter still. 

 Capilldceoiis, Capillary: hair-like in shape; as fine as hair or slender 



bristles. 

 Capitate : having a globular apex, like the head on a pin ; as the stigma of 



Cherry ; or forming a head, like the flower-cluster of Button-bush. 

 Capiteliate : diminutive of capitate. 

 Capitulum (a little head) : a close rounded dense cluster or head of sessile 



flowers. 



Capreolate : bearing tendrils (from capreolus, a tendril). 

 Capsule: a pod, any dry dehiscent seed-vessel. 

 Cdpsular : relating to, or like a capsule. 

 Carina : a keel ; the two anterior petals of a papilionaceous flower, which 



are combined to form a body shaped somewhat like the keel (or ratiier 



the prow) of a vessel. 

 Cdnnate ; keeled; furnished with a sharp ridge or projection on the lower 



side. 



Cartipsis, or Carytipsis: the one-seeded fruit or grain of Grasses, &c. 

 Corneous : flesh-colored ; pale red. 

 Cdrnose : fleshy in texture. 

 Carpel, or Carpidium: a simple pistil, or one of the parts or leaves of which 



a compound pistil is composed. 

 Cdrpellary: pertaining to a carpel. 



Carpophore: the stalk or support of a fruit or pistil within the flower. 

 Cartilaginous, or Cartilagineous : firm and tough, like cartilage, in texture. 



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