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INDEX AND DICTIONAUY 



Bi]nnn;Uifiil : twice piniiatifid. 



Biternato : twice divided into threes. 



Bladdery : thin and inflated. 



Bhide of a leaf, 43 ; of a petal, 64. 



Border of a corolla, &c., 72. 



Bracts and Bractlets, 59. 



Branches, 24. 



Breathing-pores of leaves, 264, 265. 



Bristles : stiff and strong; hairs. 



Bristly : beset witli bristles. 



Buddintr, 56. 



Buds, 24, 38. 



Bull)lets, 41, 57. 



Bulbous : like a bulb in shape. 



Bulbs, 31, 40, 57. 



Caducous : drop]jin!i- olf very early, as the calyx 



of Poppies and Bloodroot. 

 Calyx, 7, 63. 



Cam]5anulate ; bell-shaped, 72. 

 Capillary : slender and as fine as hair. 

 Capitate : headed ; bearing a round, head-like 



top ; or collected in a head, as the flowers 



of Button-bush, 61. 

 Capsule : a pod, 80. 



Cartilagineous or Cartilaginous : like cartilage. 

 Caryopsis : a grain or seed-like fruit, 79. 

 Catkin : a scale-like spike, as of Birch, &c., 61. 

 Caulescent : having a stem which rises out of the 



ground. 

 Cells, in vegetable anatomy, 89. 

 Cells of the ovary or fruit, 8, 74. 

 Cellular Tissue, 41. 

 Cereal : relating to corn or corn-plants, held by 



the ancients to be the gift of Ceres. 

 Chaff: thin bracts, in the form of scales or 



husks. 

 Ciliate : fringed with hairs along the margin, 



like the eyelashes fringing the eyelids. 

 Circulation in plants, 86, 88. 

 Class, 94. 

 Classification, 93. 

 Claw, of a petal, &c., 64. 

 Cleft : cut about half-way down, 49, 50. 

 Climbing, 37. 



Club-shaped : thickened gradually upwards. 

 Clustered : collected in a bunch. 

 Clustered Roots, 36. 

 Coated Bulbs, 40. 

 Coherent, calyx or ovary, 75. 

 Column: the united filaments of monadelphous 



stamem, as of the Mallow (Fig. 317), or 



the stamens and style united, as In the Or- 

 chis Family. 



Complete Flower, 67. 



Compound Corymb, Cyme, &c., 63. 

 Leaves, 44, 51. 

 Ovarv, 73. 

 Pistil", 73. 



Compressed : flattened on two sides. 



Cone, as of the Pine, 82. 



Confluent : wiien two parts or bodies are blended 

 together. 



Conical Koot, 36. 



Connate : gi-own togetlicr from the first. 



Connective, of the anther, 66. 



Convolute, leaf, &c. : rolled up. 



Convolute, in the flower-bud, 183, 187. 



Cordate : heart-shaped, 48. 



Coriaceous : of a leatherv texture. 



Corni, or Solid Bulb, 40', 57. 



Corolla, 7, 63. 



Corymb, 60. 



Corymljose, or Corymbed : in corymbs, or like 

 a corymb. 



Cotyledons : seed-leaves, 9, 84. 



Creeping, 57. 



Crcnate : the margin scalloped, 49. 



Cruciform : cross-shaped, as the corolla of the 

 Cruciferous Family, 124. 



Cnide 8ap, 86. 



Crustaccous : of a bard and brittle texture. 



Ciyptogamous, Cryptogaraous Plants, 58, 97. 



Culm : a straw-stem, 37. 



Cuneate : wedge-shaped, 47. 



Cupule ; the acorn-cup, and the like, 79. 



Cuspidate : tijipcd with a sharp rigid point, 49. 



Cut : said of leaves, &e., which appear as if cut 

 or slit from the margin inwards, 49, 50. 



Cuttings, 56. 



Cyme, 62. 



Cymose : in cymes, or like a cyme. 



Deciduous : fiilling off, as petals generally do 

 after blossoming, or leaves in autumn. 



Declined : turned to one side, or to the lower 

 side, 37. 



Decompound: several times compound, 52. 



Dccuniiient : reclined on the ground, 37. 



Decurrent : sa>d of leaves continued downwards 

 on the stem, like a wing, as in Thistles. 



Definite : uniform and rather few in number. 



Dehiscence : the regular opening of pods. 



Dehiscent Fruits, 79. 



