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furing Plants, the Diameter of a Hair, and the twelfth Part 
of a Line. 
Capitati flores, Flowers collefted into Heads, as in Mentha 
aquatica, and Thymus ferpyllum. 
Capitulum, a little Head, a fpecies of Inflorefcentia, in which 
the Flowers are conneéted into clofe Heads on the Tops of 
the Peduncles as in Gomphrena. 
Capreolus, a tendril, fee Cirrhus. 
Capfula, a Capfule, a hollow Pericarpium, which cleaves or 
parts in fome determinate Manner, and confiits of Valvula 
Diffepimentum, Columella, and Loculamentum. 
Carina, the Keel of a Boat, or Ship, the lower Petal of the 
papilionaceous Corolla, 
Carinatum foliam, when the Back of a Leaf refembles the Keel 
of a Ship. 
Cariophyllaeus fos, Clove-tree, or Flowers growing in the Man- 
ner of Carnations. 
Carnofum folium, a flefhy Leaf, as in Sedum dafyphillum. 
Cartilagineum folium, a Leaf whofe Brim is furnifhed with a 
Margin of diferent Subflance from the Dik. 
Caryophylli, Carnations or Pinks, an Order of Plants in the 
Fragmenta methodi naturalis of Lianeus. 
Catenulata /cabrities, {pecies of glandular Rovghnefs, hardly 
vifible to the naked Eye, refembling little Chains on_ the 
Surface offome Plants, 
Caudex, the Stem of a Tree. 
Caulefcens, having a Stalk or Stem. 
Caulina folia, Leaves growing immediately on the Stem. 
Caulis, a Stem, a Species of Truncus. 
Cernuns, nodding, or hanging down its Head. 
Cefpitofa, Plants which produce many Stems from one Root, and 
form a Surface of Turf or Sod. 
Ciliatum, whofe Margin is guarded by parallel Brifiles, formed 
like the Eye-lafh. 
Circinalea fclia, a Hoop or Ring, a Term of Foliation, ex- 
preffive of the Leaves within the Gemma being rolled fpi- 
rally downward. 
Circumf{ciffa cap/ula, cut tranfverfly, as in Anagallis. 
Cirrhiferus pedunculis, a Peduncle bearing a Tendril, asin Vitis. 
Cirrhofum folium, a Leaf that terminates ina Tendril, as in 
Gloriofa. 
Cirrhus, a Clafper, or Tendril, one of the Fulcra of Plants. 
Claffis, a Clafs, is defined by Lizneus to be an Agreement of 
feveral Genera in the Parts of Fruétification, according to 
the Principles of Nature diftinguifhed by Art. 
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