NO. I. GLOSSARY. 1 i 9 



Caudex, the trunk or stem ; also applied to the body of the root. 



Cauline, of or belonging to the stem ; arising from the stem. 



Cell, the hollow part or parts of a capsule, in which the seeds are lodged ; 



also the part of anthers which contains the pollen. 

 Celled, having cells. 



Cellular, composed of cells ; as the tissue named cellular. 

 Cernuous, nodding, drooping, or pendulous. 

 Chaffy, bearing processes resembling chaff. 

 Channels, depressions between the ridges of the fruit of umbelliferous plants ; 



beneath these are the vittse or oily receptacles ; also the longitudinal 



furrows on the stems of plants. 

 Channelled, having a channel or channels ; also applied to leaves which are 



long and concave. 

 Chinks, longitudinal fissures. 



Cilice, long, soft, parallel hairs like those of the eye-lash. 

 Ciliated, fringed with cilia? or hairs like those of the eye-lash ; as the 



leaves of Houseleek, the base of the leaves of Thyme. 

 Cinereous, ash -coloured ; grey. 

 Circinate, rolled spirally round, like a sharp crook. 

 Cirrhous, having tendrils or claspers. 

 Cirrhus, a tendril ; usually an elongation of the petiole ; it serves as a 



fulcrum or support for plants. 

 Clavate, club-shaped ; gradually thickening upwards from a slender base ; 



as the filaments of White Lily. 

 Claw, unguis ; the taper base of a petal. See Clove-Pink. 

 Cleft, divided, but not as far as the base. 

 Clustered, collected in parcels, having a roundish figure. 

 Clypeate, shaped like a Roman buckler. 

 Coadunate, united together. 



Cobwebbed, covered with loose hairs, as if with a spider's web. 

 Cochleate, twisted in a short spire, like a snail's shell. 

 Ccesious, blueish green, with a mixture of grey. 

 Cohering, connected. 



Columella, the part or axis of a seed-vessel from which the valves separate. 

 Columnar, formed like a column. 

 Compact, close, crowded. 

 Compound, used to express the union of several things together ; thus, a 



compound umbel is formed of several simple umbels ; a compound 



flower, of several simple flowers ; a compound leaf, of several smaller 



leaflets. 

 Compressed, flattened longitudinally or laterally ; as the fruit of Brook- 

 lime, Milkwort. 

 Concave, hollow. 



Concrete, formed into one mass, joined together. 

 Conduplicate, twice doubled, or twice folded. 

 Cone, an amentum, the scales of which are hard, spread open, and contain 



naked seeds ; as in Fir, Pine. 

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