GLOSSARY. 



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Cell. A cavity or separate inclosure, as of an 

 ovary or anther ; a minute sac or liollow 

 structure, the unit of all cellular tissue. 



Cellular. Composed of such minute cells. 



Centrifugal. Developing from the centre out- 

 ward, as in tiie cyme. 



Centrijietal. Developing from the margin to- 

 ward the centre, or from below upward, as in 

 the corymb, raceme, etc. 



Ceriiuoits. Nodding, usually indicating less in- 

 clination than pendulous. 



Cespitosc. Growing in tufts or turf-like ; foi'ui- 

 ing mats. 



Clmff. Small dry scales, usually mcinliranous 

 or scarious. 



Chahiza. The proper base of an ovule, at a 

 ]ioint opposite its orifice. 



Channelled. Having a deep longitudinal 

 groove, like a gutter. 



Clvirlaccous. Having the texture of parchment 

 or writing-paper. 



Ch/or()/)hi/H. The green matter within the cells 

 of plants. 



Chlorophijllose. Containing chlorophyll. 



Ciliate. Having the margin, or sometimes the 

 nerves, fringed with hairs. 



Ciliola, pi. Ciiiolcc. Diminutive of the ne.xt ; 

 in mosses, the hair-like processes between the 

 cilia. 



Cilium, pi. Cilia. A marginal hair ; applied in 

 mosses to the slender teeth of the inner per- 

 istome. 



Cinereous. Ash-gray, the color of wood-ashes. 



Circinale. Coiled fi'oin the tip into a spiral. 



Circumscissile. Dehiscing by a transverse cir- 

 cular line of division. 



Cirrhose. Tendril-bearing. 



Clavate. Club-shaped ; enlarged gradually to- 

 ward the summit. 



Claw. The elongated narrow base of a petal. 



Cle/t. Cut somewhat dee])ly, usually about 

 half-way to the centre or midrib. 



Climbing. Rising by the aid of some support. 



Clustered. Collected near together. 



Coaleseent. United ; used properly in respect to 

 similar parts, as the stamens in Malvaceai. 



Co ited. Composed of coats or layers, as an onion. 



Cohesion. The sticking together of parts, or 

 their M.ore intimate coalescence or actuation. 



Collateral. Sitle by side. 



Collum. In mosses, an obconical thickening of 

 the pedicel continuous with the capsule. 



Colored. Of other color than green. 



Columella. The persistent axis of a capsule. 



Column. A body formed by the union of fila- 

 ments (stamineal) or, in orchids, of tiie sta- 

 mens and pistil. 



Coma. A tuft of hairs, especially upon a seed. 



Commissure. The surface by which two car- 

 pels cohere, as in Umbelliferae. 



Common. Belonging e(iually to more than one. 



Coniose. Having a coma. 



Complanate. Flattened ; of leaves upon a stem, 

 lying nearly in the same plane. 



Complicate. Folded togethei'. 



Compound. The opposite of simple ; consisting 

 of more than one ; divided. 



Compressed. Flattened laterally. 



Conduplicate. Doubled together lengthwise, of 

 leaves. 



Cone, or Strobile. A dry multiple fruit foimeil 

 of densely imbricated scaU-s. 



Con/crvoid. Of slemler ililfuse filamentose 

 structure, like Conferva among the .Mgie. 



Confluent. Blended or running togetiier. 



Congested. Crowdecl togetlu-r. 



Conglomerate. Clustered densely together. 



Conical. Shaped like a cone ; narrowing to a 

 point from a circuhir base. 



Coniferous. Bearing cones. 



Conjugate. Arranged in single i>airs. 



Connate. United in one ; growing together. 



Connective. The portion of the filament which 

 connects the cells of the anther. 



Connivent. Coming in contact ; converging to- 

 gether. 



Constricted. Contracted or drawn together, as 

 a bag by its string. 



Continuous. Jsot interrupted by joints or 

 otherwise. 



Contorted. Twisted ; in estivation, an c<]ual 

 and uniform somewhat obli(|ue overlapping 

 and rolling up of the parts of the circle. 



Contracted. Reduced in width or length. 



Convolute. Rolled together from one edge. See 

 Contorted. 



Cordate. Heart-shaped, i. e. ovate with rouniled 

 lateral lobes projecting buj-ond the base and 

 forming a sinus. 



Coriaceous. Of the stitfness and consistence of 

 leather. 



Corky. Resembling cork. 



Corm. A solid fleshy rounded or depressed sub- 

 terranean body, the base of a stem and bulb- 

 like in appearance. 



Corneous. Of the consistence of horn ; horny. 



Corolla. The inner perianth, within the caly.x, 

 consisting of the petals. 



Corona., or Croion. An a])pendage at the throat 

 of the corolla, or a crown-like margin at the 

 top of a seed or other organ. 



Coronate. Having a crown. 



Cortex. Tiie bark, or similar outer covering. 



Cortical. Relating to the cortex. 



Corticated. Having a cortex. 



Corymb. A Hat-topped or convex open inflores- 

 cence, with short axis, Howering from the 

 margin inward ; a depressed i-.ieeme. 



Corymbose. In corymbs or resembling a corymb. 



Costa. A rib, mid-rib, or mid-nerve. 



Costate. Having one or more longitudinal rilis 

 or nerves. 



Cotyledons. The seed-lobes or leaves of the 

 embi'yo. 



Crateriform. Shaped like a goblet or shallow 

 cup. 



Creeping. Kunning upon or under the ground 

 and rooting. 



Crena/e. Scalloped; having rounded teetli witii 

 shallow acute sinuses. 



Crcnulate. Finely erenate. 



Crested. Having an elevated ridge or ap|H.n- 

 dage like the crest of a lielmel. 



Cribrose. Perforated, like a coarse sieve. 



