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INDEX AND GLOSSAEY. 



Blanched (plants), whitened for the want 

 of light, 486 (See Etiolated.) 



Bloom, a fine white powder on some plants. 



Jiorder, 91, 92. 



Botany defined, 18. 



Botany, Elementary, 20, 368, etc. 



Botany, Physiological, 21. 436. 



Botany, Systematic, 22, 153. 



Brdchiate, with opposite, spreading branch- 

 es (arms). (Fig. 275.) 



Bract, 329, 3-15. 



Bracleate, having bracts. 



Bractevles or bractlets, 345. 



Branches, 4, 214. 



Bristles, stiff, sharp hairs. 



Bryology, the science of Mosses. 



llit'l. :. Budding, 259. 



Buds, axillary, 247 ; accessory, 250. 



Kudu, adventitious, 251. 



Buds, suppression of, 248. 



Bud-scales, 246, 319. 



Jixltj. 240 ; tunicated, 242 ; scaly, 242. 



Bulblets, 260. 



Caducous, dropping off early, 109. 



Ccespitous, forming tnfts or turf. 



Calceolate, slipper-shaped. 



Cdlycine, calyx-like. 



Calyculate, having an outer calyx or calyx- 

 like involucre. 



Calyptra, the hood of the sporange (spore- 

 case) of a Moss. 



Calyx, the outer floral envelope, 51 



Cambium, 418. 



Campanulate, bell-shaped, 102. 



Campylotropous, 141. 



Canaliculate, channelled. 



Canescent, grayish white. 



Cdinllary, capillaceoue, hair-shaped. 



Capitate, . head-shaped, growing in close 

 clusters or heads. 



Cqpitulum, a little head, 801. 



Capreolate, bearing tendrils. 



Capsule, 167. 



Carbon, 443. Carbonic Acid, 490. 



Carlna, 101. Carinate, boat-shaped, having 

 a sharp ridge beneath. 



Carpel, Carpellary, 126. 



Carpophore, 149, 151. (Fig. 177.) 



Cartilaginous, firm and tough in texture, 

 like cartilage. 



Caruncle, 175. 



Caryophyllaceous, 100. 



Caryopsis, 153. 



Catkin, 357. (See Ament.) 



Caudex, 227. 



Caulescent, 223. Caulis, 223. 



Catiline, relating to the stem, 262. 



( 'Malar tissue, 886. Cell. 369. 



Cell-growth, 448; life, 439. 



< 'fllulur bark, 413. 



(JMulose, 379. 



(.'ft rifuyal inflorescence, 35 



Centripetal inflorescence, 352. 



Cep&atGut, same as Capitate. 



Cereal, relating to grains, corn, etc. 



Cernuous, nodding (less inclined than pen- 

 dulous). 



Chaff, chaffy, 349. (See Paleaceous.) 



Chalaza, 140. 



Channelled, hollowed out like a gutter 



Chartdceous, with the texture of paper. 



Chlbrophyl, 381. 435. 



Chorisis, 76. 



Ciliate, fringed with marginal hairs. 



Cienchyma, 393. 



Cion or Scion, 218. 



Cinereous, ash-gray, ash-color. 



Circinate, rolled inward from the top, 25B 



Circulation of the sap, 468. 



Circumsclssue, 149. 



Cirrhous, furnished with a tendril. 



Cirrhous roots, 206. 



Classes, natural, 501. 



Classification, artificial, 503. 



Clavate, club-shaped. 



Codrctate, contracted, drawn together. 



Coccus, a berry ; Cocci (plural), the 1-seeded 



carpels of separable fruits. 

 Cochleate, spiral, like the snail-shell. 

 Cohesion. 82. 

 Cohorts, 512. 



Collateral, placed side by side. 

 Collum, 199. 

 Colored, of any color except green, whicli 



in botany is not a color, while white is. 

 Column, the combined stamens and styles. 

 Coma, 173. 

 Commissure, the joined faces of the carpel* 



of the cremocarp (151). 

 Common, belonging alike to several. 

 Complete flower, 60. 

 Complicate, folded up upon itself. 

 Compound leaf, 300. 

 Compound flower, 348. 

 Compressed, flattened on the sides, 274. 

 Conduplicate, folded on itself lengthwise. 

 Cone, 169. 



Confluent, uniting ; same as Coherent. 

 Conglomerate, clustered or crowded. 

 Conjugate, coupled, joined by pairs. 

 Connate, 811. 



Connectile, connective, 113, 114. 

 ConrAcent, converging, coming together. 

 Continuous, the reverse of Jointed. 

 Contorted, twisted, 338. 

 Convolute. 256, 339. 

 Cordate, heart-shaped, 291. 

 Coriaceous, leather-like, 315 

 Corm, 239. 



Corneous, horn-like in texture. 

 Corniculate, with a small horn or spar. 

 Corolla, 52, etc. 



Coralline, pertaining to the corolla. 

 Corona, crown, 435, 407. 

 Cortical bark, 414. 

 Corymb, corym'bous, 358. 

 Costate, ribbed, with rib-like ridges. 

 Cotyledons, 180, 320. 

 Crassula, (a genus of plants), 63. 

 Crateriform, of the form of a goblet. 

 Creeper, Creeping stems, 231. 

 Cremocarp, 151. 



Crenate, bordered with rounded teeth.. 

 Crenulate, 309. 



Crested or Cristate, with an elevated ridge 

 Crispate or Crisped, 310. 

 Crown of the root, 236. 

 Cruciform (corolla), 100. 

 Crude sap, 472. 



Crustaceous, hard, thin, and brittle. 

 Cryptogamia, Cryptogams, 507. 

 Cucullate, rolled up into a hood-shape. 

 Culm, the straw of Grasses, 224. 

 Cuneate, Cuneiform, wedge-shaped, 890 

 Cup-shaped, 10-i. 



