Burr 



calceiform 



Burr, a woody outgrowth from the 

 bark of certain trees ; cf. GNAUR. 



Bur'sa (Lat., a purse) J the antheri- 

 dium of Chara ; Bers'icule, Bur- 

 sic'ula (Lat., a small purse), the 

 pouch-like expansion of the stigma 

 into which the caudicle of some 

 Orchids is inserted ; bursic'ulate, 

 bursicula'tus, purse -like. 



Bush, a low shrub, branching from 

 the ground. 



butterfly-like, ~ shaped, = PAPILIONA- 

 CEOUS. 



Butt'ons,! an old term for BUDS. 



Butt'ress, the knee-like growths of 

 trunk or roots in certain trees. 



bux'eous, bux'eus (Buxus, the Box- 

 tree), (1) the colour of box- wood, 

 (2) pertaining to that tree ; Bux'ine, 

 an alkaloid from Buxus semper- 

 virens, Linn. 



byssa'ceous, -ceus (byssus, fine flax), 

 composed of fine threads ; Byss'us, 

 the stipe of certain Fungi. 



Butyr'ic Fer'ment, caused by Bacillus 

 Amylobacter, VanTiegh. ; see FER- 

 MENTATION. 



caca'inus, chocolate brown ; from the 

 name of Theobroma Cacao, Linn. 



Cach'rysJ (Lat. ) the cone of a pine-tree. 



cact'al, (Cactus, a genus of succulents), 

 cacta'ceous ( + aceous), cactus-like, 

 or pertaining to the order Cactaceae. 



Cacu'ment (Lat.), the apex of an 

 organ. 



cad' ens (Lat. falling), when the fumi- 

 culus passes over the top of the 

 seed as in Plumbagineae; cadu'cous, 

 cadu'cus, dropping off early, as the 

 sepals of a poppy on expansion. 



Cae'cum (Lat. blind), a prolongation 

 of the embryo in Casuarina and 

 certain Amentiferae. 



Caeno'bio = COENOBIO. 



Caeo'ma (/cata, I burn) Cushions, or ~ 

 Disks, enlargements of the tips of 

 twigs, due to the attack of forms 

 of Caeoma, Link, believed to be a 

 stage of Melampsora. 



caerulesc'ent (caeruleus, sky-blue + 

 escens), verging towards blue; 

 caeru'leus, sky-blue. 



cae'sious, cae'sius (Lat. grey of the 

 eyes), light grey in tint ; caesiel'lus 

 is a diminutive. 



caespitell'ose (caespes,or cespes, a sod), 

 somewhat tufted ; cae'spitose, cae- 

 spito'sus, growing in tufts like 

 grass ; caespit'ulose, somewhat 

 crowded in tuft-like patches. 



Caeto'nium, Lindley's spelling of 

 COETONIUM. 



Caffeine, an alkaloid from coffee 

 berries, Coffea arabica, Linn. 



Calama'riae (calamus, a reed), (1) a 

 term of vague application, which 

 has been used for plants resembling 

 grasses, chiefly sedges, but even 

 including Isoetes, Juncus, Typha, 

 etc. ; (2) at present restricted to 

 fossil plants, Equisetineae ; cala- 

 ma'rian, sedge-like ; calamif erous 

 (fero, I bear), having a hollow, 

 reed - like stem ; (2) producing 

 reeds ; Cal'amite, a fossil type, 

 resembling recent Equiseta on a 

 gigantic scale ; calami'tean, re- 

 sembling the last ; Cal'amus, a fis- 

 tular stem without an articulation. 



CaTatnide, Cal'athida, Calath'ium, 

 Calathid'ium (/cciXa^os, a wicker 

 basket), the head of a Composite ; 

 preferably restricted to the invo- 

 lucre of the same; cal'atniform, 

 calathiform'is, cup-shaped, almost 

 hemispherical ; calathidiflor'us J 

 (flos, floris, a flower), having a 

 Calathidium or Capitulum ; Cala- 

 thidiph'orum (0o^o;, I bear), the 

 stalk of a Capitulum. 



Calc'alary (calculus, a pebble), Grew's 

 term for the sclerogenous tissue of 



Calc'ar (Lat.) a spur ; calc'arate, cal- 

 cara'tus, furnished with a spur ; 

 calcariform'is (forma, shape), spur- 

 shaped. 



calca'reous, -eus (calx, lime), (1) 

 chalk-white, as to colour ; (2) grow- 

 ing in chalky or limestone places; (3) 

 having the substance of chalk, as 

 the chalk-glands of certain saxi- 

 frages. 



cal'ceolate, calceola'tus ; cal'ceiform, 

 calceiform'is (calceolus, a slipper, 



