Canada Balsam 



capreolate 



which has grown faster than the 

 other so as to bring its true apex 

 (micropyle) near the hilum. 



Can'ada Bal'saui, an oleo-resin ob- 

 tained from Abies balsamea, Mill., 

 much used in the preparation of 

 microscopical specimens. 



Canal', cana'lis (Lat., pipe or channel), 

 an internal channel ; <*- Cells, an 

 axial row of cells in the neck of the 

 archegonium, ultimately forming a 

 canal by disappearance of the septa, 

 which becomes the way of access for 

 antherozoids ; ~ Ra'phe, modifica- 

 tion of the raphe in Diatoms, with 

 longitudinal fissure, as in Suriretta ; 

 canalic'ulate, canalicula'tus, chan- 

 nelled, with a longitudinal groove ; 

 Canalic'ulus (Lat., a small channel), 

 a diminutive of CANAL. 



can'cellate, cancella'tus(La,b. ,latticed), 

 as in Clathru8, and Ouvirandra. 



can'dicant, cand 'leans (Lat.), white, 

 clear and shining. 



eandldus (Lat.), white, and shining ; 

 brilliant. 



Cane, the stem of reeds, large grasses, 

 and small palms; Cane-sugar, a 

 sucrose, the crystallised product of 

 Sugar-cane, Beetroot, Sorghum, etc. 

 Sugar - cane, Saccharum ojficin- 

 arum, Linn. : its chief fungus-dis- 

 eases are Cane Freckle, ~ Eust, cause 

 uncertain ; ^ Spume, by Strumdla 

 Sacchari, Peck; <~ Soot, by Macro- 

 sporium graminum, Cooke. 



canella'ceous, (1) pertaining to the 

 order of which Canella, P. Br. is 

 the type ; (2) resembling cinnamon, 

 Ital. Canella, in taste or shape. 



canes'cent, canes' 'cens (Lat.), growing 

 grey or hoary. 



Cank'er, a disease in decidous leaved 

 trees, ascribed to Nectria ditissima, 

 Tul. shown by malformed rind, with 

 swollen cushion-like margin, and 

 depressed centre. 



Cantharoph'ilae (Kdvdapos, a beetle, 

 <f>i\tw, I love), plants which are 

 fertilized by beetles, having showy 

 colours, and abundance of pollen. 



ca'nus (Lat.), hoary, grey. 



Caoutcn'ouc, pr. koot'shook, a sub- 



stance occurring in the milky latex 

 of many plants ; it is allied to 

 the Hydrocarbons. 



Cap, (1) Grew's term for the husk of 

 a nut; (2) the pileus of Hymen- 

 omycetous fungi ; (3) the calyptra 

 of Mosses ; ~ Cells, the upper sister- 

 cells of the embryo-sac in the ovule 

 which are compressed as the embryo- 

 sac develops and for a time figure 

 as a cap on its apex ; <~ Fungi, 

 pileate Fungi, as the Mushroom. 

 Cellulose ^, formation by proto- 

 plasm of cells of certain trichomes. 



capiUa'ceous, -ceus, cap'illary, capil- 

 la'ris (capillus, a hair), slender, 

 comparable with a hair ; capilla'tus, 

 hairy; capilla'tae Radi'ces, roots 

 with evident root - hairs ; CapiT- 

 lament, Capillament'um, the fila- 

 ment of an anther ; capillamento'sus 

 (Lat.), comose; CapiUitlum, sterile, 

 thread -like tubes or fibres growing 

 amongst the spores in a sporogenous 

 body, frequently forming a net, 

 especially in My xogastres; Capillus, 

 the width of a hair, taken as Ath 

 of a line or about '17 mm. 



Capitalist, a term applied to plants 

 having a large reserve of material, 

 and insect fertilized. 



capitate, capita' his (Lat., having a 

 head), (1) pin-headed, as the stigma 

 of a primrose ; (2) growing in heads, 

 as the flowers of Composites ; 

 capitell'ate, capitella'tus, diminutive 

 of CAPITATE; CapitelTum, the cap- 

 sule of Mosses ; capitiformls 

 (forma, shape), shaped like a head, 

 somewhat globose ; capit'ular = 

 CAPITELLATE (Crozier) ; capit'uli- 

 form, shaped somewhat like a head ; 

 Capit'ulum (Lat., a little head), (1) 

 a close head of sessile flowers ; (2) 

 a term vaguely applied to the 

 pileus, etc. of Fungi ; (3) a rounded 

 cell borne upon each of the manu- 

 bria in the antheridium of Chara ; 

 head -cell. 



capno'des, capnoi'des (/caTn/t^s, 

 smoky), smoke-coloured. 



cap'reolate, capreola'tus (capreolus, a 

 tendril), having tendrils. 



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