GLOSSARY. 



Butbose, or bulbous : bulb-like in shape, &c. 



Bulblets : small bulbs, borne above ground, as on the stems of the bulb- 

 bearing Lily. 

 Bulb-scales : tlie modified leaves of bulbs. 

 Bullate : appearing as if blistered or bladdery (from buUa^ a bubble). 



Caducous: dropping off very early, compared with other parts; as the calyx 



in the Poppy family, falling when the flower opens. 

 Orspitose, or C^spitose : growing in turf-Uke patches or tufts, like most 



sedges, &c. 

 Cdlcarate : furnished with a spur (calcar), as the flower of Larkspur and 



Violet. 

 Calc€olate or Cdlceifonn : slipper-shaped, like one petal of the Lady's 



Slipper. 

 CdUose: hardened ; or furnished with callosities or thickened spots. 

 Calyculate: furnislied with an outer accessory calyx (calijculas) or set of 



bracts looking like a calyx. 

 Calppfriform : shaped like a calyptra or candle-extinguisher. 

 Calijx: the outer set of the floral envelopes or leaves of the flower. 

 Campdnulate : bell-shaped. 

 Campyldtropous : curved ovules and seeds, the chalaza and hilum being near 



together, and the micropyle at the other end of the curved axis. 

 Canaliculate : channelled, or with a deep longitudinal groove. 

 Cdncellate : latticed, resembling lattice-work. 

 Can€scent : grayish-white ; hoary, usually because the surface is covered 



with fine white hairs. Incanons is whiter still. 

 Capilldreous, Cdpillanj : hair-like in shape ; as fine as hair or slender 



bristles. 

 Cdpitate : having a globular apex, like the head on a pin ; as the stigma of 



Cherry ; or forming a head, like the flower-cluster of Button-bush. 

 Capitellate : diminutive of capitate. 

 Capituhim (a little head) : a close rounded dense cluster or head of sessile 



flowers. 

 Gapriolate: bearing tendrils (from caprcolus, a tendril). 

 Capsule : a pod, any dry dehiscent seed-vessel. 

 Capsular : relating to, or like a capsule. 

 Carina: a keel, the two anterior petals of a i)apilionaceous flower, which 



are combined to form a body shaped somewhat lijve the keel (or rather 



the prow) of a vessel. 

 Cdrinate : keeled ; furnished mth a shaq) ridge or projection on the lower 



side. 

 Caridpsis, or Carydpsis : the one-seeded fruit or grain of Grasses, &c. 

 Cdrneous : flesh-colored ; pale red. 

 Cdrnose : fleshy in texture. 

 Cdrpel, or Carplcliuin: a simple pistil, or one of the pai-ts or leaves of which 



a compound pistil is composed. 

 Cdrpellary : pertaining to a carpel. 



Cdrpojyhore : the stalk or support of a fniit or pistil within the flower. 

 Cartilaginous^ or Cartilagineous : firm and tough, like cartilage, in textura 



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