268 GLOSSARY. 



BULBLET. A small bulb, especially such as are borne upon leaves or 

 in their axils. 



CARINA (PL. CARIN^E). A small ridge, especially the ridges on 

 the stems of Eqttisetuni. 



CATKIN. A name given to. the fruiting parts of many fern allies. 



CAUDATE. With a slender, tail-like appendage. 



CAUDEX. A trunk, especially that of a tree-fern. 



CHAFF. Slender, papery scales. 



CHARTACEOUS. Having the texture of parchment. 



CHLOROPHYLL. The green colouring matter of plants. 



CILIATE. Fringed with fine hairs. 



CIRCINATE. Coiled, as the buds of ferns, from tip to base. 



CLAVATE. Club-shaped. 



COMPOUND. Divided into two or more portions ; said of the frond. 



CONCEPTACLE. The structure that encloses the sori in certain fern 

 allies ; a sporocarp. 



CONE. A name applied to the fruiting parts of Equisetum. 



CONFLUENT. Blended together. 



CORDATE. Heart-shaped ; ovate with a sinus at base. 



CORIACEOUS. Like leather in texture. 



CRENATE. With rounded teeth ; said of margins. 



CRENULATE. Scalloped with small rounded teeth. 



CROSIER. An uncoiling frond. 



CROWN. The growing end of the rootstock or caudex. 



CUNEATE. Wedge-shaped. 



CUSPIDATE. Terminating in a sharp, hard point. 



DECIDUOUS. Not evergreen ; subject to being shed at certain sea- 

 sons. 



DECOMPOUND. Several times compounded or divided. 



DECUMBENT. Not erect ; bending along the ground. 



DECURRENT. Extended downward along the rachis ; said of the 

 bases of pinnae, etc. 



DEFLEXED. Bent abruptly downward. 



DENTATE. Toothed ; said of the margins. 



DENTICULATE. Finely toothed. 



DEPAUPERATE. Starved ; prevented from coming to its natural size 



through lack of nourishment. 

 DICHOTOMOUS. Forked in pairs ; two-forked. 



