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VOCABULARY. 



Beak'f.d. Terminating by a process j Cahjc'ulated. Having an additional 



shaped like the beak of a bird. 



calyx. 



Ber'ry. A puljjy pericarp enclosing ! Calyp'tra. The cap or hood of pistil- 

 late mosses, resembling an extin- 

 guisher set on a candle. 

 Cahjx. From the Greek, signifying a 

 Jiower-cv.p ; in most plants it encloses 

 and supports the corolla. It is defin- 

 ed by Linnaeus to be the termmation 

 of [he outer bark. 

 Cam'b'mm. The descending sap, which 

 every year forms a new layer of bark 

 and one of wood. It descends be- 

 tween the bark and the wood, so that 

 the new wood is formed externally 

 and the new bark internally, 

 Campan'ulate. Bell-form. 

 Ca,mpes'tris. Growing in uncultivated 



fields. 

 Can'ccllated. Appearing like lattice- 

 work. 

 Canes'cent. White or hoary. 

 Cap'illary. Hair-like. 

 Cap'itate. Growing in heads. 

 Cap'sulc. A little chest ; that kind of 

 hollow seed vessel which becomes 

 dry and opens when ripe; a capsule 

 that never opens is called a samara. 

 Carcer'ular. (From career, prison.) 

 A seed contained in a covering, 

 whose sides are compressed. One of 

 Mirbel's genera of fruits, in the order 

 Carcerulares. 

 Cari'na. The keel or lower folded pe- 

 tal of a papilionaceous flower. 

 Car'inated. Keeled, having a sharp 



back like the keel of a vessel. 

 Carmi'fi' alive. A medicine used to dis- 

 pel wind. 

 Carno'se. Of a fleshy consistence. 

 Car'pel. A term used for the divisions 

 of the fruit. Each carpel generally 

 forms a distinct cell. 

 Car'pos. From the Greek karpos, fruit. 

 CaryophyV Icons. Pimk-like corolla, hav- 

 ing five petals with long claws, all 

 regular and set in a tubular calyx. 

 Cat'}dn. See Ament. 

 Cau'date. Having a tail; as in some 



seeds. 

 Cau'dex. The main body of a tree, or 



root. 

 Caules'cent. Having a stem exclusive 



of the peduncle or scape. 

 Cau'line. Growing on the main stem. 

 Cau'lis. The main, herbage-bearing 

 stem of all plants, called in French 

 la tige. 

 Cell. ^The hollow part of a pericarp or 

 anther: each cavity in a pericarp 

 that contains one or more seeds, is 

 called a cell. According to the num- 

 ber of these cells, the pericarp is one- 

 celled, two-celled, three-celled, &c. 



seeds without capsules. See Bacca, 



Bi, derived from bis, signifying two. 



Bicor'nis. Anthers with two horns. 



Bl'dens. Having two teeth. 



Bicn'nial. Living two years, in the 

 second of which the flower and fruit 

 are produced ; as in wheat. 



Bi'Jid. Two-parted. 



Bila'biate. Corolla with two lips. 



Bi'nate. Two growing together. 



Bipin'nate. Twice pinnate. 



Biter'nate. Twice ternate. The peti- 

 ole supporting three terante leaves. 



Bi'valve. Two-valved. 



Blas'teme. From the Greek blastema, a 

 bud. 



Bor'der. The brim or spreading part 

 of a corolla. 



Bot'rus. A cluster, like grapes. 



Brach'ilate. Branches opposite, and 

 each pair at right angles with the 

 preceding. 



Bract. Floral leaf; a leaf near the 

 flower which is diSerent from the 

 other leaves of the plant. In the 

 crown-imperial the bracts are at the 

 termination of the flower stem; froin 

 their resemblance to a hair, they are 

 called coma. 



Branch. A division of the main stem 



or mainroot. 

 Branch'let. Subdivision ol a branch 



a twig. 

 Bre'vis.' Short. 

 Brum.a'les. (From bruma, winter.) 



Plants which blossom in winter. 

 Bud. The residence of the infant 



leaf and flower. 

 Bulbs. Called roots ; sometimes found 

 growing on the stem ; strictly speak- 

 ing, bulbs are buds, or the winter 

 residence of the future plants. An- 

 nual plants do not have bulbs ; they 

 are only preserved by seeds. 

 Bun'dle. See Fascicle. 



Cadu'cous. (From cado, lo Ml) Fall- 

 ing early; as the calyx of the poppy 



CcEs'pitose. Forming turfs, several roots 

 growing together. 



CaVamus. Reed-like. 



Calca'reous. Containing lime; as shells 

 of oysters, &c. 



Cal'carate. Resembling or being fur 

 nished with a spur. 



Calli. Small callosities or protuber- 

 ances. 



Calyb'ion. (From kalubion, a little cab- 

 in.) A genus in Mirbel's second 

 class of fruits. 



