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GLOSSARY. 



CRT ti lag'i nous, Jirm and tough in ferture, 



like cartildfie. 

 cSr''un cle, an excrescence near the hilum of 



some seeds. 

 cSr y o phyl la'ceous, relating to the Pink 



family. 

 car y op'sis, a grain ; a thin, dry, one-seeded 



pericarp. 

 cas sTd'e ous, helmet-shaped. 

 cas'sus, empty ; sterile. 

 cSt'e nate, or ca ten'u late, end to end, as in 



a chain. 

 cSt'kin, an anient. 

 cau'date, tailed, or tail-pointed. 

 cau'dex, the trunk or stem of a plant. 

 cau'di cle, the stalk of a pollen-mass. 

 cau les'gent, having a distinct stem. 

 cau'li cle, a little stoii, or rudimentary stem 



of a seedling. 

 cau'line, relating to the stem. 

 cau lo car'pic (stems), same as perennial, 

 cau'lome, the cauline parts of a plant. 

 c611, a sac or bag-like body containing pro- 

 toplasm. 

 cell-growth, formation and enlargement of 



cells. 

 cgl'lular tis'sue, tissue formed of cells. 

 cel'lulose, the substance of which cell-icalls 



are formed. 

 cen trif u gal in flo res'cence, a flowering 



from the center. 

 centrTp'etal in flo res'cence, a flowering 



outside toward the center. 

 Qeph'alous, head-shaped ; groiving in close 



clusters ; capitate. , 

 qe're al, relating to grains, corn, etc. 

 Qer'nuous, nodding, but less inclined than 



pendulous. 

 chaff, the husks of grasses and grains. 

 chaff' y, abounding in or resembling chafl^. 

 ehala'za, the part of an ovule where the 



covering and the nucleus join. 

 chan'nelled, holloived out like a gutter. 

 char'ac ter, a ivord expressing the essential 



marks of a species, genus, etc. 

 char ta'ceous, having the texture of paper. 

 chlo'ro phyll, the green substance of leaves 



and bark. 

 chloro'sis, a condition in ivhich naturally 



colored parts turn green. 

 cho ri pet'a lous, having separate petals ; 



polypetalous. 

 cho^ri sis, separation of an organ into ttvo 



or more parts. 

 chro'mule, coloring matter in plants, 

 qie'a, trix, the scar left by the fall of a leaf or 



other organ. 

 qiVi ate, fringed tvith marginal hairs. 

 q! ne're ous, ashy-gray, ash color. 

 51 'on, a young shoot. 

 cir^Qi nate, rolled inward from the top. 

 cir cu la'tion, a moving around {as of the 



sap). 

 cir cum acls'sile, opening by a transverse slit. 



cir cum scrTp'tion, ge7ieral outline. 



gir'rhose, furnished with a tendril. 



git're ous, lemon-yellow. 



claMose, branched or ramose. 



clath'rate, latticed; cancellale. 



cla'vate, club-shaped. 



cla vTc'u late, having claviculce, or little ten- 

 drils or hooks. 



claw, the narrow or stalk-like base of some 

 petals, as of Pinks. 



cleft, cut into lobes. 



dels tog'a nious, fertilized in closed buds. 



cleistog^amy, fertilization in closed buds. 



climb'ing, rising by clinging to other objects. 



clyp'e ate, buckler -shaped. 



CO a les'gent, growing together. 



CO are'tate, contracted, draivn together. 



coat'ed, having an integument, or covered in 

 layers. 



cob'web by, bearing hairs like cobwebs or 

 gossamer ; arachnoid. 



coc Qin'e ous, scarlet-red. 



coccus {pi. cocci), a berry; a one-seeded 

 carpel of separable fruits. 



coeh le ar'i form, spoon-shaped. 



coch'le ate, spiral, like a snail-shell. 



CO he'sion, imion of one organ with another 

 of the same kind. 



co'hort, a division next above the Order. 



col latter al, placed side by side. 



col'lum, the part of the root where the stem 

 meets it. 



col'ored, of any color except green, which in 

 botany is not a color, while white is. 



col u mel'la, the axis to which the carpels of 

 a compound pistil are often attached, as 

 in Geranium; or which is left when a 

 pod opens, as in Azalea. 



col'umn, the combined stamens and styles. 



CO lum'nar, shaped like a column or pillar. 



co'ma, a tuft of hair. 



com'mis sure, the joining of the carpels of 

 the creniocarp. 



com'mon, belonging alike to several. 



complete' flow'er, one that has all the or- 

 gans, — calyx, corolla, stamens, and pistils. 



com'pli cate, folded upon itself. 



com 'pound flow'er, one composed of a num- 

 ber of separate flowers crowded on the 

 torus. 



com'pound leaf, one composed of separate 

 leaflets, or little leaves. 



com pressed'', flattened on the sides. 



con'chi form, shell- or half -shell-shaped. 



con'col or, all of one color. 



con du'pli cate, folded on itself lengthwise. 



cone, a strobile ; a multiple fruit having 

 the shape of a cone. 



con fer ru'ml nate, stuck together, as the 

 cotyledons in a Horse-chestnut. 



con'fluent, uniting; coherent. 



con formed', similar to something associated 

 or compared; closely fitted, as the skin to 

 the kernel of a seed. 



