INDEX AND GLOSSARY. 



Branches, 203. 



Branching root, 219. 



Jtranchltte. small branches. 



Bi-istlcs, stiff hairs. 



Bud, 52. 



Pulb, 230, 



BulbUts, little bulbs borne above ground. 



v-lbtms, having bulbs. 



Buhae, 2i. r >. 



Oaducom, fa II ing off early. 



Coiyculate, having bracts resembling an 

 outer, additional calyx. 



Calyx, rt.i. 



Campannlite. bell-shaped, 91. 



GtnwcfrU, whitish with tine lwir. 



Capillary, very slender, hair-like. 



Capitate, head-shaped, globular. 



Capsule, & pod, 182. 



Carinate, keel-shaped. 



Carpels, 124. 



Cai-tilagino'is, gristly. 



Caryop'hyllaceous, 88. 



C-iryijpsis, grain or kernel. 



Catkin, 149. 



Caudate, with a tail. 



Caulescent, 23->. 



Cauline, 146. 



Can Us, 235. 



Cellular, composed of cells. 



Cernuoug, nodding. 



Chaffy, with chaff. 



Character, mark?- which distinguish a spe- 

 cies, genus, tfcc. 



Chartaceous, of the texture of writing- 



Ciliae, hairs, like those of the eye lashes. 



Cdiate, furnished with ciliae. 



Circinate, 140. 



Circumscissile, opening like a lid. 



CirrhO'is, furnished with a tendril. 



ClMssification. Lesson 29. 



Clavate, club-shaped. 



Claw, 71. 



Climbers, 54, 236. 



Climbing fern, 12. 



Gochleate, resembling the shell of a snail. 



C'iherin-q, connected. 



Cohesion, 79. 



Cohorts, 2:>S. 



Oulored, not green. 



Cilumn, the consolidated stamens and 



pistils of the Orchis. 

 Coma, a tuft of hairs, 187, 133. 

 Complete flower, 110. 

 Compound flowers, l.irt. 



Compound leaves, 23-35. 



Compound petiole, 44. 



Compound pistil, 124. 



Compressed, flattened lengthwise. 



Cane, the same as strobile, 183, 185. 



Confluent, joining together. 



Conjugate, joined in pairs. 



Connate, joined together at base, 43. 



Connective, 102. 



Connive/it, converging together. 



Conoids, 258. 



Contorted, twisted, 130. 



Convex, rising spherically. 



Convolute, 132. 



Cordate, heart-shaped, 19. 



Coriaceous, leathery, thick and tough. 



Corm, 230. 



Curr.ute, Gorniculate, horned. 



Corolla. Lesson 12. 



Corona or Crown, the expanded, cup-lik< 



disk of Karebaux, <te. 

 Corymb, 151. 



Obrymbout. arranged like a corvn b. 

 Costate, ribbed. 

 Cotyledon, 1DO, 191. 

 Creeper, 232. 



Crenate nnd Cronulate, 31. 

 Grifpe<l, Crispatf, with excess of margin 

 Cristate or Cresteti, with raised ridge. 

 Cruciform, 87. 

 Cryptogamia, 250. 

 Cucullate, hcod shaped. 

 Culm, the stem of grasses. 

 Cuneate, wedge-shaped, 17. 

 Cupule, cup of the acorn, &c, 

 dispitiate, with a small abrupt point, 38 

 Cuticle, the epidermis, scarf-skin. 

 Cyme, 157. 

 Cymous, like a cyme. 



Decandrous, with 10 stamens. 

 l>ecid>i<ms, falling off in autumn. 

 Decompound, more than oncecompcund- 



ed, as bi or tri-pinnate. 

 Decumbent, 224. 

 Recurrent, extending down the stcra ai 



do the- leave.-, of Mullen. 

 Decutsate, crossing ^.t right angles. 

 Drflej^d, bent downwards. 

 Definite, lOfi. 

 Dehisct-nce, 1(2. 

 Dehiscent fruits, 166. 

 Deltoid, 15. 



Dentate, Denticulate, 30. 

 Depressed, flattened from above. 

 ])(.-cending axis. Lesson 27. 



