INDEX AM) DICTIONAKV 



l>ij)irin!iliti(l : twice i)iiniiitin(l. 



Jiitcnudt' : twice divided into threeH. 



Bladdiiry : tliiii mid inHated. 



liliide of a li.'iif, 4 ^ ; of a petal, 64. 



liorder of a corolla, &c'., "JZ, 



Bracts and IhactKts, 59. 



Brand k:s, 2 ;. 



Breatluny-pore.s of leaves, 26S, 269. 



Bristles : stiff ami stronj,' hairs. 



Bristly : beset with bristles, 



Biiddinu'', 56. 



Bnds, 24, 3^. 



Bulblets, 4r, 57. 



Bulbous : like a bulb in shape. 



Bulbs, 31, 40, 57. 



Caducous : dropping,' off very early, as the caly.x 



of Poppies and Bloodroot. 

 Calyx, 7, f)3. 



Canipainiiate : bell-shaped, 72. 

 Capillary ; slender and as tine as hair. 

 Capitate : lieaiied ; bearing a round, hcaddike 



t<ip ; or collected in a heati, as the floNvers 



of Jiiitton bush, 61. 

 Capsule : a pod, 80. 



Cartilayineous or Cartilat,dnous : liki; cartilage. 

 Caryopsis : a grain or seetl-like fruit, 70. 

 Catkin : a .'•cale-like .spike, as of IMrch, &c., 61. 

 Caulescent : having a stem which rises out of 



the ground. 

 Cells, in vegetable anatomy, 89. 

 Cells of the o\ary or fruit, 8, 74. 

 Celkdar Tis.sue, 41. 

 Cereal : relating to corn or corn-plants, held 



by tile anci.iits to be the gift of Ceres. 

 Chatf : thin bracts, in the form of scales or 



lursks, 

 Ciliate : fringed with hairs along the margin, 



like the eyelasln s fringing the eyelids. 

 Circulation in plants, 8t>, 88, 

 Class, 94. 

 Classification, 93, 

 Claw, of a petal, &c., 64. 

 Cleft : cut .about half-way down, 49, 50. 

 Climbing, :;7. 



Club-sluiiu'd : thickened gra<lually upwards. 

 Clustered : collected in a bunch. 

 Clustered roots, 36. 

 Coated bulbs, 40. 

 Coherent, calyx or ovary, 75. 

 Column : the united filaments of monadelphous 



stamens, as of the Mallow (Fig. 317), or 



the stamens ajul .style united, as in the 



Orchis Familv. 

 Complete Flower, 67. 

 Comiiouml Corymb, Cyme, &c., 63. 



„ Leaves, 44, 51. 



» Ovary, 73. 



„ Pistil, 73. 



Compressed : flattened on two sides. 

 Cone, as of the Pine, 82. 

 Confluent : when two parts or bodies aro 



blended together. 

 Conical Root, 36. 



Connate : grown together from tlie first. 

 Connective, of the anther, 66. 

 Convolute, leaf, &c. : rolled up. 

 Convolute, in the flower bud, 187, 19L 

 Cordate : heart-shaped. 48. 

 Coriaceous : of a leathery texture. 

 Corm, or Solid Bulb, 40, 57. 

 Corolla, 7, 63. 

 Corymb. 60. 

 Corymbose, or Corymbed : in corymbs, or like 



a corymb. 

 Cotyledons : seed-leaves, 9, 84. 

 Creeping, 57. 



Crenate: the margin scalloped, 49. 

 Cruciform : cross-shajH'd, as the corolla of the 



Cruciferous Family, 128. 

 Crude .Sap, t':6. 



CrustacfcHius : of a hard and brittle texture. 

 Cryptogamous : Cryptogamous Plants, 58, 97. 

 Culm : a straw-stem, 37. 

 Cuneate : wedge-shapid. 47. 

 Cupule : the acorn -cuj). and the like, 79. 

 Cuspidate : tipped with a >liari» rigid point, 49. 

 Cut : said of leaves, &c., wliicii apjiear as if cut 



or slit from the margin inwards, 40, 30. 

 Cuttings. 56. 

 Cyme, 62. 

 Cymose : in cymes, or like a cyme. 



Deciduous : falling off. as petals generally do 

 after blo>soiiiing, or leaves in autunin. 



Declined : turned to one side, or to the lower 

 side, 37. 



Deconi])ound : several times compound. 52. 



Decumbent : ri'clined on the ground, 37. 



Deeurreiit: said of leaves continued downwards 

 on the stem, like a wing, as in Thistles. 



Definite : uniform and rather few in number. 



1 )eliiscence : the regular opening of pods. 

 ■ Dehiscent Fruits, 79. 



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