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Baccate. Berry-like; pvilpy throughout. 



Bearded. Bearing a tuft of hairs. 



Berry. A fruit wliich is fleshy throughout except the seed. 



Bi-. The Latin prefix meaning twace or doubly. 



Bifurcated. Divided into two branches or parts; forked. 



Bilabiate. Two-lipped. 



Blunt. Without a point. 



Bole. Stem or trunk. 



Bract. A leaf (more or less modified) subtending a flower, or belonging to an 



inflorescence or a stem. 

 Bracteate. Having bracts. 

 Bracteolate. Having bractlets. 

 Bracteole. Secondary bract. See Bractlet. 

 Bractlet. Secondary bract; a little bract. 

 Bundle-scars. The scars within a leaf -scar; the calloused ends of the fibro- 



vascular bundles in a leaf-scar. 



Caducous. Falling off very early. See Evanescent. 



Calyx. The outer perianth of a flower; the outer floral envelop, generally 



green in color. 

 Campanulate. Bell-shaped. 



Canescent. Hoary, usually with gray pubescence. 

 Capitate. Arranged in a Iiead; collected into a head. 

 Capsule. A dry dehiscent fruit composed of more than one carpel. 

 Carinate. Eidged; keeled. 

 Carpel. A simple pistil, or a member of a compound pistil answering to one 



leaf. 

 Catkin. Same as ament. 



Caudate. Furnished with a slender tip or tail-like appendage. 

 Chlorophyll. The green coloring matter within the cells of plants. 

 Ciliate. Marginallj- fringed with hairs. 

 Cinerous. Ash-colored. 

 Clavate. Club-shaped. 



Clawed. Attached at the base by a narrow prolongation or claAV. 

 Coherence. The gro^^•ing together of like parts. 

 Columnar. Having the form of a column. 

 Comose. Bearing a tuft of silky hairs at the end. 

 Compound leaf. A leaf consisting of separate leaflets. 

 Compound ovary. The base of a pistil composed of more than one carpel. 

 Compressed. Flattened, especially laterally. 

 Concave. The interior of a curved siirface. 

 Conduplicate. Folded together lengthi\ise. 



Cone. A solid figure with a circular base and the apex tapering to a point. 

 Confluent. United with or passing by degrees into another. 

 Conic, Conical. Cone-shaped. 

 Conifer. A cone-bearing gj^miiosperm. 

 Connate. Like parts united during their formation. 

 Connivent. Coming into contact; converging. 

 Convex. The exterior of a curved surface. 

 Cordate. Heart-shaped. 



