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the food is brought from the root. [Obsolete in this sense. 

 Cf. Caudex.] 



Caulis. In herbs the part which rises singly above ground is 

 designated as the caulis. So caudex relates only to trees 

 and shrubs, caulis to herbs. [Cf. Caulis.] 



Cervix. Cervix is that very long and round part appearing from 

 capitate roots. So called from its resemblance to the neck. 

 [Obsolete.] 



Cyathus. Cyathus is the twelfth part of a sextarius, so called 

 by the Greeks from a word meaning to pour, x^^i-^- [Obso- 

 lete in this sense. [Cf. Cyathiform.] 



Cymae. Cymae of herbs are very delicate and slender stems 

 which are produced at the first budding and on the top of 

 the stalk. For when spring approaches at the very first 

 appearance of leaves, the cabbage, in which the flower buds 

 up to this time have been suppressed, develops certain 

 shoots (quasi turiones) in which the embryo first of the flower 

 then of the seed is hidden. [Obsolete in this sense. Cf. 

 Cyme.] 



Cirri. Cirri are ver\- much tAvisted filaments (capillamenta). 

 [Cf. Cirrhus.] 



Claviculae. Claviculae are tendrils by which, as if by hands, the 

 on-creeping vine grasps supports. [Cf. Clavicle.] 



Coma. Coma is any thing which in a very pleasing manner like 

 hair adorns the summits of branches or trees. [Cf. Coma.] 



Congius. A congius, which the Greeks call xoSs, is a measure 

 holding six sextarii. It is also called a congiarium. [Not 

 a botanical term.] 



Conus. The conus or pyramis of the Greeks is an inverted turbo, 

 that is, something which diminishes in width and is drawn 

 into a point. It is the opposite of our word calathus. [Ob- 

 solete in this sense. Cf . Cone.] 



Cor. Cor is that which lies in the heart of the wood, and is 

 enclosed for the third time by the bark (cortex), like the 

 marrow in the bones. By some it is called the matrix, by 

 others the medulla. [Obsolete.] 



Corymbus. A corymbus is the fruit of the i\y, consisting of a 



