GLOSSARY 



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Bracteolate, having bractlets. 

 Bractlet, a secondary bract, as 



one upon the pedicel of a 



flower. 

 Bud, the rudimentary state of 



a stem or branch; an unex- 



panded flower. 

 Bulb, a subterranean leaf-bud 



with fleshy scales or coats. 

 Bulbiferous, bearing- buds. 

 Bulbil, a small bulb, especially 



one borne upon the stem, 



and falling off naturally and 



reproducing- vegetatively. 

 Bulbous, having the character 



of a bulb. 



Caducous, falling oft' very early. 



Calyx, the outer perianth of the 

 flower. 



Campanulate, bell-shaped ; cup- 

 shaped with a broad base. 



Campylotropous (ovule or seed), 

 so curved as to bring the 

 apexand base nearly together, 

 so that the micropyle and the 

 chalaza are at tlie same level. 



Capillary, hair-like. 



Capitate, shaped like a head; 

 collected into a head or dense 

 cluster. 



Capitulum, raceme with floral 

 axis developed radially, form- 

 ing a flat, concave, convex, 

 or jug-shaped receptacle on 

 or within which are inserted 

 the florets, usually embraced 

 below by an involucre of 

 bracts. 



Capsular, belonging to or of 

 the nature of a capsule. 



Capsule, a dry dehiscent fruit 

 composed of more than one 

 carpel. 



Carinal, on or having relation 

 to a ridge or keel. 



Carpel, a simple pistil, or one 

 member of a compound (syn- 

 carpous) pistil, or of a mul- 

 tiple pistil. 



Carpophore, the slender prolon- 

 gation of the floral axis which 

 in the Umbelliferm supports 

 the pendulous ripe carpels. 



Caryopsis, a grain, as of grasses ; 

 ,1 seed-like fruit with a thin 

 pericarp adnate to the con- 

 tained seed. 



Catkin, an anient. 



Caudate, having a slender tail- 

 like appendage. 



Caudex, the persistent base of 

 an otherwise annual herba- 

 ceous stem, or an unbranched 

 stem generally, as of a Palm. 



Caudicle, the thread-like or 

 strap-shaped stalk of a pol- 

 linium. 



Caulescent, having a manifest 

 stem above g-round. 



Cauline, belonging to the stem. 



Cell, one of the minute vesicles, 

 of very various forms, of 

 which plants are formed. 

 Any structure containing a 

 cavity, as the cells of an 

 anther, ovary, &c. 



Cellular (tissue), composed of 

 short transparent thin-walled 

 cells, in distinction from 

 fibrous or \ascular. 



Chlorophyll, the green colour- 

 ing-matter within the cells 

 of plants. 



Cilia, hairs. 



Ciliate, fringed with hairs ; 

 hairy. 



Circinate, coiled from the top 

 downward, as the young 

 frond of a Fern. 



Circumscissile, dehiscing in a 

 regular transverse circular 

 line of division. 



