338 OLOSSABT. 



Cavlme : pertaining or belonging to the stem. 



OavMne bimdhs : thoBe fibro-vascular bundles in the stem which 



have no connection with those in the leaf. 

 Oaidome : that which answers in general to a stem. 

 Cell : the minute body consisting of a wall or membrane enclosing 

 protoplasm, etc., which is the proximate constituent element 

 of vegetable tissue ; a vessel or cavity, as anther-cell. 



Celluh/r: consisting of cells. 



Cellulose : the substance of the cell-wall or cell-membrane. 



Centrifugal : from the centre outwards. 



Centripetal : towards the centre. 



Cereal : pertaining to the grains ; as "Wheat, Eye, etc. 



Cemuous: nodding. 



Chaff: the bristles or scales on the receptacle of Compositse ; the 

 glumes of Grasses. 



Chalaza : the point of the ovule where the integuments and nucleus 

 unite. 



Channeled : hollowed out like a gutter ; furrowed. 



Character : any distinguishing point or property. 



Chlorophyll : the green coloring substance in plant-cells. 



CharipeUdout : with petals not united with each other. 



ChorisepaUms : with sepals not united with each other. 



Cicatrix : a scar left by the fall of a leaf or other organ. 



GUia : long hairs like eye-lashes ; hair-like prolongations of proto- 

 plasm. 



Oiliate: fringed with cilia, hairs, or bristles. 



Cinereous: ash-gray. 



Oirdnate (or Oircinnate) : rolled inwards from the top. 



CireulaMon' of protoplasm : a streaming or current movement in the 

 protoplasm in cells. 



dreumieissile : divided by a circular line around the sides. 



Cirrhiferous : bearing tendrils. 



Cirrhose : bearing tSndrils. 



Oavale : club-shaped ; thickened above. 



Class : a group ; one of the groups which form a division ; as class 

 Gymnosperms, of division Phsenogams. 



ClassificaUon : grouping, or putting in groups or classes. 



Qaw : the narrowed base or stem-like part of some petals. 



Cleistogamy : close-fertilization in unopened flowers, 



Cletstogarmyus : characterized by cleistogamy. 



Cleistogamic : pertaining to cleistogamy ; exhibiting cleistogamy. 



Cleft :■ divided almost to the middfe. 



Closed-bundles : fibro-vascular bundles destitute of cambium. 



Ciosefertilization : fertilization of the ovules by pollen of the same 

 flower. 



Club-shaped : clavate ; thickened above. 



Clypeate : shaped like a buckler. 



Coalescent : growing together. 



Coenobivm : a cell colony | cells loosely united into a family. 



Coherent : connate ; growing together of like parts. 



