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{Numhert refer to paragraphs.) 

 Caducous. Falling very early, as petals or sepals: not persisting. 

 Calyptra. Hood: technically applied to the covering of the capsule of 



mosses. 4286. 

 Calyptrate. Covered with a hood: as buds borne beneath the hollow end of 



a petiole. 37. 

 Calyx. The outer series of the perianth: the sepals. 146. 

 Oampanulate. Bell-shaped. 2Ha, Fig. 176. 

 Cane. A shoot which bears but once, particularly one which arises from the 



crown or root. 497. 

 Capitulum. Head. 185o. 



Capsule. A compound pod (310) ; also the spore-case of a moss. 4286. 

 Carpel. One of the separable or integral parts of a compound pistil. 159 

 Caryopsis. The akene-like fruit of the grasses and cereal grains. 293a. 

 Catkin. A more or less dense, scaly flower-cluster, particularly of certain 



trees and shrubs: ament. 176. 

 Caudicle. Stemlet: applied technically to the stalk of a pollinium. 279. 

 Caulescent. Having a stem: said of the entire plant. 

 Caulicle. Stem of the embryo. 408. 

 Cavity. In pomological writings, .the depression in the stem end of n pome. 



349. 

 Cell. See loeule. 



Character. In natural history writings, a feature or attribute which is diag- 

 nostic, — which is peculiar to the part or the organism, and distinguishes 

 it from its kin. viii. 

 Chlorophyll. Leaf -green: the green substance in protoplasm in plants. 

 Choripetalous . Polypetalous. 



Cion. A cutting set into a plant rather than in soil: graft. 478. 

 Circinate. Coiled from the tip. 62. 

 Circumcissile. The mode of dehiscence of the pyxis. 308. Spelled also 



circumscissile. 

 Cladophyllum. A branch which imitates a leaf iu appearance and structure, 



and which performs the function of foliage. 114o. 

 Claw. The stalk of a petal. 145. 

 Cleft. In a leaf-blade, a division somewhat more than half the depth of the 



blade. 104c. 

 Cleistogamous . Said of reduced and closed flowers which are self-fertilized in 



the bud. 280a. 

 Close-fertilisation. Self-fertilization . 

 Colored. Said of parts having any color but green. 



Column. The body formed by the union of gynoeoium and androecium. 256. 

 Complete flower. One having gynoecium, androecium, corolla and calyx. 152a. 



