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Cel'lulose— The chemical substance of 

 which the cell-wall is composed. 



CEKTKi'fUGAL— Applied to those forms of 

 iuflorescence whose terminal or central 

 flowers expand first. The general 

 inflorescence of Compositse is often 

 centrifugal. 



Oenibi'pbtal— When the lowest flowers 

 open first, and the main stem continues 

 to elong-ate, developing fresh flowers. 

 The inflorescence within the head of 

 Compositse is always centripetal. 



Cbba'ceus, Ceue'us— Waxy. 



Cbra'sino-bufes'obnt— Cherry -red. 



Oeka'tiom — A long horn-like, one-celled 

 pericarp, with two valves, and con- 

 taining many seeds attached to two 

 placentae, which are alternate with the 

 lobes of the stigma. The Horn Poppy, 

 Glailioium, is an example of the fruit. 



Cerba'lis— Belonging to com, wheat, 

 barley, oats, &o. 



Ce'eintjs — Of a wax colour, impure yellow, 

 slightly tinged with red. 



Cbb'nudS, Csb^uous — Hanging down the 

 head, drooping, pendent, as the fruit- 

 ing spikes of Lycopodium cemuum. 



Cebvi'NUS — Dark tawny, or deep yellow 

 with a little grey. 



CHapp, Palea, PALEa — The inner bracts 

 or scales in Compositse and grasses, and 

 some other plants, when of a thin yet 

 stiff consistence, usually narrow, and 

 of a pale colour. 



Chala'za (from the Greek) — The spot on 

 the skin of the ovule looking like a 

 hailstone. The scar is formed at the 

 spot where the inner integument of the 

 ovule (the seoundine or tegmen) is 

 united to the outer (the primine or 

 testa); and through which a vascular 

 chord (the raphe) passes to nourish the 

 nucleus, which is also attached by its 

 base to the same spot. 



Cham^e — Dwarf or a miniature representa- 

 tion or reminder, as Cham^dets, 

 dwarf oak ; Cham^emoeus, dwarf mul- 

 berry. 



Chlo'bopHtll — The green colouring matter 

 of leaves, and other green parts of 

 plants. 



Chlobophyl'IiOSE — Resembling the green 

 matter of leaves. 



Chlobo'sis^A disease incident to females, 

 characterised by a pale or greenish hue 

 of the skin, for which the common 

 Horehound has been used as a remedy. 



Cheo'mule — Synonymous with "Chloro- 

 phyll," except that the matter is not 

 green. 



Cheoolepoid — Consisting of minute yellow 

 scales. 



Chet'so— In compounds, signifies golden 

 yellow, as Chetsophtllus, golden-leaf. 



CiCATEi'ODLA — A little scar. Cio atkisa'tus 

 — Marked by soars. 



Ci'cATElx — A sear ; the impression left at 

 the spot where an organ was articulated 

 to some part of a plant, as the leaflets 

 to the'rhachis, the leaf to the stem. 



Ci'Lia;— Somewhat stiffiah hairs, which 

 form a fringe on the margin of an 

 organ. OiLiAEis, Ciliatus— Fui-nished 

 with cilise, or eyelashed. 



Cine'ebous, Cikbee'cs— Ash-colonr, the 

 intermediate tint between pure white 

 and black. Cineraceus implies it to 

 be a little paler, and Cineras-.em, very 

 pale, bordering on white. 



Cin'odlum — A girdle ; the neck of a plant. 



CiNNABABi'NUS, Cinna'babis— Vermilion, 

 scarlet, slightly tinged with yellow. 

 (See Polystietus cinnaiarinus, one of 

 the most frequent fungi met with on 

 old logs.) 



CiNNAMo'irEus — Of a bright brown colour, 

 formed from reddish-orange and grey. 



Cie'oinatb— KoUed inward from the_ sum- 

 mit towards the base like a crozier, or 

 the young fronds of many ferns. 



CiEOUMOlSED — Applied to an apotheoium 

 which is separated from the thdilue by 

 a distinct rima or chink. 



OiECnMSCis'siLE — A name given to a form 

 of valvular dehiscence which occurs by 

 a transverse separation, as in the com- 

 mon Pimpernel, Anagallis. 



ClB'EHUS — Synonym for "A tendril." ClE- 

 EHiFEEons — Bearing tendrils or 

 olaspers. (See the termination of the 

 leaf of the common garden Pea.) 



Cit'eeus, Cit'einus — Lemon colour, a pure 

 yellow, very slightly tinged with grey. 



Clado'des — These were formerly called 

 leaves, bvit now theoretically believed to 

 be. abortive branches. Good examples 

 will be found in' the genus Asparagus ; 

 here they are usually clusters ^f 

 flattened branohlets. In the genus 

 Buscus, or" Butcher's Broom," they 

 are ovate, rigid, and spinascent, and 

 bear the perianth and fruit upon their 

 face or. margin. 



Clas'sbs — The large divisions into which 

 the Vegetable Kingdom is arranged. 



Clath'bate — Latticed or perforated, like a 

 window, as the leaves of Monstera 

 deliciosa, 



Cla'va — A club. Ciava'tus, Clavella'tus, 

 Clavifoe'mis, . Clavillo'sus— Where 

 any organ, slen.der at the base, gradu- 

 ally thickens towards the apex. 



Claw ( Unguis)— The stalk of a petal. (Se« 

 the floyvers of Dianthus.) 



Cleis'tocaep — Asoocarp in which the asci 

 and asoospores are formed inside a 

 completely closed envelope, from which 

 the ascospores escape by its final 

 rupture. 



Clos'tee, Clos'trum — Spindle-shaped, 

 elongated cells, pointed at each end, 

 and either cylindrical or fusiform, 

 vphich enter largely into the composi- 

 tion of the woody parts of trees. 



ClTPEA'tUS, CLYPE.i'STMPOEMIS, ClTPEI- 



foe'mis Clypeola'eis— Shield-shaped, 

 from clypeus, a shield ; fonna, a shape. 



Coacerva'td.s— Heaped up," clustered. 



Coadna'tus, CoADnNA'ins— Cohering. 



COALES'CENS, CoA'LlTns— To gro\v to- 

 gether, cohering. 



CoA'EornEE, CoAROTu'iiA— Synonym for 

 The neck. ' 



Coaci'KEus—Ked, with a slight admixture 

 of yellow, scarlet, or crimson. (See 

 halym coceinea, a common weed on 

 rubbish-heaps about Brisbane.) 



CocouM-^Synonym for "Coccus." 



