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Beao'tba, Bbaot— The leaves more or leas 

 modified in form, which are seated on 

 the peduncles. They are frequently 

 reduced to mere scales, and are some- 

 times highly coloured and resemble the 

 parts of the flower. Bkacteolks — 

 Small bracts, seated on the pedicels, 

 the one or two last bracts under each 

 flower. 



Brumal, Brdma'le — Belonging to winter. 



BRUN'NBns — Deep brown, formed by mixing 

 dark grey with red. 



Bulla'tus — When the spaces between the 

 nerves of a leaf present convexities on 

 one side and concavities on the other, 

 giving the whole surface a blistered 

 appearance. 



Bysso'id — Very slender, like a cobweb. 



Cadu'oocs, Caduous— Ready to fall; when 

 a part falls off very early, compared 

 with other parts with which it is 

 associated, as the sepals of the Poppy 

 flower. 



C^erul'kus — Pale blue. Fruit of Native 

 Ginger, Alpinia cwndea. 



Cj;'sins— Ai5h-grey. 



Oa;spiTO'sus, CiESPiTOSK— Tufted, as Poa 

 ccespitosa, a common grass. 



Calathi'dium, Ca'lathis— Basket-like. 



Caloak — A spur. Calcara'tcs— Furnished 

 with a spur. 



Cala'thiporm — Like a bowl or cup. 



CALOA'EEna — Of a dull chalk-white colour. 



Calcbifob'mis— Shaped somewhat like a 

 shoe. 



Cal'li — Small callosities, or rough pro- 

 tuberances. Sometimes these organs 

 add greatly to the beauty of the flower. 

 (See flower of Calodendron eapense, the 

 Gape Chestnut ; and the flower of 

 Galadenia, a genus of terrestrial 

 orchids.) 



Cal'I;OUS — Hardened and usually 

 thickened. 



Calyoa'tus, Calyci'nus— Used to imply 

 that the calyx is large or remarkable. 

 (See BryophyUum caZycinum.) 



CALYClFLO'Ra;— -(Srd Series of Polypetalae.) 

 Stamens and petals usually inserted on 

 the margin of a thin disk lining, the 

 base or the whole of the calyx-tube, 

 and free from the ovary unless the 

 calyx-tube is also adnate to it. 

 Stamens definite or indefinite. Ovary 

 either free and superior, or enclosed in 

 the calyx-tube, or inferior and adnate 

 to the calyx-tube. (For examples of 

 this series see Peas, Beans, Acacias, 

 Roses, Sundews, &c.) 



Calyp'tba — The outer covering of the 

 sporangium of mosses. 



Ca'ltx — Cup of a flower ; the outer whorl, 

 and composed of separate or connate 

 sepals. In the latter form it is spoken 

 of as calyx-tube, and the free part as 

 lobes or teeth. Sometimes the calyx 

 is composed of a large number of sepals, 

 of which the outer ones pass gradually 

 into bracts, and the inner ones into 

 petals. 



Cam'bium — A highly viscousfluid, elaborated 

 by the internal organs of plants, and 

 serving for the nourishment of their 

 several parts. The term is more 

 especially applied to 'the clammy 

 secretion, formed in spring, between 

 the bark and wood of Dicotyledonous 

 trees. 



Campanula'tus, Oampan'ulatb — Bell- 

 shaped. 



Campe'steis— Growing in ^fields. The 

 common EnglLA Elm, 'Ulmus earn- 



Campylot'bopous— Incurved. The ovule is 

 so called when the chalaza coincides 

 with the base of the ovule ; the axis of 

 the ovule is curved, bringing the 

 foramen down more or less towards 

 that base. Synonym, " Campuli'tro- 

 pus." 



Canalicula'tcs — Channelled. Applied to 

 leaves which are long and concave, so 

 as to resemble a gutter or channel, as 

 the leaves of CymMdium canaliculatum. 



Canoela'tus, Cancel'late — Latticed, 

 where there is an appearance somewhat 

 resembling lattice- work. 



Can'didus— Pure bright white. (See Ze- 

 phyranthes Candida. It was this plant 

 which suggested the name of the river 

 La Plata. ) This plant about Brisbane 

 is known as White Crocus. 



Canes'cens, Canus— Hoary; more or less 

 grey, verging on white. (See Callicarpa 

 cana.) 



Capee Plant — Mr. Hill had a nice healthy 

 I)lant of this in the botanic garden; 

 it was, however, lost by being removed, 

 and I cannot find that plants have since 

 been introduced. Besides its economic 

 uses, this plant is showy, and well 

 worthy of a place in the garden. It 

 produces fruit in abundance, and the 

 seeds germinate freely ; but being very 

 liable to damp oflf, another mode of 

 propagation may be pointed out : The 

 plant IS deciduous. When it first breaks 

 forth into leaf in the spring, take off the 

 young shoots when about an inch long 

 with the thumb and finger, and dibble 

 these into a pot of compost made of 

 sand (white), three parts, and charcoal 

 (powdered or broken fine), one part, 

 and place in frame or greenhouse ; these 

 will soon form roots, and may then be 

 potted ofl[ in the ordinary manner. 



Capilla'ceous, Capilla'ceds, Capillary 

 — ^Hairy, or like hair, as fine as hair. 



Capilli'tium— Sterile thread-like tubes or 

 fibres, often branched or combined in a 

 net, interpenetrating the mass of spores 

 within a ripe sporogenous body. 



Capita'tus, Cap'itate— Terminating in a 

 knob, as the pistil of many plants j or 

 clustered, as the florets of the Com- 

 positae. 



Capi'tulcm, Capitule— -A dense head of 

 flo wers. The term i s also applied to the 

 portion of the apothecium m the genus 

 Cahcmm, which is on the top of the 

 stipes. 



Capbeola'tus— Bearing tendrils. CapeeC)- 

 TUS— Synonym for "Cirrhus," a tendril. 



