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Caho— The fleshy part of fruit. 

 Cabposto'mium — The opening into the 



spore-oase of Algse. 

 Cbno'bium", Cenobionak, Cekobionecs — 



Such fruits as those of Labiatce, Bora- 



ginece, Sec., which consist of several 



distinct lobes, not terminated by a style 



or stigma. 

 Cho'kion— A carpel ; also the pulpy matter 



which fills the interior of a young seed 



before impregnation. 

 CoNSTBiOTBD— Tightened or contracted in 



some particular pla<:e, as the top of 



the corolla-tube of Ahtonia constricta — 



the fever or bitter-bark flowers. 

 Cob Seminis — An old name for the 



embryo. 

 CoDMAEiN — The fragrant principle of the 



Tonka Bean. 

 Ceibripoem— Riddled with holes like ■» 



sieve. 

 Cbibeosk— Perforated like a sieve. 

 CTMBELLiE — Reproductive locomotive 



bodies, of an elliptical form, found in 



some Algae. 

 Cyst — The spore-case of some Fungi ; also 



the hollow spaces in parenchyma, in 



which oily matter collects, as in the 



rind of an orange. 



Damab or Dammee — A viscid resinous 

 product of Canarium microcarpum. 

 C. strictum produces what is known 

 as the Black Dammer. The White 

 Dammer and Dammer Pitch is pro- 

 duced by Valeria ini/ica. 



Drastic — Applied to medicines which act 

 violently. 



DuK — The horsehair-like fibres of Saguerus 

 saccharifer, 



Dtnamis — A power. A figurative term 

 employed by Linnaeus to express the 

 degrees of develojjment of (stamens. 

 Thus his "Didynamia" signified 

 stamens Til two different lengths, or of 

 two different degrees of development. 



Eddoks — The tuberous stems of various 

 Araceous plants. (See Oolocasia anti- 

 quorum, "Tara.") 



Edoing — This term is applied to dwarf 

 plants, turf, or material of any descrip- 

 tion used in gardens for dividing beds, 

 borders, &c., from the walks. 



Elaio — In Greek compounds, signifies 

 "Olive." 



Emabcid— Flaccid, wilted. 



Embolus — A plug ; a process which pro- 

 jects downwards from the upper part 

 of the cavity of the ovary in Armeria, 

 and closes up the foramen of the ovule. 



Emphysematose — Bladdery, resembling a 

 bladder. 



Endogo'nium — The contents of the nucule 

 of a Chara. 



EscHAEOTio — Having the power to burn 

 the skin. 



Exanthemata — Skin diseases, blotches of 

 leaves, &c. 



Eye — A term used in gardening for a 

 leaf-bud ; also for the centre or the 

 Central markings of a flower; 



Fecundation— The act of making fruitful. 

 Dr. Lindley tells us that the large 

 fleshy roots of Basella tuberom are con- 

 sidered by the people of Quito to pos- 

 sess the power of increasing fecundity. 



Fellkus — Bitter as gall. 



FoEciPATE, Foboipa'tus [Forceps, nippers), 

 Fobwoa'tus [Forfex, scissors) — Forked, 

 like a pair of pincers or scissors, sepa- 

 rating into two distinct branches, more 

 or less apart. 



FEACin— Of a pasty texture ; between 

 fleshy and pulpy. 



Fronde'scenoe— The leafing of plants was 

 denominated by Linnaeus their fron- 

 descence. 



Frustules— The joints into which plants of 

 Diatomaceae separate. 



FuLCBA, FuLCRATE (Fulcrum, a prop) — 

 Additional organs, such as pitchers, 

 stipules, tendrils, spines, prickles, hairs, 

 &c. 



Gattie — An Indian gum obtained from the 



Babool, Acacia arabica. 

 GELINE2E — Cells in A.lgae secreting vegetable 



jelly. 

 Glareose — Growing in gravelly places. 

 Gon'gtlus— The spores of certain Fungi. 



Also a round, hard, deciduous body, 



connected with the reprcduction of 



certain Algas. 

 Grossus — Coarse ; larger than usual ; thus 



Clro8se-serratus= coarsely serrated. 

 Gyni'cus or Gyni'zus — The depressed stig- 



matic surface of Orchids. 



Habitat — The situation in which a plant 

 grows in a wild state. 



HoMOlos or Homo — In Greek compounds, 

 signifies similar or alike. 



HuMiFUSE, HuMipu'sus — Spread over the 

 surface of the ground. 



Hygboscopi'city — The property .of extend- 

 ing or shrinking upon the application 

 or removal of water. (See the a^ims of 

 the Bunch Speargrass. 



Intbosusception — This term denotes the 

 act of taking in, whether of fluids by 

 the roots or of gases by the foliage. 



IcONES — Pictorial representations of plants. 



IsoPH'OROUS— Transformable into some- 

 thing else. Thus Paxtonia ^ is an 

 isophorous form of Spathoglottis. 



Lagenifoem— Shaped like a Florence fljisk. 



Leaf Propagation — The propagation of 

 plants by their leaves is a method of 

 rapid increase adopted with great ad- 

 vantage in the case of those which 

 succeed. An incision made in any 

 firm part of the midrib, as well as the 

 petiole, will in certain instances induce 

 the production of a young plant. The 

 kinds of plants to be so propagated should 

 have, as a rule, thick fleshy leaves, 

 such as Begonias, Gloxinias, &c. Take 

 the leaves which are nearly fully 

 matured, not too old, and peg them on 

 light sandy soil, and keep them some- 

 what dry, until the bulbil-like plants are 

 formed where the incisions were made. 



