GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 199 



Caulicle, a little stem, or rudimentary stem (of a seedling), 11, 127. 

 Cauline, of or belonging to a stem, 36. CantlU, Latin name of stem. 

 Caulocarpic, equivalent to perennial. 

 Caidome, the cauline parts of a plant. 



Cell (diminutive. Cellule), tlie cavity of an anther, ovary, &c. ; one of tlie anatomi- 

 cal elements, 131. 

 CelMar Onjptogame, 162. Cellular tUsue, 131. 

 Cellulose, 131. Celt-walls, 130. 

 Centrifugal (inflorescence), produced or expanding in succession from the centre 



outwards, 77. 

 Centripetal, the opposite of centrifugal, 74. 

 Cepkala, Greek for head. In compounds, Monoeephalous, with one head, Micro- 



cephaUyus, small-headed, &c. 

 Cereal, belonging to corn, or corn-plants. 

 Cernuou*, nodding; the summit more or less inclining. 

 Chata, Greek for bristle. 

 Chaff, small membranous scales or bracts on the receptacle of Composites; the 



glumes, &c., of grasses. 

 Chaffy, furnished with chaff, or of the texture of chaff. 

 Chalaza, that part of the ovule where all the parts grow together, 110, 126. 

 Channelled, hollowed out like a gutter; same as canaliculate. 

 Character, a phrase expressing the essential marks of a species, genus, &c., 181 

 Chartaceous, of the texture of paper or parchment. 

 Chloros, Greek for green, whence Chloramthous, green-flowered; Chlorocarpous, 



green-fruited, &c. 

 Chlorophyll, leaf green, 136. 



Chlorosis, a condition in which naturally colored parts turn green. 

 Choripetalous, same as polypetalous. 

 Chorisis, separation of the normally united parts, or where two or more parts take 



the place of one. 

 Chromule, coloring matter in plants, especially when not green, or when liquid. 

 Chrysos, Greek for golden yellow, whence Chrysanthoui, yellow-flowered, &c. 

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

 Ciliate, beset on the margin with a fringe of cilia, i. e. of hairs or bristles, like the 



eyelashes fringing the eyelids, whence the name. 

 Cinereous, or Cineraceous, ash-grayish ; of the color of ashes. 

 Circinate, rolled inwards from the top, 72. 

 drcumscissile, or Circumcissile, divided by a circular line round the sides, as the 



pods of Purslane, Plantain, &c., 124. 

 Circmnscription, general outline. 

 Cirrhiferous, or Cirrhose, furnished with a tendril (Latin, Cirrhus) ; as the Grape 



vine. Cirrhose also means resembling or coiling like tendrils, as the leaf« 



stalks of Virgin's-bower. More properly Cirrus and Cirrose. 

 Citreous, lemon-yellow. 

 Clados, Greek for branch. Cladophylla, 64. 

 Class, 178, 183. 

 Classification, 175, 183. 

 Clathrate, latticed ; same as cancellate. 

 Clavate, club-shaped; slender below and thickened upwards. 

 Clavellate, diminutive of clavate. 



Claviculate, having Claviculce, or little tendrils or hooks. 

 Claw, the narrow or stalk-like base of some petals, as of Pinks, 91. 

 Cleistogamous (Cleistogamy), fertilized in closed bud, 115. 

 Cleft, cut into lobes, 55. 

 Close fertilization, 115. 



Climbing, rising by clinging to other objects, 39, 151. 

 Club-shaped, see clavate. 

 Clustered, leaves, flowers, &c., aggregated or collected into a bunch, 



