Canada Balsam 
capreolate 
which has grown faster than the 
other so as to bring its true apex 
(micropyle) near the hilum. 
Can’ada Bal’sam, an oleo-resin ob- 
tained from Abies balsamea, Mill., 
much used in the preparation of 
microscopical specimens. 
Canal’, cana’lis (Lat., pipe or channel), 
an internal channel; ~ Cells, an 
axial row of cells in the neck of the 
archegonium, ultimately forming a 
canal by disappearance of the septa, 
which becomes the way of access for 
antherozoids; ~ Ra’phe, modifica- 
tion of the raphe in Diatoms, with 
longitudinal fissure, asin Surirela ; 
canalie’ulate, canalicula’tus, chan- 
nelled, with a longitudinal groove ; 
Canalic’ulus (Lat., a small channel), 
a diminutive of Canau. 
can’cellate, cancella’tus(Lat.,latticed), 
as in Clathrus, and Ouvirandra. 
can’dicant, cand’icans (Lat.), white, 
clear and shining. 
cand‘idus (Lat.), white, and shining ; 
brilliant. 
Cane, the stem of reeds, large grasses, 
and small palms; Cane-sugar, a 
sucrose, the crystallised product of 
Sugar-cane, Beetroot, Sorghum, ete. 
—Sugar-cane, Saccharum officin- 
arum, Linn.: its chief fungus-dis- 
eases are Cane Freckle, ~ Rust, cause 
uncertain; ~ Spume, by Strwmella 
Sacchari, Peck; ~ Soot, by Macro- 
sporium graminum, Cooke. 
canella’ceous, (1) pertaining to the 
order of which Canella, P. Br. is 
the type; (2) resembling cinnamon, 
Ital. Canella, in taste or shape. 
canes’cent, canes’cens (Lat.), growing 
grey or hoary. 
Cank’er, a disease in decidous leaved 
trees, ascribed to Nectria ditissima, 
Tul. shown by malformed rind, with 
swollen cushion-like margin, and 
depressed centre. 
Cantharoph’ilae (xdvOapos, a beetle, 
gpirtéw, I love), plants which are 
fertilized by beetles, having showy 
colours, and abundance of pollen. 
ca‘nus (Lat.), hoary, grey. 
Caoutch’ouc, pr. koot’shook, a sub- 
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stance occurring in the milky latex 
of many plants; it is allied to 
the Hydrocarbons. 
Cap, (1) Grew’s term for the husk of 
a nut; (2) the pileus of Hymen- 
omycetous fungi; (3) the calyptra 
of Mosses ; ~ Cells, the upper sister- 
cells of the embryo-sac in the ovule 
which are compressed astheembryo- 
sac develops and for a time figure 
as a cap on its apex; ~ : 
pileate Fungi, as the Mushroom. 
Cellulose ~, formation by proto- 
plasm of cells of certain trichomes. 
capilla‘ceous, -ceus, cap’illary, capil- 
la'ris (capillus, a hair), slender, 
comparable with a hair ; capilla'tus, 
hairy; capilla’tae Radi’ces, roots 
with evident root-hairs; Capil’- 
lament, Capillament’um, the fila- 
ment of an anther ; capillamento’sus 
(Lat.), comose; Capillit/ium, sterile, 
thread-like tubes or fibres growing 
amongst the spores in a sporogenous 
body, frequently forming a net, 
especially in Myxogastres; Capil’lus, 
the width of a hair, taken as rxth 
of a line or about 17 mm. 
Cap‘italist, a term applied to plants 
having a large reserve of material, 
and insect fertilized. 
cap‘itate, capita’‘tus (Lat., having a 
head), (1) pin-headed, as the stigma 
of a primrose ; (2) growing in heads, 
as the flowers of Composites ; 
capitell’ate, capitella’tus, diminutive 
of CAPITATE ; Capitell’um, the cap- 
sule of Mosses; capitiform‘is + 
(forma, shape), shaped like a head, 
somewhat globose; capit/ular = 
CAPITELLATE (Crozier) ; capit’uli- 
form, shaped somewhat like a head ; 
Capit’ulum (Lat., a little head), (1) 
a close head of sessile flowers ; (2) 
a term vaguely applied to the 
pileus, etc. of Fungi; (3) a rounded 
cell borne upon each of the manu- 
bria in the antheridium of Chara; 
head-cell. ig 
capno’des, capnoi’des (kamvwons, 
smoky), smoke-coloured. 
cap'reolate, capreola’tus (capreolus, a 
tendril), having tendrils, 
