208 GLOSSARY. 



BuJblets: small bulbs, borne above ground, as on the stems of the bulb-bearing 

 Lily and on the fronds of Cistopteris bulbifera and some other Ferns; p. 46. 

 Bulb'Sca/es, p. 50. 

 Bullate: appearing as if blistered or bladdery (from bulla, a bubbls). 



Caducous: dropping off very early, compared with other parts; as the calyx in 



the Poppy Family, falling when the flower opens. 

 Ccespitose, or Cespitose : growing in turf-lilie patches or tufts, like most sedges, &c. 

 Cdlcarate: furnished with a spur [calcar), as the flower of Larkspur, fig. 183, 



and Violet, fig. 181. 

 Calc^olate or Cdlceiform : slipper-shaped, like one petal of the Lady's Slipper. 

 Cdllose : hardened ; or furnished with callosities or thickened spots. 

 Cdlycine : belonging to the calyx. 

 Calyculate : furnislaed >flth an outer accessory calyx (calyculus) or set of bracts 



looking like a calyx, as in true Pinks. 

 Calyptra : the hood or veil of the capsule of a Moss : Manual, p. 607, &c. 

 Calyptrifonn : shaped like a calyptra or candle-extinguisher. 

 Calyx : the outer set of the floral envelopes or leaves of the flower ; p. 85. 

 Cambium and Cambium-layer, p. 154. 

 Campdiwlate: bell-shaped; p. 102, fig. 207. 

 Campyldtropous, or CampyldtropcU ; curved ovules and seeds of a pai-ticular sort; 



p. 123, fig. 271. - 

 Cajnpylosp€nmus : applied to fruits of UmbellifcrjE when the seed is cuiTed in 



at the edges, fonning a groove down the inner face ; as in Sweet Cicely. 

 Canaliculate: channelled, or with a deep longitudinal groove. 

 Cdncellaie : latticed, resembling lattice-work. 

 Can^scent : grayish-white ; hoary, usually because the surface is covered with 



fine white hairs. Incanous is whiter still. 

 Capilldceous, Cdpillary : hair-like in shape ; as fine as hair or slender bristles. 

 Cdpitate: having a globular apex, like the liead on a pin; as tlie stigma of 



Cherry, fig. 213 ; or forming a head, like the flower-cluster of Button-bush, 



fig. 161. 

 Capite'llale : diminutive of capitate ; as the stigmas of fig. 255. 

 Capitulum (a little head) : a close rounded dense cluster or head of sessile 



flowers; p. 80, fig. 161. 

 Capr^olate: bearing tendrils {from capreolus, a tendril). 

 Capsule: a pod; any dry dehiscent seed-vessel; p. 131, fig. 305, 306. 

 Cdpsular : relating to, or like a capsule. 

 Carina ; a keel ; the two anterior petals of a papilionaceous flower, wliich are 



combined to form a body shaped somewhat like the keel (or rather the 



prow) of a vessel; p. 105, fig. 218, h. 

 Cdrinale : keeled ; fnrnislicd with a sharp ridge or projection on the lower side. 

 Caridpsis, or Carydpsis : the one-seeded fruit or grain of Grasses, &c., p. 351. 

 Cdrneous : flesh-colored ; pale red. 

 Cdrnose: fleshy in texture. 

 Carpel, or Carpidium : a simple pistil, or one of the parts or leaves of which a 



compound pistil is composed ; p. 117. 

 Cdrpellary ■ pertaining to a carpel. 



