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Balbkts: small bulbs, borne above ground, as on the stems of the bulb-bearinfe 

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

 Bulb-scales, p. 50. 

 BuUate: appearing as if blistered or bladdery (from bulla, a babble). 



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



the Poppy Family, falling when the flower opens. 

 CtBspitose, or C^spitose : growing in turf-like patches or tufts, like most sedges, &c. 

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



and Violet, fig. 181. 

 Cdk€olate or Cdkeiforni: slipper-shaped^ like one petal of the Lady's Slipper. 

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

 Cdlt/cine; belonging to the calyx. 

 Calgculate: furnished with an outer accessory calyx {cali/culus) or set of bracts 



looking like a calyx, as in true Pinks. 

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

 Calyptriform: shaped like a calyptra or candle-eitinguishtr. 

 •Cali/x .• the outer set of the floral envelopes or leaves of the flower ; p. 85. 

 Ciambium and Cambium-layer, p. 154. 

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

 Campyldlropous, or Campyldtropal ; curved ovules and seeds of a particular sort; 



p. 123, fig. 271. 

 Campi/losp^mdtts : applied to fruits of TJmbelliferEe when the seed is curved in 



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

 Canaliculate: channelled, or with a deep longitudinal groove. 

 CdnceUate : latticed, resembling lattice-work. 

 iJan^sceM': grayish-white; hoary, usually because the surface is covered with 



fine white hairs. Incaneus is whiter still. 

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

 Capitate : having a globular apex," like the head on a pin ; as the stigma of 



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

 ' fig. 161. 

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

 Capttulam {a. little head): a close routided dense cluster or head of sessile 



flowers; p. 80, fig. 161. 

 Caprgolate : bearing tendrils (from capreolus, a tendril). 

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

 Capsular : relating to, or like a capsule. 

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



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



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

 Cdrinate : keeled ; furnished with a sharp ridge or projection on the lower side. 

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

 Cdmeous: flesh-colored'; pale red. 

 Cdmose: fleshy in texture. 

 Cdrpel, or Carptdium : a simple pistil, or one of the parts or leaves of which a 



compound pistil is composed ; p. 117. 

 Cdrpettary: pertaining to a carpel. 



