Burr 
calceiform 
Burr, a woody outgrowth from the 
bark of certain trees ; cf. GNAUR. 
Bur’sa (Lat., a purse) t the antheri- 
dium of Chara; Bers‘icule, Bur- 
sic’ula (Lat., a small purse), the 
pouch-like expansion of the stigma 
into which the caudicle of some 
Orchids is inserted ; bursic’ulate, 
bursicu/a'tus, purse-like. 
Bush, a low shrub, branching from 
the ground. 
putterfly-like, ~ shaped, = PAPILIONA- 
CEOUS. 
Butt’ons,t an old term for Bups. 
Butt’ress, the knee-like growths of 
trunk or roots in certain trees. 
pux’eous, bux’eus (Buxus, the Box- 
tree), (1) the colour of box-wood, 
(2) pertaining to that tree ; Bux’ine, 
an alkaloid from Buxrus semper- 
virens, Linn. 
byssa’ceous, -ceus (byssus, fine flax), 
composed of fine threads ; Byss’us, 
the stipe of certain Fungi. 
Butyr’ic Fer’ment, caused by Bacillus 
Amylobacter, Van Tiegh. ; see FER- 
MENTATION. 
caca/inus, chocolate brown ; from the 
name of Theobroma Cacao, Linn. 
Cach’ryst (Lat. ) the cone of a pine-tree. 
eact’al, (Cactus, a genus of succulents), 
cacta’ceous (-+aceous), cactus-like, 
or pertaining to the order Cactaceae. 
Cacu’men +t (Lat.), the apex of an 
organ. 
cad’ens (Lat. falling), when the fumi- 
culus passes over the top of the 
seed as in Plumbagineae; cadu’cous, 
cadu'cus, dropping off early, as the 
sepals of a poppy on expansion. 
Cae’cum (Lat. blind), a prolongation 
of the embryo in Casuarina and 
certain Amentiferae. 
Caeno’bio = CoENOBIO. 
Caeo’ma (xafw, I burn) Cushions, or ~ 
Disks, enlargements of the tips of 
twigs, due to the attack of forms 
of Caeoma, Link, believed to be a 
stage of Melampsora. 
caerulesc’ent (caeruleus, sky-blue+ 
escens), verging towards blue; 
caerw'leus, sky-blue. 
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cae’sious, cae’sius (Lat. grey of the 
eyes), light grey in tint; caesiel’lus 
is a diminutive. 
caespitell’ose (caespes, or cespes, a sod), 
somewhat tufted ; cae’spitose, cac- 
spito’sus, growing in tufts like 
grass; caespit’ulose, somewhat 
crowded in tuft-like patches. 
Caeto’nium, Lindley’s spelling of 
Corronium. 
Caffeine, an alkaloid from coffee 
berries, Coffea arabica, Linn. 
Calama’riae (calamus, a reed), (1) a 
term of vague application, which 
has been used for plants resembling 
grasses, chiefly sedges, but even 
including Isoétes, Juncus, Typha, 
ete. ; (2) at present restricted to 
fossil plants, Equisetineae; cala- 
ma‘rian, sedge-like ; calamif‘erous 
(fero, I bear), having a hollow, 
reed-like stem; (2) producing 
reeds ; Cal’amite, a fossil type, 
resembling recent Hquiseta on a 
gigantic scale; calami’tean, re- 
sembling the last; Cal’amus, a fis- 
tular stem without an articulation. 
Cal‘athide, Cal'athida, Calath'ium, 
Calathid'ium (xddabos, a wicker 
basket), the head of a Composite ; 
preferably restricted to the invo- 
lucre of the same; cal’athiform, 
calathiform'is, cup-shaped, almost 
hemispherical ; calathidiflor’us 
(flos, floris, a flower), having a 
Calathidium or Capitulum ; Cala- 
thiph’orum (g¢opéw, I bear), the stalk 
of a Capitulum. 
Cale/alary (calculus, a pebble), Grew’s 
term for the sclerogenous tissue of 
a pear. ; 
Calc’ar (Lat.) a spur ; cale’arate, cal- 
cara’tus, furnished with a spur ; 
caleariform’is (forma, shape), spur- 
shaped. 
calea/reous, -eus (cal, lime), (1) 
chalk-white, as to colour ; (2) grow- 
ing in chalky or limestone places; (3) 
having the substance of chalk, as 
the chalk-glands of certain saxi- 
frages. 
cal’ceolate, calceola’/tus; cal’ceiform, 
calceiform’is (calceolus, a slipper, 
