268 ~ GLOSSARY. 



IJuLBLET. — A small bulb, especially such as are borne upon leaves or 

 in their axils. 



Carina (Pl. Carina). — A small ridge, especially the ridges on 

 the stems of Equisetum. 



Catkin. — A name given to the fruiting parts of many fern allies. 



Caudate. — With a slender, tail-like appendage. 



Caude,x. — A trunk, especially that of a tree-fern. 



Chaff. — Slender, papery scales. 



ChartaceouS. — Having the texture of parchment. 



Chlorophyll. — The green colouring matter of plants. 



Ciliate. — Fringed with iine hairs. 



Circinate. — Coiled, as the buds of ferns, from tip to base. 



Clay ATE. — Club-shaped. 



Compound. — Divided into two or more portions ; said of the frond. 



CONCEPTACLE. — The structure that encloses the sori in certain fern 

 allies ; a sporocarp. 



Cone. — A name applied to the fruiting parts of Equisetum. 



Confluent. — Blended together. 



Cordate. — Heart-shaped ; ovate with a sinus at base. 



Coriaceous. — Like leather in texture. 



Crenate. — With rounded teeth ; said of margins. 



Crenulate. — Scalloped with small rounded teeth. 



Crosier. — An uncoiling frond. 



Crown. — The growing end of the rootstock or caudex. 



Cuneate. — Wedge-shaped. 



Cuspidate. — Terminating in a sharp, hard point. 



Deciduous. — Not evergreen ; subject to being shed at certain sea- 

 sons. 



Decompound. — Several times compounded or divided. 



Decumbent. — Not erect ; bending along the ground. 



Decurrent. — Extended downward along the rachis ; said of the 

 bases of pinnse, etc. 



Deflexed. — Bent abruptly downward. 



Dentate. — Toothed ; said of the margins. 



Denticulate. — Finely toothed. 



Depauperate. — Starved ; prevented from coming to its natural size 

 through lack of nourishment. 



DiCHOTOMOUS. — Forked in pairs ; two-forked. 



