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GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 



Bulb: a permanent bud witli fleshy 

 scales, mostly subterranean, 109. 



Biilhi/h-ous : producing bulbs. 



Biilljiis : little bulbs aliovc ground, 109. 



Bulbose, or bulbous : bulb-like in shape. 



Bulbo-tuber : same as a corm. 



BuUale : a surface appearing as if blis- 

 tered, puckered, or bladdery (from 

 bulla, a bubble). 



BurmanniacciB, 490. 



Burseraceai, 406. 



Bursiculute : provided with pouch-like 

 appendages {bursiculw). 



Bntomacese, 487. 



Butttrfltj-shaped corolla, 253, 277. 



Butternut, 476. 



Byssaceous : composed of fine entangled 

 threads (byssus, or tine flax). 



Byttneriaccai, 398. 



Cabombaceaa, 386. 



Cactacea;, 421. 



Caducous: falling off at the time of 

 expansion, as thcr calyx of the 

 Poppy, 279. 



Csesalpinete, 413. 



Cmsions : lavender-colored. 



Cdspitose, or cespitose : growing in tufts 

 or turfs. 



Cajeput oil, 418. 



Calabash, 447. 



Calaliash-Nutmcg, 383. 



Cukdliidium .- a name for the head of 

 Composita3. 



Caldthiform : cup-shaped. 



Cdlcarate : bearing a spur (calcar), 278 ; 

 as the Violet, fig. 396, and Lark- 

 spur, fig. 398. 



■Cdlceolate, or cdlciform, slipper-shaped. 



Callitrichaceaj, 470. 



Callose: furnished with callosities (colli) 

 or hardened or protuberant spots. 



Cah-ons : bald. 



Calycanthacea;, 417. 



Cdli/rJne : relating to the calyx. 



Calt/culate, or ciiliculate : furnished with 

 an outer accessory calyx ( calyculus) , 

 or set of bVaetlets resembling a ca- 

 lyx, as in Dianthus. 



Cahjptra : the hood or veil of the spore- 

 case of a Moss, 503, 504 ; or a body 

 like it, 389. 



Calijjitrate : furnished with a calyptra, 

 or something like it. 



Cahjjitnform : shaped like a calyptra or 

 candle-extinguisher, as the calyx 

 of Eschscholtzia, p. 389, fig. 692. 



'Calyx : the exterior floral envelope, or 

 leaves of the flower, 222, 274. 



Cambium, Cambinm-layer, i22. 



Camelliaceas, 400. 



Campanulacea;, 438. 



Campdmdate : bell-shaped ; 27 7j fig. 

 456. 



Camphor, 400, 467. 



Campylospermous : when a seed or seed- 

 like fruit is rolled up so as to form 

 a longitudinal furrow down one 

 side, as that of Sweet Cicclv. 



Campyldtropous or rampyldtropal ovnlc or 

 seed, 298, 299, fig. 527. 



Canada Balsam, 480. 



Canaliculate : longitudinally channelled. 



Cdnrellate: resembling lattice-work. 



Candleberry, 477. 



Canescent: whitened or hoary with fine 

 and close pubescence. 



Cannabincce, 475. 



CannacesB, 490. 



Caoulckouc, 57, 458, 473, 475. 



Capers, 391. 



Capillary, or capilldceous : hair-like. 



Capitate : headed ; having a globular 

 apex like the head of a pin ; or col- 

 lected into a head. 



Capitellate : diminutive of capitate. 



Capitulum : a head of flowers, as of 

 Clover, Button-buslii &c. ; 213, fig. 

 320. 



Capparidacea;, 391. 



Capre'olale : furnished with tendrils. 



Caprifoliacete, 431. 



Capsular : relating to a 



Capsule: anv compound dehiscent fruit; 

 315, fig". 582, 583. 



Cardamon. 490. 



Carimi : a keel ; the two anterior petals 

 of a papilionaceous flower ; 254, 

 fig. 392, c. 



Cdrinate : keeled ; furnished with a pro- 

 jecting longitudinal ridge along the 

 under side. 



CariOpsis, or carydpsis: a grain, 314. 



Carueous : flesh-colored. 



Carnose : fleshy in texture. 



Carpel {carpellum or carpidium) : a sim- 

 ple pistil, or one of the elements of 

 a compound one, 290. 



Cdrpellary : pertaining to a carpel. 



Carpolor/y : the department of Botany 

 that relates to fruits. 



Carpophore: the stalk of a pistil, 267. 



Carrot, 426. 



Cartilaqinous : tough, like cartilage. 



Cdrwicle : an excrescence at the hilura 

 of certain seeds, 322. 



Carunmdate : furnished with a caruncle. 



Caryophyllacete, 395. 



Caryopln/tlaceous (corolla) : pink-like, 

 276. 



Carydpsis: a grain, 314. 



Cascine, 198. 



Cashew, 406. 



Cassava, 472. 



