GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 



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Cassia-bark, 467. 



Castor-oil, 472. 



Castrate (stamen) : with no anther or 

 one containing no pollen. 



Catapetahiis : where the petals are unit- 

 ed with each other at the ba^e and 

 with the base of the stamens, as in 

 the Mallow family. 



Catechu, 414. 



Catgiiutate : composed of parts united 

 end to end, like the links of a chain. 



Catkin: see Ament, 213. 



Caudate : tailed or tail-pointed. 



Caudex, 101. 



Caudide : a little stalk, like that of the 

 poUen-massof Orchis, &c., fig. 1235 



Caulescent : obviously having a stem. 



Caulicle : a little stem, or a rudimentary 

 stem ; the radicle, 71. 



Cauline, or caullnar : relating to a 



Caulis: the main stem, 91. 



Cayenne pepper, 456. 



Cedrelacca:, 401. 



Cedron, 405. 



Celastraeece, 408. 



Cell : a cavity of an anther, ovary, &c., 

 281, 291. In vegetable anatomy, 

 one of the vesicles, or elements of 

 which a plant is composed, 23. 



Cell-formation, 27. 



Cell-growth, 30. 



Cell-multiplication, 28. 



Cellular bark, or envelope, 121. 



Cellular Plants, 68. 



Cellular tissue, or structure, 23. 



Cellule: same as Cell (in veg. anatomy). 



Cellulose, 27, 192. 



CeltidesE, 474. 



Centrifugal inflorescence, 218. 

 " radicle, 326. 



Centripetal inflorescence, 212. 

 " radicle, 326. 



CeratophyllacejE, 470. 



Ce'real : belonging to com or corn- 

 plants ; these having been called 

 the gift of Ceres. 



Cernuotis: nodding. 



Chaff: the scales or bracts on the re- 

 ceptacle which subtend each a flow- 

 er in the heads of many Compositse, 

 as the Sunflower; also the glumes, 

 &e. of Grasses ; 215, 435. 



Chaffy : provided with, or of the texture 

 of chaflf. 



Chald::a : the part of the ovule where 

 the coats, nucleus, &c. are all unit- 

 ed; 298, fig. 521, d, 526, c. 



Channelled : see Canaliculate. 



Characeae, 510. 



Characters : the essential marks distin- 

 guishing one species, genus, &c. 

 from those most i-esembling it, 362. 



Chartaceous ; of the texture of paper or 

 parchment. 



Checkerberry, 441. 



Chenopodiacese, 464. 



Cherry, 417. 



Chestnut, 477. 



Chldrophi/ll : leaf-green, 58. 



Chlorosis : a loss of color ; a reversion 

 of the petals, &c. of a blossom to 

 green leaves. 



Chlorospermeae, 509. 



Chocolate, 398. 



Chdrisis : the division of one organ into 

 two or more, 243. 



Chromuk : the coloring matter of plants, 

 especially of petals, &c. 



Chrysobalanacese, 415. 



Cicatrix : a scar left by the fall of a leaf 

 or other organ. 



Cilia (.sing, cilium, the eyelash) : hairs or 

 bristles fringing the margin of any- 

 thing ; those of the inner peristome 

 of a Moss, 502. 



Ciliale: the margin fringed with hairs. 



Cinchona, 432. 



Cinchoneffi, 432. 



Cine'nchi/nia, 49. 



Cinereous, cineraceous: ash-gray. 



Cinnamon, 467. 



Circinate: involute from the top; 144, 

 fig. 219. 



Circulation in cells, 31, 178. 



Circumcissile, or circumscissile : opening 

 or divided by a transverse circular 

 line; 317, fig. 588. 



Circumscription : the general outline. 



Cirrhose, cirrhiferous : tendril-bearing, 

 or with organs serving as a 



Cirrhus : a tendril. 



Cistacea;, 393. 



Cistdma : a kind of sac lining the cham- 

 ber under a stomate in certain 

 plants. 



Classes, 360. 



Classification, 352. 



Clathrate : latticed. 



Clavate,claviform: club-shaped; narrow 

 below and thickened towards the 

 summit. 



Claviculate : with tendrils, or leafstalks 

 acting as such [claviculce). 



Claw: t^ne^ narrowed base of a petal, 

 &c., 276. 



Cleft : cut to about the middle, and with 

 narrow or acute sinuses ; 159, flg. 

 261, 265. 



Climbing : rising by laying hold of oth- 

 er objects in any way, 102. 



Clindnthium : the receptacle of the flow- 

 ers in Composita;. 



Cloves, 418. 



Club-shaped: see Clavate. 



