GLOSSARY 



Xill 



Cartilaginous, hard yet somewhat flexi- 

 ble, like gristle. 

 Caryopsis, a fruit where the pericarp is 

 very thin, and adheres firmly to the 

 integument of the seed,— as in Wheal, 

 Bar fey, Carex, &c. 



Cauda, a "tail. Caudate, having a tail. 



Caulescent, having an evident or true 

 stem. 



Cuulinc, belonging to, or growing on, the 

 main stem. 



Cellular, made up of little cells or cavi- 

 ties. 



Cernuous, nodding,or somewhat drooping. 



Cespito9e, many stems growing from the 

 same root, forming a tuft, or tussock. 



Chuff, a dry ihin membrane; the seed 

 covers of the grasses, or the bracts on 

 the receptacle of compound flowers,&c 



Clutffi/, bearing chaff; or resembling chaff. 



Channels, longitudinal grooves; the inter- 

 stices between the fibs on the fruit of 

 umbelliferous plants. 



Channelled, having longitudinal grooves. 



Charbaceous, resembling paper, in texture. 



Cicatrice, the scar or mark, at the point 

 of connection, left after the fall of a 

 leaf, <kc. 



Cilia, hairs arranged like eye-lashes, 

 along the margin of a surface. 



Cilia! c, fringed, or edged with parallel 

 hairs, like eye-lashes. 



Ciliutc-.<crrate, having scrraturcs resem- 

 bling cilia. 



Cinereous, of the color of wood-ashes. 



Circinate, with the apex rolled back on 

 itself, like the young fronds of a fern. 



Circums'isscd, cut round transversely, or 

 opening horizontally, like a snuffbox. 



Cirrhose, bearing tendrils; or termina- 

 ting in a tendril. 



Class, the highest or primary division of 

 plants or other natural objects, in a 

 System. 



Clara* c, club-shaped ; growing larger 

 towards the summit. 



Claw, the taper base of a petal, in a poly- 

 petalous corolla. 



Cleft, split or divided less than half way 

 to the base. 



Clypcate, of the form of a buckler or 

 shield. 



Coxtancons, appearing at the same time 

 witli the leaves. 



Coarctate, contracted, or crowded into n 

 narrow compass. 



Cochlcatc, coiled spirallv, like a snail- 

 shell. 



Collateral, side by side ; on the same side. 



Colored, of any other color than irreen. 



Colunm, the axis or central pillar of a 

 capsule;— or the combined filaments 

 and style of a Gynandrous flower. 



Commissure, the line of junction of two 

 bodies,— -as the face of the carpels, in 

 umbel life roe. 



Common (petiole, peduncle, &c), compri- 

 sing or sustaining seveial similar sub- 

 ordinate parts. 



Comose, having a cottony or silky tuft, or 

 lop-knot. 



Compact, condensed or pressed together. 



Complete flower, having both calyx and 



corolla. 

 Compound, made up of similar simple 



parts. 

 Compound flower, consisting of several 



Syngencsious florets, seated on a 



common receptacle, and embraced by 



an involucre, or many-leaved common 



calyx. 

 Compound leaf, having each leaflet, cr 



lamina, articulated with the petiole* 

 Compound uml>cl, an umbel in which 



each primary peduncle, or ray, bears 



a small umbel at summit. 

 Compressed, flatted, as if squeezed or 



pressed,— with the edge in front, in 



akenes of compound flowrs. See Oth 



compressed. 

 Concave, presenting a hollow or depress- 

 ed surface. 

 Condvplvate, doubled, or folded together, 



like the leaves of a book. 

 Cone, the woody amentof the Pines ; also 



the fruit of the Hop, &c. 

 Conic, Conical, or Conoid, having the 



figure of a cone. 

 Confluent, blended, or running into each 



oilier. 



Conformable, having the same form. 



Congener, belonging to the same genus, 

 or family. 



Con glomerate, clustered or heaped to- 

 gether. 



Connate, growing together or cohering,— 

 especially at" base. 



Conticitivum, the organ which connects 

 the two cells cf an anther,— conspic- 

 uous in the Lubiatce. 



Connixent, meeting, or bending towards 

 each other. 



Constant, invariable; never failing, or 



wanting. 



Contiguous, so near as to seem to touch. 



Continuous, without interruption, or ar- 

 ticulation. 



Contorted, twisted ; or obliquely overlap- 

 ping. 



Contracted, narrowed, or reduced into 

 smaller compass. 



Contrary dissepiment, not parallel with 

 the valves of the pericarp. 



Convex* presenting an elevated rounded 

 surface. 



Convolute, rolled into a cylindric form. 



Coraloid, resembling coral, in appear- 

 ance. 



Cordate, heart shaped, with the sinus at 

 base. 



Cmdutc-oblong, oblong, with a cordate 

 base. 



Cordate-ovate, ovate, with the base come- 

 w hat cordate. 



Coriaceous, tough and leather-like. 



Coincous, having the consistence or ap- 

 pearance of horn. 



Cornimlatc, having little horns, or spurs. 



('ornate, having appendages like horns. 



Corolla, the delicate inner covering of 

 the flower, standing between the 

 calyx and stamens, and mostly col- 

 ored ;— often called the flower, or 

 blossom, by way of eminence. 



