GLOSSARY. IX 



Awn ; a slender bristle-like process, com- Carpophore ; the central axis supporting 



mon on the chaff of grasses, the fruit in the umbelUferae. 



Axil: the angle between a branch, and a Cartalaginous: hard and tough. 



stem or leaf & branch, on the upper side. Caruncle: a protuberance or appendage 

 Axis; a central stem, or any centre at the hilum of a seed. 



around which parts arc arranged. Caryophylaceous : a flower like the pink, 



Caryopsis : a grain, as wheat, rye, &c. 

 Baccate : berry-like. Catkin ; see Ament. 



Banner: the vexillum or upper petal in Caudate: having a tail-like appendage. 



a papilionaceous flower. Caulex ; a Bt m or trunk. 



Barbs: stiff hooked hairs. Caulescent: having astern. 



Bark: the external covering of the Cauline; attached to the stem. 



stem. Cell : a hollow cavity. The cavity of an 



Beaked : tipped with a terminal process, ovary or pericarp. 



like a bird's bill. Cellular tissue; a tissue composed of 



Beard ith bristly hairs. small bladders or vesicles. 



Bell-shape 1 : eompanulate. Centrifugal Inflorescence; the flowering 



Berry : a pulpy valvelesa fruit, in which of a cyme. 



the seeds are ini^ Centripetal Inflorescence ; the flowering 



Bi ; in composition, twice, as — of a corymb. 



Bicarinate: 2 keeled. Cephalous; headed, or head-bearing. 



Biennials: 2 yearly. Cernuous; drooping or bending down. 



Bifid : 2 cleft. Chaff; the thin covering of the seeds of 



Bifarious; -J ranked- grasses. Ac, or the flower bracts in 



Bifurcate ; 2 forked. compound flowers. 



Bilabiate : 2 lipped. Chalaza: the points of union of the coats 



Binate : in twos. twin. and nucleus of a seed. 



Bladdery : thin and inflated. Channelled ; hollowed ovit like a gutter, 



Blade; the expanded surface of a leaf. Chartaceous ; with the texture of wri- 

 Bloom: a fine powdery coating on certain ting paper. 



fruits. Ac, as the plum. Chlorophyll; the colored parenchyma of 



Brachiate, pairs of branches, spreading leaves. 



nearly at right angles. Cilia ; hair-shaped appendages. 



Bracts: floral leaves. Ciliati; fringed with hairs on the mar- 



Bracted. or Bracteate ; having bracts. * gin. 

 Branchlets: small branches or subdivi- Cinereus; ash-gray. 

 • sions of branches. Circinate ; coiled or rolled up into a ring. 



Breathing pores : stomato. Circumeissile ; cut round, opening trans- 



Bristles: stiff hairs, straight or hooked. versely. 



Bulb; a subterranean bud. Circumspection; the general outline. 



Bulbous; bulb-bearing, or bulb-like. Cirrhous ; having tendrils. 



Bullatc; as if blistered. Clasping: where the base of a leaf part- 



ly surrounds a stem. 

 Caducous ; falling off very early. Class ; the highest division of plants in 



Caespitose ; growing in turf or tuft. a system. 



Calcarate: spurred. Clavate; el ub-shaped, larger at one end, 



Calyciform : cup-like. Claw ; the lower narrow end of a petal, 



Calyculate; with an accessary outer ca- by Avhich it is affixed. 



lyx. Cleft; partially split or divided. 



Calyptra : the cap or hood of the sporan- Climbing; ascending by means of ten- 



gia in moss drils, leaves or aerial roots. 



Calyx; the outer floral envelope. Coadunate: having united bases. 



Cambium ; the soft layer between the Coarctate ; pressed together. 



bark and the wood. Coccus; a separable carpel of a com- 



Campanulate; bell-shaped,. pftund carpel, 



Campylotropous : a curved ovule. Cochleate ; coiled spirally, like a snail- 



Canesceut: becoming white or hoary. Collateral; side by side. [shell, 



Capillary or Capillaeeous; shaped like Colored: any hue but green. 



a slender thread or strong hair. Columella ; a solid axis of a pod. 



Capitate; in heads. Column; the stamens or stamens and 



Capitulum; ahead. pistils combined. 



Capsule ; a dry and indehiscent pericarp, Coma ; a full tuft of hair3. 



usually opening by valves. Commissure; thefa.ee by which 2 car* 



Carina ; a keel. pels cohere. 



Carinate ; keeled. Complete flower ; having both floral en- 



Carpel ; a little fruit, usually a partial velopes. 



pistil, or element of a compound pistil. Complicate ; fo'ded up upon itself, 



