GLOSSARY. 



Cdruncle : an excrescence at the scar of some seeds ; as those of Polygala. 



Caninculate : furnished with a caruncle. 



Caryophylldceous : pink-like : applied to a corolla of 6 long-clawed petals. 



Catkin: a scaly deciduous spike of flowers, an ament. 



Caudate : tailed, or tail-pointed. 



Caudex : a sort of trunk, such as that of Palms ; an upright rootstock. 



Caulescent : having an obvious stem. 



Caillicle: a little stem, or rudimentary stem. 



Catiline: of or belonging to a stem (caidis, in Latin). 



Cell (diminutive Cellule) : the cavity of an anther, ovary, &c, one of the 



elements or vesicles of which plants are composed. 

 Centrifugal (inflorescence) : produced or expanding in succession from the 



centre outwards. The radicle is centrifugal, when it points away from 



the centre of the fruit. 

 Centripetal : the opposite of centrifugal. 

 Cereal : belonging to corn, or corn-plants. 

 Cfrnuous: nodding; the summit more or less inclining. 

 Chaff: small membranous scales or bracts on the receptacle of Compositae; 



the glumes, &c. of Grasses. 

 Chaffy: furnished with chaff, or of the texture of chaff. 

 Chaldza : that part of the ovule where all the parts grow together. 

 Channelled: hollowed out like a gutter ; same as canaliculate. 

 Character : a phrase expressing the essential marks of a species, genus, &c. 



which distinguish it from all others. 

 Chartdceous : of the texture of paper or parchment. 



Chlorophyll : the green grains in the cells of the leaf, and of other parts ex- 

 posed to the light, which give to herbage its green color. 

 Ciliale : beset on the margin with a fringe of cilia, i. e. of hairs or bristles, 



like the eyelashes fringing the eyelids, whence the name. 

 Cinireous, or Cinerdceous : ash-grayish ; of the color of ashes. 

 Circinate: rolled inwards from the top, like a crosier, as the shoots of 



Ferns. 

 Circumscissile, or Circumcissile : divided by a circular line round the sides, as 



the pods of Purslane, Plantain, &c. 

 Circumscription : the general outline of a thing. 

 Cirrhiferous, or Cirrhose : furnished with a tendril (Latin, cirrhus) ; as the 



Grape-vine. Cirrhose also means resembling or coiling like tendrils, as 



the leaf-stalks of Virgin's-bower. 

 Cldthrate: latticed; same as cancellate. 



Cldvate : club-shaped ; slender below and thickened upwards. 

 Claw : the narrow or stalk-like base of some petals, as of Pinks. 

 Climbing: rising by clinging to other objects. 

 Club-shaped : see clavate. 



Clustered: leaves, flowers, &c. aggregated or collected into a bunch. 

 Clypeate: buckler-shaped. 

 Coalescent : growing together. 

 Coarctate : contracted or brought close together. 



Cobwebby : same as arachnoid ; bearing hairs like cobwebs or gossamer. 

 Cdccus (plural cocci) : anciently a berry ; now mostly used to denote the 



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