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GLOSSARY OF SPECIAL TERMS, 



Bulb. A bud with fleshy scales, usu- 

 ally subterranean. 



Bulblet. A small bulb, especially those 

 borne on leaves, or in their axils. 



Bulbous. Similar to a bulb; bearing 

 bulbs. 



Caducous. Falling away very soon 

 after development. 



Caespitose. Growing in tufts. 



Callosity. A small, hard protuberance. 



Callus. An extension of the inner scale 

 of a grass spikelet; a protuberance. 



Calyx. The outer of two series of floral 

 leaves. 



Campanulate. Bell-shaped. 



Campy lotropous. Term applied to the 

 curved ovule. 



Cancellate. Reticulated, with the mesh- 

 es sunken. 



Canescent. With gray or hoary fine 

 pubescence. 



Canaliculate. Channelled; longitudin- 

 ally grooved. 



Capitate. Arranged in a head ; knob- 

 like. 



Capsular. Pertaining to or like a cap- 

 sule. 



Capsule. A dry fruit of two carpels or 

 more, usually dehiscent by valves or 

 teeth. 



Carinate. Keeled; with a longitudinal 

 ridge. 



Carpel. The modified leaf forming 

 the ovary, or a part of a compound 

 ovary. 



Caruncle. An appendage to a seed at 

 the hilum. 



Commodate. With a caruncle. 



Caryopsis. The grain; fruit of grasses, 

 with a thin pericarp adherent to the 

 seed. 



Caudate. With a slender tail-like ap- 

 pendage. 



Caudex. The persistent base of peren- 

 nial herbs, usually only the part above 

 ground. 



Candid,'. Stalk of a pollen-maSs in the 

 Orchid and Milkweed families. 



Cauline. Pertaining to the stem. 



Cell. A cavity, of an anther or ovary. 



Chaff. Thin dry scales. 



Chalaza. The base of the ovule. 



Chartaceous. Papery in texture. 



Chlorophyll, Green coloring matter of 

 plants. 



Chlorophyjlous. Containing chloro- 

 phyll. 



Cilia/e. Provided with marginal hairs. 



Citi olate. Minutely ciliate. 



Cilium, A hair. 



Cinereous. Ashy; ashy-colored. 



Circinnate. Coiled downward from the 

 apex. 



Circumscissile. Transversely dehiscent, 

 the top falling away as a lid. 



Clavate. Club-shaped. 



Cleistogamous. Flowers which do not 

 open, but are pollinated from their 

 own anthers. 



Cleft. Cut about halfway to the mid- 

 vein. 



Clinandrium. Cavity between the an- 

 ther-sacs in orchids. 



Cochleate. Like a snail shell. 



Coma. Tuft of hairs at the ends of 

 some seeds. 



Commissure. The contiguous surfaces 

 of two carpels. 



Conduplicate. Folded lengthwise. 



Confluent. Blended together. 



Connate. Similar organs more or less 

 united. 



Connective. The end of the filament, 

 between the anther-sacs. 



Connivent. Converging. 



Convolute. Rolled around or rolled up 

 longitudinally. 



Coralloid. Resembling coral. 



Cordate. Pleart-shaped. 



Coriaceous. Leathery in texture. 



Corm. A swollen, fleshy base of a stem. 



Corolla. The inner of two series of 

 floral leaves. 



Corona; Crown. An appendage of the 

 corolla ; a crown-like margin at the 

 top of an organ. 



Coroniform. Crown-like. 



Corymb. A convex or flat-topped flower- 

 cluster of the racemose type, with 

 pedicels of rays arising from different 

 points on the axis. 



Corymbose. Borne in corymbs ; corymb- 

 like. 



Costaie. Ribbed. 



Cotyledon. A rudimentary leaf of the 

 embryo. 



Crenate. Scalloped ; with rounded 

 teeth. 



Crenulate. Diminutive of crenate. 



Crustaceans. Hard and brittle. 



Cucullate. Hooded, or resembling a 

 hood. 



Culm. The stem of grasses and sedges. 



( 'uneate. WVdge-shaped. 



Cusp. A sharp stiff point. 



Cuspidate. Sharp pointed; ending in a 

 cusp. 



Cytn<\ A convex or flat flower-cluster 

 of the determinate type, the central 

 (lowers first unfolding. 



Cymose. Arranged in cymes; cyme- 

 ' like. 



