GLOSSARY OF BOTANIC TERMS. 



Blade :— the flat or expanded part 

 of a leaf. 



Brachiate : -applied to spreading 

 and divergent branches. 



Brachycarpus -.-short-fruited. 



Brachystachyus :— with short 

 spikes. 



Bracteate :— provided with bracts. 



Bracteole:-a small bract of a 

 single flower of an inflorescence. 



Bracts : -modified leaves between 

 the calyx and the trvie leaves ; 

 often forming an involucre as in 

 Compositce, sometimes coloured. 



Bull) :— an arrested usually under- 

 ground branch, with modified 

 leaves bearing axillary buds, as 

 in the onion. 



Bulbiferous : -bearing bulbs, 



Bulbil :-a small bulb, usually 

 applied to such as are produced 

 in the leaf-axils of some Diosco- 

 reas and lilies. 



Bulblet :~8ee bulbil. 

 BuUate :— having a blistered 

 appearance. 



Caducous '.—dropping ofp early or 

 prematurely. 



Caerulesoent : -verging towards 

 blue. 



Caesious :-of a light greyish tint. 



Calcarate :— provided with a spur, 



Calceolaris : -shaped like a shoe. 



Callose :— furnished with hard pro- 

 jections. 



Callus : - a hard proiection, some - 

 times applied to an extension of 

 the flowering glume below its 

 point of insertion, and adnate to 

 the axis or rhachilla of the 

 spikelet. 



Calyciflorse :— plants which have 

 their petals and stamens adnate 

 to the calyx. 



Calyciform :- cup-shaped. 



Calycine : -belonging to or re- 

 sembling a calyx, also applied to 

 a calyx of unusual size. 



Calyculate :— bearing a calyx-like 

 involucre outside the true calyx. 



Calyptrate :— when the calyx or 

 ' corolla separates from the flower 

 in the form of a cap, as in some 

 Myrtacece. 



Calyx :— the outer floral envelope. 



Campanulate : -bell-shaped 



Campestris :- growing in fields. 



Campyiotropal :— applied to an 

 ovule which becomes curved 

 during its growth so as to bring 

 its micropyle end near to the 

 hilum. 



Caudicans : -white. 



Canescens -.—becoming grey or 

 hoary. 



Canus : -grey or hoary, 



Capillaceous :— slender, like a 

 hair. 



Capitellate :— diminutive of capi- 

 tate. 



Capitate :— head-shaped as with 

 some stigmas, or collected into 

 a head , like . the flowers of Com- 

 positce. 



Capreolate : - furnished with ten- 

 drils. 



Capsule : -a dry, dehiscent seed- 

 vessel consisting of more than 

 one carpel. 



Carinatus : -keeled. 



Cariopsis :— applied to the fruit 

 of a grass, which is 1-celled and 

 1-seeded, and the pericarp adheres 

 to the seed. 



Carnosus :— fleshy. _ 



Carpel -.—a simple pistil or a compo- 

 nent of a compound pistil. In 

 LeguminoscB the pistil consists 

 of a single free carpel, whilst the 

 orange has a compound pistil 

 with several carpels combined. 



Caruncle -.-an excresceuce at or 

 near the micropyle end of some 

 seeds, as in Castor oil. See Stro- 

 phiole. 



Catkin :— a deciduous spike of uni- 

 sexual flowers, as in oaks and 

 willows. 



Caudate : -tailed. 



