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GLOSSARY. 



Capitate, gathered or collected 

 into a head, or head-like. 



Capsule, a dry dehiscent seed- 

 vessel composed of more than 

 one carpel. 



Carpel, a simple pistil (which is 

 typically 1-celled, with one 

 placenta, one style, and one 

 stigma), or one of the elements 

 of a compound pistil; also ap- 

 plied to a simple pistil when 

 mature or to one of the parts of 

 a compound pistil which splits 

 up when it is ripe. 



Carpophore^ the slender prolonga- 

 tion of the receptacle between 

 the carpels in the Parsley 

 Family. 



Cartilaginous, firm and tough 

 like cartilage. 



Catkin, a scaly spike or ament, 

 as in the Willow. 



Caudate, bearing a slender tail- 

 like body or appendage. 



Caulescent, having a distinct stem 

 above ground; plants with rad- 

 ical leaves and flowers on a 

 scape are not called caulescent. 



Cauline leaves, leaves borne on a 

 stem. 



Chamisal, or Chamiso (pro- 

 nounced Shameez). collective 

 term, including the gregarious 

 individuals of Adenostoma and 

 (strictly speaking) only Ade- 

 nostoma. 



Chaparral, collective term refer- 

 ring to the low shrubs which 

 cover mountain slopes, pla- 

 teaus, ridges or canon sides, 

 including particularly the 

 Manzanitas, various species of 

 Ceanothus, Scrub Oak and 

 other species with rigid or 

 thorny branches. See Cham- 

 isal. 



Chartaceous, having the thickness 

 or texture of writing paper; 

 most leaves are chartaceous. 



Choripetalous, petals distinct and 

 free from each other; not 

 united even at base. 



Chorisepalous, sepals distinct and 

 free from each other. 



Ciliate, having the margin bor- 

 dered with a row or rows of 

 hairs. 



Circiniate, rolled into a coil from 

 the tip. 



Circumscissile, splitting at the 

 middle with the upper part 

 falling away like a lid. 



Claw, the narrow or petiole-like 

 base of a petal, as in the Pinks. 



Cleft, with sharp lobes. 



Coast Ranges, the chains of 

 mountains with north and 

 south trend lying between the 

 Pacific Ocean and the Sacra- 

 mento and San Joaquin Val- 

 leys; North Coast Ranges, the 

 ranges lying north of San 

 Francisco Bay; South Coast 

 Ranges, the ranges lying south 

 of San Francisco Bay; inner 

 Coast Ranges, the ranges 

 bounding the great valleys on 

 the west; inner North Coast 

 Range, the Vaca Mountains 

 and their northerly prolonga- 

 tion; inner South Coast Ranges, 

 Mt. Diablo and Mt. Hamilton 

 Ranges and southward; outer 

 Coast Ranges, the ranges lying 

 next to the Pacific Ocean; 

 middle North Coast Ranges, 

 the ranges lying between the 

 inner and outer ranges, partic- 

 ularly the Napa Mountains 

 and their northerly prolonga- 

 tion, the Mayacamas Range. 



Cochleate, shell-shaped or spiral. 



Commissure, the plane by which 

 the flattened faces of the two 

 carpels in Umbelliferaj cohere. 



Commonly, a species commonly 

 has a certain character when 

 the great majority of the indi- 



