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GLOSSAET. 



Cereal: pertaining to Ceres: belonging to ! 

 those lannaceoLis gram--, or seeds, oi 

 whicli bread is made. — and over wnicli 

 the goddess Ceres Avas supposed, by the 

 aacients. to pro-ide. 



< ■■■■■■ >' : . ■ V j: ■: ■:• apex or summit 

 iii'M ; .:, • ■'-"n\^'ards. 



t . .yni.'--. . u.i\ liiur.v -terns crowing from 

 the same rout. lormir;.'- a tuit. or tussock. 



CliciJ-'. A dry memurane.— usua:Jy tlie 

 small husks, "or seed-covt-rs. ol the "grass- 

 es : a:so the bracts on the receptuAsle of 

 many compound and other aggregate 

 floAvers. 



C.uiffT. bearing chafi;; also resemblins: 

 chatr. 



Chaiiiidf>. Longitudinal grooves: the in- 

 terstices between tlie ribs on the Iruit ot 

 umbelliferous plants. 



C:iannelltcl: grooved or furrowed. 



C-Kirad-r an Xatuval History . Tne tr-a- 

 tures of Objects, or classes d ■ e;-. \'V 

 whi'di they are known, and di?Lii;gai;ijcd 

 from each other. ■ 



Ghartaceoiis: a textiu'e resembling that of 

 paper. i 



Cicatrice. A scar— such as that left at the j 

 placo of articulation, iifter the fall of a 

 leaf, &c. 



Cilia. Hairs arranged like eye-lashes, along 



the margin of the surface. 

 Cdiate: fringed, or edged "with parallel 



hairs, like eye-lashes. 

 Ciliate-serraie: having serratures resem 



bling cilia, or short eye lashes. 

 Ciliol-n ; diminutive oi tiiiu. ; hairs like 



miniature eyel ashes. 

 Chiireous: of" tlie color of ^vood ashes. 

 Crcrn^it-: wiih the apex rolled back on 



itself, like the yiung fronds of a fern. 

 Circumscissed: "cut round transversely, or 



opening horizontally, like a snutf box 

 Cirrhose"; bearing te"ndrils, or terminating 



in a tendril. 

 CirrJius. A tendril.— which -x^e. 

 C'-a-^s. One of the liigher or primary divi- 

 sions of plants, or other natural objects, in 



s svstematic arrangement. 

 Cldv'ute: club-shaped: thicker towards the 



summit, or outer end. 

 Clavellate: in the tVu-m of a little club.— i. 



e. larger at summit. 

 Claw of. a petal. The slender tapering por- 

 tion at base, or below the middle. 

 Ceft: split, or' divided, less than half w.a^- to 



the base ; sometimes the division itseh' is 



called a ' h;ft. 

 C/'/;/^ .'t-: in the form of an ancient shield or 



buckler. 



Co . t iiieous flowers : appearing at the same 

 time with the leaves. 



Codi'date: contracted, or crowded into a 

 narrow compass. 



Coccus (plural cocci). A kind of semi- 

 baccate indehiscent carpel. 



CocM^ale: coiled like a snail-shell. 



Coherent: united wUh an organ of the same 



kind.— as stamen? coherent -with eaek 



other. l\:c. ?ee ad'terent. 

 L'Ai'-u-i\i, : placed side by side: or on tba 



sanie >r;e el ariother orcran, 

 C uin/'td: 01 any otuer color than green. 

 < o:unitha: a attle column. 

 ioiirrnn. The axis or central pillar of a 



capsule; or the combined iiiaments. and 



style ol a Gynandrous or Orchidaceous 



i'.-ina: a terminal tuft of hair, bracts. iL:c. 

 c - , / ■ ; /'t. 1 he line of junction of two 

 L>e ;:!.-.— as the face of the carpels (or 



■ : /7 ■ . in rMBELLirEE.-F. 



' " i ; M.-rir.l,;.. -[Mj.i-jricle. occ."): belonging 



. - - e^ai Mmilar subordi- 



C '///e..f,- having a tuft or topknot of hairs, 

 tracts, or leaves, at summit or at I'ue end. 

 ' "i,:p h_t: condensed or pressed together. 

 ' ../,;/'/-r,. il'jwer : having both calyx and 

 vai. 



L'jnij.:: und : not simple, — but made up of 

 similar simple parts. 



Corn-pound jioicer. An aggregated cluster, 

 or iiead of syngenesious florets, seated on 

 a common receptacle, and embraced by 

 an involucre, or many leaved, common 

 calvx. 



( ^ '' f C Ti-isting of several leaf- 



ii 1 e n articulated with the 

 common peiio.e. and ultimately falling 

 trom It. 



Compound Pistil. Consisting of 2 or more 

 carpels, or simple ovaries^ cohering to- 

 gether. 



Lurapound rrrdeJ. An Umbel in which 

 each primary peduncle, or ray, bears a 

 small umbel at summit. 



Conrpressed; flatted, as if squeezed or press- 

 ed. 



LonsGve: xjresentmg a hollow or depressed 

 surlace. 



Concentric lavers. or circles. Circles of 

 different sizes, or diameters, with a com- 

 mon centre. 



C' (cft^'r ji ^ ■^'ijeiher. or united. 



H I 1 I * ibled lengthwise, or fold- 

 el t _ 1 a sheet of paper, or the 

 leave; of a b.iek. 



Cone. The wnodv ament of the Pines. 



Come. Conicod. or Conoid; having the fig- 

 ure of a cone. 



CnDfinent: bk-nded. or running together; 

 turmmg a uinction. 



( A p] mt I elonging to the same 



111} 1 elated. 



' : / ffr'.- clustered or heaped together. 



( 1 1 pan - . coupled. 



( I t r liuti leaves; their bases unit- 

 ed round the stem. 



c uiincttr: gi-owmg totrether. or cohering. 



iDnnectire. or L onnedlvu-rn . The organ 

 which connects the two cells of an anther, 

 — conspicuous m some of the Labiat.'". 



Lonn irent : the summits meeting, or bend 

 ing towards f ach other. 



