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GLOSSARY. 



Cereal; pertaining to Ceres; belonging to 

 those farinaceous grainy or seeds, of 

 whicli bread is made, — and over wliich 

 the goddess Ceres was supposed, by the 

 ancients, to preside. 



Ce)-nuous: nodding; the apex or summit 

 drooping, or turned doM UM ards. 



C- «pito6'6, having many stems growing from 

 the same root, forming a tuft, or tussock. 



Chaff. A dry membrane,— usually the 

 small husks, or seed-covers, of the gi'ass- 

 es; also the bracts on the receptacle of 

 many compound and other aggregate 

 flowers. 



C'laffii; bearing chatf ; also resembling 

 chatf. 



C'luniieU. Longitudinal grooves; the in- 

 terstices between the ribs on the fruit of 

 umbelliferous plants 



C'tannelU^d; grooved or furrowed. 



C'laract r , in Natural History ). The fea- 

 tures of objects, or classes of objects, by 

 which they are known, and distinguished 

 from each other. 



Ciiartdveoas; a texture resembling that of 

 papei-. 



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

 place of articulation, after 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-seri-ate; having serratures resem 



bling cilia, or short eye lashes. 

 Ciliol n ; diminutive of cilia ; hairs like 



miniature eyel ashes. 

 Cinereous; of the color of wood ashes. 

 Circinat"; with the apex rolled back on 



itself, like the young fronds of a fern. 

 Circumscissed; cut round transversely, or 



opening horizontally, like a snuff box 

 Cirrliose; bearing tendrils, or terminating 



in a tendril. 

 Cirrhus. A tendril, — which see. 

 Class. One of the higher or primary divi- 

 sions of plants, or other natural objects, in 



a systematic arrangement. 

 Clii'Vute: club-shaped; thicker towards the 



sumnut, or outer end. 

 Clacellate; in the form of a little club, — i. 



e. larger at summit. 

 Clii w of a petal. The slender tapering por- 

 tion at base, or below the middle. 

 C eft: split, or divided, less than half way to 



the base ; sometimes the division itself is 



called a cleft. 

 Clypeate: in the form of an ancient shield or 



buckler. 



Co taneous flowers ; appearing at the same 

 time with the leaves. 



Coarcfate: contracted, or crowded into a 

 narrow compass. 



Coccus (plural cocci). A kind of semi- 

 baccate indehiscent carpel. 



Cdchlsate; coiled like a snail-shell. 



Coherent; united Avith an organ of the same 



kind, — as stamens coherent with each 



other, &c. See adherent. 

 Collateral; placed side by side; or on the 



same side of another organ. 

 Colored: of any other color than gi-een. 

 Columella: a little column. 

 Column. The axis or central pillar of a 



capsule : or the combined filaments, and 



style of a Gynandrous or Orchidaceous 



plant. 



Coma; a terminal tuft of hair, bracts, &c. 



Commissure. The line of junction of two 

 bodies, — as the face of the carpels (or 

 mei icarps) . in Umbellifek-t. 



Common (petiole, peduncle, &c.); belonging 

 to, or sustaining, several similar subordi- 

 nate- parts. 



Cornose: having a tuft or topknot of hairs, 

 bracts, or leaves, at summit or atone end. 



Conqyact; condensed or pressed together. 



CompMe flower ; having both calyx and 

 corolla. 



Com}'>ound ; not simple, — but made up of 

 similar simple parts. 



Compound Jicncer. An aggregated cluster, 

 or head of sjmgenesious tforets, seated on 

 a common receptacle, and embraced by 

 an involucre, or many leaved common 

 calyx. 



Compound leaf. Consisting of several leaf- 

 lets, or lamina?, each articulated with the 

 common petiole, and ultimately falling 

 from it. 



Coinpo^cnd Pistil. Consisting of 2 or more 

 carpels, or simple ovaries, cohering to- 

 gether. 



Compound Umhel. An TJmbel in which 

 each primary peduncle, or ray, bears a 

 small umbel at summit. 



Compressed; flatted, as if squeezed or press- 

 ed. 



Concave; presenting a hollow or depressed 

 surface. 



Concr-ntric layers, or circles. Circles of 

 different sizes, or diameters, with a com- 

 mon centre. 



Concrete: grown together, or united. 



Condiiplicute: doubled lengthwise, or fold- 

 ed together like a sheet of paper, or the 

 leaves of a book. 



Cone. The woody ament of the Pines. 



Conic, Conical, or Conoid; having the fig- 

 ure of a cone. 



Confluent: blended, or running together; 

 forming a junction. 



Congener. A plant belonging to the same 

 genus: nearly related. 



Conglomerate: clustered or heaped together. 



Conjugate: in pairs ; coupled. 



Connate-perfoliat6\ea.\Q&; their bases unit- 

 ed round the stem. 



Co)mate: growing together, or cohering. 



Coirnective, or Connectirum. The organ 

 which connects the two cells of an anther, 

 — conspicuous in some of the Labiat . 



Conn'ivent : the summits meeting, or bend- 

 ing towards each other. 



