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GLOSSARY. 
Calcarate, (44) spurred, or spur-shaped. Alplnia carda- 
momum, s. 48. 
Calcareous, chalky, or growing on chalk, O'lea, 
g. 32. (note.) 
Calceiform, (45) formed like a little shoe. Pedilanthus, 
g. 1104. p. 393. 
Calli, small callosities, or rough protuberances. Salvia 
amarissima, s. 397. 
Callous, liardened. Brunia ericoides, s. 3005. 
Calycine, of or belonging to a calyx. Cartondma, 
g. 90. p. 30. 
Calyculated, (46) having bracteolge resembling an ex 
ternal or additional calyx. Myoseris, g. 1640. p. 661. 
Calyptra, (47) literally an extinguisher; applied to the 
body which tips the theca of a moss, and the like, 
p. 895. 
Calyptrate, having a covering resembling an extin- 
guisher. Erica coarctata, s. 5330. 
Calyptrate, having a calyptra. Actinophyllum, g. 697, 
p. 117. 
Calvptrifovinis, shaped like a calyptra. Marcgraavia, 
£ 1 163. p. 456. 
Cat7ipanulate, (48) bell-shaped. Costus, g. 11. p. 1. 
Canaliculate, channelled or furrowed. Weissia acuta, 
s. 14714. 
Cancellate, latticed; resembling lattice-work. Tri- 
gonella cancellata, s. 10882. 
Canescetit, hoary, approaching to white. Selago 
canescens, s. 8662. 
Capillary, (49) very slender ; resembling a hair. Tri- 
chuphorum, g. 126. p. 31. 
Capitate, (50) growing in a head. Chloranthus, g. 25. 
p.l. 
Capitular, growing in small heads. Bryum, g. 2240. 
(note.) 
Capituli, small heads. Reseda, g. 1102. (note.) 
Capitiiliform, formed like a small head, Cenomyce, 
g. 2349. p. 949. 
Carbonised, burned to a coal, Qudrcus s6ber, g. 2000. 
(note.) 
Carina, (51) a keel like that of a boat ; also the two 
lower petals of papilionaceous flowers. Pongamia, 
g. 1514. p. 598. 
Carinate, keel-shaped. Utricularia minor, s. 329. 
Cariopsis, (52) a one-celled, small, indehiscent pericar- 
pium adhering to the seed which it contains, as the 
grain of grasses. Hydrastis, g. 1241. p. 459, 
Carious, decayed. Juniperus, g. 2113. (note.) 
Carminative, medicines which promote perspiration. 
Pirapindlla anisum, s. 3562. 
Carnose, fleshy, Gymnostomum Griffithsianum, s. 
14671. 
Carpella, (53) the small parts out of which compound 
fruit are formed. Actinocirpus, g. 860. (note.) 
Carpology, the science which treats of the structure 
of fruits and seeds, p. 1056. 
Cartilage, gristle. R6chea odoratissima, s. S8C8. 
Cartilaginous, gristly. Aspicarpa, g. 29. p. 1. 
Cataplasm, a plaster, or more properly a poultice. 
Zingiber, g. 10. (note.) 
Catarrhal, of or belonging to a cold. Acacia, g 2127, 
(note.) 
Cathartic, purgative, Gratiola, g. 43. (note.) 
Catkin, (12) inflorescence of the natural order Amen- 
tacejE. Artocarpus, g. 1935. p. 768. 
Caudate, tailed, being like a tail. Strophanthus, g, 
416. p. 111. 
Caudex, the trunk or stem. Cocos aculeata, s. 13321. 
Caudicula, (54) a small membranous process on which 
the pollen of orchideous plants is fixed. Rodri- 
guezia, g. 1883. p, 749. 
Caulescent, acquiring a stem. Trich6nema caulescens, 
s. 642. 
Cauline, produced on the stem, Centranthus calci- 
trapa, s. 112, 
Causticity, having a burning quality. Plumbago, 
g. 324. (note.) 
Cautery, that which burns. Artemisia, g. 1721. (note.) 
Cellular, composed of cells, Eriocatilon septangulare. 
Centimetre (55) is a'French measure equal to 41ines -iMk 
or near 4i lines.' Palmdlla, g. 2265. (note.) 
Centuries, hundreds, Buxba6mia, g. 2236, (note.) 
Cephalic, medicinal to the head. Keempferia, g. 12. 
(note.) 
Ceraceous, wax-like. Peziza erumpens, s. 16273. 
Cernuous, (56) nodding, drooping, or pendulous. Canna 
iridiflora, s, 17. 
Chaffy, (57) bearing processes resembling chaffi Eri6. 
phorum, g. 125. p. 31. 
Chalaza, (58) a spot on the seed, indicating where 
the vessels of the raphe terminate, Eriob6trva, 
g. 1137. p. 409. 
Channel-leaved, (59) folded together so as to resemble 
a channel for conducting water. Trichondma bul- 
bocodium, s. 640. 
Charlatanry, quackery. Mandragora, g. 447, (note,) 
Chari-ing, blackening by fire, Qudrcus, g, 2000. 
(note.) 
Chlorosis, the green sickness, a disease so called, 
A'nthemis, g. 1778. (note,) 
Cilice, (60) hairs like those of the eyelash, Plantago 
subulata, s. 1707. 
Ciliary processes, like eyelash hairs, p. 907. 
Ciliated, eyelash-haired. Lopezia cordata, s. 104. 
Ciliato- dentate, toothed and fringed with hairs like 
eyelashes. Cnicus heteropliyllus, s. 11405. 
Cinereous, ash-colored, grey. Grevillea cinerea. 
s. 1417. 
Cingalese, inhabitants of, or belonging to, Ceylon. 
Plumbago zeylanica, s. 1861. 
Circinately, (61 J curled round like a sharp crook, p. 539. 
Cirrhiferous, bearing tendrils. Gloriosa superba, 
s. 4574. 
Cirrhose, or Cirrhous, (62) tendrilled. Bignonia 6nguis, 
s. 8531. 
Clammy, viscid, sticky. Boerhaavia viscosa, s. 109. 
Clathrate, latticed, divided like latticework. Soldnia 
comprds.sa, s. 15270 
Clavate, club-shaped. Curcuma comosa, s. 85. 
Clavellose, clubbed, or having club-like processes. 
Chondria clavellosn, s. 15290. 
Clavus, a name for the ergot, a disease in corn. Fes- 
ttica duriuscula, g. 182. (note.) 
Claws, (269) the taper base of a petal. Canna limb&ta, 
s. 8. 
Clinandrium, (63) that part of the column of orchi- 
deous plants in which the anther lies, Listera, 
g. 1876. p. 749. 
Clypeate, (64) shaped like a Roman buckler. Tu- 
pistra, g. 757. p. 238. 
Cobivebbed, covered with loose hairs, as if with a cob- 
web. Anacampseros arachnoSdes, s. 6630. 
Cochleate, (65) resembling the shell of a snail. 
Rhdxia, g. 900. p. 300. 
Cohering, connected. Protea, g. 231. p. 77. 
Collapsion, the act of closing or faUing together. 
Sphze'ria hydrophora, s. 16436. 
Columella, (66) the axis of the fruit of mosses, p. 874. 
Columnar, formed like columns. I'xia fuc&ta, s. 623. 
Commiimted, pulverised or pounded. Linum, g. 701. 
(note.) 
Comose, this term is used to express a kind of inflo- 
rescence, which is terminated by sterile bracteje. 
Maranta com6sa, s, 24. 
Compact, close, solid. Cyperus vegdtus, s. 895. 
Complicate, folded together. Rhopala dentata, s. 1447- 
Complicato-carinate, folded together so as to form a 
sort of keel. Fontinalis antipyretica, s. 14848, 
Compound, used in botany to express the union of 
several things in one : thus, a compound umbel is 
formed by several simple umbels, a compound 
flower by several simple flowers, &c. Alpinia nu- 
tans, s. 43, 
Compressed, pressed together, Salicornia, g. 22. p. 1. 
Concave, hollow. Zingiber mi6ga, s. 54. 
Concentric, points or lines at equal distances from a 
common centre. Eurycles amboinensis, s. 4077. 
Concrete, hardened or formed into one mass. O'rnus, 
g. 69. (note.) 
Cone, (67) a particular kind of compound fruit. Pe. 
trophila, g. 229. p. 76. 
Conferruminate, united together, so as to be undistin. 
guishable, Olynthia, g, 1124. p, 409, 
