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INDEX AND TOOABULART. 
C(Bru'les-purpv reus Violet iolor. 
Caru'Uus. Blue. 
Casalpi'nm^ 444. 
Ctesalpi'7ius, 346. 
CtBs'pitose. Forming tufts. 
Col' abasli-tree. 
Cal'amus. Reed-like. 
Calca reous. Containing lime. 
Cai'carate. Resembling a spur. 
Cnl'/a, 278. 
CfliVi. Small protuberances. 
(Ullitrk ha'ckve, 517. 
Cal'tka, Fig. 169. 
Calyb'ion. (From kalubion^ a little cabin.) 97. 
Calycan dria^ 224, a. 
Calycantha'ckjE, 446. 
Calyc'ulatcd. Having an outer calyx. 
Cjilyp'tra, 68, a. 286. 
Ca'.yx, 12, a. 67. 
superior, 67, c 
inferior, 67, c. 
Cam'bium, 119, 123. 
Camd'/ia, 248. 
CAMPANULA'cEiE, 474. 
Campan ulate. Bell-form. 
fJampes'tris. Growing in uncultivated fields. 
Cnm'phor, 180, c, 213. 
Canaliculate. Channeled, furrowed. 
Can' cdlated. Appearing like lattice-work. 
Canes'cent. White or hoary. 
Canna'ck^e, 542. 
Capillary. Hair-like, 
Cap'itate. Growing in heads. 
Capparida'cem, 412. 
CAPRIFOLIA'cEiE, 465. 
Cap'sicum, 170. 
Capsula'res, 91. 
Cap'sule, 91. 
Car' ban, 114, a, 122, 312. 
Carbon' ic acid, 122. 
Carcer'utares, 90. 
Ca'rex, 176, 275. 
Cari'ccE., 558. 
Carina, 73. 
Car'inatcd. Keeled, having a sharp back like 
the keel of a vessel. 
Carminative, A medicine ; warming to the stom- 
ach. 
Carno'se. Of a fleshy consistence. 
Crtr>e/, 80, 111. 
Car'pcllary leaf, 80. 
Car'pos. From the Greek karpos, fruit. 
Carrot, Fig. 189. 
Caryophylla'cejE, 418. 
Caryopkyt'leous. Fink-like corolla, having five 
petals with long claws, all regular and set in a 
tubular calyx. 
Caryop'si.<!, 90. 
Cas^sia, 216, 
Catal'pa, 169. 
Cat' kin, 68. 
Cat-tail, 275. 
Caudate. Appendaged ; as in some seeds. 
Cau'dex. The main body of a tree, or root. 
Caules'cent, 41. 
Cau'licle, 101. 
Cau'line. Growing on the main stem. 
Cau'lis. The main, herbage-bearing stem of all 
plants, 
t^iiwse of spring, 295. 
Ckdrela'ce^, 426. 
Celastra'ckjE, 440. 
Cdls, 87, b. 
Cel'lular integument, 126. 
structure, 23. 
. tissue, 117. 
o( leaves, 60. 
Ce>lu2a'res^ 154. 
C*llule», 117, *,e. 
Ceno'bion, 94. 
Ceno'bionnair, 94. 
Centrifugal inflorescence, 82, 88, 84, a. 
Centrip'etal inflorescence, 82, 84, a. 258. 
Ceratopuylla'ceje, 516. 
Cerea'lis. Any grain from which bread is maiift 
(From Ceres, goddess of corn.) 
Cerion, 90. 
Ccr'nuovs, When the top only droops. 
Chaff, 173, 68, a. 
Chnff'y. Matle up of short membraneous y.ot- 
tions like chafl". 
Cha'laza, 99. 
Cha'mepy'this. From the Greek kamia, on tht 
ground, pithus, the pine-tree. This is the spe- 
cific name of some plants. 
Chan'neled. Hollowed out longitudinally with a 
rounded groove. 
CHARA'cEiE, 569. 
Char'acters, factitious, 156. 
essential, 156. 
natural, 156. 
positive, 159, 
inconstjmt, 160. 
coexistent, 161. 
specific, 162. 
generic, 162. 
family, 162. 
Char acteris' tic leaf, .52. 
Char'ter oak, 346, 6th. 
Chem'istry, vegetable, 140. 
CHENOPODIA'CEiE, 503. 
Chorion. A clear limpid liquor contained \a e 
seed at the time of flowering. After the p'>llen 
is received, this liquor becomes a perfect em- 
bryo of a new plant. 
Chori'sis, 71. 
Chlo'rophyL 59, 117, a. 
Chro'mule, 87. 
Chrysanthemum, 262. 
Chrysiihalana, 444. 
Chrysosplc'nium, 210. 
Cic'atrice. Th e mark or natural scar from whence 
the leal' has fallen. 
Ciciiora'cejE, 470. 
Cil'iate. Fringed with parallel hairs. 
Cinaroceph'aLjE, 471, 
Cinereous. Ash-colored. 
Cine'reus. Lead-color. 
Cin'namon, 213. 
Cir'ciea, 167, 168, a, 
Cir'cinate, 51. 
Cir'rhose. Bearing tendrils. From Cirrus, a ten- 
dril or climber. 
Cis'sus, Fig. 135. 
CiSTA'CEiE, 415. 
Cit'rus, 232. 
Clasy'ivg. Surrounding the stem with the base 
of the leaf. 
Class' I S, 20. 
Classification, Linnaeus', 148. 
Tonrnefort's, 147. 
rules lor, 159. 
of fruits, 88, 89. 
Cla'vate. Club-shaped, larger at the top tuM 
the bottom, 
Cnu'sus. Closed, shut up. 
Claw The narrow part by which a petal is in- 
serted. 
Cleft. Divided less than half way. 
Climb'ivg. Ascending by means of tendrils, aa 
grapes ; by leaf-stalks, as the clematis ; by can- 
line radicles, or little fibrous roots, as the creep- 
ing Americiin-ivy. 
Clinan'the. The dilated summit of a peduncle, 
bearing flowers. The receptacle. 
ao'ver, 254. 
Club-shaped. Clavate. 
Clu'eius, 345. 
