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BOTANICAL TERMS. 
expressed ; thus triloba is three-lobed, quin- 
queloba five-lobed, and so on. 
Blattarius; resembling, or having the 
appearance of a moth. 
Botuliform (botuliformis); sausage-shaped, 
long, cylindrical, hollow, incurved at each end. 
Byssaceous (byssaceus) ; divided into very 
fine segments, like wool, as the spawn of 
mushrooms. 
Calami form (calami formis) ; formed like a 
reed or quill, similar to terete. 
Calcarate (calcaratus) ; furnished with a 
spur or projection ; the petals of flowers are 
sometimes spurred, as in the toad-flax, or 
some of the orchises. 
Calceiform (calceiformis) ; formed like a 
shoe or slipper. 
Calyciform (calyciformis) ; of the form or 
shape of a calyx. 
Canaliculate (canaliculars) ; channelled, 
grooved, long, and concave, so as to resemble a 
gutter or channel ; many leaves are channelled. 
Cancellate (cancellatus) ; this term is 
applied when the parenchyma, or cellular 
(pulpy) substance usually present in leaves is 
absent, and the veins or ribs only are present, 
anastomosing (that is uniting where they come 
in contact), and forming a kind of net-work, as 
in the case of Hydrogeton fienestralis. 
Capillary (capillaris) ; hair-shaped, that 
is delicate and slender, resembling a hair ; it 
expresses a more delicate degree of the same 
condition as filiform; the filaments of most 
plants are capillary. 
Capitate (capitatus) ; headed, applied 
chiefly to cylindrical or terete bodies which 
suddenly become thickened at the point. 
Capreolate (capreolatus) ; tendrilled, fur- 
nished with tendrils. 
Carinate (carinatus); keeled, formed like 
the keel of a boat, as the lower segment of 
papilionaceous flowers. 
Caudate (caudatus) ; tail-shaped, very 
much acuminated, so as to form a long weak 
point, like the tail of an animal ; the calyx of 
Aristolochia trilobata is of this form. 
Channelled (canaliculatus); long and hol- 
low, so as to resemble a channel or gutter ; 
many leaves are channelled. 
Circinate, (circinatus, circinalis); rolled up 
spirally, bent or curled round like the head of 
a crosier, as the young fronds of many ferns. 
Circumscripta ; the same as ambitus. 
Cirrhous (cirrhosus) ; terminated by a 
spiral or flexuose filiform appendage, (a ten- 
dril,) as in the leaf of Adlumia cirrhosa, the 
Gloriosa superba, &c. 
Clathrate (clathratus) ; latticed, divided 
like lattice-work. 
Clavate (clavatus) ; club-shaped, gradually 
thickening upwards from a very taper base ; 
claviform has the same meaning. 
Cleft (fissus); split, divided nearly to the 
base into a determinate number of segments ; 
thus we have bifid two-cleft, trifid three-cleft, 
and so on ; where the divisions are very 
numerous the object is called multifid, or 
many-cleft. 
Clypeate (clypeatus); shield-shaped, having 
the form of an ancient buckler; it has the same 
meaning as scrutate. \ 
Cochleate (cochleatus) ; twisted in a short 
spire, so as to resemble the convolutions of 
the shell of a snail, as in the pod of Medicago 
cochleata. 
Complanate (complanatus) ; same as com- 
pressed; flattened, made even. 
Compound (compositus) ; having divisions 
or ramifications ; as applied to the foliage of 
plants this includes all the numerous varieties 
of pinnate and other divided leaves which are 
articulated. 
Compressed (compressus) ; flattened length- 
wise, as in the pod of the French bean. 
Conical (conicus); having the figure of 
a true cone, as in the prickles of some 
Roses. 
Conoidal (conoideus) ; resembling a cone, 
but not truly conical. 
Conopseum ; resembling, or having the ap- 
pearance of a gnat. 
Corniculate (corniculatus) ; twined, ter- 
minating in a point resembling a horn. 
Cornute, (cornutus, corniculatus) ; horned, 
that is, terminating in a rigid process resem- 
hling a horn; if there are two it is called 
bicornis, if three tricornis, and so on. 
Crateriform (crateriformis); goblet-shaped, 
hemispherical, and concave ; a little contracted 
at the base. 
Crenate (crenatus); having convex or 
rounded teeth-like projections ; applied chiefly 
to the margins of leaves. 
Crenelled; the same as crenated. 
Cristate (cristatus); crested, that is, having 
an irregular elevated or notched ridge, re- 
sembling the crest of a helmet. 
Cubical (cubicus); approaching in form to 
that of a cube ; this is rarely met with, and is 
chiefly found in seeds, as in those of Vicia 
lathyroides. 
Cucullate (cucidlatus); same as hooded. 
Cultrate (cultratus) ; formed like a pruning 
knife ; same as cultriform. 
Cuneate (cuneatus, cuneiformis) ; wedge- 
shaped, inversely triangular, with the corners 
rounded. 
Cupuliform (cupvliformis) ; cupola-shaped, 
slightly concave, with a nearly entire margin, 
as in the cup of the acorn. 
Curled (crispus); having the margin ex- 
cessively and irregularly divided and twisted, 
as in the curled parsley, curled kale, curled 
endive, &c. 
