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Cadu'cous, Caducus— R eady to fall ; when 
a part falls off very early, compared 
>Yith other parts with which it is 
associated, as the sepals of the Poppy 
flower. 
Cerul'eus — P ale blue. Fruit of Native 
Ginger, Alplnia ccurulea. 
Cj:sariatus — Covered with long hair 
{cirmrics). 
C.E'sirB— Ash-grey. 
C^PiTO'aus, C.e'spitore— T ufted, as Poa 
ca’spitom, a common grass. 
CALATHi'PiUJr, Ca'latuis— B asket-like. 
Cala'thieou.m — L ike a bowl or cn-p. 
Calcar — A spur. Calcaka'tus— F urnished 
with a spur. 
Calca'recs — O f a dull chalk-white colour. 
Oalceifor'mis — S haped somewhat like a 
shoe. 
Calueolate — H aving- the form of a slii)per 
or round-toed shoe. 
Cal'li — S mall cjUlosities, or rough pro- 
tuberances. Sometimes the-^e organs 
add greatly to the beatity of the flower. 
(See flower of (Jalodemh'on capciisej the 
Cape Ciiestnnt ; and the flower of 
Caladeyim, a genus of torrostrial 
orchids.) 
Cal'lous — Hardened and usually 
thickened. 
CALT('A'TU?i, Calyoi'nus — U sed to imply 
that the cidyx u lai'ge or remarkable. 
(See Bri'ophiillum ccilychniui.) 
Calyctflo'r.-e— ( flrd Series of IVdy petal ge.) 
Stamens ami petals usually inserted on 
the uiarglii of a thin disc lining, the 
base or tlie whole of the calyx-tube, 
and free from the ovary unless the 
calyx-tubs is also adnato to it. 
Stamens definite or indefliiite. Ovary 
either free and superior, or enclosed in 
the calj’-x-tube, or inferior and adnate 
to tho calyx-tube. (For examples of 
tliis series ■see Peas, Beans, Aca-eia?, 
Roses, Sundews, &c.) 
Calyp'tiia — T he outer covering of the 
sporangium of mosses. 
Ca'lyx — C lip of a flower ; the outer whorl, 
and compelled <»f .separate or connate 
sepals. In the latter form it is spoken 
of as calyx-tubc, and the free ixirt as 
lobes or teeth. Sometimes tho calyx 
is composed of alargejiumberof sepals, 
of which the outer ones pass gradually 
into bracts, and tho inner ones into 
petals. 
CASdARA— (Camara, a vaulted chamber. ) 
A fruit wliero the peidcar]) is more or 
less membranous, and coni>ists of two 
adhering valves, with one or more seeds 
attached to the inner angle, as in the 
core of the Apple. This definition 
includes several very distinct forms of 
fruit. 
Cam'b i LAr — A highly viscous fluid, elaborated 
by the internal (jrgans of plants, and 
serving for the nourishment of their 
several parts. The term is more 
especially applied to the clammy 
secretion, formed in spring, ]>etween the 
bark and wood of Dicotyledonous trees. 
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Campanula'tus, Campan'ulate — Bell- 
shai^ed. 
Campk'stris— G rowing in fields. The 
common Fuglish Elm, Ulmus caui- 
Cajipylot'ropol’.s— T neurved. The ovule is 
so^ called wdien the chalaza coincides 
wdth the base of the ovule ; the axis of 
the ovule is curved, bringing the 
foramen down more or less towards 
that base. Synonym, “ CampuJi'tro- 
pus. ” 
Canalicula'tus — C hannelled. Applied to 
leaves which are long and concave, so 
as to resemble a gutter or channel, as 
the leaves of (Jyyahiduim ciiividicnla- 
tu/n, 
Caxcela'tv.s, ^ Caxckl'late — Latticed, 
where there isanapp^jaraiicc somewhat 
resembling lattice-work. 
Can'didi's — P ure bright white. (See ^e- 
phiiynnthc.i cfindida. It was this plant 
wliich suggested the name of the river 
La Plata.) This plant about I’risbane 
is knenvn as White Crocus. 
Cane.'s'cens, Ca^i's— H oary ; more or less 
grey, verging on white. (Bee CuUicariia 
cana.) 
CaPTLLA'CEOUS, CAriLLA'CEl'S, Capiti.ary 
— Hairy, or like hair, as tine as hair. 
Capilu'tiu.m— S terile throad-Hke tubes or 
fibres, often branched or combined in a 
net, interpvnetraii.ng the mass of s{x*res 
within a ripe spori>genous body. 
Capita'tus, CAP'iTATE—Tcrminating in a 
knob, as the pistil many plants ; or 
clustered, .as the florets of the Com- 
posite. 
CAri'TULV?!, Capitule— A dense head of 
fl<f\vers. Tin* tun) is also appbed to 
the portion of the apothecimu in the 
gemw Calicluiiif which ia on the top of 
the stipes. 
Caprkola'tUS— B er.i'ing tendrils. Capreo- 
U'j-;— Synonym f<>r“Cirrhu?,”a ten<lril. 
Cap'sule or Pod — (T he latter is fn*r|uc-ntiy 
u-cd when ifc is h-ny <iiul narrow, and 
“capsule” or ‘'pcmcfi,” vvhon it is short 
• and thick (*r bro.ad.) A dry dehiscent 
Beed-vfiFsel. When ii])e the ])encaip 
usinillj’- splits it)rgitud;nally into as 
many or twice us many pieces, Cidled 
'Vfflvci', as it contains celis or placuiUiS. 
It tlio-e ^•alvcs st'i)iu’ato at the line of 
junction of the carpels — that is, along 
the line of the placentas or dis-<cpi- 
ments, either splitting them or leaving 
tliem attached to the axis, the dehis- 
cence istenxiC-d stpticidal. If the vahes 
separate between the j>liicentaK or dis- 
sephnuitH, the dehiscence i%h)cvUc:id<dy 
and the valves cither bear the placentas 
or tlitisepinients along their middle line, 
or leave them attached to the axis. 
Bometimes, also, the capsule discharges 
its seeds by chinks, or paroi, more 
or rogiilurly arranged, or burst 
irregularly, or sox^arai/e into t\vo parts 
by a horizontal line. In the latter case 
it is .said to haciri'mnsci^s. 
Carboxa'ceous— B lack, like charcoa.1. 
