GLOSSARY OF TERMS. 
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shedding their florets of varied hues in gay profusion, as if 
emanating from the lucid bosom of the water from which they 
partially derive their sustenance, and diffusing a pleasing lustre 
over the margin of the willow-shaded pond. 
Pine Apple Nursery, March 12th, 1845. 
GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN BOTANICAL 
DESCRIPTIONS. 
(Continuedfrom p. 177.) 
Caducous. Falling off' soon, when one part arrives at matu¬ 
rity and decays much earlier than the associated organs. 
The term is generally most applicable to the inferior parts 
of a flower, as the sepals and bracts. 
Crasious. Of a greyish tinge. 
CiESPiTosE. Disposed in crowded turf-like little tufts. 
Calamus. A hollow stem without joints, like that of the 
common rush. 
Calathidium. Synonyme for Anthodium. 
Calcarate. Spurred, when the tube of a flower is lengthened 
at the base beyond the foot-stalk, and terminates in a 
point, as in Tropseolum. 
Calcareus. Of a dull white, the colour of chalk. 
Calcareous. Containing chalk, or growing on it. 
Calceolate — Calceiform. Assuming the form of a shoe. 
Calli. Rough hard protuberances. 
Callous. Of a hardened uneven surface. 
Calycatus. Having a remarkably large calyx. 
Calycine. Pertaining to the calyx. 
Calyculated. When bracts are placed so as to resemble an 
additional calyx. 
Calyptra. A veil or pointed covering, literally an extin¬ 
guisher. 
Calyptrate. Furnished with a Calyptra. 
Calyx. The outermost covering or whorl of the perianth, 
usually green and more persistent than the corolla, for 
