The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States / Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee

by Asa Gray

Calyptra. The membranous hood or covering of the capsule in Hepaticæ and Mosses.

Calyx. The outer perianth of the flower.

Campanulate. Bell-shaped; cup-shaped with a broad base.

Campylospermous. Having seeds with longitudinally involute margins, as in some Umbelliferæ.

Campylotropous (ovule or seed). So curved as to bring the apex and base nearly together.

Canaliculate. Longitudinally channelled.

Canescent. Hoary with gray pubescence.

Capitate. Shaped like a head; collected into a head or dense cluster.

Capitellate. Collected into a small head.

Capsular. Belonging to or of the nature of a capsule.