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Cleft, divided, but not exactly to the base, split. 
Clinandrium, that part of the column of orchideous 
plants in which the anther lies, f 
Closed, that which is closed up, leaving no aper- 
ture; the throat of a flower with hairs or other 
processes; pressed together, not spreading 
Close-pressed, when any thing lies quite close upon 
a surface it is said to be close-pressed. 
Clustered, disposed in clusters. 
Clypeate, shaped like a Roman buckler. 
Coadunate, united together, soldered together. 
Coarctate, pressed together. 
Cobwebbed, covered as if with a cobweb. 
Cochleate, \ twisted so as to resemble the shell of 
Cochleated, a snail. 
Cocculiferous, bearing coccula. _ 
Cocculum, a kind of cell which opens with elasticity ; 
a kind of membranous spring. 
Cohering, connected. 
Coleorhiza, a little sheath which tips the radicle in 
cruciferous plants. ; 
Collapsion, the act of closing or falling together. 
Columella, the axis of the fruit in mosses, 
Columnar, formed like a column. 
Compact, close, crowded. 
Yomplanate, flattened. 
Complicate, 
Complicated, 
Compound, used in botany to express the union of 
several things in one; thus a compound umbel 
is formed by several simple umbels; if above 
one it is always called compound ; a compound 
flower by several simple flowers; a compound 
leaf by several smaller leaflets. 
Compressed, pressed together, and flattened. 
Concave, hollow. 
Concave-cucullate, hollowed out in the form of a 
hood. 
Concentric, points or lines at equal distances from 
a common centre. 
Concrete, formed into one mass, or joined together. 
Conduplicate, twice doubled, or twice folded. 
Cone. See Strobile. 
Conferruminate, L united together, so as to be un- 
Conferruminated, J distinguishable. 
Confluent, running into one another at the base or 
apex. 
Conglutinate, glued together into one mass. 
form of a cylinder, but taper- 
ing to a point. 
awl-shaped and conical, ta- 
pering to a point. 
Conical, resembling a cone in shape. 
Conically-subulate, between cone-shaped and awl- 
shaped, thickest at the base. 
Conic-ovate, between egg-shaped and conical. 
Conjugate, joined by pairs, chiefly applied to leaves. 
Connate, joined together at the base. When two op- 
posite leaves are joined together at the base, 
with the stem running through the centre of the 
joined part, it is called a connate leaf, 
Comming \ converging, lying close together, 
Conoid, shaped like a cone. 
Constricted, tightened or contracted in some parti- 
cular place. 
Continuous, uninterrupted connectior. 
Contiguous, so close as to touch one another. 
Contortuplicate, twisted in plaits, 
Contracted, narrowed in some particular place. 
Convex, rising in a circular form. 
Conrolute, rolled together, or over each other. 
Coralloid, like coral. 
Cordate, formed like a heart in cards. 
Cordate, when it is joined by a hyphen to another 
word, signifies a figure between the two, as cor- 
date-reniform ; cordately-reniform, a figure be- 
tween heart-shaped and kidney-shaped ; cordate- 
triangular, a form between heart-shaped and tri- 
angular; cordate-roundish, circular and cordate ; 
cordate-oblong, oblong and cordate; cordate-sagit- 
tate, cordately-sagittate, between heart-shaped and 
\ folded together. 
Conico-cylindrical, 
Conico-subulate, 
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arrow-shaped ; cordate-auriculate, having auricles 
at the base, so as to give the leaf the figure of a 
heart; cordate-orbicular, a figure between a heart 
and a circle; cordate-lanceolate, cordate-peltate, a 
form between that of a buckler and a heart. 
Coriaceous, the consistence of leather, thick and 
tough. 
Corolla, the inner envelope of a flower ; the coloured 
part of a flower, composed of a petal or petals. 
The term is only applied when the calyx is pre- 
sent; otherwise it is called a perianth, which see. 
Corollaceous, like a corolla, a corolla. 
Corollate, like a corolla. 
Corneous, horny, of the consistence of horn. 
Corniculate, Yhaving processes like small horns, 
Corniculated, § or like horns. 
Corona, literally a crown ; applied in botany to the 
crown-like cup which is found at the orifice of the 
tube of the corolla in Narcissus or other flowers. 
Corpuscle, a small body, a particle of any thing. 
Corroborant, strengthening. 
Corrosive, having the power to eat away. 
Corrugate, wrinkled or shrivelled. 
Corrugated, 
Cortical, of or belonging to bark. 
Corticate, like bark. 
Corymb, a raceme or panicle, in which the stalks 
of the lower flowers are longer than those of the 
upper, so that the flowers themselves are all on 
the same level. 
Corymbiferous, bearing a corymb. 
Corymbose, formed or arranged in the manner of a 
corymb, 
Corymbosely-cymose, arranged in a manner between 
a corymb and a cyme. 
Corymbosely-fastigiate, between fastigiate and co- 
rymbose. 
Corymbosely-racemose, arranged between racemose 
and corymbose. 
Corymbosely-umbellate, arranged in a manner be- 
tween an umbel and a corymb. 
Corymbulose, formed of many small corymbs. 
Cosmetic, beautifying. 
Costate, ribbed, any longitudinal elevations. 
Cotyledons, seed-leaves, the first leaves from seed. 
Creeping, spread upon the ground, and rooting at 
the joints. 
Crenatures, the notchings, 
Crene, round notches. 
Crenate, or Crenated, having round notches. 
Crenate-angular, crenate and angular. 
Crenulate, full of small round notches. 
Crenately-serrated, Crenate-serrate or serrated, with 
notched serratures; that is to Say, something 
between crenated and serrated. 
Crenately-lobed, so deeply crenated as to appear 
lobed. 
Crenate-toothed, between crenate and toothed. 
Crenately-denticulated, between crenate and tooth- 
etted. 
Crenulate, i 
C n late A having small round notches. 
Crest, applied to some elevated appendage, ter- 
minating a particular organ; a stamen is crested 
when the filament projects beyond the anther, 
and becomes dilated; a petal is crested when it 
is terminated by a fringed appendage, or an ap- 
pendage in any part. 
Crested, having a crest. 
Crestedly-toothed, toothed in a crested manner. 
Cretaceously-pruinose, covered with white glittering 
Spots or pustules. 
Cribriform, riddled with holes like a sieve. 
Cribrose, perforated like a sieve. 
Crowned, terminated by any thing; in Carophyllee 
the petals are said to be crowned when they are 
furnished with the appendages in the throat. 
Cruciate, shaped like a Maltese cross. A flower is 
said to be cruciate, when four petals are placed 
opposite each other at right angles. 
Cruciferous, the name of a particular family of 
plants, bearing cruciate flowers, 
Cruciately-opposite, placed opposite, so as to form 
right angles. , 
Crustaceous, having a hard brittle crust. 
Crystalline, consisting of or resembling crystals. 
Cucullate, a leaf is said to be cucullate when its 
edge is curved inwards in such a manner as to 
represent the cowl or hood of a monk. 
Cucullately-saccate, a form between cucullate and 
saccate. . 
Culm, the stem of grasses, scitamineous plants, and 
the like. 
Culmiferous, producing culms. 
Cultrate, 
Cultriform, 
Cuneate-obovate, 
Cuneate-ovate, 
shaped like a pruning knife. 
a form between obovate and 
wedge-shaped, and between 
egg-shapedand wedge-shaped. 
Cuncate, wedge-shaped, the broadest end upper- 
Cuneated, ? he b 
. most, tapering to the base. 
Cuneiform, 
Cuneiform-ovate, between wedge-shaped and egg- 
shaped. 
Cuneately-lanceolate, between wedge-shaped and 
lanceolate. oo 
Cup, the same as Corona, any thing in the shape of 
a cup. 
Cn A the cup of an acorn, and such like fruits. 
Cup, 
Ca alif, shaped like a cup or reversed bell. l 
Cuspidate, when a leaf suddenly tapers to a point it 
is so called, 
Cuspidately-serrated, when serratures end abruptly 
in a point they are so called. 
Cutaneous, relating to the skin. 
Cuticle, the scarf, skin, or epidermis. . 
Cut-toothed, cut and toothed at the same time. 
Cyathiform, cup-shaped, concave. 
Cylindraceous, having the form of a cylinder. 
Cylindrical, cylinder-shaped, round. 
Cylindrically-campanulate, between bell-shaped and 
cylinder -shaped. 
Cylindrically-conical, cylindrical and conical, taper- 
ing to the apex 
Cylindrically-globose, a form between a cylinder and 
a sphere. 
Cymbiform, having the shape of a boat. 
Cyme, a mode of inflorescence resembling a flat- 
tened panicle, as that of the Elder. 
Cymiferous, bearing cymes. 
Cymose, flowering in cymes. 
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Decandrous, having 10 stamens. 
Deciduous, falling off; leaves which are shed an- 
nually are said to be deciduous, as are also trees 
that annually lose their leaves. 
Declinate, bending downwards. 
Decompound, a leaf is said to be decompound when 
it is twice or thrice pinnate; a panicle, when 1ts 
branches are also panicled, &c. 
Decorticated, disbarked, the bark fallen off or taken 
off. 
Decumbent, lying down on the ground. 
Decurrent, running down; a leaf is said to be de- 
current when it extends down the leaf-stalk or 
stem, 
leaves and branches are said to be 
decussate, when two right lines 
cross each other at right angles, 
forming a kind of square, or four 
angles. ` 
Decussately-opposite, applied to leaves when they 
are opposite and form right lines, cross each 
other at right angles and form a square. 
Definite, that which may be counted, a regular 
number. 
Deflexed, bent downwards. 
Dehiscent, gaping, opening ; 
to the mode in which th 
burst open and discharge 
Decussate, 
Decussated, 
an expression applied 
e anthers or the fruit 
their contents. 
