400 GLOSSARY. 



Cortical. Belonging to tbe bark. 



Corymb. A mode of inflorescence in which the flowers form a flat top, 



while their stalks spring from different heights on the commou stem ; as 



in Eupatorium perfoliatum. Med. Bot. PI. 2. 

 Costate. Ribbed. 

 Cotyledons. Seed lobes. The fleshy part of seeds which in most plants 



rises out of ground and forms the first leaves. 



Creeping. Running horizontally or close to the surface of the ground. Ex- 

 amples of a creeping root are found in Coptis trifolia. Med. Bot. PI. 5. 



And of a creeping stem in Gaultheria procumbens. PI. 22. 

 Crenale. Scolloped. Having sharp notches on the edge separated by round 



or obtuse dentures ; as in the leaves of Coptis trifolia. Med. Bot. PI. 5. 

 Crenulate. Finely or minutely crenate. 

 Crowned. Having a circle of projections round the upper part of the tube 



of a flower, en its inside. 



Cruciform. Consisting of four petals placed like a cross. 

 Cryptogamous. Belonging to the Class Cryp-ogamia, the last of the Linnaean 



arrangement, in which neither stamens nor pistils are visible. 

 Cuciillate. Hooded or cowled. Rolled or folded in ; as in the spathe of 



Arum triphyllu'n. Med. Bot. PI. 4. 

 Cucurbitaceous. Like gourds or melons. 



Culm, or straw. The stem of grasses, reeds and similar plants. 

 Cuneiform. Shaped like a wedge, with the stalk attached to its point. 

 Cuspidate. Having a sharp, straight point. 

 Cuticle. The outside skin of a plant, commonly thin. 

 Cyalliiform. Shaped like a common wine glass. 

 Cylindrical. Round and not tapering. Cylinder shaped. 

 Cyme. A mode of inflorescence in which the flower stalks arise from a 



common centre, but are afterwards variously subdivided ; as in Elder 



and Viburnum. 

 Cymose. Bearing or flowering in cymes. 



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Decagynotts. Having ten styles. 



Decandrous. Having ten stamens. 



Deciduous. Falling oft'. In opposition to persistent and evergreen. Later 



than caducous. 

 Declined, or declinate. Tending downwards: as the stamens and style of 



Rhododendron maximum. Med. Bot. PI. 51. 



Decompound. Twice compound. Composed of compound parts. 

 Decumbent. Leaning upon the ground, the base only erect. 

 Decurrcnt. When the edges of a leaf run down the stem or stalk. 

 De cursive. See Decurrent. 



Decussated, or Decussating. In pairs crossing each other. 

 Deflected. Bent off. 

 Dehiscent. Gaping or cracking open. 

 Deltoid. Nearly triangular. Leaves of this form approach in shape to an 



isoceles triangle with the base projecting where the petiole is inserted. 

 Dentate. Toothed. Edged with sharp project ions separated by notches. 



Larger than serrate. 

 Denticulate. Minutely toothed. 



Dentures. Teeth. The sharp parts which separate notches. 

 Depauperated. Few flowered. 

 Depressed. Flattened or pressed in at top. 

 Diudelplious. Having the stamens united in two parcels or sets. Flowers 



of this kind have commonly a papilionaceous corolla and a leguminous 



fruit. 



Diandroits. With two stamens. 

 Dichotomous. Forked. Dividing into (wo equal branches, 





