Lc. 
Chartaceous, having texture of paper or parchment, 
Chlorophyll, the green coloring matter of plants, 
Cilieate, furnished with hairs on the margin as in an eye-lash, Ciliolate, 
minutely ciliate, 
Cinereous, gray, the color of ashes, 
Circumscissile, dehiscent in a circular fashion, the top falling away like 
a lid. 
Clavate, club-shaped,. 
Claw, the attenuate base of some petals, particularly in the Cruciferae, 
Cleft, fut deeply or about half way to the midvein, 
Cleistogemous, spoken of flowers which are fertilized in the bud and do not 
open thereafter, often with incompletely developed perianth, 
Coalescent, united; grown together, 
Coetaneous, simultaneous with. 
Column, the more or less prominent projection within an orchid flower which 
bears the stigma and anther, 
Coma, tuft of hairs on apex of seed. Comose, with a coma, 
Compressed, flattened, 
Concave, with the surface curved in, 
Confluent, blending or merging together, 
Coniferous, bearing cones. 
Connective, the portion of a stamen which connects the two chambers of the 
anther. 
Connivent, converging, as football players in a huddle. 
Convex, with the surface curved outward. 
Cordate, heart shaped. 
Corm, a shortened stem similar to a bulb but without fleshy storage leaves, 
as in a Gladiolus, 
Corolla, the second or inner series of floral parts, usually colored. 
Corymb, an inflorescence which is flat topped or convex, but in which the 
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