200 WOODY PLANTS 



Callose. With a small, hard protuberance. 



Calyx. The outer portion of a flower which sometimes persists. 



Caespitose. Growing in compact tufts. 



Cane. The long shoots of certain shrubs, as the raspberries, 



blackberries, etc. 

 Capsule. A dry fruit of two or more carpels, usually splitting 



into valves at maturity. 

 Carpel. The part of the flower or fruit which actually bears the 



seeds. 

 Catkin. An elongated scaly cluster of flowers. 

 Chambered. Said of pith when divided into small compartments 



separated by transverse partitions. 

 Channelled. Deeply grooved longitudinally. 

 Ciliate. With marginal hairs, especially if the hairs are in 



definite lines. 

 Ciliolate. Minutely ciliate, but visible with the unaided eye. 

 Clasping. (Of the base of a petiole) Partly or wholly surrounding 



the stem. 

 Cleft. Lobed with the sinuses extending about half way to the 



midvein. 

 Collateral. Said of extra buds which occur on either side of an 



axillary bud. 

 Cone. The reproductive structure of gymnosperms, consisting of 



an axis to which are attached many woody, overlapping scales 



which bear seeds. 

 Confluent. (Of leaflets) More or less united along the midvein. 

 Connate. (Of leaves) More or less united at the bases of the 



petioles. 

 Continuous. Said of pith which is solid, not interrupted by cavities. 

 Compound leaf. A leaf in which the blade consists of two or more 



separate leaflets. 

 Cordate. (Of the base of a leaf) With two, usually rounded, lobes 



and a sinus; (of a leaf) heart-shaped. 

 Coriaceous. Leathery in texture, 



Corm. The enlarged, fleshy, solid base of a stem (underground). 

 Corymb. A flat-topped or convex flower cluster, the outer flowers 



opening first. 

 Cotyledons. The first leaf or pair of leaves in the embryo which 



may be expanded and persistent in certain biennials. 

 Creeping. Running along at or near the surface of the ground and 



rooting. 

 Crenate. With rounded teeth; scallop-toothed. 

 Crenulate. Finely crenate, the teeth small and shallow. 

 Crisped. (Of margins) Puckered, ruffled. 

 Cuneate. (Of the base of a blade) Like the acute angle of a wedge, 



the narrow end pointing toward the base; (of a blade or leaf) 



triangular, with the acute angle downward. 



