GLOSSARY 



Convolute. — Rolled up longitudinally. 



Cordate. — Heart-shaped. 



CoRM. — A solid enlargement at the base of the stem, bulb-like. 



Corolla. — The flower-leaves standing next within and above 



the calyx. 

 Crenate. — Scalloped; with rounded teeth. 

 Cross-fertilization. — Is produced by the pollen which has 



been transferred from the anther of one flower to the stigma 



of another by bees, moths, butterflies, other insects, and 



the wind. 

 Crucefer. — Name given to corollas of four petals in the form 



of a cross. 

 Dentate. — Toothed; teeth outwardly projecting. 

 DiADELPHOUS. — Stamens divided into two sets. 

 Dicecious. — Bearing staminate flowers on one plant and pis- 



tiUate flowers on another plant of the same species. 

 Disk-flowers. — The tubular florets composing the central 



"button" of a daisy or an aster, usually surrounded with 



a circle of ray-florets. 

 Entire. — Without divisions, lobes, or teeth. 

 Evergreen. — Bearing green leaves throughout the year. 

 ExsERTED. — Prolonged past surrounding organs. 

 ExTRORSE. — Facing outward. 

 Fertile. — Fruit-producing flowers; bearing seeds. 

 Fertilization. — A process whereby the tiny pollen grain, which 



comes in contact with the stigma, penetrates the style and 



enters the ovary, where it quickens the seed formation into 



life. 

 Filament. — The threadhke part of a stamen which supports 



the anther. 

 Floret. — A small flower; one of the flowers of a head, such as 



daisy or clover. 

 Follicle. — A simple dry fruit, opening on one side only. 

 Fruit. — The seed-bearing product of the plant. 

 Glabrous. — Smooth, neither rough nor hairy. 

 Gland. — A secreting cell or group of cells. 

 Globose. — Spherical or nearly so. 

 Habitat. — A plant's natural place of growth. 

 Head. — A dense cluster of nearly stemless flowers, like the daisy 



or clover. 



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