Chartaceous HMft^J Papery, parchment- like. 



Choripetalous $t$fEft Having separate petals; polypetalous. 



Ciliate M<M^^ Fringed with hairs. 



Ciliolate M<&.$k^&t} Fringed with very fine hairs. 



Circinate ip}f^ Coiled. 



Circumscissile MM^ Dehiscing as if cut around in a circle. 



Cladode MV\$. A branch which appears like a leaf. 



Cladophyll H$;t£ A cladode. 



Clathrate ^fS^ Latticed; pierced with openings. 



Clavate, claviform MW$.$3 Club-shaped. 



Claw m][ The narrowed base of a petal. 



Cleft ¥-%km Deeply cut. 



Cleistogamous f^iTt'SMfi^ Having close fertilization within unopened flowers. 



Climbing IpfJIfi^ Rising by clinging to other objects. 



Clone fe'|4S!$iKJ Members which have descended from one plant by vegetative 



reproduction. 

 Club-shaped WcWMR. Gradually thickened upward from a slender base. 

 Coccus (pi. cocci) fr^kM Section of a schizocarp or lobed fruit. 

 Cohering iHif^j Joining together of the parts of a single whorl. 

 Collateral w.^. Standing side by side, as when strands of xylem and phloem appear 



side by side in a stem, usually in the same radius. 

 Columella $&^ The persistent central axis around which the carpels of some fruits 



are arranged, e.g. Geranium. 

 Columnar ft^fi^ Having the form of a column. 

 Commisure ^Jf® The face by which two carpels adhere. 

 Comose AH^KJ Bearing a tuft of hairs at one end. 

 Complete flower jc^it A flower with calyx, corolla, stamens and pistil. 

 Compound HC$j Made up of similar parts. 

 Compressed ^j0*J Flattened. 

 Concave [Hlfiij Hollow, as the inside of a saucer. 

 Concentric |WI/t> Having a common center. 

 Concolorous IWJfeS^j Of one color. 

 Condublicate UfgKj Folded lengthwise. 



Cone 3^H A fruit like that of the pine, with scales; a strobilus. 

 Confluent ^^^fy Blended into one. 

 Conical Hil^Kl Cone-shaped. 

 Connate i^t&fy United. 



Connective ffi% The portion of an anther connecting its two cells. 

 Connivent Un"^ Coming into contact. 

 Constricted Htfgfft Drawn together. 



Contiguous MWitfo When neighboring parts are in contact. 

 Contorted ^Wfi^j Twisted. 

 Convex i£hfi*j Having a rounded surface. 

 Convolute M#W (H), #Ef$fi<j (tt) When one part is wholly rolled up in another; 



when the margins of a leaf are rolled inward above. 

 Cordate foj&^fy Heart-shaped. 

 Coriaceous #-KKj Leathery. 



Cork jfj& Protective tissue of older plant parts, impervious to liquids. 

 Corm JfJiii A solid bulb-like stem, often covered with sheath-like bracts. 



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