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agreement of plants in those two parts of fructification, the 



Stamen and Pistillum. 

 Clavatus petiolus, pedunculus. When the foot-stalk of the 



leaf or flower is club-shaped, tapering from the base to its 



apex. 

 Clavicula. A little key, a tendril. 

 Clausa corolla. When the neck of the corolla is closely shut-in 



with valves. 

 Coadunatae. To gather together, a natural Order of plants in 



the Fragmenta methodi naturalis of Linnaeus. 

 Coarctati rami. Close together, oppo-ed to divaricatus. 

 Cochleatum legumen. A legumen like the shell of a snail, as 



in the seed-vessel of the Medicago. Ex. Plate 3. Eclogues of 



Virgil. 

 Coloratum folium. When a leaf, which is generally green, is 



of a different colour, as in the common Beet. 

 Columnella. A little column, the substance that passes through 



the capsula, and connects the several partitions and seeds. 

 Columniferi. Pillar-shaped. A natural Order of plants in the 



Fragmenta methodi naturalis of Linnaeus. 

 Coma. (A bush, or head of hair.) A kind of fulcrum, com- 

 posed of large bracteae, which terminates the stalk, as in 



Lavender, Sage, &c. 

 Communis gemma. Regards the contents of the gemma, con- 

 taining both flower and fruit. 

 Communis calyx. W r hen a calyx contains both receptaculum 



and flower. 

 Comosae. A natural Order of plants in the Fragmenta methodi 



naturalis of Linnaeus. 

 Comosa radix. The fibres which put forth at the base of a 



bulbous root, resembling a head of hair. 

 CompzcKum folium. When the leaf is of a compact and solid 



substance. 

 CompletusyZos. When the stamen and pistillum are united in 



the same blossom. 



