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Cotyledon. A side lobe of the seed. The term is used also 

 to express the seedleaves of young plants, as may be well 

 seen in the Radish when it first appears above the ground. 



Crenatum folium. A notched leaf, when the margin is cut 

 into angles pointing towards neither of the extremities ; 

 obtusely crenate, when the angles are rounded; or acutely 

 crenate, when the angles are pointed. 



Crispum/b/?'w7?i. A curved leaf, when the circumference be- 

 comes larger than the disk admits of, as in Malva crispa. 



Cristatus fios. When the flower has a tufted crest, as in Po- 

 lygala. Class xvii. Order 3. 



Cruci formes /lores. Cross-shaped flowers, consisting of four 

 petals, disposed in the form of a cross, as in the Class Te- 

 tradynamia. Ex. Coral-wort, Class xv. Order 2. 



Cryptogamia. The twenty-fourth Class of the Linnaean system. 



Cubitus. A cubit, the ninth degree of the Linnaean scale for 

 measuring plants, from the elbow to the extremity of the 

 middle finger, or seventeen Parisian inches. 



Cucullatum folium. A leaf rolled up lengthways in form of a 

 cone, as in Geranium cucullatum, &c. 



Cucurbitacae. Gourds, a natural Order of plants in the Frag- 

 menta methodi naturalis of Linnaeus. 



Culminia. The top or crown of any thing, a natural Order 

 of plants in the Fragmenta methodi naturalis of Linnaeus. 



Culmus. A reed or straw, the proper stem of grasses. 



Cuspidatum folium. A leaf whose apex resembles the point of 

 a spear or lance. 



Cuneiforme folium. A wedge-shaped leaf. 



Cyathyformis corolla. A corolla in the form of a cup. 



Cylindracea spica. A spike of flowers in form of a cylinder. 



Cymus. A kind of inflorescence which in general appearance 

 resembles an umbel, but the peduncles of the smaller sub- 

 divisions do not, as the larger ones, proceed from a centre. 

 The Laurustinus and Common Elder Tree are good ex- 

 amples. 



