318 GLOSSARY. 



Cinereus. Ash coloured. 



Cirrose, or Cirrhose. Bearing a tendril. From Cirrus, a tendril. 



Clasping. Surrounding the stem partly or quite, with the base 

 of the leaf. 



Clavate. Club shaped. Larger at top than bottom. 



Claw. The narrow part by which a petal is inserted or at- 

 tached. 



Cleft. Split or divided less than half way. 



Club shaped. Larger at top than bottom. 



Coadunate. United at base. 



Coloured. Different from green which is the common colour 

 of plants. 



Column. The central pillar of a capsule. Also the style of 

 gynandrous plants. 



Cojnpound. Made up of similar simple parts. 



Compound flower. A flower of the class Syngynesia, consisting 

 of florets with united anthers. 



Compressed. Flattened. 



Cone. A scaly fruit like that of the pine. See Strobilus. 



Conglomerate. Crowded together 



Connate. Opposite with the bases united or growing into one ; 

 as in the upper leaves of the Honeysuckle. 



Connivent. Converging. The tips inclining towards each 

 other. 



Contorted. Twisted. Bent from a common position. 



Corculum. The embryo or miniature of the future plant which 

 is found in seeds, often between the cotyledons. 



Cordate. Heart shaped, with the stalk inserted in the largest 

 end. 



Coriaceous. Resembling leather. Tough and thick. 



Corneous. Horny. Having a consistence like horn. 



Corniculate. Horn shaped. 



Corolla. The secondary covering of a flower ; being the part 

 which is usually colored. When the calyx is wanting the 

 corolla is then the primary covering ; as in the Lily. 



Cortical. Belonging to the bark. 



Corymb. A mode of inflorescence in which the flowers form a 

 flat top, while their stalks spring from different heights on 

 the common stem ; as in Eupatorium perfolialum. 



Cost ate. Ribbed. 



Cotyledons. Seed lobes. The fleshy part of seeds which in 

 most plants rises out of the ground and forms the first leaves. 



Creeping. Running horizontally or close to the surface of the 

 ground. Examples of a creeping root are found in Coptis 

 trifolia. And of a creeping stem in Gaultheria procumbens. 



Crenate. Scolloped. Having sharp notches on the edge sepa- 

 rated by round or obtuse dentures ; as ia the leaves of Cop- 

 tis trifolia. 



