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Crenulate. Finely or minutely crenate. 



Cribriform. Full of holes like a sieve. A term for certain tubes 



o, vessels, iii the vegetable structure'. 

 Crowned. Having n circle of projections round the upper part 



of the tube of a flower, on its inside ; as in the Catch-fly, and 



other Silenes. 

 Cruciform. Consisting of four petals placed like a cross. 

 Cryplogamous. Belonging to the class Cryptogamia ; the last 



of the Linneen arrangement, in which neither stamens nor 



pistils are visible. 

 Cucullate. Hooded or cowled. Rolled or folded in ; as in the 



spathe of Arum (riphyllum or Indian Turnip. 

 Cucurbitareous. Like gourds or melons. 



Culm, or straw. The stem of grasses, reeds, and similar plants. 

 Cuneiform. Shaped like a wedge ; with the stalk attached to 



its point. 

 Cuspidate. Having a sharp, straight point. 

 Cuticle. The outside skin of a plant, commonly thin. 

 Cyathiform. Shaped like a common wine glass 

 Cylindrical. Round and not tapering. Cylinder shaped. 

 Cyme. A mode of inflorescence in which the flower stalks 



arise from a common centre, but are afterwards variously 



subdivided ; as in Elder, Viburnum, and Hydrangea. 

 Cymose. Bearing or flowering in cymes. 



D 



Deciduous. Falling off. In opposition to persistent and ever- 

 green. Later than caducous. 

 Declined, or declinate. Tending downwards; as the stamens 



and style of the Day-Lily, Azalea, &c. 

 Decompound. Twice compound. Composed of compound parts. 

 Decumbent. Leaning upon the ground, the base only erect. 

 Decurrent. When the edges of a leaf run down the stem of 



stalk, as in Comfrey. 

 Decursive. See Decurrent. 



Decussated, or Decussating. In pairs crossing each other. 

 Deflected. Bent off. 

 Dehiscent. Gaping or cracking open. 

 Deltoid. Nearly triangular; as in the leaves of the Lombardy 



Poplar, he. 

 Dentate. Toothed. Edged with sharp projections separated 



by notches. Larger than serrate. 

 Denticulate. Minutely toothed. 



Dentures. Teeth. The sharp parts which separate notches. 

 Depauperated. Few flowered. 

 Depressed. Flattened or pressed in at top. 

 Diadelpltovs Having the stamens united in two parcels or 



sets. Flowers of this kind have commonly a papilionaceous 



eorolla and a leguminous fruit. 



