Corydalin 



cover-like 



root of Corydalis tuberosa, DC. ; 

 coryd'aline, corydalin' eua, resem- 

 bling the genus Coi-ydalis. 



Cer'ymb, Corym'bus (Lat., a cluster of 

 flowers), a flat-topped or merely 

 convex and open flower-cluster of 

 the indeterniinato or centripetal 

 order: the term formerly included 

 most cymes; cor'ymbate, corymb'- 

 iated, having corymbs or growing in 

 corymbs; corymbif'eroas, •rvs{fcro, 

 I bear), bearing corymbs ; corym'- 

 biform {forma, shape) ; cor'ymboBe, 

 corymbo'sus, corym'bous, arranged 

 in corymbs ; corymb'ulose, -Ions, in 

 small corymbs. 



Corynid'ia {itopvpiq, a club), " Processes 

 sunk into the margin of the ger- 

 minating leaf of Ferns, and con- 

 taining spiral threads" (Lindh-y) 

 [= Antheridia ? ]. 



Coryphi'um, pi. Coryphi'a {Kopv<p7], 

 summit), alpine plant formations ; 

 coryphoph'ilus ((piXfu, I love), grow- 

 ing in alpine places ; Coryphophy'ta 

 {(pvTbv, a plant), alpine plants 

 (Clements). 



Coryphyny {Kopv(p7], the crown of the 

 head ; <pvKXov, a leal), a monstrosity 

 in which the axis ends in a loaf,' 

 sometimes coloui'ed. 



Cosmaesthe'sia {KSa-fios, the world, + 

 Ae.sthesia), sensibility to external 

 stimuli ; Cosmop'olite {ir6\is, a city), 

 a plant of well-nigh universal dis- 

 tribution ; cosmoporitan, distributed 

 throughout the world. 



Cos'ta (Lat.), a rib, when single, a 

 midril) or middle- nerve ; cos'tal- 

 nerved, nerves springing from the 

 midrib ; cos'taefonn [forma, shape), 

 applied by J. Smith for primary 

 veins in ferns when parallel to each 

 other and very evident ; cos'tate, 

 costa'tus (Lat.), ribl)ed, having one 

 or more primary longitudinal veins ; 

 costa'to-veno'sus, when the parallel 

 side veins of a feather- veined leaf are 

 much stouter than those which in- 

 tervene ; costel'late, having small 

 ribs; Cost'ulae, used by J. Smith 

 for the primary veins of Fern-seg- 

 ments. 



Cot'ton, the hairs of the seeds of 

 species of Gossypium ; Cot'ton-grass 

 Associa'tion, an association in which 

 Eriophoriun is dominant; cot'tohy, 

 pubescence of long soft hair, 

 cot'ylar {k6tuK7i, a hollow vessel), 



cotyledonary. 

 Cotyle'don {KorvKriS-MU, a hollow), ap- 

 plied first by Linnaeus to the seed- 

 lobes, th^ first leaves of the embryo, 

 one in monocotyledons, two or more 

 in dicotyledons, rarely a whorl borne 

 by the radicle br caudicle ; -^ -trace, 

 the common bundlq in the stem 

 proper to the cotyledon ; its leaf- 

 trace ; cotyledona'ris, union or close 

 approximation of the seed-lobes; 

 Cotyle'donoid (elSos, resemblance), a 

 germinating thread of a Moss, a pro- 

 tonema; cotyle'donous, cotylcdo'ncHS, 

 possessijig seed-lobes. 



cotyrifonn, cotyliform' is {k6tvKt}, a 

 hollow ; forma, shape), dish-shaped 

 or wheel-shaped, with an erect or 

 ascending boixler ; Cot'yloid Cell, a 

 single huge cell in Ariccnnia offici- 

 nalis, acting as a haustorical ojgan ; 

 its branches ramify throughout the 

 nucellus and finally invade the pla- 

 centa (Habeilandt) ; jtossibly a sister- 

 cell of the embryo-sac (Treub) ; 

 cotyloi'deus (Mod. Lat.), = cotyli- 

 FoiiM ; Cotylvar'iants, pi. {varians, 

 varying), variation in the number 

 of cotyledons (De Vries). 



Coum'arin, the fragrant i)rinciple of 

 the Toufjuin bean, lJij)lcryx odorata, 

 Sw. 



coun'ter {contra, against) clock-wise, 

 sinistrose, turning the reverse way 

 of clock-hands. 



Cou'ple-cell, Ilartog's term for Zvcjotk. 



Coup'let, the result of Coupling; 

 union due to allinity in the .same 

 individual between allelomorphs 

 which belong to distinct pairs; also 

 termed Game'tic Coupling. 



Cour'baril, a resin from JTymmaca 

 Courbaril, Linn. 



Cov'er = Oi'KiicuLi'.M. 



Cov'er-cell, of He}iati(ae, the apical 

 cells of the neck of a young arche- 

 gonium (Campbell); cov'er-like = 



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