_ BOTANICAL TERMS. 49 
_ CurmBrne (scandens) a term applied to plants which take the 
advantage of some adjoining body to support and raise 
themselves ; as the Ivy. 
CLOATHING (pubes) every species of hairiness on the surface 
of plants. See Corton ; Harr; Woo; Bristres. Ina 
more extended sense, it also includesviscid1 matter,glands,&c.- 
Ciose (conglomeratus) when a branching fruit-stalk bears its 
flowers closely compacted together, but without regularity. 
Coven  (fifsus) divided half way down, as are the summits of 
Ground Ivy, and Jacob’s Ladder ; the petals of Campion ; 
and the leaves of Wormwood.» ot} Ee] 
ANTHERS ; see pl. 1. f. 3. (a. a. a. 
CLuB-suaPED (clavatus) thinner at the base and thicker up+ 
wards, as is the long receptacle of the Cuckowpint, and the 
fruit-stalk of the African Marigold. 
CrustER (thyrsus) a collection of flowers somewhat in an 
egg-shaped form, as those of the Lilac and Butterbur. 
CoapDuUNATUS, joined together at the base. ee 
CoarcTaTUs, compact.» é 
CoaTED (tunicatus). root ; composed of neers ees an- 
- other, asin the onion 0 ; 
Conswennep fecactnendets) cbvédred swith a substance resem- 
bling a Cobweb. = 
Coccum, see Cell, 
Coccus, a name given to a Capsule when 2 or more are joined 
together. If 2, dicoccus ; if 3, tri-coccus, &c. Mercurialis 
( Dog’ ¢ Mercury) i is an example of the dicoceus Capsule. 
CocuHLeatum (pod) convoluted like a ee nad 
CoLoratvs, coloured. | 
CoLovurep (coloratus) when a leaf or cup is any other colour 
than green; as the floral-leaves of Golden Saxifrage. 
Cox_umn (columnella) the upright little pillar in the eenter of 
some Capsules to which the seeds are fixed. 
Cotumnar (teres) differs from cylindrical by tapering up- 
wards, like the shaft of a column; and is thus appacaile 
to stems, some leaves, &c. _ 
CoumNELLa, column. 
Coma, comb. 
Comes (coma) a collection of floral-leaves, terminating the 
_ flowering stem, as in Sage and Crown Lnperial-s ; it~ is 
' remarkable also in the Pine Apple. 
CoMB-LIKE (pectinatum) a sort of winged leaf, ‘the leafits of 
which are like the teeth of a comb. 
Common Calyx (calix communis) including aavecal flowers ; 
see the introductjon to the clafs Syngenesia. We have a 
well known i nce in the» Dandelion and in all the 
Thistles.—Pl. 4. £. 20. e. 
RECEPTACLE (receptaculum commune) a seat for- 
= — flowers or florets joaeied within one common 
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