52 _ DICTIONARY OF 
ascend, so that the whole collection of flowers forms nearly 
a flat and broad surface at the top. See Pl. 6. £7; or 
look at a Pear Tree when in flower. 
CostatuM, ribbed (leaf.) od A 
Corton (tomentum) Corrony (tomentosus) or:downy $ co- 
* vered with a whitish cotton-like substance, as the leaves. 
of the Great Mullein and of the Marsh-mallow. a 
CoTyYLEDONES, seed-lobes. a 
CREEPING (repens) Stem; creeping along the ground, and _ 
sending forth little roots ; the Violet and Fry are instances. _ 
Pl. 10. f. 8. é ns 
Root, as in the Spearmint. Pl. 10. £. 7. 
CRENATUS, scolloped. < if 
CRESCENT-SHAPED (lunularis) (lunatus) shaped like anew 
moon; as are the Anthers of the Strawberry, : 
Lzar.° Pl. 7. f. Tees , 
CresteD (cristatus) flowers, furnished with a tuft or crest, af 
is the common Milkwort. be 
CristaTus, crested, «> eee 
Saceeots BENT BACK (retrorsum-sinuatum.) See Pl.7. 
--- riz “a 
Cross-Parrs (decussatus) when leaves: grow in pairs,and 
each pair points in a different direction to the pair next 
above or below it. Thus, if one. pair point East and * 
- West, the pair next below it point North and South; the 
_ third pair crofses the second, the fourth the third, andso 
on. Pl. 9. f- 1.—Braccntarus seems to apply to” 
branches growing in the same manner. 3 ea 
Cross-sHAPED (cruciatus) (cruciformis) FLrowrrs; are 
_ ae Gulls four pore disposed in the form of @ 
cro{s, e ower, Cand: and Cabbage, are fami 
liar instances. PI. 4. f. 11, nas “a ‘ oem ae 
Crownep (coronatus) SEED; is a seed to. which the CALYX. * 
adheres, as.in Teasel ; or it is a seed furnished with down, 
asin Dandelion. Pl. 4,°f,22. £97, 
Brrry, is a berry with the Calyx adhering; asin 
the Honeysuckle. ; ie eGo De 
Cruciarus, crofs-shaped, 
CRUCIFORMIS, see crofs-shaped. © . , 
Cryprocamia, see the introduction to the Clafs so called. 
_ CucuLiatus, cone-shaped. ; Pod ssue ee 
Cuntr, about half a yard; see measure. 
CuLMuws, straw. i eenaes as 
CuNEIFORMIS, wedge-shaped. tend  ¢37R0e 
Cur (perianthium) a species of Calyx contiguous to the other — 
_ parts of the flower. It either includes one flower, as in 
’ the Convolvulus and Gillyflower ; or several florets, as in 
the Sunflower and Daisie. Pl. 3. f. 1. f. 10. f. 5, (ay Pl. 4 
£.7,(C.) £12, (.) f. 13. 14. 18. (@qva) 
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