a BOTANICAL TERMS. — 53 
Cur, Dovsxe (calyculatus) when one Cup has another sur- 
rounding its base. 
CurRLep (crispus) Leaves; as in Endive and Curled Mint. 
Pl. 8. f. 67. 
Curtarn (volva) the Calyx of Agarics and Boleti. It is some- 
times fibrous, but generally like thin white leather. It 
surrounds the Stem, and is attached to the Pileus. When 
torn by the growth of the former and the expansion of the 
latter, the part surrounding the Stem often remains, and 
in that state it is called the Ring. See Pl. 1. f. H. (@.) 
CuspipaTvs, prickly-pointed. 
Cor-Rrounn (circumscifsus) when a seed-vefsel does not open 
longways, in the usual manner, but in a circle surround- 
ing it, like a snufi-box or an ivory egg; as in Pimpernel. 
LSS : 
CyaTuirormis, glafs-shaped. 
Cy iN DRICAx or round, (teres) like a walking stick ; 
the form of the rruwx of a tree. 
of a Straw; Bullrush. 
of a Svaux ; Great Plantain. 
- of a STEM; agus. — 
of a Lear; Wild Garlick; Onion. PI. 8. f. 68. 
of a Cup; Pink. £ 
Catkin ; Reedmace ; Hazle. 
Cra, tuft. 
DaGGER-POINTED (mucronatus) not gradually tapering to a 
point, but ending suddenly in a sharp-pointed substance, 
like the blade of a dagger from its handle ; as in the Calyx 
of Phleum. 3 : 
Desrxis, feeble. 
DecaGynra, 10 Pistils. 
DecanpRra, 10 Stamens ; see the introduction to the Clafs 
socalled. . 
Decarnyxuvs, 10 leaved; (cup.) 
Drcemripus, with 10 clefts, (cup.) - 
Decemiocunare, 10 celled, (Capsule.)  _ 
Drcrpvovs (deciduus) Leaves; those which fall off at the 
approach of winter. 
Catyx or Cup; falling off before the blofom; as 
does that of the Thorn-apple, the Cabbage, the Ladysmock, 
and the Poppy. nee HE ; 
——— Seep-vessex; falling off before it opens, as in the 
_ Sea Rocket and Woad, 
Decurnrne (declinatus) bent like,a bow, with the arch down- 
wards ; as the seed-vefsel of the W ater Crefset ; the fila- 
ao of the Buglofs, See tle lower Stamens in pl. 1. : 
~ Figf. 12, : at 3 
Decomposirus, doubly compound, — 
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Ducumpens, lying down. 
