GLOSSARY 



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Connective. The end of the filament 

 between the anther-sacs. 



Connivent. Converging. 



Convolute. Rolled up longitudinally. 



Coralloid. Resembling coral. 



Cordate. Heart-shaped with the point 

 upward. 



Coriaceous. Leathery in texture. 



Conn. The enlarged fleshy base of a 

 stem, bulb-liice but solid. 



Corniculate. Furnished with a small horn 

 or spur. 



Corolla. The imier of two series of floral 

 leaves. 



Coroniforni. Shaped hke a crown. 



Corrugate. Wrinkled or in folds. 



Corymb. A convex or flat-topped flower- 

 cluster of the racemose type, wath pedi- 

 cels or rays arismg from different point 

 on the axis. 



Corymbose. Borne in corymbs; corymb- 

 like. 



Costa. A rib: the midrib of a leaf, etc. 



Costate. Ribbed. 



Cotyledon. A rudimentary leaf of the 

 embryo. 



Crateriform. In the shape of a saucer or 

 cup, liemispherical or more shallow. 



Creeping (stems). Growing flat on or 

 benea.th the ground and rooting. 



Crenate. With rounded teeth. 



Crenulate. Diminutive of crenate. 



Crested, Cristate. Bearing any elevated 

 appendage like a crest. 



Crinite. Bearded with long hairs, etc. 



Crown. An inner appendage to a petal, 

 or to the throat of a corolla. 



Crucifer. A member of Brassicaceae, or 

 Mustard Family, from tlie cross-like 

 corolla. 



Crustaceous. Hard and brittle in texture; 

 crust-like. 



Cucullate. Hooded, or resembling a liood. 



Culm. The stem of grasses and seges. 



Cuneate, Cuneiform. Wedge-shaped. 



Cupulate. Cup-shaped. 



Cusp. A sharp stiif point. 



Cuspidate. Sharp-pointed; ending in a 

 cusp. 



Cyme. A convex or flat flower-cluster of 

 the determinate type, the central flow- 

 ers first mifolding. 



Cymose. Arranged in cymes; cyme-like. 



Cymule. A small cyme. 



Deciduous. Falling away at the close of 

 the growing period. 



Decompound. More than once compoimd 

 or divided. 



Decumbent. Reclining, but with the sum- 

 mit ascenduig. 



Dec.urrent (leaf). E.xtending down the 

 stem below the insertion. 



Decussate. Alternathig in pairs at right 

 angles, or in threes. 



Deflexed. Turned abruptly downward. 



Dehiscence. The opening of an ovary, 

 anther-sac, or sporange to emit the con- 

 tents. 



Dehiscent. Opening to emit the contents. 



Demidiate. Appearing as if cut in half. 



Dentate. Toothed, especially with out- 

 wardly projecting teeth. 



Denticulate. Diminutive of dentate. 



Dentiform. Tooth-like. 



Depressed. Somewhat flattened from 

 above. 



Dextrorse. Turned to the right. 



Di-, as a preflx in compounds, means two 

 or twice. 



Diadelphous (stamens). United by fila- 

 ments in two sets. 



Diandrous. Having two stamens. 



Dicarpellary. Composed of two carpels. 



Dichotomous. Forking regularly by pairs. 



Dicotyledonous. Having two cotyledons. 



Didymous. Twin-like. 



Didynamous. With two stamens longer 

 than the other two. 



Diffuse. Loosely spreading. 



Digitate. Diverging, like the fingers 

 spread. 



Digynous (flower). Having two pistils. 



Dimerous. In two parts. Referring to a 

 flower constructed on the numerical 

 plan of two. 



Dimorphism (in flowers). Possessing two 

 forms of flowers, one with short styles 

 and long stamens, the other with long 

 styles and short stamens. 



Dimorphous. Of two forms. 



Dioecious. Bearing stamiaate flowers or 

 antherids on one plant, and pistillate 

 flowers or archegones on another of the 

 same species. 



Disciform, Disli-shaped. Flat and circu- 

 lar, like a disk or quoit. 



Discoid- Heads of Compositae composed 

 only of tubular flowers ; ray less ; like a disk. 



Disk. A development of tlie receptacle 

 at or around the base of the pistil. In 

 Compositae, the tubular flowers of the 

 head as distinct from the ray. 



Dissected. Cut or divided into numerous 

 segments. 



Dissepiment. A partition-wall of an 

 ovary or fruit. 



Distichous. In two vertical ranks. 



Distinct. Separate; not united; evident. 



Divaricate. Widely divergent. 



Divided. Cleft to the base or to the mid- 

 rib. 



Dorsal. On the back, pertaining to the 

 back. 



Dorsiventral. In the plane, running 

 tlirough the axis from above to below ; 

 contrary to lateral. 



Drupaceous. Drupe-like. 



Drupe. A simple fruit, usually indehis- 

 cent, with fleshy exocarp and bony 

 endocarp. 



Drupelet. Diminutive of drupe. 



E- or Ex-, as a preflx in compounds, 

 means destitute of. 



Echinate. Prickly. 



Ellipsoid. A sohd body, elliptic in sec- 

 tion. 



Elliptic. With the outline of an ellipse; 

 usually narrowl.v oval. 



Emarginate. Notched at the apex. 



Embryo. A rudimentary plant in the 

 seed. 



Emersed. Raised out of water. 



Endocarp. The inner layer of the peri- 

 carp. 



Endogenous. Forming new tissue within. 



Endogens. Monocotyledons. 



Endosperm. The substance surrounding 

 the embryo of a seed; albumen. 



Ensiform. Sword-shaped, as the leaves 

 of Iris. 



Entire. Without divisions, lobes, or teeth. 



Ephemeral. Continuing for only a day or 

 less. 



Epicarp. The outer layer of the pericarp. 



Epigynous. Upon the ovary. 



Epiphyte. A plant that grows upon 

 another plant, but does not derive its 

 sustenance from it. 



