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ones being longer, they all form nearly an even surface at top^ 

 (Corymbus.) 

 Cheeping root. Extending horizontally, and putting forth fibres 



and producing yomg plants at a distance from the parent plant. 

 (Radix repens.) 



Crenate, scolloped, or notched leaf. Havingthe edge cut with circular 

 incisures not inclining towards either extremity. (Folium crenatum.) 



Crested. Having an appendage like a crest or tuft, (Cristatus.) 



CucuLLATE Spathe or leaf. Rolled up, wide at top and open with a 

 pendent process. (Spatha cucullata.) 



Culm. The stalk or stem of grasses, usually jointed and hollow. 

 (Culmus.) 



Cuspidate leaf. Terminating in a sharp bristle-like point. (Cus* 



pidatum.) 



Cyme. A mode of flowering in which the peduncles take their rise 



from the same centre; but the subdivisions are irregular. * (Cyma.) 

 Deciduous leaf. Falling off in autumn. Calyx or perianth: foiling 



after the corolla opens. (Deciduum.) 

 Declining stem or leaf. Bent downwards formi 



curve, (Declinatus.) 

 Decompouno leaf. When the primary petiole is so divided that 



each part forms a compound leaf which is either bigeminat«, biter- 



nate or bipinnate. (Folium decompositum.) — 

 Decumbent flower. Having the stamens and pistils bending to the 



lower side of it. 



Stalk: lying on the ground with the base higher than the other 

 parts. (Decumbens.) 



De CUR RE NT leaf. A sessile leaf having its edges continued down- 

 wards along the stem. (Folium decurrens.) 



Decuhsively PINNATE leaf. Having the leaflets decurrent along 

 the petiole. (Folium decursive pinnatum.) 



Decussated leaves and branches. Growing in pairs wliich alter- 

 nately cross each other. (Decussatus.) 



Deltoid leaf. Has the general appearance of a triangle or the letter 

 Delta. (Deltoideum.) 



Dense panicle. Having a great number of flowers, crowded in a 

 panicle. (Panicula densa.) 



Dentate or toothed leaf: Having projecting, horizontal teeth of 1% 



own substance. (Folium dentatum,) 

 Denticulate leaf: Having small teeth. (Denticulatum.) 

 Dichotomous stem. Continually and regularly dividing 



from top to bottom. (Dichotomus.) 

 DicoGcous, See Coccum. 

 DiDYMous, double or twin. When two lobes are nearly distinct 



but exactly similar to each other — generally applied to anthers. 

 Diffused stem. Having spreading branches. (Caulis diffusus.) 

 Digitate leaf. When a simple petiole connects several distinct 



leaflets at the end of it. (Folium digitatum.) 

 Dioecious plant. Having fertile flowers on one Individual and barren 



on another. (Planta dioica.) 

 DissiLiENT pericarp, A bursting or elastic seed-vessel er fruit. 



(Dissiliens.) 



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