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INDEX AND GLOSSARY. 



Coccus, a berry. Also (in the pi. cocci) 

 the 1 -seeded carpels of separable fruits. 



Cochleate, spiral like the snail-shell. 



Cohesion, 438. 



Cohorts, 901. 



Collateral, placed side by side. 



Collum, 118. 



Color of flowers, 369. 



Colored, of any color except green, which 

 in botany is not a color, while white is. 



Column, the combined stamens and styles. 



Coma, 585. 



Commissure, the joined faces of the car- 

 pels of the cremocarp. 



Common, belonging alike to several. 



Complete flower. 412. 



Complicate, folded up upon itself. 



Compound leaf, 285. 



Compound flower, 355. 



Compressed, flattened on tho sides. 



Conceptacle, 631. 



Conduplicate, folded on itself lengthwise. 



Cone, 578, 579. 



Confluent, uniting, same as Coherent 



Conglomerate, clustered or crowded. 



Conjugate, coupled, joined by pairs. 



Connate, 294. 



Connectile, connective, 494, 498. 



Connivent, converging, coming together. 



Continuous, the reverse of Jointed. 



Contorted, twisted, 389. 



Convolute, 393. 



Cordate, heart-shaped, 267. 



Coriaceous, leather-like, 295. 



Corm, 189, 407, 435. 



Corneus, horn-like in texture. 



Corniculate, with a small horn or spur. 



Corolla, 401. Corollifloras, 902. 



Coralline, pertaining to the corolla. 



Corona, crown, 435. 



Cortical bark, 703. 



Corymb, corymbous, 350. 



Costate, ribbed, with rib-like ridges. 



Cotyledons, 306, 594. 



Crassula (a genus of plants), 415. 



Crateriform, of the form of a goblet. 



Creeper, creeping stems, 181. 



Cromocarp, 557. 



Crenate, bordered with rounded teeth. 



Creuulate, 279. 



Crested or cristate, with an elevated 

 ridge. 



Crispate or Crisped, 282. 



Crown of the root, 186. 



Cruciform (corolla), 470. 



Crude sap, 794. 



Crustaeeous, hard, thin and brittle. 



Cryptogamia, cryptogams, 621, 895. 



Cucullate, rolled up into a hood-shape. 



Culm, the straw of grasses, 170. 



Cuueate, cuneiform, wedge-shaped, 266. 



Ciipule, a litte cup (sc. acorn), 562. 

 Cuspidate, with a sharp, stiff point 

 Cuticle, 680. 

 Cyanic, 370. 

 Cyathiform, cup-shaped. 

 Cycle (in Phyllotaxy), 228. 

 Cyclosis, same as Rotation, 807. 

 Cyme, cymous, 357. 

 Cymbiform, boat-shaped. 

 Cypsela, 557. 

 Cytoblast, 655. 



Deca, (in Greek composition), ten. 



Deciduous, falling at the end of the season. 



Declinate, bent downwards. 



Decompound, much compounded or di- 

 vided. 



Decumbent, 148. Fig. 39. 



Decurrent, 244, 286. 



Decussate (leaves), 227. 



Definite, 503. 



Deflexed, bent downward. 



Defoliation, the casting off of leaves. 



Dehiscence, 524. 



Delique'scent (axis), same as Solvent. 174. 



Deltoid, form of the Greek letter A, 265. 



Dendroid, tree-like in form. 



Dendron (in Greek compounds), a tree. 



Dentate, 279. Denticulate, 279. 



Denuded, become naked. 



Depauperate, less developed than usual. 



Dependent, hanging down. 



Depressed, flattened from ab.ovo ; low. 



Dextrine, 762. 



Dextrorse (twining), turning to the right. 

 Fig. 49. 



Di (in Greek numerals), two. 



Diadelphous, 506. 



Diaguoscis, a brief statement of the dis- 

 tinctive character of a plant or group. 



Dialypetalous, Poiypetalous. 903. 



Diaphanous, transparent or translucent 



Diandrous, with two stamens, 503. 



Diastase, 762. 



Dichotomous, forked or two-forked. 



Diclinous, 421. 



Dicotyledons, Dicotyledonous, 421. 



Dictyogens, 727. 



Dfdymous, double. 



Didynamous, Didj'namia, 877, § 2. 



Digitate, with several distinct leaflets 

 palmately arranged (as in the leaf of 

 the Horse-chestnut). 



Diffuse, much divided and spreading. 



Dimidiate (anther), halved, 499. 



Dioecia, dioecious, 877, §5. 



Dipterous, having two wings. 



Dischidia, 310. 



Disk, 446. Discoid, no rays. Fig. 21L 



Dissected, cut into deep lobes. 



Dissepiment, 525. 



