1 82 Glossary. 



Bracteole — The small bract of an individual flower of an inflorescence. 



Caducous — Falling off very early. 



Campanulate — Bell-shaped. 



Capillary— Filiform, thread-like. 



Capitate — With a rounded end like the head of a pin. 



Capitulum — A close head of sessile-flowers, e.g. a daisy. 



Capsule — A dry seed-vessel opening by valves or pores as in Fox-glove and 

 Rose-campion. 



Carpel— One of the * leaves ' of which the pistil is composed, whether united 

 or separate. 



Catkin — A deciduous spike. 



Cauline — Growing on the stem. 



Ciliate — Covered with short hairs. 



Clavate — Club-shaped. 



Claw — The narrow part of a petal corresponding to the petiole of a leaf. 



Coccus — The i -seeded carpel of a syncarpous fruit, of which the carpels 

 separate from each other when ripe. 



Conduplicate — Applied to the cotyledons when folded together so as to 

 embrace the radicle. 



Cone— The conically arranged scales of the fruit of the fir. 

 Connate — When the bases of two opposite leaves are united, or when any 

 two parts usually distinct are united. 



Connective — That by which the lobes of the anther are joined. 

 Connivent — Arching over so as to meet. 



Convolute— When one part is rolled up in another, e.g. the petals of the 

 Wallflower. 



Cordate — Heart-shaped. 



Coriaceous— Leathery. 



Corona — Any organ between the corolla and stamens, e.g, the * cup ' of a 



daffodil. 

 Corymb — A raceme in which the lower flower-stalks are so much longer than 



the others as to bring all the flowers to nearly the same level. 



Corymbose — In the form of a coxjccHo. 



Crenate — With rounded divisions at the margin. 



Cruciform — Arranged like the parts of a cross, as the corolla of Wallflower. 



Cuneate — Wedge-shaped. 



Cyme — An inflorescence in which the primary axis ends in a flower (the first 

 to open) from each side of which branches a second axis, terminating 

 in like manner in a flower and branching again like the primary axis. 



Deciduous — Falling off" early. 



