6 GLOSSARY. 



CampannJate , bellshaped. 



Capitate, shaped like a head. 



Capsule, a dry fruit usually splitting into pieces called 

 valves when ripe. 



Carpel, a pistil; u.sed especially to describe the pistils of a 

 compound ovary and the fruits resulting therefrom. 



Carpophore, stalklet or axis rising from the receptacle and 

 supporting certain fruits. 



Caruncle, a fleshy appendage of the seed, growing near the 

 funicle. 



Carunrulate, with a caruncle. 



Cell, (1) a cavity of the ovary and fruit; (2) a pouch of 

 the anther. 



Ciliate, bordered by hairs like eye-lashes. 



Claw, narrow lower part of a petal. 



Compound, a leaf divided into leaflets; the opposite of 

 simple. 



Compressed, flattened lengthwise, either from side to side 

 (laterally), or from front to back (dorsally ). 



Connective, part of the anther which connects the two cells. 



Connivent, organs approaching one another at the summit. 



Cordate, heartshaped, with the notch below. 



Corm, a tuberous, biilblike rootstock, in which the buds 

 are not covered by scales, or by very thin ones. 



Cori/nib, inflorescence where the branches start from dif- 

 ferent points, but reach about the same height. 



Corymbose, arranged in a corymb. 



Corolla, inner envelope of the flower, consisting of free 

 or united petals. 



Cotyledon , see embryo. 



Crenatc. bordered by blunt or rounded teeth. 



Cyme, panicle with usually opposite branches, and in which 

 the central flower opens first. 



Decurrent, leaves whose blade is prolonged downwards along 

 the stem in the form of wings. 



Denticidate, faintly toothed (diminutive of dentate). 



Depressed, flattened vertically. 



Dichotornous, stem or branches forked once or several times. 



Digitate, leaflets or other organs spreading from a com- 

 mon centre like the fingers of a hand. 



Dioecious, plant whose male and female flowers are on dif- 

 ferent individuals. 



Disk, glandular organ crowning the receptacle of certain 

 flowers. 



Divergent, tending in different directions from a common 

 centre. 



Downy (pubescent), beset with short soft hairs. 



Drupe, a fleshy indehiscent fruit, in which the outer part 

 of the pericarp is succulent and the inner part consists of 

 a bony nutlet (stone or putdmen ). containing usually 

 1 seed (kernel). 



