GLOSSARY, 181 
Carpeting plants. Very low plants, trailing on the ground. 
Catkin. The simple elongated flower-cluster of willows, etc. 
Chambered. With cavities separated by walls or plates. 
Ciliate. Hairy on the margin, like the eyelids. 
Clasping. Applied to leaves when their bases grow part-way 
around the stem, or embrace it by outgrowths. 
Class. A natural group of plants consisting of families. The 
present tendency is to recognize an intermediate assemblage 
of families, the order. Class names end in eae. 
Claw. The slender base of a petal like that of carnation. 
Clustered. As applied to leaves etc., crowded so as not to be 
evidently alternate or opposite or whorled on the stem. 
Collateral. Standing side by side. 
Colored. Usually meaning of some color other than white in 
flowers and pith, or than green in leaves. 
Compound. Of several distinct leaf-like parts or leaflets, as ap- 
plied to leaves; branched, as applied to the inflorescence; 
consisting of several in a group, as applied to bundle-traces ; 
of several united carpels, as applied to the pistil. 
Cone. The characteristic scaly fruit of pine, hemlock, etc. 
Conifer. A member of the Family Coniferae. 
Connate. Grown together (ovaries of partridge-berry). 
Continuous. Without interruption; applied to pith of elder, for 
instance, in contrast with that of honeysuckle which is ex- 
cavated or hollowed out, or that of walnut which is cham- 
bered between persistent plates. 
Cordate. Heart-shaped. 
Corymb. A flat-topped or round-topped flower cluster like that of 
viburnum. 
Crenate. Scalloped, applied to leaves with rounded teeth. 
Crenulate. Minutely crenate. 
Crisped. Wavy on the margin, like dock leaves; short and curly, 
‘when applied to pubescence. 
Cryptogams. Flowerless or spore-plants. 
Cuneate. Tapering to the base, or wedge-shaped, as applied to 
leaves. 
