GLOSSARY. S9 



Continuous : the reverse of jointed or interrupted. 



Contorted : twisted together. 



Convolute : rolled up lengthwise. 



Cordate: heart-shaped. 



Coriaceous : leathery. 



Corm: a solid bulb. 



Corneous . horny. 



Corolla : the inner set of a 2-whorled perianth, 



Corolline: corolla-like. 



Corona, crown : one or more appendages at the top of the claw of 



some petals, or in the throat of some corollas or perianth-tubes. 

 Corymb : a sort of centripetal injflorescence, a convex flower-cluster, 



somewhat resembling an umbel, from which it differs by having 



pedicels, which spring not from the same point. 

 Corymbose : corymb-like, or forming a corymb. 

 Cotyledons : the initial leaves of the embryo, or young plant in each 



seed. 

 Cremocarp: the 2-carpelled fruit of Umbelworts. 

 Crenate: the margin scalloped into rounded teeth. 

 Crown : see Corona. 

 Crustaceous : hard and brittle. 



Cucullate : hooded, hood-shaped, having the summit rolled up. 

 Culm : a straw. 

 Cuneate : wedge-shaped. 

 CupuLE : a little cup. 



Cuspidate : tipped with a sharp, stiff point. 

 Cylindrical : terete, like a quill. 

 Cyme : a cluster of centrifugal inflorescence, usually umbel-like, as 



in the Elder. 

 Cymose : forming cymes. 



Deca- (in compounded Greek words) : ten. 



Decandrous : with 10 stamens. 



Deciduous : falling off after some time. 



Declined : turned downward. 



Decompound : several times compounded. 



Decumbent: prostrate to the ground. 



Decurrent : continued more or less on the stem beneath the place 



of insertion, as the leaves on Thistles. 

 Definite : a well-marked number, not above twelve, or nearly so. 



