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Carpellale. Having only carpels, or carpellatc flowers. 



Catkin. Same as anient. 



Cauline. Pertaining to the stem. 



Cliaff. Dry thin scales. 



Chlorophyll. The green coloring matter of plants. 



Choripetaloiis. Maving the petals separate or free. 



Ciliate. Pro\ided with marginal hairs. 



Ciliolate. Minutely ciliate. 



Conduplicate. Folded lengthwise. 



Cone. A primitive flower as the carpellate cone of the pine. 



Connate. Similar organs more or less united. 



Convolute. Rolled around or rolled up longitudinally. 



Cordate. Heart-shaped. 



Coriaceous. Leathery. 



Corolla. The inner set cf sterile, usually olored, floral leaves; the 



whole set of petals. 

 Cotyledon. A l^af-like organ f f the emhryo in the seed. 

 Crena'.e. With rounded teeth. 

 Crenulate. Mirulely crenate. 

 Cnneate. Wedge-shaped. 

 Cuspidate. With a sharp stiff point. 

 Cyme. An inflorescence of tlie determinate type, the central flower 



developing hrst. 



Deciduous. Falling away at the end of the growing period. 

 Decompound. More than once compound. 



Decurrent. Applied to an organ extending along the side of another. 

 Dehiscence. The opening of an ovulary, sp'irangium, or pollen sac for 



the discharge of the contents. 

 Deltoid. Broadly triangular. 

 Dentate. With outwardly projecting teeth. 

 Diadelphous. Having the stamens united into two sets. 

 Diaphragm. .\ septum or transverse plate in the ])ith or other parts. 

 Dichotomous. Two-forked. 

 Didymous. Twin-like. 



Digitate. Diverging like the spread Angers. 

 Dioecious. Having the microsporangiate or staminate flowers and the 



megosporangiate or carpellate flowers on separate plants. 

 Dissected. Divided into many segments. 

 Divided. Cleft to the liase or to the midrih. 

 Drupe. .\ sim])h,- usually indeliiscent fruit with fleshy e.xocarp and 



liory endocari). 

 Dwarf l;ranch. .A highl\- s])ecialized and reduced shoot on a twig, as 



in the pine and larch. 



