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COMPLETE, Having both calyx and corol. 



Co>rrovsD, 13. 



CONIC. With a broad uase and approaching a poiat towards the top. 



COS STATE, IT. 



CONTRA. See partition. 



Cox VERGING. Approaching 1 , or bending towards each other. 



CONVEX. Swelling wit in a roundish form. 



COHCLE, 12. CORDATE, ! 5. 



CORIACEOUS. Leathery or parchment-like. 



CONVOKED. Having angles ov corners. Three-cornered, four-corner- 

 ed, &.c. is often expressed trigonua, &e. 



COROL, 9. CORTMB, 13. Cu'rn.Knoy, 12. 



COWLED. When the edges meet below and expand above, and gener- 

 ally separate ; as the spathe of the antm, Indian turnip. 



CREEPING, 14. CUES-ATE. 16. 



CRESTED. Having an appendage somewhat resembling a cock's comb 

 in form. 



CRUCIFORM, II. CRrrTOoAiffors, 9. CFT.M, 15. 



CcLMiFEROtTs. Having cidms. 



CUPFORH. Hollow within, resembling a little cup. 



CUSPIDATE. Having a sharpened point and that tipped with a bristle, 

 a prickle, or lengthened apex, not curved. See mucronate and ob- 

 serve the distinction ; also acuminate. 



CUTICLE, 14. 



CTATHIFOHM. Wineglass-form. Gylindric, widening gradually up- 

 wards, margin not revolute. 



CVLINDRIC. A circular shaft, of nearly equal diameter throughout its 

 whole extent. 



CYME, 13. 



DECIDUOUS. Falling off in the usual: season for similar parts to fall ; 

 as leaves falling at the decline of the year ; corols fulling off at the 

 time the stamens fall, See. See caducous and permanent. 



DECUMBENT. When the base is erect, and the remainder lies on the 

 ground. It applies to stems, stamens, &c. 



DECUHREST, 17. 



DCCUSSATE. When leaves or branches are opposite in pairs, and each 

 pair stands at right angles with the next pair above or below on the 

 same stem. 



DEFLECTED. Bending down archwise. 



DXHISCKHT. The nat ural opening of capsules in the proper season. 



DELTOID. A leaf with four corners ; that is, one at the stem, one at 

 the apex, and one each- side ; but the side ones are nearer to the 

 base than to the apex. When the side angles are about as near to 

 the apex as to the base, il is called a rhombtid leaf. Both kinds 

 are called diamondfortn in English. 



DETPSE. Close, compact. A panicle with abundance of flowers Very 

 close is dense. See thyrse. 



DENTATE. Toothed. . 



DENTICULATE. Having very em all teeth . 



DEOBSTHTJESTS. Substances which remove obstructions 

 Substances calculated, for cleansing 1 . 



