Cochlea 



OF BOTANICAL TERMS. Collective Fruit 



bia. Compare Regma. (2) A 

 spherical or spheroidal cell 

 among bacteria, especially of 

 the genus Micrococcus. 



COCHLEA, see Stkombus. 



COCHLEAR, a form of aestiva- 

 tion in which one piece being 

 larger covers all the others, as 

 in Aconitum. Compare Vex- 



ILLARY. 



COCHLEAR'lFdRM, shaped like 

 the bowl of a spoon. 



COCH'LEATE, shaped like a snail- 

 shell; spirally turbinate. Prac- 

 tically the same as Btrombuli- 

 form. 



COCKS'COMBED, fasciated. Ap- 

 plied mainly in horticulture to 

 strawberries which are irregu- 

 lar in shape from being flat- 

 tened at the sides or fasciated. 



g(EL'0SP£RM, a ccelospermous 

 seed. 



gCELOSPER'MOUS, applied to the 

 seeds (cremocarps) of coriander 

 and some other Umbelliferse, 

 which have the inner surface 

 hollowed by the curving in of 

 the top and bottom. 



gffiNAN'THIUM, see Clinan- 

 thium. Also sometimes ap- 

 plied to receptacles like the 

 fig, or to any fleshy receptacle 

 in which the flowers are more 

 or less embedded. 



gdSNO'Bf tJM (1) a community of 

 a definite number of unicellu- 

 lar individuals united in one 

 body of definite form, as in 

 Volvox: cenobium. Compare 

 Cell-family. (2) A name of 

 the fruit peculiar to the Bora- 

 ginacese and Labiatese, con- 

 sisting of four distinct nutlets 

 around a common style. 



gCERULES'CENT, bluish, lighter 

 than coeruleus. 



gffiRU'LEtJS, light blue; sky- 

 blue. 



COETA'NEOtJS, appearing or ex- 

 isting at the saine time; of the 

 same age. 



COHE'RENT, having similar parts 

 more or less united, as the 

 petals in a gamopetalous co- 

 rolla. Compare Adherent. 



COHESION, the union of mem- 

 bers of the same whorl or kind. 

 Compare Adhesion. 



CO'HdRT, a natural group of or- 

 ders within a class; alliance. 



COLEOPHYL'LUM, a membra- 

 nous or fleshy sheath investing 

 the plumule in Monocotyle- 

 dons. 



COLEOP'TILE, see Coleophyl- 

 lum. 



COLEORHI'ZA, the covering 

 through which the radicle of 

 most Monocotyledons bursts 

 in germination; root-sheath. 

 The term has also been applied 

 to the vascular-bundle sheath 

 in roots. 



COL'LAR, the line of junction be- 

 tween the stem and root; col- 

 lum; neck. Also applied to the 

 annulus of a mushroom. 



COLLATERAL, side by side. 



COLLAT ERAL BUN'DLE, a fibro- 

 vascular bundle having a single 

 strand of phloem in continu- 

 ous contact with a single strand 

 of xylem. Compare Bicol- 



LATERAL BUNDLE, RADIAL 



Bundle, and Concentric 

 Bundle. 



COLLATERAL CHO'RlSIS, when 

 the parts originating by chor- 

 isis stand side by side; parallel 

 chorisis. Compare Trans- 

 verse Chorisis. 



COLLECTING HAlRS, hairs upon 

 the style in certain Composite 

 which serve to collect the 

 pollen as it is discharged from 

 the anther. 



COLLECTIVE FRUIT, a fruit- 



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