Common Peduncle OF BOTANICAL TERMS. Compound Sporophore 



CdM'MdN PEDUN'CLE, one sup- 

 porting several pedicels. 



CdM'MdN PfiR'IANTH, applied 

 to certain common involucres, 

 as that surrounding the head 

 of flowers in Composite. 



CtiMMdN REgEP'TACLE, one 

 supporting more than one 

 flower or other organ. 



CdM'MdN UM'BflL, see Com- 

 pound Umbel and Univer- 

 sal Umbel. 



CO'MOSE, bearing a coma or tuft, 

 or growing in tufts; comate. 



C&MPACT , solid; close. 



C6M'PLANATE, flattened verti- 

 cally to a level surface above 

 and below. Applied also to 

 several organs which are flat- 

 tened or arranged so as to lie 

 in one plane, and to such as lie 

 flat upon or against each other, 

 as when leaves lie flat upon the 

 stem. Compare Explanate 

 and Compressed. 



CdMPLETE', having calyx, co- 

 rolla, stamens, and pistils. 

 Compare Perfect. 



CCM'PLiSX, an assemblage of in- 

 terwoven fibres, or any group 

 of complicated parts. 



CdM'PLlCATE, folded together 

 forward. Compare Repli- 

 cate and Conduplicate. 



CdM'PO UND, consisting of a num- 

 ber of similar subordinate 

 parts forming a complete 

 whole, as the leaf of the wal- 

 nut. 



CdM'POUND CdR'YMB, one with 

 more than one flower on each 

 ray or branch. 



Compound dichA'sJum, one in 



which the primary axis termi- 

 nates in a flower, beneath 

 which arise several secondary 

 axes, each of which terminates 

 in like manner, as in valerian. 



CdM'POUND FLOWER, an old 



term for the flower-head in 

 Composite. 



CdM'POUND FRUIT, see Aggre- 

 gate Fruit. 



CdM'POUND iN'FLdRfiS'CENCE, 

 one in which the ultimate 

 branches each bear more than 

 one flower, thus forming a com- 

 pound spike, corymb, etc. 



CdM'POUND LEAF, one having 

 two or more distinct blades, or 

 leaflets, as in the ash. 



CdM'POUND O'VArY, one having 

 more than one carpel. 



CdM'POUND PfS'TlL, one com- 

 posed of more than one carpel. 



CdM'POUND RACEME', see Pan- 

 icle. 



C&M'POUND SPIKE, one having 

 more than one flower or spike- 

 let on each short branch, as 

 wheat. Applied especially 

 when the secondary spikes are 

 well developed, or when, as in 

 Panicum sanguinale, the inflo- 

 rescence consists of several 

 spikes of nearly equal size aris- 

 ing from the apex of the pe- 

 duncle. 



CdM'POUND SPORE, a spore con- 

 sisting of more than one cell, 

 each of which is frequently 

 capable of germination. It 

 differs from Gemma by its 

 more definite form and special- 

 ized method of production. 

 The syuonyms are spore-group, 

 semen-multiplex, compound 

 spore, cellular spore, multi- 

 cellular spore, pluricellular 

 spore, septate spore. potyspore, 

 sporidesm, etc. See Meri- 

 spore. 



C6M POUND SPO ROPHORE, one 

 formed by the cohesion of 

 separate hyphal branches. 

 Compare Simple Sporo- 

 phore. 



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