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Contrary, turned in opposite direction to the ordinary. 



Convolute, rolled up lengthwise, as the leaves of the Plum in vernation, 72. In 



aestivation, same as contorted, 97. 

 Cordate, heart-shaped, 53. 

 Coriaceous, resembling leather in texture. 

 Corky, of the texture of cork. Corky layer of bark, 141. 

 Conn, a solid bulb, like that of Crocus, 45. 

 Corneous, of the consistence oi appearance of horn. 

 Corniculale, furnished with a small horn or spur. 

 Comute, horned; bearing a horn-like projection or appendage. 

 Corolla, the leaves of the flower within the calyx, 14, 79. 

 Corollaceous, Corolline, like or belonging to a corolla. 



Corona, a coronet or crown ; an appendage at the top of the claw of some petals, 91. 

 Coronate, crowned; furnished with a crown. 

 Cortex, bark. Cortical, belonging to the bark (cortex). 

 Corticate, coated with bark or bark-like covering. 

 Corymb, a flat or convex indeterminate flower-cluster, 74. 

 Corymbiftrous, bearing corymbs. 



Corymbose, in corymbs, approaching the form of a corymb, or branched in that way. 

 Costa, a rib; the midrib of a leaf, &c. Costa te, ribbed. 

 Cotyledons, the proper leaves of the embryo, 11, 127. 

 Crattriform, goblet-shaped or deep saucer-shaped. 



Creeping (stems), growing flat on or beneath the ground and rooting, 39. 

 Cremocarp, a half-fruit, or one of the two carpels of Umbelliferae, 121. 

 Crenate, or Crenelled, the edge scalloped into rounded teeth, 55. 

 Crenulate, minutely or slightly crenate. 



Crested, or Cristate, bearing any elevated appendage like a crest. 

 Cretaceous, chalky or chalk-like. 



Cribrose, or cribriform, pierced like a sieve with small apertures. 

 Crinite, bearing long hairs. 

 Crispate, curled or crispy. 

 Croceous, saffron-color, deep reddish-yellow. 

 Cross-breeds, the progeny of interbred varieties, 176. 

 Cross fertilization, 115. 

 Crown, see corona. Crowned, see coronate. 

 Cruciate, or Cruciform, cross-shaped. Cruciform Corolla, 86. 

 Crustaceous, hard and brittle in texture; crust-like. 

 Cryptogamous Plants, Cryptogams, 10, 156. 

 Cryptos, concealed, as Cryptopetalous, with concealed petals, &c 

 Crystals in plants, 137. 

 Cucullate, hooded, or hood-shaped, rolled up like a cornet of paper, or a hood 



(cucullus), as the spathe of Indian Turnip, 75. 

 Culm, a straw; the stem of Grasses and Sedges, 39. 

 Cultrate, shaped like a trowel or broad knife. 

 Cuneate, Cuneiform, wedge-shaped, 53. 

 Cup-shaped, same as cyathiform or near it. 

 Cupule, a little cup ; the cup to the acorn of the Oak, 122 

 Cupular, or Cupulate, provided with a cupule. 

 Cupuliferous, cupule-bearing. 

 Curviveined, with curved ribs or veins. 

 Curinserial, in oblique or spiral ranks. 



Cushion, the enlargement at the insertion or base of a petiole. 

 Cuspidate, tipped with a sharp and stiff point or cusp, 54. 

 Cut, same as incised, or applied generally to any sharp and deep division, 55. 

 Cuticle, the skin of plants, or more strictly its external pellicle. 

 Cyaneous, bright blue. 



Cyathiform, in the shape of a cup, or particularly of a wine-glass. 

 Cycle, one complete turn of a spire, or a circle, 70. 



