GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS 199 



the anther, in which there 

 are usually two. 



Ciliate (Ciliatus, Lat., fringed 

 with hair ) , lined or margined 

 with hairs. 



Clavate (Cla*va, Lat., a 

 club), gradually thickened 

 upwards. 



Claw, the stalk or lengthened 

 base of a floral segment. 



Complicate (Complicates, com- 

 plico, Lat., I fold together), 

 folded upon itself. 



Cordate (Cordatus, Lat., heart- 

 shaped), applied to a flat 

 organ with a broad and 

 notched base. 



Cotyledon (Kotuledon, Gr., a 

 hollow), the seed-leaf. 



Crenate (Crena, Lat., a notch), 

 with rounded teeth right- 

 angled to the margin. 



Crenulate, diminutive of Cre- 

 nate, used when the teeth 

 are comparatively small. 



Crest (Cr'ista, Lat.), an ele- 

 vated line, or ridges, on the 

 segment of an Iris flower, 

 characteristic of the section 

 Evansia ; crests, the append- 

 ages of the stigma. 



Cross, see hybrid. 



Cuneate (Cuneus, Lat., a 

 wedge), wedge-shaped but 

 applied to flat organs. 



Cusp (Cuspis, Lat., a point), a 

 sharp rigid point. Adj., 

 cuspidate, tipped with a rigid 

 point. 



D 



Deltoid (Delta, the Gr. letter 

 D), triangular in outline. 



Dentate (Dens, Lat., a tooth), 

 with sharpish teeth right- 

 angled to the margin. 



Denticulate, diminutive of 

 dentate. 



Distichous (Distlchos, Gr., of 

 two rows), said of leaves 

 when in opposite vertical 

 ranks on the stem. 



Ellipsoidal (Ellelpsis, Gr., a 

 falling short, etdos, like), 

 applied to a solid, oblong in 

 longitudinal section, the ends 

 regularly rounded. 



Elliptical, applied to a flat sur- 

 face, like oblong but a degree 

 broader half way from 

 needle-shaped to quite round. 



Emarginate (Emarglno, Lat., 

 to deprive of its edge), hav- 

 ing a small notch at the ex- 

 tremity of a floral segment 

 or leaf. 



Endosperm (Endon, within, 

 Sperma, seed, Gr.), the re- 

 serve food outside the em- 

 bryo of a seed, recently 

 limited to that deposited 

 within the embryo sac. 



Ensiform (Ensis, Lat., a sword, 

 Forma, Lat., shape), sword- 



