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Cdlulares. The second division of Lindley's system. Plants having 



colls, but not spiral vessels. Ex. Mushrooms. 

 Cellular. Made up of little cells. Ex. Stem of Eriocaulon. 

 Cephalic. Good for the head. 



Cernuous. Nodding or drooping. Ex. Geum rivale, ( Water avens.) 

 Chalaza. A spot on the seed, indicating the spot where the vessels of the 



raphe terminated. 



Chaffy. Made of membranes like chaff. Ex. Gnaphalium, (Life Ever- 

 lasting.') 



Cilicle. Fringed with hairs like the eyelashes. Ex. Lopczia cordata. 

 Cinerous. Ash-colored ; gray. Ex. Grevillea cinerea. 

 Cirrhose. Tendrilled, having claspers. Ex. Gourd, Gloriosa. 

 Clasping. Partly surrounding the stalks, as the leaves of Garden Let- 

 tuce. Fig. 82. 



Clavate. Club-shaped. Largest at the top. Ex. Pedicels of Actea rubra. 

 Claw. The narrow part of the petal, where it is attached. Ex. Pink, 



Fig. 115. 



Cleft. Divided less than half way. Mostly applied to the calyx. 

 Coadnate. Uniting, or adhering at the base. 



Colored. Some color different from green, the usual color of plants. 

 Compound. Used in Botany to express the union of several things in 



one : thus a compound flower consists of many small florets, or 



simple flowers ; a compound umbel is made up of several smaller 



umbels, &c. 



Compressed. Pressed together ; flattened. 

 Cone. The fruit of the Pine tribe, Fig. 143. 

 Conglomerate. Crowded together in a spherical form. 

 Connate. Joined together at the base. Ex. Triostium perfoliatum, 



Fig. 83. 



Connlvent. Converging, or approaching each other. Ex. Datura ferox. 

 Contorted. Twisted, bent from the ordinary position. 

 Corculum. The germ or embryo of the future plant, contained in the 



seed commonly between the cotyledons. Ex. Garden Bean. 

 Cordate. Heart-shaped. Ex. Leaves of the Aster macrophyllus, 



. Fig. 35. 

 Coriaceous. Resembling leather. Thick and tough. Ex. Leaves of the 



Chionanthes Virgimca, ( Virginian Fringe-tree.) 

 Corneous. Horny. Having the consistence of horn. 

 Corniculate. Horn-shaped. 

 Corolla. The delicate colored part of the flower, on which its beauty 



generally depends. It is the second covering of the bud, within the 



calyx. See page 53, Fig. 95. 

 Cortical. Belonging to the bark. 

 Corimb. A raceme, or panicle, in which the stalks of the lower flowers, 



being longest, the whole is nearly flat on the top. Ex. Achillea, 



(Yarrow,) Fig. 131. 



Corymbose. Formed after the manner of a Corymb. 

 Costce. Literally ribs ; applied by botanists, sometimes to the midrib of 



the leaf, and sometimes to any projecting round elevations, having 



the same direction as the axis of the fruit. 

 Costate. Ribbed. 

 Cotyledons. Seed leaves, or seed lobes. The fleshy parts of seeds, well 



known in the Bean, as the two halves which are separated in the act 



of sprouting, and rise above the ground, Fig. 144. 



