BOTANICAL TERMS. 469 



Crenate. Notched, or scalloped, the divisions being rounded. Ex. Gle- 



choma hederacea, (Gill.) 

 Crenulaie. Full of notches. 

 Crest. Applied to some elevated appendage terminating a particular 



organ : a stamen is crested when the filament projects beyond the 



anther. 



Cruciform. Having four petals placed like a cross. A flower is cruci- 

 form, or cruciate, when four equal petals are placed opposite to each 



other at right angles. Ex. Cabbage, Fig. 117. 



Crystalline. Resembling crystals. Ex. Mesembryanthemum lanceolata. 

 Crypto gamus. Belonging to the Cryptogami, the last of the Linnsean 



Classes, and in which neither stamens nor pistils are visible. Ex. 



Fern, (Polypod,) Fig. 24. 

 Cucullate. Hooded or cowled. Ex. Spathe of the Arum tryphyllum 



(Indian Turnip,) Fig. 130. 

 Cucurbitaccous. Gourd or Melon like. 



Culm. The stem of Grasses, and similar plants. Ex. Wheat, Fig. 20. 

 Culmiferous. Producing culms. 

 Cultrate. Shaped like a pruning knife. 

 Cuneate. Wedge-shaped. 



Cuspidate. Having a sharp straight point, Fig. 50. 

 Cuticle. The outer skin, or epidermis. 

 Cut-toothed. Cut and toothed at the same time. 

 Cyathiform. Cup-shaped. Formed like a wine glass. Ex. Narcissus 



pulchellus. 

 Cylindrical. Cylinder-shaped ; round, but not tapering. Ex. Salicor- 



dia radicans. 

 Cyme. A mode of inflorescence in which the flower stalks rise from the 



same point, but are afterwards variously subdivided. Ex. Scirpus 



lacustris. 



Decagynous. Having ten styles. Ex. Phytolacca decandria, (Poke.) 

 Decandrous. Having ten stamens. Ex. Plants of the 10th Class, as 



Kalmia, Pyrola. 

 Deciduous. Falling off. It means later than caducous. All plants 



which shed their leaves at autumn, are called deciduous, and are thus 



distinguished from evergreens. 

 Dedinate. Tending downwards. Ex. Stamens of the Rhododendron 



maximum. 

 Decompound. Twice compound. A leaf is decompound when it is twice 



pinnated. Ex. Cassia, Mimosa. 



Decorticated. Disbarked. When the bark is wanting. 

 Decumbent. Lying down, or leaning on the ground. Ex. Lespedeza 



prostrata. 

 Decwrrent. When the edge of the leaf runs down the stem. Ex. Many 



of the Thistles. 



Decursive. Having a tendency to run down. 



Decussating. Crossing each other in pairs. Ex. Bidens crysanthemoides. 

 Deflected. Bent to one side. 

 Dehiscent. Gaping, or opening. Applied to the opening of capsules, or 



the mode in which they discharge their seeds. Ex. Columbine. The 



capsule of the Poppy is indehiscent, discharging its seeds by orifices*. 

 Pdtoid, or Delta-leaved. Shaped like the Greek Delta A. Ex. Pre 



nanthes. 



