GLOSSARY 



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Carnose. Fleshy in texture. 



Carpel. The unit of structure of the pistil, 

 which may consist of a single carpel or of 

 several carpels. 



Carpophore. The slender prolongation of 

 the floral axis which in the Umbelliferae 

 supports the pendulous ripe carpels. 



Cartilaginous. Firm and tough in texture, 

 like cartilage. 



Caruncle. An excrescence at the hilum of 

 some seeds, as those of Polygala. 



Carunculate. Furnished with a caruncle. 



Catkin. A scaly deciduous spike of flow- 

 ers; an ament. 



Caudate. Tailed or tail-pointed. 



Caudex. The persistent base of an other- 

 wise annual herbaceous stem. 



Caulescent. Having an obvious stem. 



Cauline. Of or belonging to a stem. 



Centrifugal (inflorescence). Produced or 

 expanding in succession from the center 

 outwards. 



Centripetal. The opposite of centrifugal. 



Cernuous. Nodding; the summit more or 

 less inclining. 



Chaff. Small membranous scales or bracts 

 on the receptacle of Compositae; the 

 glumes of grasses, etc. 



Chaffy. Furnished with chaff, or of the 

 texture of chaff. 



Channeled. Hollowed out like a gutter; 

 same as canaliculate. 



Chartaceous. With the texture of paper or 

 parchment. 



Ciliate (foliar organs). Beset on the mar- 

 gin with a fringe. 



Cinereous. Ash-grayish; the color of ashes. 



Circinate. Rolled inwards from the top, 

 like a crosier. 



Circumscissile. Dehiscing by a regular 

 transverse circular line of division. 



Cirrhtferous, Cirrhose. Furnished with a 

 tendril. 



Clavate. Club-shaped; slender below and 

 thickened upwards. 



Claw. The narrow or stalk-like base of 

 some petals. 



Club-shaped. See clavate. 



Coalescence. The union of parts or organs 

 of the same kind. 



Cochleate. Coiled or shaped like a snail 

 shell. 



Cohesion. The union of one organ with 

 another of like nature. 



Column. The united stamens, as in Mal- 

 vaceae; or the stamens and pistils united 

 into one body, as in Orchidaceae. 



Coma. A tuft of any sort (literally, a head 

 of hair). 



Commissure. The plane of junction of two 

 carpels, as in the fruit of Umbelli- 

 ferae. 



Comose. Tufted; bearing a tuft of hairs. 



Compressed. Flattened on two opposite 



sides. 



Conduplicate. Folded upon itself lengthwise. 

 Confluent. Blended into one, or running 



together. 



Congested, Conglomerate. Crowded to- 

 gether. 



Conjugate. Coupled; in single pairs. 

 Connate. United or grown together from 



the first. 



Connective. The part of the anther connect- 

 ing its two cells. 

 Connivent. Converging, or brought close 



together. 



Contorted. Twisted together. 

 Convolute. Rolled up lengthwise, as the 



leaves of the plum in vernation. 

 Cordate. Heart-shaped. 

 Coriaceous. Resembling leather in texture. 

 Cam. A solid bulb, like that of Crocus. 

 Corneous. Of the consistence or appearance 



of horn, as the albumen of the seed of 



the date, coffee, etc. 

 Corniculate. Furnished with a small horn 



or spur. 

 Corolla. The floral envelope (usually 



showy) within the calyx. 

 Corona. A coronet or crown; an appendage 



at the top of the claw of some petals, as 



Silene and soapwort. 

 Corrugate. Wrinkled or in folds. 

 Cortical. Belonging to the bark (cortex). 

 Corymb. A flat or convex flower-cluster, 



with branches arising at different levels 



and centripetal blooming. 

 Corymbose. Approaching the form of a 



corymb, or branched in that way; ar- 

 ranged in corymbs. 



Costa. A rib; the midrib of a leaf, etc. 

 Costate. Ribbed. 



Cotyledons. The first leaves of the embryo. 

 Crateriform. Goblet-shaped; broadly cup- 

 shaped. 

 Creeping (stems). Growing flat on or 



beneath the ground and rooting. 

 Cremocarp. A half-fruit, or one of the two 



carpels of Umbelliferae. 

 Crenate. With rounded teeth. 

 Crested, Cristate. Bearing any elevated ap- 

 pendage like a crest. 

 Cribrose. Pierced like a sieve with small 



apertures. 



Crinite. Bearded with long hairs, etc. 

 Crown. See corona. 

 Cruciate, Cruciform. Cross-shaped, as the 



four spreading petals of the mustard 



and the petals of all the flowers of that 



family. 

 Crustaceous. Hard and brittle in texture; 



crust-like. 

 Cucullate. Hooded or hood-shaped; rolled 



up like a cornet of paper, as the spathe of 



Indian turnip. 



