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VOCABULARY. 



berries and the petals of spring flowers.] and tego, to cover.) The rind or coarse 

 Black, in roots and seeds. Yellow, in outer hark of plants; the organization 

 anthers, and the petals of compound of the outer and inner harks ditR-rs chief- 

 flowers. Red in the petals of summer ly in the fineness of their texture, 

 flowers and acid fruits. Blue and vio- Cor'tical. Belonging to the bark, 

 let colour, in the petals. Green, in the Coryda'lis. Helmet like. f 



Co'rymb. Inflorescence, in which the 

 tlowi-r stalks spring from different 

 heights oil the common stem, forming a 

 flat top. 



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leaves and calyx 



Columd'la. That which connects the 

 seeds to the inside of the pericarp. The 

 central pillar in a capsule 



Column. The style of gynandrous plants 



used forcolumella. 

 Co' ma. A tuft of bracts on the top of a 



spike of flowers. 

 Com'mon. Any part is common, which 



includes or sustains several parts similar 



among themselves. 

 Compound. Made up of similar simple 

 parts 

 flowers. Such as are in the 



class Syngenesia, having florets with 



united anthers. 

 leaf. When several leafets 



grow on one petiole. 

 raceme. When several rac 



grow along the side of a peduncle. 



umbel. Having the peduncles Creeping. Running horizontally ; 



subdivided into peduncles of lesser inn 



bels. 



petiole. A divided le.-if stalk. 



peduncle. A divided tluwer 



stajk. 



Compres'scd. Flattrned. 

 Concave. Hollowed on one side. 

 Conceptac'ulum. Sinle valved capsule. 



Conchol'ogy. The science which treat* of] Crinitus. Longhaired. 



shells. 



Cone. A scaly fruit like that of the pine 

 See Strobilum. 



Conglomerate. Crowded together. 



Con ic. With a broad base, gradually nar- 

 rowing to the top like a sugar loaf. 



Coniferous. Hearini: cones. 



Conjugate. In paii-. 



Oppos 



IL' lulu 



ite, with the bases united 



Connate. 



orgrowiiiL' into one, formtof the appeal 

 ance of one leaf. Anthers are some- 

 times connate. 



Conni'vrnt. Converging, the ends inclining 

 towards each other. 



Contiguous. Uninterrupted. 



Contor'ted. Twisted. 



Contrac'ted. Close, narrow. 



Conner' ging. Approaching or bending to- 

 wards each other. 



Con'vex. Swellinu' out in a roundish form 



Con'rolute. Rolb d into a cyliudric form 

 as leaves in the hud. 



Cor'culum, or Corcle. The embryo or 

 miniature of the future plant, which is 

 found in seeds often between the cotyle- 

 dons. 



Cor' date. Heart-shaped, side lobes round 

 ed. 



Curia' ceous. Resembling leather; thick 

 and parchment-like. 



Cor'nu. A horn or spur. 



Comic'ulate. Horn shaped. 



Corolla, or corol. (A word derived from 



corona, a crown.) Usually encloses the Cyan 



stamens. 



Corona 'tus. Crowned ; as the thistle seed 



is crowned with down. 

 Cor'tex. (From cerium, leather, or hide, 



Costate. Ribbed. 



nu. (From kntulr, a cavity.) 

 lobes. The fleshy part of seeds 

 which in nnt plants rises out of the 

 ground and toims tin- first leaves, called 

 seminal or seed li aves. Tin ~e lol.es in 

 the greatest proportion of plants, an 

 two 1:1 number ; they art- very conspic- 

 uous in the leguminous seeds ; as beans, 

 peas, &r. The COM ledon.- are externally 

 convex, internally flat, and inclose ;be 

 embryo or principle of life,- which it Is 

 their otljcc to protect and uoni i>h. 



Cre'mocarpe. 'From kn i/mfi, to fiispcnd, 

 and karpos, fruit.) A name given by 

 .M libel to a genus of fruits. 



aresometiines creeping, as also roots. 

 Cre'nate. Scolloped, notches on the nmr- 



>:iii of a leaf which do not point towards 



either the apex or base. 

 Cre'nulate. Finely crenate. 

 Cres 'cent-form. Resembling a half-moon. 

 Crest' ed. Having an appearance like a 



cock's comb. 



Crowded. Clustered together. 



I riiirnnl. See CoronatUS. 



Cruciform. (From mis, cruets, a cross.) 

 Four petals placed like a cross. 

 ii+tu ceou.t. Small crusty substances 

 lvinr one upon another. 



Cryptoga'mia. Stamens and pistils con- 

 cealed. 



(-'n l-it. A measure from the elbow to the 

 end of the middle finger. 



Cucul'latr. Hooded or cowled, rolled or 

 folded in, as in the spatha of the Arum 

 or wild turnip. 



I'linirhHa'ceous. Resembling gourds or 

 melons. 



Cu tiiiary. Suitable for preparations of 

 food. 



( '// or straw. ( From the Grrok kalama, 

 stubble or straw ; in Latin*ct/mu*.) The 

 stem of grasses, Indian corn, sugar 

 cane, &.c. 



Culmif'erous. Having culms; as whft, 

 grasses, &c. 



Cunc'iform. Wedgp-form, with the stalk 

 attached to the point. 



Cup' ul a. A cup. 



Curv'ed. Kent inwards. See incurved. 



Cus'pidate. Having a sharp straight point. 

 (The eye tooth is cuspidate.) 



Cu'ticle. The outside skin of a plant, com- 

 monly thin, resemblini; the scarf or out- 

 er skin of animals. It is considered aa 

 forming a part of the bark. 



Blue. 



Cy'athiform. Shaped like a common wine 



glass. 

 Cylindrical. A circular shaft of nearly 



equal dimensions throughout its extent 



