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GLOSSARY. 



Cleft, divided, but not exactly to the base, split. 

 Ctinandrium, that part of the column of orchideous 



plants in which the anther lies. 

 Closed, that which is closed up, leaving no aper- 



ture ; the throat of a flower witli hairs or other 



processes ; pressed together, not spreading 

 Close-pressed, when any thing lies quite close upon 



a surface it is said to be closed-pressed. 

 Clustered, disposed in clusters. 

 Clypeate, shaped like a Roman buckler. 

 Coadunate, united together, soldered together. 

 Coarctate, pressed together. 

 Cobwebbed, covered as if with a cobweb. 

 Cochleate, \ twisted so as to resemble the shell of 

 Cochleated, ) a snail. 

 Cocculiferous, bearing coccula. 

 Cocculum, a kind of cell which opens with elasticity ; 



a kind of membranous spring. 

 Cohering, connected. 

 Coleorhiza, a little sheath which tips the radicle in 



cruciferous plants. 



Collapsion, the act of closing or falling together. 

 Columella, the axis of the fruit in mosses. 

 Columnar, formed like a column. 

 Compact, close, crowded. 

 Complanate, flattened. 

 Complicate, 1 ? , . , . 

 Complicated, j ^d together. 

 Compound, used in botany to express the union of 



several things in one ; thus a compound umbel 



is formed by several simple umbels ; if above 



one it is always called compound ; a compound 



flower by several simple flowers; a compound 



leaf by several smaller leaflets. 

 Compressed, pressed together, and flattened. 

 Concave, hollow. 

 Concave-cucullate, hollowed out in the form of a 



hood. 

 Concentric, points or lines at equal distances from 



a common centre. 



Concrete, formed into one mass, or joined together. 

 Conduplicate, twice doubled, or twice folded. 

 Cone. See Strobile. 



Conferruminate, \ united together, so as to be un- 

 Conferruminated, f distinguishable. 

 Confluent, running into one another at the base or 



apex. 

 Conglutinate, glued together into one mass. 



Conico-oyUndrical, /^f*^ ""< ^ 



1 awl-shaped and conical, ta- 

 Comco-subulate, . ^ 



\ pering to a point. 



Conical, resembling a cone in shape. 



Conically-subulate, between cone-shaped and awl- 

 shaped, thickest at the base. 



Conic-ovate, between egg-shaped and conical. 



Conjugate, joined by pairs, chiefly applied to leaves. 



Connate, joined together at the base. When two op- 

 posite leaves are joined together at the base, 

 with the stem running through the centre of the 

 joined part, it is called a connate leaf. 



c nver g in ff. ^ng close together. 



Conoid, shaped like a cone. 



Constricted, tightened or contracted in some parti- 

 cular place. 



Continuous, uninterrupted connectior. 



Contiguous, so close as to touch one another. 



Contortuplicate, twisted in plaits. 



Contracted, narrowed in some particular place. 



Convex, rising in a circular form. 



Convolute, rolled together, or over each other. 



Coralloid, like coral. 



Cordate, formed like a heart in cards. 



Cordate, when it is joined by a hyphen to another 

 word, signifies a figure between the two, as cor- 

 date-reniform ; cordately-reniform, a figure be- 

 tween heart-shaped and kidney-shaped ; cordate- 

 triangular, a form between heart-shaped and tri- 

 angular; cordate-roundish, circular and cordate; 

 cordate-oblong, oblong and cordate; cordate-sagit- 

 tate, cordately-sagittate, between heart-shaped and 



arrow-shaped ; cordate-auriculate, having auricles 

 at the base, so as to give the leaf the figure of a 

 heart; cordate-orbicular, a figure between a heart 

 and a circle; cordate-lanceolate, cordate-peltate, a 

 form between that of a buckler and a heart. 



Coriaceous, the consistence of leather, thick and 

 tough. 



Corolla, the inner envelope of a flower ; the coloured 

 part of a flower, composed of a petal or petals. 

 The term is only applied when the calyx is pre- 

 sent ; otherwise it is called a perianth, which see. 



Corollaceous, like a corolla, a corolla. 



Corollate, like a corolla. 



Corneous, horny, of the consistence of horn. 



Corniculate, ) having processes like small horns, 



Corniculated, J or like horns. 



Corona, literally a crown ; applied in botany to the 

 crown-like cup which is found at the orifice of the 

 tube of the corolla in Narcissus or other flowers. 



Corpuscle, a small body, a particle of any tiling. 



Corroborant, strengthening. 



Corrosive, having the power to eat away. 



Corrugate, ) . , , , 



Corrugated, f wnnkled or shrivelled. 



Cortical, of or belonging to bark. 



Corticate, like bark. 



Corymb, a raceme or panicle, in which the stalks 

 of the lower flowers are longer than those of the 

 upper, so that the flowers themselves are all on 

 the same level. 



Corymbiferous, bearing a corymb. 



Corymbose, formed or arranged in the manner of a 

 corymb. 



Corymbosely-cymose, arranged in a manner between 

 a corymb and a cyme. 



Corymbosely-fastigiate, between fastigiate and co- 

 rymbose. 



Corymbosely-racemose, arranged between racemose 

 and corymbose. 



Corymbosely-umbellate, arranged in a manner be- 

 tween an umbel and a corymb. 



Corymbulose, formed of many small corymbs. 



Cosmetic, beautifying. 



Costate, ribbed, any longitudinal elevations. 



Cotyledons, seed-leaves, the first leaves from seed. 



Creeping, spread upon the ground, and rooting at 

 the joints. 



Crenatures, the notchings. 



Crenrs, round notches. 



Crenate, or Crenated, having round notches. 



Crenate-angular, crenate and angular. 



Crenulate, full of small round notches. 



Crenately -serrated, Crenate-serrate or serrated, with 

 notched serratures ; that is to say, something 

 between crenated and serrated. 



Crenately-lobed, so deeply crenated as to appear 

 lobed. 



Crenate- toothed, between crenate and toothed. 



Crenately-denticulated, between crenate and tooth- 

 letted. 



Crenulate, 1 



Crenulated,} havm S sma11 round notcnes - 



Crest, applied to some elevated appendage, ter- 

 minating a particular organ ; a stamen is crested 

 when the filament projects beyond the anther, 

 and becomes dilated ; a petal is crested when it 

 is terminated by a fringed appendage, or an ap- 

 pendage in any part. 



Crested, having a crest. 



Crestedly-toothed, toothed in a crested manner. 



Cretaceously-pruinose, covered with white glittering 

 spots or pustules. 



Cribriform, riddled with holes like a sieve. 



Cribrose, perforated like a sieve. 



Crowned, terminated by any thing ; in Carophyllea: 

 the petals are said to be crowned when they are 

 furnished with the appendages in the throat. 

 Cruciate, shaped like a Maltese cross. A flower is 

 said to be cruciate, when four petals are placed 

 opposite each other at right angles. 

 Cruciferous, the name of a particular family of 

 plants, bearing cruciate flowers. 



uneate-obovate, ( a for . m be , twee " 

 uneate-ovate, 1 wedge-shaped 

 V. egg-shapedand 



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 unea e , > 



uneiform, ) 



Cruciately-opposite, placed opposite, so as to form 



right angles. 



Crustaceans, having a hard brittle crust. 

 Crystalline, consisting of or resembling crystals. 

 Cucullate, a leaf is said to be cucullate when its 



edge is curved inwards in such a manner as to 



represent the cowl or hood of a monk. 

 Cucullately-saccate, a form between cucullate and 



saccate. 

 Culm, the stem of grasses, sci tamineous plants, and 



the like. 



Culmiferous, producing culms. 

 Cultrate, 1 , ., ,.. .... 



Cultriform, } sha P ed llke a P runln S ^mfe. 



ob Vate and 

 and between 



andwedge-shaped. 



wedge-shaped, the broadest end upper- 



t tapering to the base. 

 Cuneiform, ) 



Cuneiform-ovate, between wedge-shaped and egg- 



shaped. 

 Cuneately-lanceolate, between wedge-shaped and 



lanceolate. 

 Cup, the same as Corona, any thing in the shape of 



a cup. 



c " "' f the cup of an acorn, and such like fruits. 



Cupulate, ) i_ j i-i 



n i-r f shaped like a cup or reversed bell. 



{^upuiijorm, ) 



Cuspidate, when a leaf suddenly tapers to a point it 



is so called. 

 Cuspidately-serrated, when serratures end abruptly 



in a point they are so called. 

 Cutaneous, relating to the skin. 

 Cuticle, the scarf, skin, or epidermis. 

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

 Cyathiform, cup-shaped, concave. 

 Cylindraceous, having the form of a cylinder. 

 Cylindrical, cylinder-shaped, round. 

 Cylindrically-campanulate, between bell-shaped and 



cylinder-shaped. 

 Cylindrically-conical, cylindrical and conical, taper- 



ing to the apex 

 Cylindrically-globose, a form between a cylinder and 



a sphere. 



Cymbiform, having the shape of a boat. 

 Cyme, a mode of inflorescence resembling a flat- 



tened panicle, as that of the Elder. 

 Cymiferous, bearing cymes. 

 Cymose, flowering in cymes. 



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Decandrous, having 10 stamens. 



Deciduous, falling off; leaves which are shed an- 



nually are said to be deciduous, as are also trees 



that annually lose their leaves. 

 Declinate, bending downwards. 

 Decompound, a leaf is said to be decompound when 



it is twice or thrice pinnate ; a panicle, when its 



branches are also panicled, &c. 

 Decorticated, disbarked, the bark fallen off or taken 



off. 



Decumbent, lying down on the ground. 

 Decurrent, running down ; a leaf is said to be de- 



current when it extends down the leaf-stalk or 



stem. 



leaves and branches are said to be 

 decussate, when two right lines 

 cross each other at right angles, 

 forming a kind of square, or four 

 angles. 

 Decussately-opposite, applied to leaves when they 



are opposite and form right lines, cross each 



other at right angles and form a square. 

 Definite, that which may be counted, a regular 



number. 



Deflexed, bent downwards. 

 Dehiscent, gaping, opening ; an expression applied 



to the mode in which the anthers or the fruit 



burst open and discharge their contents. 



stem. 



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Decussate, J 

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