GLOSSARY. 



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Costal-nerved. With nerves springing 

 (rum a midrib ; 92. 



Costite (-atus). Ribbed; furnished with 

 one or more longitudinal primary 

 veins or ribs. 



Cotyledons ( Cotyledon, pi. Cotyledones). 

 The " seed-lobes," being the leaves or 

 first leaves of the embryo ; viz., the 

 one, or the pair, or rarely the whorl of 

 leaves borne by the radicle or caulicle ; 

 10, 311, 313. 



Cotyliformis. Dish-shaped, or wheel- 

 shaped with an erect or ascending 

 border. 



Crateriform (-ormis). In the shape of 

 a goblet or cup, of hemispherical con- 

 tour or more shallow; 248. 



Cr mocnrp (Cremocdrpium). A dry and 

 seed-like fruit, composed of two one- 

 seeded carpels, invested by an epigy- 

 nous calyx, and separating at matu- 

 rity; 297. 



Creeping. Running along or under 

 ground and rooting; 53. 



Crena, Crenatura. A rounded tooth or 

 notch. 



Cnnate (-atus). Toothed by crenatures ; 

 scalloped; 98 



Crenel, Crenelled. Same as Crenature 

 and Crenate. 



Crenulate (-atus). Diminutive of Cre- 

 nate, i. e. with small crenatures. 



Crested. Furnished with any elevated 

 line, ridge, or conspicuous elevation 

 on the surface, especially such as may 

 be likened to the crest of a helmet. 



Cretaceus. Chalk-white; chalky. 



Cribrose (-osus) and Cribriform (-ormis). 

 Pierced like a sieve. 



Cribriform Cells, 77. 



Crinitus. Bearded with long and weak 

 hairs. 



Critpatus. Curled or crispy. 



Cristate (-atus). Crested. 



Croceus, Crocatus. Saffron-colored, i. e. 

 deep reddish-yellow. 



Cross-breeds. The progeny of interbred 

 varieties; 321. 



Cross-fertilization. Fecundation by pol- 

 len of another "flower and of another 

 individual; 216. 



Crown. See Corona, 210; 246. 



Crowned. See Coronate. 



Crowning ( Coronans). Borne on the 

 summit of an organ. 



Cruciate (-atus), Cruciform (-ormis). 

 Cross-shaped. 



Cruciferous (-us). Cross-bearing; used 

 in the sense of Cruciform ; as the 



"cruciferous" corolla of the order 



Cruciferje; 246. 

 Crumpled. See Corrugate. 

 Crust:>ceous (-us). Of hard and brittle 



texture. , 



Cryptos. Greek for concealed ; whence 

 Ci <,ptoyamia. Cryptogamous or Cryp- 



togamic plants ; 3, 335, 344. 

 Crypto f/amous. Pertaining to the above. 

 Cucullate (-atus), Cuculldris, Cuculli- 



formis. Hooded, or hood-shaped, 



cowled. 

 Culm ( Culmus). The peculiar stem or 



straw of Grain-plants and Grasses; 50. 

 Cultrate (-atus), Cultriformis. Shaped 



like a broad knife-blade. 

 Cuneate (Cuneatus), Cuneiform (-ormis). 



Wedge-shaped ; triangular with an 



acute angle downward ; 95. 

 Cup-shaped. In the form of a drinking- 



cup. 

 Cupule (Cupula). The acorn-cup and 



the like; 296. 

 Cupularis, Cupulatus. Furnished with 



or subtended by a cupule or any re- 

 sembling body. 



Cupuliferous (-us). Cupule-bearing. 

 Curvinerved (-ius). When the ribs of a 



leaf are curved in their course ; 92. 

 Curviserial. In curved or oblique ranks ; 



124. 

 Cushion. The enlargement at or be- 



"neath the insertion of many leaves. 

 Cuspidate (-atus). Tipped with a Cusp, 



or sharp and rigid point; 97. 

 Cut. Same as incised, or in a general 



sense as cleft. 

 Cuticle ( Cuticula). The outermost skin 



or pellicle. 

 Cutting. A severed portion of a plant 



used for bud-propagation ; 43. 

 Cydneus. A clear bright blue. 

 Cydthiform (-ormis). Cup-shaped; in the 



form of a 

 Cydthus. A drinking-cup, such as a 



goblet or wine-glass. 

 Cycle. A circle. Sometimes used for 



one turn of a helix or spire; 122. 

 Cyclical. Relating to a cycle ; or coiled 



into a circle; 119, 120. 

 Cylindraceous. Somewhat or nearly 



cylindrical. 

 Cylindrical (-us). Elongated and with 



circular cross-section; in the form of a 



cylinder. 

 Cymb&form or Cymbiform (-ormis). 



Boat-shaped. 

 Cyme ( Cyma). A flower-cluster of the 



determinate or centrifugal type. 



