398 GLOSSARY OF TEKM9, 



Chaffy, covered with membranous scales. 



Chaff-scale, the calyx of grasses and allied plants. 



Channelled leaves or stalks, with a longitudinal groove, f. 70. 



Ciliated, fringed with hairs, f. 64. 



Clammy, covered with glutinous juice. 



Claw, the narrow portion of a petal, f. 125, a. 



Cleft, deeply divided, f. 51. 



Climbing, ascending on other bodies. 



Clinging, holding fast to another body for support, f. 12. 



Close-pressed, lying flat. 



Cluster, numerous flowers, each on a stalk, arranged along a common 

 stalk, f. 97, 98. 



Clustered leaves, crowded together, f. 25. 



Coloured calyx, of any other colour than green. 



Coated Bulbous root, composed of layers, f. 7. 



Common calyx, containing several flowers with united anthers. 



Common corolla, consisting of several flowers with united anthers, con- 

 tained in a common calyx. 



Common or general umbel, the first divisions of an umbel. 



Common involucre, at the base of a general umbel, f. 89, a. 



Complete Jlower, furnished with both calyx and corolla. 



Compound flower, when a number of flowers with united anthers grow in 

 a common calyx. 



Compound leaf, consisting of several pieces connected by insertion into a 

 common stalk. 



Compressed, flattened laterally. 



Connate, adhering together, f. 31. 



Cone, a catkin hardened and enlarged, f. 146, 147. 



Conical receptacle, elevated and coming to a point, f. 155. 



Conjugate leaf, with two leaflets. 



Corolla, the envelope of coloured and delicate leaves of a flower. 



Corymb, an erect cluster, the partial stalks of which are gradually longer 

 as they stand lower on the common stalk, f. 99. 



Cotyledons, the two portions of a seed which at germination change into 

 leaves, f.148. 



Cover, a membranous covering for the sori of ferns. 



Creeping root, one with a subterranean stem, sending off fibres at inter- 

 vals, f. 2. 



Creeping stem, running along the ground, and sending down roots at in- 

 tervals, f. 11. 



Cruciform corolla, of four petals with long claws, standing opposite in 

 pairs, f. 126. 



Cup-shaped, of the form of a bell, with the margin straight, f. 121. 



Curled, with the margin folded and more expanded than the disk. 



Cylindrical, round and elongated. 



Cyme, a kind of umbel, the partial stalks of which are irregular. 



Deciduous leaves, falling off every year. 



Deciduous calyx, or corolla, falling off before the fruit is perfected. 



Decumbent stem, lying on the ground at the base. 



Decurrent leaves, running down the stem or branch, so as to form a leafy 



border, f. 34. 



Decurrently pinnate, when the leaflets run clown the stalk. 

 Decussate leaves, in pairs, alternately crossing, f. 29. 



