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Connective, Conncctfvum : the part of the anther connecting its two cells ; p. 113. 



Connivent : converging, or brought close together. 



Consolidated forms of vegetation, p. 47. 



Continuous : the reverse of interrupted or articulated. 



Contorted: twisted together. Contorted aestivation : same as convolute; p. 109. 



ContortupHcate : twisted back upon itself. 



Contracted: either narrowed or shortened. 



Contrary : turned in an opposite direction to another organ or part with which 



it is compared. 

 Convolute : rolled up lengthwise, as the leaves of the Plum in vernation ; p. 76, 



fig. 151. In aestivation, same as contorted; p. 109. 

 Cordate : heart-shaped ; p. 58, fig. 90, 99. 

 Coriaceous : resembling leather in texture. 

 Corky: of the texture of cork. Corky layer of bark, p. 152. 

 Corm, Cormus : a solid bulb, like that of Crocus ; p. 44, fig. 71, 72. 

 Cdrneous : of the consistence or appearance of horn, as the albumen of tho 



seed of the Date, Coffee, &c. 

 Cornfculate : furnished with a small horn or spur. 

 Cornute: horned ; bearing a horn-like projection or appendage. 

 Cordlla : the leaves of the flower within the calyx ; p. 86. 

 Corofldceous, Coralline : like or belonging to a corolla. 



Corona : a coronet or crown ; an appendage at the top of the claw of some 

 petals, as Silene and Soapwort, fig. 200, or of the tube of the corolla of 

 Hound's-Tongue, &c. 



Cordnate : crowned ; furnished with a crown. 

 Cdrtical : belonging to the bark (cortex). 



Cdrymb : a sort of flat or convex flower-cluster ; p. 79, fig. 158. 

 Corymbdse : approaching the form of a corymb, or branched in that way ; 



arranged in corymbs. 



Costa : a rib ; the midrib of a leaf, &c. Costate : ribbed. 

 Cotyledons : the first leaves of the embryo ; p. 6, 137. 

 Crater ijbrm : goblet-shaped ; broadly cup-shaped. 



Creeping (stems) : growing flat on or beneath the ground and rooting; p. 37. 

 Cremocarp : a half-fruit, or one of the two carpels of Umbelliferae. 

 Crenate, or Crenelled : the edge scalloped into rounded teeth; p. 62, fig. 114. 

 Crested, or Cristate : bearing any elevated appendage like a crest. 

 Cribrose : pierced like a sieve with small apertures. 

 Crinite : bearded with long hairs, &c. 

 Crown : see corona. 



Crowning : borne on the apex of anything. 



Cruciate, or Cruciform : cross-shaped, as the four spreading petals of the Mus- 

 tard (fig. 187), and all the flowers of that family. 

 Crustaceans : hard, and brittle in texture ; crust-like. 

 Cryptdyamous, or Cryptogamic : relating to Cryptogamia; p. 172, 197. 

 Cucullate: hooded, or hood-shaped, rolled up like a cornet of paper, or a hood 



(cucullus), as the spathe of Indian Turnip, fig. 162. 

 Culm : a straw ; the stem of Grasses and Sedges. 

 Ouneate, Cuneiform : wedge-shaped ; p. 58, fig. 94. 



