INDEX AND VOCABULARY. 



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Clus'tered. Racemed. 



Cly'pcate. 



Cuad'nate. United at the base. 



Coarc'tate. Crowded. 



Coch'ineal, 324, 4tli. 



Coccin'eous. Scarlet-colored. 



Cuch'leate. Coiled spirally, lik« a snail-shell. 



Coc'cum. A grain or seed ; tricoccus, 3-sceded, <fcc. 



Cock'le, 222. 



Cock'' s' -comb, 84, a, 



Cmru'ieus. Blue. 



Coffee, 18G, a. 



Cohering: 



Cofchicum, 201. 



Coleop'tilc. From koleos., an envelope, and pti- 

 lon, a bud. 



Co'leorrhize. From koleos, an envelope, and riza, 

 a root, 90, Fig. 121, c. 



Colli' nus. Growing on hills, 



Col'lum, 30. 



Col'or of floicers, fruits, roots, 141. 



Col'ored. Green. 



Col'umbivc, 75, 300. 



Columel'la, 87, b, 90. 



CoL'umn. The filaments in gynandrous plants 

 united with tho style ; the whole is termed a 

 column. 



Culnmnif'ercg, 248. 



Coma. A tid't of bracts on the top of a spike of 

 tlowers. 



Combination of chemical elements, 143. 



Cojujne'lius, 348. 



Commelyna'ce^, 555. 



Commissure. The inner face of the carpels of 

 umbellileree. 



Co'mosc. Sessile bracts. 



Compar'ison of botanical classifications, 155, 



of organic and inorganic bodies, 372. 



of natural and artificial classes, 157. 



of Exogenous and Endogenous plants, 138. 



of animals and plants, 378. 



CoMPOs'iT^, 4G9. 



Com'pound. Made up of similar simple parts. 



flowers. Having florets with miited an- 

 thers, 257, 258, Fig. Ill, Fig. 150. 



fruit. 111. 



leaf, 54, 55. 



raceme. When several racemes grow 



along the side of a peduncle. 



umbel, 84. 



petiole. A divided leaf-stalk. 



peduncle. A divided flower-stalk. 



pistil, 80, a. 



Compress' cd. Flattened laterally, Fig. 59, c. 



Concave. Hollowed on one side. 



Conccp'tacle. Single-valved capsule. 



Conchol'ogy. The science which treats of shells. 



Cone. A scaly fruit like that of the pine. 



Cone-bearing plants, 279. 



Con^lom' erate. Crowded together. 



Con ic. With a broad base, gradually narrowing 

 to the top like a sugar-loaf. 



Conif'er^, 529. 



Coniferous, Bearing cones. 



Con'juo-ate. In pairs. 



Connate, 54, n. . 



Connect'ioe, 79. 



Conni'vetit. Converging, the ends inclining to- 

 ward each other. 



Continuous. Uninterrupted. • 



Contort'ed. Twisted. 



Contract' ed. Close, narrow. 



Conva'la'rin, 37, a. 



Covverg'ing. Approaching or bending toward 

 each other. 



Con'volute. Rolled into a cylindric form, as 

 leaves in the bud. 



CoNVOI,VULA.'cKiE, 493. 



Cordate. Hoart-«liayiod, side lobes rounded. 



Cor'culum, or Corcle. The embryo or mimature 



of the future phmt, which is found in seeds 



often between the cotyledons. 

 Coreop'sis, Fig. 152. 

 Coriaceous. Resembling leather. 

 Corm, 43. 

 Corna'cea;, 4G4. 

 Vornatc, Horn-shaped. 

 Cor'nu. A horn ur £])ur. 

 Cor'nvs, 179. 

 Corol'la, or corol, 12, 70. 

 Corona'tus. Crowned; as the thistle seed Is 



crowned with down. 

 Cortex. (From corium, leather, or hide, and 



teoro, to cover,) 127. 

 Cortical. Belonging to the bark. 



vessels, 127. 



Coryda'lis. Helmet-like, 252. 



Cory'lus, Fig. 205. 



Co'rijmb, 84, Fig. 94, a. 



Corymbif'er-ii:, 472. 



Cot'ton plant, 248. 



Cos'tate. Ribbed. 



Cotyl'edons, 40, 99, Fig. 100, Fig. 116. 



Cow' slip, 180, a. 



Cran'bcrry, 207. 



Crassula'ce.?:, 459. 



Cre'mocarpe, 92. 



Creep' ing, 35. 



Cre'nate. Scalloped, notches on the margin of a 



leaf pointing neither toward the apex or base. 

 Cre'nulate. Finely crenate. Fig. 50, b. 

 Crest'ed. Having an appearance like a cockV 



comb. 

 Crini'tus, Long-haked. 

 Crocus, 171. 



Crowd' ed. Clustered together. 

 Crown imperial, 196, b. 

 Crucif'erje, 411. 

 Cruciform flowers, 239, Fig. 165. 

 Crusta'ceous. Small crusty substances lying one 



upon another. 

 Cryptooa'mia, 100, 284. 

 Cryptog'amous plants, 284. 

 Crys'tals, 117, c. 

 Cucul'late. Hooded, cowled. 

 Cu'cumber, Fig. 187. 

 -: tribe, 279. 



CuCURBITA'CE-f:, 458. 



Cud'bear, 289. 



Culinary. Suitable for preparations of food. 



Culm or straic. (From the Greek kalama, stub- 

 ble or straw ; Latin, culrnus.) Tlie sfem of 

 grasses, 41. 



Culmiferous. Having culms. 



Cune'ifurm. Wedge-lbrm, with tho stalk attach- 

 ed to the point. 



Cupres'scB, 529. 



CM;»-9haped, 72. 



Cu'pule. A cup, as in the acorn, 97, Fig. 112. 



Cupulik'er.1;, 522. 



Curved. Bent inward. See Incurved. 



Cuscuti'nw, 493. 



Cus'pMatc. Having a sharp, straight point. 



Cuticle, 60, 125. 



Cya'neus. Blue. 



Cyatk'ifurm. (From c?/af/i«5, a Utile cup.) Shaj)- 

 ed like a common wine-glass. 



Cycada'ce^, 530. 



Cylin'dricai. A circular shaft of nearly equal 

 dimensions throughout its extent. 



Cyme, 84, Fig. 93 ; r. Fig. 191. 



Cy'mose inflor*'sceiice, 84. 



Cyii'ips, 324, 4ih. 



Cypera'ck.*:, 558. 



Cyp'crtc, 553. 



Cypse'le, 90. 



Dac'tylis glomerntn, Fis:. 131 



