Tkkks of the Northern United States Ml 



Canescent. With gray or hoary fine pubescence. 



Capitate. Arranged in a head. 



Capsule. A dry fruit of two or more carpels usuajly dehiscent 



by valves or teeth. 

 Carpel. The megasporophyll of a seed plant : the moditied 



leaf or stem bearing the ovules. 

 Carpellate. Having only carpels, or carpellate flowers. 

 Catkin. Same as ament. 

 Cauline. Pertaining to the stem. 

 Chaft'. Dry thin scales. 



Chlorophyll.' The green coloring matter of plants. . 

 Choripetalcus. I laving the petals separate or free. 

 Ciliate. Provided with marginal hairs. 

 Ciliolate. Minutely ciliate. 

 Conduplicate. Folded lengthwise. 



Cone. A primitive flower as the carpellate cone of the pine. 

 Connate. Similar organs more or less united. 

 Convolute. Rolled around or rolled up longitudinally. 

 Cordate. Heart-shaped. 

 Coriaceous. Leathery. 

 Corolla. The inner set of sterile, usually colored, floral 



leaves ; the whole set of petals. 

 Cotyledon. Aleaf-like organ of the embryo in the seed. 

 Crenate. With rounded teeth. 

 Crenulate. Minutely crenate. 

 Cuneate. Wedge-shaped. 

 Cuspidate. With a sharp stift" point. 

 Cyme. An inflorescence of the determinate type, the central 



flower developing first. 



Deciduous, h'alling away at the end of the growing ])eriod. 



Decompound. More than once compound. 



Decurrent. .\i)plied to an crgan extending along the side of 



another. 

 Dehiscence. The opening of an ovulary, sporangium, or 



pollen sac for the discharge of the contents. 

 Deltoid. Broadly triangular. 

 Dentate. With outwardly projecting teeth. 

 Diadelphous. Having the stamens united into two sets. 

 Diaphragm. A septum or transverse ])late in the pith or other 



parts. 



