BOTANICAL TERMS. 



Chive. See Stamen, Stamina. 



Cii'titrisated, scarred. 



Ciliated, fringed, bordered with soft parallel hairs. 



Cingcnt, binding round. 



Circular, (oircularis) round and flat, nearly in the form of 

 a circle. 



Circumcissa, cut round. 



Circumference, (circulus) the part of a circle most distant 

 from its centre. 



Cirrosum folium, (cirrose) a leaf which terminates in a tendril. 



Cirrus, a clasper or tendril ; the fine spiral string or fibre 

 by which some plants, as the ivy and vine, fasten them- 

 selves to trees or walls, &c. for support. 



Clammy, viscous; adhesive, like bird-lime. 



( '/impi-r. See Cirrus. 



Class A. the first and highest division in every botanical 

 system, denotes the agreement of several genera in the 

 parts of fructification, according to the principles of na- 

 ture distinguished by art. 



Clausus, closed. 



Clavated, club-shaped. 



Clavicula. See Cirrus. 



Cliinus, a species of disease, to which the grains of many 

 grasses, particularly those of Rye, are subject. 



Claw, (unguis) blossoms composed of several petals, which 

 etals are often so formed as to admit of two distinct 

 Sanies, the claw and the limb ; the claw is the lower 

 part, by which it is connected with the base. 



Cleft. See Cloven. 



Climbing, (scandens) a term applied to plants which take 

 the advantage of some adjoining body, to raise and sup- 

 port themselves, as the ivy. 



Close. See Conglomerated. 



Clothing, means every kind of hairiness on the surface of 

 plants. See Bristles, Cotton, Hair, Wool. 



Cloven, (fissus) divided half way down. 



Club-shaped, (clavatus) flowers thicker at the base, and 

 thinner upwards. 



Cluster, (thyrsus) a collection of flowers, somewhat in an 

 egg-shaped form. 



Coadunate, jointed together at the base. 



Coarclated, compact. 



Coated, (tunicatus.) See Bulbus tunicatus. 



Cob-webbed, (arachnoideus) covered with a substance like 

 a cobweb. 



Coccum. See Loculamenti. 



Cocldeated, pod ; convoluted like a snail-shell. 



Coloratus, coloured. 



Coloured, (coloratus) when a leaf or cup is of any other co- 

 lour than green. 



Column, (eolumnella) the upright little pillar in the centre 

 of some capsules, to which the seeds are fixed. 



Columnar, differs from cylindrical, by tapering upwards, like 

 the shaft of a column, and is thus applicable to stems, 

 some leaves, c. 



Columnella, a column ; the substance that passes through 

 a capsule, and connects the several internal partitions 

 with the seeds. 



Coma, a bush of hair, or collection of floral leaves ; a 

 comb. See Bractea. 



Comb-like, a sort of winged leaf, the leaflets of which are 

 like the teeth of a comb. 



Common fruit-stalk, bearing several flowers. 



Compact, firm 



Compact, (coarctatus) growing close, and as it were pressed 

 together. 



Completus, a complete flower ; viz, one provided with both 

 the covers, namely, the calix or flower-cup, and the pe- 

 tals, i. e. both a cup and a blossom. 



Complicated, doubled together. 



Composite, a compound flower, formed from the union of 

 several lesser flowers, within the same calix, each of which 

 has five stamina, distinct at bottom, but united at the top 

 by the antherae, and forming a cylinder, through which a 

 style, considerably longer than the stamina, passes, and 

 is crowned by a stigma or summit, with two divisions 

 rolled backwards. 



Compound berry, where one large berry is composed of se- 

 veral small ones, as in the raspberry. 



Compound bunch, composed of several lesser bunches. 



Compound corymbus, composed of several small corymbs. 



Compound flowers . See Composite. 



Compound leaf, when each leaf-stalk supports more than one 

 leaf; or when one leaf is inserted into another. 



Compound spike, composed of several little spikes or spikets. 



Compound umbel, when each umbel is subdivided into other 

 little umbels, or umbellules. 



Compressed, (compressus) a term applied to a cylindrical 

 surface more or less flatted. 



Compressed leaf, one that is thicker than it is broad. 



Concave, hollowed out like a bowl. 



Conceplaculum, a receiver, or species of seed-vessel, with one 

 valve, opening from top to bottom on one side, and hav- 

 ing no suture to fasten the seeds within it. 



Conduplicate, doubled, or folded together. 



Cone. See Strobilus. 



Cone-shaped, leaves rolled up like cones. 



Confertus, crowded. 



Confluent leaves, (confluentia folia) leaves running into eacli 

 other at the base. 



Congestus, heaped together. 



Conglobate. See Conglomerate. 



Conglomerated, flowers heaped or wound together, and grow- 

 ing upon a branched foot-stalk, to which they are irre- 

 gularly but closely connected. 



Congregatce. See Composite. 



Congregated. See Conglomerated. 



Conical, (conicus) in the form of a sugar-loaf. 



Coniferee, cone-bearing plants. 



Conjugate, a winged leaf, with only one pair of leaflets. 



Connate, united at the base. 



Connected, (adnatus) leaves or stipulse, such as have their 

 upper surface at the base, growing to the stem or 

 branch. 



Connieent, converging or approaching ; closing. 



Contiguous, (adpressus) when a leaf, branch, or seed-vessel 

 rises up so perpendicularly, as to stand almost parallel, 

 and close to the stem, as if pressed to it. 



Contortct, twisted plants. 



Contrariurn. See Transverse. 



Conus, a cone. See Strobilus. 



Converging, approaching each other at top. 



Converging antherce, leaning towards each other. 



Converging filamenta, as in borage. 



Converging leaves, bent inwards towards the stem. 



Converging petals, leaning towards the centre of the flower. 



Convex, opposed to concave ; like the surface of a globe. 



Convolute, rolled or tw-isted spirally. 



Corculum, corcle, or heart of a seed. 



Cordated, heart-shaped. 



Coriaceous, stiff; leather-like. 



Cornuted, horn-shaped. 

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