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INTRODUCTION. 



Corolla, Linneus's nsune for the beautiful coloured leaves of 

 the flowers which individually are called petals, standing 

 within the calix, and being supported by it. See Pe- 

 talum. 



Corollula, a little corolla. 



Corona, a crown. 



Coronariee, a wreath, chaplet, or garland. 



Cortex, the rind, or coarse outer bark of plants. 



Corticose, full of bark, barky. 



Corymb, differs from a spike, in having the flowers where- 

 of it is composed, not sitting, but standing, each on its 

 proper fruit-stalk, each of which again springs out of one 

 common fruit-stalk. 



Costated, ribbed (leaf.) 



Cotton. See Tomentum. 



Cotleydons, the perishable, porous side-lobes of the seed, 

 which involve, and for some time furnish nourishment to, 

 the embryo plant. 



Creeping stem, creeping along the ground, and sending forth 

 little roots. 



Creeping root, as in the spearmint. 



Crenated, scolloped. 



Crescent-shaped, (lunularis) shaped like a new moon. 



Crested , (cristatus) flowers furnished with a tuft or crest, 

 as milk-wort. 



Cross pairs, (decussatus) when leaves grow in pairs, and 

 each pair points in a different direction to the pair next 

 above or below it. 



Cross-shaped, (cruciatus.) See Cruciform. 



Cruciated, cross-shaped. 



Cruciform, a cross-shaped flower, formed of four etjual pe- 

 tals, which spread at top, in form of a cross 



Cryptogamia, a concealed marriage. The name of the 24th 

 class of the Linnean system. 



Cryptogamous, those plants whose fructifications are invisi- 

 ble or undiscovered. 



Cubit, about half a yard. 



Cucullated, hooded, cone-shaped. 



Culm, the straw or trunk of the grasses, which elevates the 

 leaves, flower, and fruit. 



Cuneiform, wedge-shaped. 



Cup. See Perianth. 



Cup, double, when one cup has another surrounding its base. 



Curled, (crispus.) 



Curtain, (volva.) 



Cuspidated, prickly-pointed. 



Cut round, (circumcissus) when a seed-vessel does not open 

 longways, in the usual manner, but in a circle surround- 

 ing it, like a snuff-box or ivory egg, as in pimpernel. 



Ci/nthiform, glass-shaped. 



Cylindrical, round. 



Cyma, a tuft ; a mode of flowering, in which a number of 

 slender foot-stalks proceed from a common centre, and 

 rise to the same height. 



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Dagger-pointed, not gradually tapering to a point, but end- 

 ing suddenly, like a dagger's blade. 



Decagynia, from Sexa, ten ; and rfwi), a woman : the name 

 of an order, or secondary division, in the class Decandria, 

 consisting of plants whose flowers have ten stamina, and 

 the same number of styles. 



Decandria, from exa ten ; and avnp, a husband : the name 

 of the tenth class in Linneus's Sexual System, consisting 

 of plants whose flowers have ten male organs or stamina. 



Decaphyllous, ten-leaved. 



Decemfidus, a cup with ten clefts. 



Decemlocular, ten-celled. 



Deciduous, or Deciduus, a term expressive of the second 

 stage of duration in plants : thus a leaf is said to be de- 

 ciduous which drops in autumn ; as are also petals which 

 fall off with the stamina and pistillum. The calix of the 

 Thornapple, which falls off before the blossom, is said to 

 be deciduous. 



Declining, (declinatus) bent like a bow, with the arch down- 

 wards. 



Decomposite flowers, those which contain within the same 

 common calix a number of lesser or partial flower-cups, 

 that are each of them common to many florets. 



Decumbent, lying down ; a drooping flower, in which the 

 stamina and pointal are inclined toward the lower side, 

 as in pea-bloom, wild senna, &c. 



Decurrent, (decurrens) leaf; when there is no leaf-stalk, 

 but the base of the leaf runs down the stem. 



Decussated, cross-pairs. 



Deflex, down-bending. 



Deflexus, bending rather outwards. 



Deftorated, applied to antherae which have shed their pol- 

 len. 



Defoliation, the falling off of the leaves. 



Dehiscentia, the bursting open of the antherae for dispersing 

 the male dust ; as likewise of the seed-vessel called a 

 capsule, for discharging the seeds when ripe. See An- 

 ther, and Capsule. 



Dehiscent, opening or standing open. See Dehiscentia. 



Deltoideus, triangular ; spear-shaped, or trowel-shaped. 



Demersus. See Submersus, 



Dendroides, shrub-like. 



Dentato-serrated, tooth-serrated. 



Dentato-sinuated, toothed and indented. 



Dentated, toothedi 



Dented, (retusus,) a blunt leaf, with a dent or blunt notch 

 at the end. 



Denticulated, set with little teeth. 



Dependent, hanging down. 



Depressed, (depressus) when the surface of a leaf, &c. is in 

 a small degree concave ; pressed down, flatted. 



Diadelphia, from s, twice ; and oeX0/a, a brotherhood ; 

 two brotherhoods : the seventeenth class of the Sexual 

 System, consisting of plants whose flowers are herma- 

 phrodite, and have the stamina, or male organs, united 

 below into cylindrical filaments. 



Diamond-shaped, (rhombeus) leaves whose figures resemble 

 the diamonds upon cards. 



Diandria, from e<9, twice ; and avrjp, a husband : the name 

 of the second class of Linneus's Sexual System, consist- 

 ing of hermaphrodite plants, which have flowers with 

 two stamina or male organs. 



Dichotomous, forked. 



Dicoccus, two capsules, united each with one cell. 



Dicotyledons, plants whose seeds have two side-lobes, and 

 consequently rise with two seminal leaves : most plants 

 are of this kind. 



Didyina, double. 



Ditlynamia, from &?, twice ; and ivvafits, power ; two 

 powers ; the fourteenth class of the Linnean system, 

 which has four stamina, or male organs, two long and 

 two short. 



Dijform, irregular in shape ; of different shapes 



Dift'iixi-, spreading. 



Digitated, finger-like. 



