220 GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 



CONVERGING, gradually approaching. 



CONVOLUTE, rolled up, as in the young leaves of the Sloe. 



CORDATE, heart-shaped. 



CORIACEOUS, dry and leathery -like, tough. 



CORM, an underground solid bulb-like stem, as in the Crocus. 



CORNEOUS, like horn in texture. 



COROLLA, the second whorl of the flower between the calyx and 



stamens, usually coloured. 



CORONA, a crown; applied to the cup of the Narcissus. 

 CORRUGATED, wrinkled or crumpled. 

 CORTEX, the bark. 

 CORYMB, a raceme with the flowers all on a level, caused by the 



lower pedicels being elongated ; corymbose in the form of a 



corymb. 

 CJosTA, a rib. 



COSTATE, having prominent ribs. 

 COTYLEDONS, the first leaves of the embryo, seed leaves; the^>ea 



when planted, splits into its two first leaves. 

 CREMOCARP, the fruit in Umbelliferce, formed of two achenia or 



mericarps joined together. 

 CRENATE, rounded marginal teeth. 

 CREEPING, prostrate and throwing out roots at the joints of the 



stem. 



CRESTED, bearing a tuft of leafy or fleshy appendages. 

 CRISP, wavy on the margin. 

 CROWNED, in Caryophyllacece the petals are said to be crowned 



when furnished with a scale at the base of the limb. 

 CRUCIFORM, in the form of a Maltese cross, as in the four petals 



of the Cruciferce. 



ORUSTACEOUS, with a hard brittle crust. 

 CRYPTOGAMS, a name given by Linnceus to plants having no visible 



flowers, as Ferns, Mosses, &c. 



CUCULLATE, hooded, hollowed out to resemble a cowl. 

 CULM, the stem in grasses. 

 CUNEATE, shaped like a wedge. 

 CUPULE, the involucre or cup in which the nut of the Cupuliferse 



is seated. 

 CUSPIDATE, abruptly pointed; large at the base and suddenly 



ending in a point. 



CUTICLE, the external skin or membrane of the epidermis. 

 CYATHIFORM, shaped like a drinking cup. 

 CYLINDRICAL, in the form of a cylinder. 

 CYMBIFORM, shaped like a boat. 

 CYME, having a terminal flower, from beneath which other branches 



are produced, each being a terminal flower (this is repeatedly 

 done), until a level head of flowers is formed. 

 CYHOSE, in the form of a cyme. 



DECIDUOUS, falling off when the function is fulfilled. 



