366 Glossary 



Chambered. With cavities separated by plates or disks, as 

 applied to pith; discoid. 



Ciliate. Hairy on the margin, like the eyelids. 



Cladophylls or cladodia. Leaf-like flattened branches which 

 serve the purpose of foliage (ruscus). 



Clasping. Growing around; amplexicaul. 



Climber. A plant which raises its foliage by supporting itself 

 on surrounding objects, either by twining or coiling about 

 them (bittersweet), by the aid of tendrils (greenbrier, 

 Virginia creeper) or aerial roots (ivy), or by scrambling 

 over them without either coiling or having such special- 

 ized organs of attachment (rose). 



Coiling. Twining; winding about a support. 



Collateral. Side-by-side (buds of silver maple in winter). 



Composite. Compound: the common name of a member of 

 the Compositae. 



Compound. Of several distinct parts (tamarind leaf; bundle- 

 traces of some maples, branched buds). 



Compressed. Flattened from the sides, as applied to nodes or 

 buds. 



Cone. The characteristic scaly fruit of larch and cypress. 



Confluent. Blending together, not easily distinguishable apart, 

 as applied to bundle-traces. 



Connate. Grown together (ephedra scales; gardenia stipules; 

 weigelia sepals). 



Continuous. Not broken by chambers or spongy: solid as ap- 

 plied to pith. 



Cordate. Heart-shaped in the conventional sense. 



Coriaceous. Firm and leathery. 



Corky. Soft and springy, like bottle-cork (bark of Ohio 

 buckeye). 



Corky-ridged. With elongated warts or ridges on the bark 

 (twigs of bur-oak, sweet gum, rock elm). 



Corolla. The inner floral envelope, consisting of petals. 



Corrugated. Closely grooved (stem of moonseed). 



