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BOTANY. GLOSSARY. 



CORIA'CEOUS. From the Latin, cori- 



um, liide of a beast. Leathery. 

 CORISANTHE'RE.E. From the Greek, 



koris, St. John's wort, and anthos, 



flower. Systematic name of a 



class of plants. 

 CO'RMUS. From the Greek, kormos, 



stern. The representative of the 



stem in bulbous plants. 

 CORO'LLA. Latin. A little crown. 

 CORO'LL^E. Plural of Corolla. 

 CORFI/SCULE. From the Latin,corpws, 



body. A diminutive body. 

 COR'RUGATED. From the Latin, con, 



together, and ruga, a wrinkle. 



Wrinkled. 

 CO'RTICAL. From the Latin cortex, 



bark. Belonging to or partaking 



of the nature of bark. 

 CO'RVMB. From the Greek korumbos, 



a helmet, a summit. 

 COTY'LEDON. From the Greek, kotu- 



leddn, seed-lobe. 

 COT YLE' DO NOUS. Belonging or relat- 



ing to a cotyledon. 

 CRE'NATE. Having rounded teeth. 

 CRE'NULATE. Finely crenate. 

 CRENULA'TION. A rounded tooth. 

 CRJ'NES. Latin. Hairs. 

 CRI'NITUS. Latin. Hairy. 

 CRUCI'FER^E. From the Latin, crux, 



a cross, and fero, I bear. The flow- 



ers being in form of a Maltese 



cross. Systematic name of an or- 



der of plants. 



CRU'CIFORM. Cross-shaped. 

 CRYPTOGA'MIA. From the Greek, 



kruptos, concealed, and gamos, mar- 



riage. Name of a class of plants. 

 CRYPTO'GAMOUS. Belonging or relat- 



ing to Crvptoga'mia. 

 CUCU'MIS. Latin. A cucumber. 

 CUCURBITA'CE^E. From the Latin, 



cucurbita, a gourd. Name of a fa- 



mily of plants. 

 CULM. From the Latin, culrrws, a 



stem. The stems of the grasses. 

 From the Latin, ,, 



Wege - 



CU'PULE. A little cup. 

 CUPULI'FERJE. From the Latin, cu- 



Clum, a little cup, and fero, I 

 nr. 



CURVINERVE. See page 32. 

 CU'SPIDATE. From the Latin, cuspis, 



a point. A form of leaf terminal- 

 ing in a point. 



CU'TICLE. From the Latin, cutis, 

 skin. The scarf-skin. The exter- 

 nal covering of plants. 



CYA'THIFORM. From the Latin, cya- 

 thus, a drinking -cup, and forma, 

 shape. A form of corolla. 



DECAGY'NIA. From the Greek, deca, 

 ten, and gune, pistil. Name of an 

 order of plants. 



DECA'NDRIA. From the Greek, deca, 

 ten, and oner, stamen. Name of a 

 class of plants. 



DE'CIDUOUS. From the Latin, decide, 

 to fall off. Applied to plants whose 

 leaves fall in the autumn, to distin- 

 guish them from evergreens. 



DECOMPO'SE. When the chemical con- 

 stitution of substances is altered, 

 they are said to be decomposed. 



DEHI'SCKNT. From the Latin, dehi. 

 scere, to gape wide open. Applied 

 to certain fruits. 



DE'LTOID. From the Greek A, delta, 

 and eidos, resemblance. A form 

 of leaf (page 45). 



DE'NTATE. From the Latin, dens, 

 tooth. Toothed. 



DIADE'LPHIA. From the Greek, dis, 

 two, and delphos, brotherhood. 

 Name of a Linnaean class. 



DIA'NDRIA. From the Greek, dis, two, 

 and aner, stamen. Name of a class 

 of plants. 



DIA'NDROUS. Having two stamens. 



DICU'NI^E. From the Greek, dis, two, 

 and klinos, bed. Name of a divi- 

 sion of plants. 



DICLI'NOUS. From theGr.<Zis,two, and 

 klin?, bed. Having- the stamens in 

 one flower and the pistils in another. 



DICOTY'LEDON. From the Greek, dis, 

 two, and kottiledon, seed-lobe. 



DJCOTYLE'DONOUS. Relating to dico- 

 tyledons. 



DIDYNA'MIA. From the Greek, dis, 

 two, and dunamis, power. Name 

 of a Linntean class, having two 

 long and two shorter stamens. 



DIDY'NAMOUS. Relating to didynamia. 



DI'GITATE. From the Latin, digitus, 

 finger. Spread out like fingers. 



DIGY'NIA. From the Greek, dis, two, 

 and gune, pistil. Name of an order 

 of plants. 



