GLOSSARY. 



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Carpel, one of the parts which, 

 whether separate or united, make 

 up the pistil. 



Cartilaginous, firm and tough. 



Caryopsis, a grain or fruit like 

 that of a grass. 



Catkin, a slender spike-like cluster 

 of usually imperfect flowers, as in 

 Willow, etc. 



Caulescent, having a manifest 

 stem. 



Cauline, belonging to the stem. 

 Cespitose, growing in tufts. 



Chaff, a small thin scale or bract, 

 becoming dry and membranous. 



Channelled, grooved lengthwise. 

 Ciliate, with hairs on the edge. 

 Cinereous, ash-coloured. 



Circumcissile, opening by a hori- 

 zontal circular line. 



Clavate, club-shaped, thicker at 

 the tdp. 



Cleistogamous, applied to certain 

 flowers which are fertilized in the 

 bud, without opening. 



Cleft, cut to about the middle. 

 Climbing, ascending by laying 



hold of neighbouring objects by 



means of tendi'ils, etc. 

 Cohesion, the union of similar 



parts. 



Coma, a tuft of hairs on a seed. 

 Compressed, flattened. 

 Conduplicate, folded together 



lengthwise. 

 Confluent, blending together into 



one. 



Coniferous, cone-bearing. 

 Connate, grown together. 

 Connective, the middle portion of 



an anther connecting the cells. 

 Connivent, converging, approach- 

 ing each other. 



Convolute, rolled up lengthwise. 

 Cordate, indented at the base. 

 Coriaceous, leathery in texture. 

 Corm, a solid bulb, like that of 



Indian-Turnip. 

 Corolla, the inner of the two sets 



of the perianth. 



Corymb, a flat-topped flower-clus- 

 ter with pedicels arising at differ- 

 ent points on the stem, the outer 

 flowers opening first. 



Corymbose, in corymbs ; corymb- 

 like. 



Cotyledons, the seed-leaves. 



Creeping, trailing on the ground 

 and striking root at intervals. 



Crenate, with rounded teeth. 



Crested, bearing an appendage 

 like a crest. 



Crown, an appendage in the throat 

 of a corolla. 



Culm, the peculiar stem of a grass 

 or sedge. 



Cuneate, wedge-shaped, the broad 

 end upwards. 



Cuspidate, tipped with an abrupt 

 but distinctly tapering point. 



Cylindraceous, somewhat cylin- 

 drical. 



Cyme, a flat-topped flower-cluster, 

 with the central flowers opening 

 first. 



Cymose, bearing cymes, or cyme- 

 like. 



D. 



Deciduous, falling off: not per- 

 sistent. 



Decompound, more than once 

 compound or divided. 



Decumbent, reclining. 



Decurrent, applied to a leaf when 

 the lobes at the base extend down 

 the sides of the stem. 



Decussate, with opposite pairs at 

 right angles to each other. 



Deflexed, turned abruptly down- 

 ward. 



Dehiscent, splitting open to allow 

 the contents to escape. 



Deltoid, triangular, the base down 

 ward. 



Dentate, toothed, the teeth point- 

 ing outward. 



Denticulate, minutely dentate. 

 Depressed, flattened from above. 

 Di-, twice or two. 

 Diadelphous, with the filaments 



cohering in two sets. 

 Diandrous, having two stamens. 



