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COMPRESSED, a cylinder, more or less flattened in its 

 roundness. 



CONCOLOROUS, of one uniform colour. 

 CONFLUENT, meeting; running together ; uniting. 

 CONNATE, joined at the base. 



CONNECTED, formed on the stem itself, as the base of 

 its entire width ; adnate. 



CONVOLUTED, rolled together; curled inwards. 

 CORDATE, heart-shaped. 

 CORIACEOUS, leathery. 



COTYLEDONS, the perishable side-lobes of the seed, 

 which furnish nourishment to the embryo 

 plant. 



CRENATE, "I 



> notched, indented. 

 CRENULATE, J 



CRENATURES, notches ; indentations. 



CROWN, the rounded top of the root projecting above 

 the ground. 



CRYPTOGAMOUS, whose principle of fecundation is not 

 apparent. 



CUCULLATE, shaped like a hood, cowl, or bladder. 

 CUNEATE, wedge-shaped, widening upwards. 

 CYLINDRICAL, formed like a round tube. 

 DECIDUOUS, losing its leaves in the winter. 

 DECOMPOUND, divided yet further beyond tripinnate. 



DECURRENT, tapering off, without any distinct leaf- 

 stalk, into junction with, and thickening, the 

 stem by running down it. 



DEFLEXED, bending or curving downwards. 

 DEHISCING, bursting open. 



