GLOSSARY. 



Compound Leaf. When several leaf- 

 ets, grow on one petiole. raceme 

 When several racemes grow along 

 the side of a peduncle. umbel. The 

 peduncles subdivided into peduncles 

 of lesser umbels. petiole. Divided 

 leafstalk. peduncle. Divided flow- 

 er stalk. 



Conchoidal, shell-form. 



Constirpated, costive, bound, crowded. 



Condiment, seasoning food, a relish. 



Congeries, masses of bodies, groups, 

 collections. 



Concentric, in layers around a com- 

 mon centre. 



Cone. Scaly fruit like that of the 

 pine, a strobilum. Coniferous 

 Bearing cones. 



Conjugate. In pairs. 



Connate. Opposite, with the bases 

 united or growing into one, forming 

 the appearance of one leaf. Anthers 

 are sometimes connate. 



Convolute. Rolled into a cylindrical 

 form, as leaves in the bud. 



Corculum, or Corcle. Embryo or 

 miniature of the future plant, found 

 in seeds often between the cotyle- 

 dons. 



Cordate. Heart-shaped, side lobes 

 rounded. 



Corolla, or corol. (From corona, a 

 crown.) Usually enclosing the sta- 

 mens. 



Cortex. (From corium, leather, and 

 tego, to cover.) The rind or coarse 

 outer bark. Cortical. Belonging to 

 the bark. 



Cotyledons. (From kotule, a cavity.) 

 Seed lobes. Fleshy part of seeds in 

 most plants rising out of the ground 

 and forming the seminal or seed 

 leaves, lobes generally two ; very 

 conspicuous in the leguminous seeds; 

 as beans, peas, &c. Cotyledons are 

 externally convex, internally flat 

 and enclose the embryo or principle 

 of life, which they protect ant 

 nourish. 



Creeping. Running horizontally 

 stems are creeping, as also roots. 



Crenate. Scalloped ; notches on the 

 margin of a leaf pointing towards 

 neither the apex nor base. 



Cruciform. (From crux, cruets, a 

 cross ) Four petals placed like a 

 cross. 



Cryptogamous. Plants which have 

 stamens and pistils concealed. 



Culinary. Suitable for preparations 

 of food. 



ulm or straw. (In Latin culmus.) 

 The stem of grasses, Indian corn, 

 sugar-cane, wheat, &c. Culmifer- 

 ous. Having culms. 

 upule. A cup, as in the acorn. 



Cuttings, branches or sprigs of trees or 

 plants. 



uticle. The outside skin of a plant, 

 commonly thin, resembling the 

 scarf or outer skin of animals. 



Cylindrical. Circular shaft of nearly 

 equal dimensions. 



Deciduous. Falling off in the usual 

 season ; opposed to persistent and 

 evergreen, more durable than cadu- 

 cous. 



Decomposition. Separation of the 

 chemical elements of bodies. 



Decumbent. Leaning upon the ground, 

 the base being erect. Applied to 

 stems, stamens, &c. 



Decurrent. When the edges of a leaf 

 run down the stem or stalk. 



Decussated. In pairs, crossing each 

 other. 



Deflected. Bending down. 



Defoliation. Shedding leaves in their 

 proper season. 



Dehiscent. Gaping or opening. Most 

 capsules when ripe arc dehiscent. 



Deltoid. Nearly triangular, as in the 

 leaves of the Lombardy poplar. 



Dentate. Toothed ; edged with short 

 projections ; larger than serrate. 

 Denticulate. Minutely toothed. 



Denudate. Plants whose flowers ap- 

 pear before the leaves ; appearing 

 naked. 



Diabetes, a continued and excessive 

 discharge of urine. 



Diadelphous. (From dis, two. and 

 adelphia, brotherhood.) Stamens 

 united in two parcels ; flowers most- 

 ly papilionaceous ; fruit leguminous. 



Diagnosis. The characters which dis- 

 tinguish one species of plants from 

 another. 



Diantheria. (From dis, two and an- 

 ther.) A class of plants having 

 two anthers. 



Diclinia. Stamens in one flower, and 



