GLOSSARY. 211 



Conn^rtifr, Cnnnrrtivum : tliP part of the anther eonnceting its two cells ; p. 113. 



Connicent: eonver;xiii<j;, or l)r(>u;j:ht close to;j;etlier. 



Consolidated forms of ve<;etation, p. 47. 



Continuous : tiic reverse of interrupted or articulated. 



Contorted: twisted together. Contorted (estivation : same as convolute ; p. 109. 



Contortuplicale : twisted hack upon itself. 



Contracted: cither naiTowcd or shortened. 



Contrary: turned in an ojjpositc direction to another organ or part with which 

 it is compared. 



Cdnvo/ute : rolled up Icnjrfliwise, as the leaves of the Plum in vernation ; p. 70, 

 fig. 151. In a;.stivafion, same as contorted; \). 109. 



Cordate: heart-shaped ; ]). 5S, fig. 90, 99. 



Coriaceous: rcsemhling leather in texture. 



Corky: of the texture of cork. Corky layer of bark, p. 152. 



Corm, Cormus : a solid hull), like that of Crociis ; p. 44, fig. 71, 72. 



Ctirneous : of the consistence or appearance of horn, as the albumen of tho 

 seed of the Date, Coffee, &c. 



Corniculate : furnished with a small horn or spur. 



Cormile: horned ; hearing a horn-like projection or appendage. 



Corolla : the leaves of the flower within the calyx ; p. 86. 



Corolldceous, Coralline : like or belonging to a corolla. 



Cordna : a coronet or crown ; an appendage at the top of the claw of some 

 petals, as Silenc and Soapwort, tig. 200, or of the tube of the corolla of 

 Hound's-Tongue, &c. 

 Cordnate : crowned ; furnished witli a crown. 

 Cortical: belonging to the bark {coiiex). 



Cdrymh: a sort of tiat or convex flower-cluster ; p. 79, fig. 158. 

 Corymhdse : ap])roaching the form of a corymb, or branched in that way ; 



asranged in corymbs. 

 Costa : a rib ; the midrib of a leaf, &c. Costate: ribbed. 

 Cotyle'dons : the first leaves of the embryo ; p. 6, 137. 

 Crate'rifonn : goblet-shaped ; broadly cup-shaped. 



Creepimj (stems) : growing flat on or beneath the ground and rooting; p. 37. 

 Cremocarp : a half-fruit, or one of the two carpels of Umbellifera;. 

 Crenate, or Crenelied : the edge scalloped into rounded teeth ; p. 62, fig. 114. 

 Crested, or Cristate : bcai-ing any elevated appendage like a crest. 

 Criliroxe : pierced like a sieve with small apertures. 

 Crinite : bearded with long hairs, &c. 

 Crown : see corona. 



Crowniny : borne on the apex of anything. 



Cruciate, or Cruciform: cross-shaped, as the four spreading petals of the Mus- 

 tard (fig 187), and all the flowers of that family. 

 Crustaceous : hard, and brittle in texture ; crust-like. 

 Cryj>ldi/amous, or Cry/itoyamic : relating to Cn'ptogamia ; p. 172, 197. 

 Cuctillate: hooded, or hood-shaped, rolled uj) like a cornet of jiaper, or a hood 



{cucutlus), as the spathe of Inilian Turnip, fig, 162. 

 Culm : a straw ; the stem of (Jrasses and Sedges. 

 Cuneate, Cuneiform : wedge-shai)ed ; |i. 58, fig. 94. 



