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Capsule, a dry fruit containing several seeds. 



Capsuliform, shaped like a capsule. 



Carina, shaped like the keel of a boat ; the lower 

 petals of a pea flower. 



Cnriopside, a 1-celled, 1 -seeded, superior inde- 

 hiscent pericarp, adhering to the proper inte- 

 guments of the seed which it contains. 



Carpel, an individual part of a compound fruit. 



Carpuphore, a receptacle bearing only the ova- 

 rium. 



Carliliiginotis, gristly : a cartilaginous leaf has 

 the edge strengthened by a tough rim of a sub- 

 stance different from that of the disk. 



Cntkin. See Anient. 



Ceitbriform, having an irregular brain-like ap- 

 pearance, as the kernel of a walnut. 



Channeled, having a channel. 



Charlaceous, havnig the consistence of paper. 



Cilia;, hairs resembling those of the eyelash. 



Ciliaie, surrounded with hairs, as the eyelid is 

 with eyelashes. 



Cinereous, grey, or ash-coloured. 



C/rr/iose, terminating in a tendril. 



Clavale, chib-shaped ; the thick end uppermost. 



Claw, the inserted, or narrow end, of a petal. 



Cloven, divided into two parts. 



Club-shaped, having the thick end uppermost. 



Coarctiiti, pressed together. 



Cohering, connected. 



Collateral, parallel ; side by side. 



Column, the column in a capsule is the part to 

 which the seeds are attached : when the fila- 

 ments are combined into a solid body, they are 

 said to be columned. 



Comose, covered with small tufts of hairs called 

 coma. 



Compound, a term used in botany to express the 

 union of several things in one. 



Concave, more or less hollow. 



Concrete, of one mass ; joined together. 



Conduplicale, twice folded. 



Conferru?ni7ialed, so united as to be uridistin- 

 guishable. 



Conglomerate, heaped, or irregularly crowded. 



Conical, cone-shaped. 



Conjugate, joined by pairs : a pinnate leaf is con- 

 jugate when it has but one pair of leaflets. 



Connectivuni, the cellular texture which connects 

 several compartments, as in some anthers. 



Connivent, lying close together. 



Conoid, shaped like a cone. 



Contorted, twisted. 



Convex, the reverse of concave : used in opposi- 

 tion to that term. 



Convolute, rolled together. 



Cordate, heart-shaped ; in the outline resembling 

 that of a heart in cards. 



Curdate-ovate, heart-shaped, rounded at the apex 

 into an egg-shaped form. 



Cordijorm. See Cordate 



Coriaceous, leathery , thick and tough. 



Cornute, horn-shaped ; of a horny nature. 



Corolla, the inner envelope of a flower. 



Cor/juscle, a small body ; a particle of anything. 



Corymb, a kind of umbel with the stalks of the 

 outer flowers longer than those of the centre, 

 so as to form a level head. 



Corymbose, having the form of a corymb. 



Cotyledons, leaves enclosed in the seed, which 

 serve to elaborate the sap before the expansion 

 of the true leaves. 



Creeping, extending horizontally on the surface 

 of the ground, and rooting at the joints. 



Crenate, scolloped ; having round notches. 



Crescent-shaped, having the form of a crescent, or 

 half-moon. 



Crest, a tufted, or fringed, appendage : a stamen 

 is crested when the filament projects beyond 

 the anther, and becomes dilated. 



Crested, having a crest. 



Crisped, curled. 



Cruciform, cross-shaped : a cruciform flower 

 consists of four petals placed in opposite direc- 

 tions. 



Cucullate, curved inwards ; of a cowl or hood 

 like appearance. 



Cu7ieate, wedge- shaped. 



1 Cuneate-lanceolate, a form between wedge-shaped 

 \ and lanceolate. 

 Cnneate-lin.ar, a. wedge-shaped leaf, which is 

 long and narrow. 

 ', Cuneatt-ohhng, wedge-shaped and oblong. 

 i Cuneate-obovate, a form between wedge-shaped 

 and obovate. 

 Cup-shaped, having a cuplike appearance, as the 



cup of an acorn. 

 Cnpule, a cup, as of the acorn. 

 Cu/iular, shaped like a cup. 

 Cuspidate, su Jdenly terminating in a point ; spear- 

 pointed. 

 Cuticle, the skin, or epidermis. 

 Cylindrical, cylinder-shaped, round. 

 Cyme, a kind of urabt-l with the stalks of the 

 outer flowers shorter than those in the centre. 

 Cymose, flowering in cymes. 



D. 



Date-shaped, resembling the date in form. 



Decandrous, having 10 stamens. 



Deciduous, falling off; a tree is said to be de. 



ciduous when it does not retain its leave! 



through the winter. 

 Decliniile, bending downwards. 

 Decompound, a leaf is decompound when it is 



twice or thrice pinnate. 

 De.unibent, lying down on the ground. 

 Decurrent, running down : a leaf extended down 



the stem is decurrent. 

 Decussate, leaves are decussate when they grow 



in pairs, and alternately cross each other, 

 Dejlexed, bent downwards. 

 Dehiscent, opening naturally. 

 Deltoid, shaped like the Greek A. 

 Dentate, marginal teeth-like incisions. 

 Dentato-serrate, having the margin divided into 



incisions, resembling the teeth of a saw. 

 Denticulate, having the margins finely and slightly 



toothed. 

 Diaphanous, semi-transparent, like horn. 

 Dichotomous, branching in pairs ; forked. 

 Didymous, twin. 

 Didyniinious, having two long stamens and two 



short ones in the same flower. 

 Diffuse, widely spread; scattered. 

 Digitate, fingered ; shaped like the hand spread 



open. 

 Dilated, widened. 

 Dimidiate, divided into two halves. 

 Dioecious, a plant is said to be dioecious, when the 



male flowers are produced on one individual, 



and the female ones on another. 

 Discoid, furnished with a disk, or something that 



may be compared to a disk. 

 Disk, the flesliy annular process that surrounds 



the ovary in many flowers ; a receptacle ad- 

 hering to the calyx ; also the surface of a leaf. 

 Dissepiments, the partitions by which a seed-vessel 



is internallj- divided into cells 

 Distichous, two-ranked or two-rowed, produced 



in opposite rows. 

 Divaricate, spreading widely in different direc 



tions. 

 Diverging, going far from one point. 

 Dorsal, situated upon the back. 

 Drupaceous, like a drupe. 

 Dru/ie, a fruit consisting of a fleshy substance 



enclosing a hard stone, as the cherry. 



E. 



Ear-formed, having somewhat the appearance of 



an ear. 

 Eccenlrically, disposed irregularly ; deviating 



from the centre. 

 Echinate, covered with prickles, like a hedgehog. 

 Egg-shaped, having the form of an egg, either in 



outline or otherwise. 

 EUiplic, oval ; twice as long as broad, and about 



of equal roundness at both ends. 

 Elliptic-lanceolate, a form between elliptic and 



lanceolate. 

 Elliptic-oblong, oblong-ovate. 

 Elongate, lengthened out. 



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