HENDERSON'S HANDBOOK OF PLANTS. 



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Conspersus. Scattered or sprinkled. 



Constricted. Tightened or contracted in 

 some particular place. 



Contiguous. Where two neighboring parts 

 are in contact through the whole length 

 of their edges or surfaces; as the sepals 

 of Raphanus and the cotyledons of many 

 species of plants. 



Continuous. The reverse of articulated. A 

 stem is said to be continuous which has 

 no joints. 



Contorted.- Twisted back upon itself; ar- 

 ranged so as to overlap other parts; an 

 arrangement of petals or corolline lobes, 

 when each piece, being oblique in form and 

 overlapping its neighbor by one margin, 

 has its other margin, in like manner, 

 overlapped by that which stands next to 

 it, as in the flower of the Oleander, etc. 

 A flower is contorted when one edge of a 

 petal is exposed, and the other edge is 

 covered by the adjoining petal. 



Gontortuplicatus, Contortuplicate. Twisted 

 back upon itself. 



Convergenti-nervose. "When simple veins 

 diverge from the midrib of a leaf and 

 converge towards the margin. 



Convergi-nerved. "When the ribs of a leaf 

 describe a curve and meet at the point, 

 as in Plantago lanceolala. 



Convex. Rising in a circular form. 



Convolute, Convolutive. When one part is 

 wholly rolled up in another, as in the 

 petals of the Wallflower, or the spathe of 

 an Arum. 



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Convolvulacece, (Bindweeds.} A natural or- 

 der of corollifloral Dicotyledons, included 

 in Lindley's Solanal Alliance. Herbs or 

 shrubs, usually twining, and with a milky 

 juice, having alternate leaves, without 

 stipules, and regular flowers, the flower 

 stalks (peduncles) bearing one or many 

 flowers. They are abundant in tropical 

 countries and rare in cold climates. They 

 twine around other plants, and creep 

 among weeds, etc., along the seashore. 

 The plants are characterized chiefly by 

 their purgative qualities, and many of 

 them are used medicinally. Jalap is pro- 

 duced from the root or underground 

 stem of Exogonium(Ipomo2a) purga, while 

 the gum resin called Scammony is pro- 

 duced by Convolvulus scammonia. Ipo- 

 mcea Bona-nox, which produces its pure 

 white flowers at night, is the Moon-flower 

 of Ceylon and other warm countries. Ba- 

 tatas edulis; the Sweet Potato, or Batatas, 

 is cultivated in the United States, Japan, 

 and China, and also in Spain and Portu- 

 gal. In the Philippine Islands the Bata- 

 tas or Camotes are used for making soup, 

 as well as roasted. This order comprises 

 forty-six known genera, and nearly 

 seven hundred species. Convolvulus, 

 Ipomoza, Calystegia, Exogonium, Batatas, 

 and Pharbitis are illustrative genera. 



Coracinus. Deep shining black. 



Corattiform, Corattoid. Resembling coral in 

 general appearance. 



Corculum. The embryo; and also the 

 small axis of growth in such dicotyledo- 

 nous embryos as the Walnut. 



Cordate. Heart-shaped in outline; applied 

 to a plane or flat body having two round 

 lobes at the base. 



Cordato-hastate. Between cordate and has- 

 tate. 



Cordato-ovate. Between cordate and ovate. 



