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Corymbose, in the form of a corymb. 



Cotyledons, the seed lobes, often forming the first leaves of the plant. 



Crenate, with rounded marginal teeth. 



Crenulate, minutely crenate. 



Crested, having an appendage like a crest. 



Cruciform, four parts, as petals, arranged so as to form a cross as in Arabis. 



Cuneate, like a wedge, but attached by its point. 



Cuspidate, abrupt, but with a little point at the end. 



Cuticle, the external skin. 



Cylindrical, nearly in the form of a cylinder. 



Cyme, inflorescence formed of a terminal flower, beneath which are lateral 



branches each having a terminal flower and lateral branches again similarly 



dividing, and so on. 

 Cymose, arranged in a cyme. 

 Deciduous, falling off. 



Declining, straight, but pointing downwards. 



Decompound, subdivided more than three times, as the leaves of many Umbel- 

 liferous plants. 



Decumbent, lying on the ground, but tending to rise at the end. 

 Decurrent, when the limb of a leaf is prolonged down the stem, below tke point 



of attachment of the midrib, as in the case of the common Comfrey. 

 Decussate, opposite leaves in four equal rows. 

 Dfflexed, curved downwards or towards the back. 

 Dehiscence, the mode in which an organ opens. 

 Deltoid, fleshy with a triangular transverse section. 

 Dentate, with short triangular teeth. 

 Denticulate, finely toothed, like the Camellia leaf. 



Depressed, when flattened vertically or at the top, like an orange or a flat onion. 

 Dichotomous, when a branch or stem is much forked, as in the Mistletoe. 

 Diffuse, widely spreading. 

 Digitate, fingered leaves or lobes all starting from the top of the petiole, as the 



leaves of the Lupin. 



Dioecious, with the different sexes on different plants. 

 Disk, a fleshy surface from which the stamens and pistils spring. 

 Distichous, arranged in two rows, as the leaves of the common Taxodium. 

 Divaricate, spreading at an obtuse angle. 

 Diverging, gradually separating. 

 Dorsal, attached to, or on the back. 

 Elliptic, oval but acute at each end. 

 Elongate, much lengthened. 

 Emarginate, slightly notched at the end. 

 Entire, not toothed nor lobed nor divided at the edge. 

 Equitant, overlapping each other, as the leaves of the Iris. 

 Erose, irregularly cut, as if gnawed. 

 Equalling, when the ends of organs rise to the same height, even though their 



relative lengths are different. 



Falcate, sickle-shaped, as the leaf of Rochea falcata. 

 Fascicle, a cyme which is rather crowded with flowers placed on short pedicels 



of nearly equal length, as in the Sweet William and some other 



Pinks. 



