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INDEX AND GLOSSARY 



Coffee, 246; tree, 96. 



Cohosh anther, 129. 



Coleus, chlorophyll, 76; cuttings, 24, 26; 

 in window, 163; root-pressure, 73. 



Collateral, 261. 



Collection, making a, 279. 



Collenchyma, 254. 



Collodion, 241, 243. 



Colonies, 221. 



Color of foliage, 225. 



Columbine, 310; Fig. 458; fruit, 151. 



Columella, 181. 



Column : body formed of union of sta- 

 mens and pistil in orchids, (279). 



Companion cells, 254. 



Compass plant, 50, 269. 



Complete flower: all parts present, (257). 



Complete leaf : having blade, petiole, 

 stipules, (194), Fig. 131. 



Compositae, 334. Compositous flowers, 142. 



Compound leaves, 91. 



Compound pistil: of more than one car- 

 pel united, (255). 



Concentric, 261. 



Cone-flower, 337. 



Cones, 156, Figs. 271, 272. 



Conifer cells, 237. 



ConiferaB, 286. 



Conjugation, 179. 



Connate, 3, Fig. 134. 



Convallaria majalis, 294. 



Convolvulaceae, 328. 



Copper sulfate, 241. 



Coral root, 85, Fig. 119. 



Cork elm, 303, Fig. 450. 



Corm : a solid bulb-like part, (81). 



Cormel: a corm arising from a mother 

 corm, (81). 



Corn, ash in, 72; cells, 237; field, 213, 217, 

 Fig. 358; germination, 168, Figs. 291-295; 

 monoecious, 133, Fig. 214; North and 

 South, 203; phyllotaxy, 49; root cap, 

 253, Fig. 395; roots of, 8, 12, Fig. 14 

 water in, 72; wilting, 83; roots, 267 

 stalk, 18; starch, 248, 249; stems, 259 

 suffocated, 70; sugar, 246. 



Corn cockle, 308. 



Cornflower flowers, 143, Figs. 231, 499. 



Corolla: inner circle of floral envelopes, 



Cortex, 260. [(250). 



Corymb: short and broad more or less 

 flat-topped indeterminate cluster, (241). 



Corymbose inflorescence : outer flowers 

 opening first; indeterminate, (236). 



Cotton, 146; fibers, 233. 



Cotyledon: seed-leaf (305). 



Cowslip, 310. 



Cow-pea, 319, Fig, 473. 



Cranberry, high-bush, 334. 



Cranesbill, wild, 313, Fig. 181. 



Creeper : a trailing shoot which takes 

 root throughout its length, (56), 15. 



Crenate: shallowly round-toothed, (200). 



Cress fruit, 152; winter, 311. 



Crocus, 34, 35, Figs. 48, 49, 297, Fig. 438. 



Cross-fertilization : secured by pollen 

 from another flower, (260). 



Cross-pollination : transfer of pollen 

 from flower to flower, (263). 



Crowfoot, 309, Figs. 2, 187, 188, 191, 242. 



Crown : that part of the stem at the sur- 

 face of the ground, (37) ; tuber, 33. 



Cruciferaa, 310; hairs, 270. 



Cryptogam : flowerless plant, as fern, 

 moss, fungus, 178, 284, (325). 



Crystals, 250. Crystaloids, 249. 



Cucumber collenchyma, 254; fruit, 155; 

 pits, 237; squirting, 159. 



Cupuliferae, 298. 



Currant, 324, 325, Figs. 481, 482, 483; bud, 

 Fig. 54; cuttings, 24, 27, Fig. 38; fruit, 

 153; stem, 266, Fig. 409. 



Cuscuta Gronovii, 329, Fig. 487. 



Cutting: severed piece of a plant de- 

 signed to propagate the plant, (51) , (61) . 



Cutting-box, 26, 30. 



Cutting sections, 242, 243. 



Cycloloma platyphyllum, 163. 



Cyme: broad more or less flat-topped 

 determinate cluster, (244). 



Cymose inflorescence: central flowers 

 opening first : determinate, (243). 



Cypress vine, 328, Fig. 485. 



Cystolith, 250. 



Daffodil, 295, Fig. 234. 



Dahlia, double, 145, Fig. 232. 



Daisy flowers, 142; ox-eye, 337, Fig. 169; 

 rays, 143; scape, 120, Fig. 185. 



Dalibarda, 134. 



Damping-off, 25, 30. 



Dandelion, 3, 7, 14, 257, 336, Figs. 8, 275; 

 flowers, 142; rays, 143; scape, 120; seeds, 

 158, 160, Fig. 275. 



Darwin, quoted, 213, 231. 



