398 GLOSSAEY OF TEEMS. 



Cauline, growing on the stem, f. 23, 24. 

 Chaffy, covered with membranous scales. 

 Chaff -scale, the calyx of grasses and allied plants. 

 Channelled leaves or stalks, with a longitudinal groove, f. 70. 

 Ciliated, fringed with hairs, f. 64. 

 Clammy, covered with glutinous juice. 

 Claw, the narrow portion of a petal, f. 125, a. 

 Cleft, deeply divided, f. 51. 

 Climbing, ascending on other bodies 

 Clinging, holding fast to another body for support, f. 12. 

 Close-pressed, lying flat. 



Cluster, numerous flowers, each on a stalk, arranged along a com- 

 mon stalk, f. 97, 98. 



Clustered leaves, crowded together, f. 25. 

 Coloured calyx, of any other colour than green, 

 Coated Bulbous root, composed of layers, f. 7. 

 Common calyx, containing several flowers with united anthers. 

 Common corolla, consisting of several flowers with united anthers, 



contained in a common calyx. 

 Common or general umbel, the first divisions of an umbel. 



Common involucre, at the base of a general umbel, f. 89, a. 



Complete flower, furnished with both calyx and corolla. 



Compound flower, when a number of flowers with united anthers 

 grow in a common calyx. 



Compound leaf, consisting of several pieces connected by insertion 

 into a common stalk. 



Compressed, flattened laterally. 



Connate, adhering together, f. 31. 



Cone, a catkin hardened and enlarged, f. 146, 147. 



Conical receptacle, elevated and coming to a point, f. 155. 



Conjugate leaf, with two leaflets. 



Corolla, the envelope of coloured and delicate leaves of a flower. 



Corymb, an erect cluster, the partial stalks of which are gradually 

 longer as they stand lower on the common stalk, f. 99. 



Cotyledons, the two portions of a seed which at germination change 

 into leaves, f. 148. 



Cover, a membranous covering for the sori of ferns. 



Creeping root, one with, a subterraneous stem, sending off fibres at 

 intervals, f. 2. 



Creeping stem, running along the ground, and sending down root? 

 at intervals, f. 11. 



Cruciform corolla, of four petals with long claws, standing oppo- 

 site in pairs, f. 126. 



Cup-shaped, of the form of a bell, with the margin straight, f. 121. 



Curled, with the margin folded and more expanded than the disk. 



Cylindrical, round and elongated. 



Cyme, a kind of umbel, the partial stalks of which are irregular. 



Deciduous leaves, falling off every year. 



Deciduous calyx, or corolla, falling off before the fruit is perfected. 



Decumbent stem, lying on the ground at the base. 



Decurrent leaves, running down the stem or branch, so as to form 



a leafy border, f. 34. 



Decurrently pinnate, when the leaflets run down the stalk. 

 Decussate leaves, in pairs, alternately crossing, f. 29. 

 Deltoid ', triangular. 



