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Connective, Connecttvum : the part of the anther connecting its two cells ; p. 113. 



Connwent : converging, or brought close together. 



Consolidated forms of vegetation, p. 47. 



Continuous : the reverse of interrupted or articulated. 



Contorted: twisted together. Contorted (estivation : same as convolute; p. 109. 



Contortupxicate : twisted back upon itself. 



Contracted: either narrowed or shortened. 



Contrary : turned in an opposite direction to another organ or part with whie 



it is compared. 

 Convolute : rolled up lengthwise, as the leaves of the Plum in vernation ; p. 76, 



fig. 151. In aestivation, same as contorted; p. 109. 

 Cordate : heart-shaped ; p. 58, fig. 90, 99. 

 Coriaceous : resembling leather in texture. 

 Corky : of the texture of cork. Corky layer of bark, p. 152. 

 Corm, Cortnus: a solid bulb, like that of Crocus; p. 44, fig. 71, 72. 

 Corneous : of the consistence or appearance of horn, as the albumen of the 



seed of the Date, Coffee, &c. 

 Corniculate : furnished with a small horn or spur. 

 Cornute : horned ; bearing a horn-like projection or appendage. 

 Corolla : the leaves of the flower within the calyx ; p. 86. 

 Coro/ldceous, Corollme : like or belonging to a corolla. 

 Corona : a coronet or crown ; an appendage at the top of the claw of some 



petals, as Silene and Soapwort, fig. 200, or of the tube of the corolla of 



Hound's-Tongue, &c. 



Cordnate : crowned ; furnished with a crown. 

 Cortical: belonging to the bark (cortex). 



Cdrymb: a sort of flat or convex flower-cluster ; p. 79, fig. 158. 

 Corymbose: approaching the form of a corymb, or branched in that way; 



arranged in corymbs. 



Costa : a rib ; the midrib of a leaf, &c. Costate : ribbed. 

 Cotyle'dons : the first leaves of the embryo ; p. 6, 137. 

 Crate'riforin : goblet-shaped ; broadly cup-shaped. 



Creeping (stems) : growing flat on or beneath the ground and rooting; p. 37. 

 Cremocarp : a half-fruit, or one of the two carpels of Umbelliferae. 

 Crenate, or Crenelled : the edge scalloped into rounded teeth ; p. 62, fig. 114 

 Crested, or Cristate : bearing any elevated appendage like a crest. 

 Cribrose : pierced like a sieve with small apertures. 

 Crinite : bearded with long hairs, &c. 

 Crown : see corona. 



Crowning : borne on the apex of anything. 

 Cruciate, or Cruciform : cross-shaped, as the four spreading petals of the Mih. 



tard (fig. 187), and all the flowers of that family. 

 Crustaceous : hard, and brittle in texture ; crust-like. 

 Cryptdyamous, or Cryptogamic : relating to Cryptogamia; p. 172, 197. 

 Cucullate : hooded, or hood-shaped, rolled up like a cornet of paper, or a hood 



(cucullus), as the spathe of Indian Turnip, fig. 162. 

 Culm : a straw ; the stem of Grasses and Sedges. 

 Cuneate, Cuneiform : wedge-shaped ; p. 58, fig. 94. 



