GLOSSARY. 315 



Compositi, an order of plants in the Fragmenta methodi 

 naturalis of Linnaeus. 



Compressus caulis, folium, a leaf resembling a cylinder 

 compressed on the opposite sides. 



Concavum folium, hollowed, the margin forming an arch 

 with the disk. 



Conceptaculum, a conceptacle or receiver, a pericarpium of 

 a single valve^ which opens on the side lengthways, and 

 has not the seeds fastened to it. 



Conduplicatum folium, doubled together, when the sides of 

 the leaf are parallel, and approach each other. 



Conferti rami, branches crowded together. 



Confertus verticiUus,jlos, et folia, when flowers and leaves 

 are formed into whorles round the stalk and crowded to- 

 gether. 



Confluentia folia, to flow together, as in the pinnated leaf, 

 when the pinna* run into one another. 



Conglobatus flos, when flowers are collected into globular 

 heads. 



Conglomeratus flos, flowers irregularly crowded together. 



Congesta umbella, flowers collected into a spherical shape, 

 as in the Allium. <* 



Conica scabrities, a species of setaceous scabrities, scarce vi- 

 sible to the naked eye, on the surface of plants, formed 

 like cones. 



Coniferae, plants bearing cones, such as Pinus, Cupressus, 

 &c. an order of plants in the Fragmenta method! * natura- 

 lis of Linnaeus. 



Conjugatum, to join or couple together, a species of pinnate 

 leaf, where the folioles come by pairs. 



Counatum, to grow together, when two opposite leaves unite 

 at their base, so as to have the appearance of one leaf. 



Connivens corolla, when the apices of the petals converge, 

 so as to close the flower, as in Trollius europagus. 



Conniventes anthers, approaching or inclining together. 



Continuatum folium, continued, when the leaf appears to be 

 a continuation of the substance of the stalk. 



Contorti, to twist, an order of plants in the Fragmenta me- 

 thodi naturalis of Linnaeus. 



Contrarian valvti/a', valves are termed contrariaa, when the 

 dissepimentum is placed transversely between them. 



Convexum folium, a leaf arising from the margin to the 

 centre of the leaf. 



Convoluttis cirrhus, a tendril twining, in the same direction, 

 with the sun's motion. 



Convolutum folium, a term in foliation, when the leaf is 

 rolled up like a scroll of paper. Conu3 



