GLOSSARY. 



Conus, see Strobilus. 



Corculum, the heart and essence of the seed. 



Cordatum folium, a heart-shaped leaf. 



Cordiformis, shaped like a heart. 



Corolla, a wreath or crown, one of the seven parts of fruc- 

 tification. 



Corollula, a little corolla. 



Corona semirris, a crown adhering to many kinds of seeds, 

 serving them as wings, which enables them to disperse. 



Goronaria?, an order of plants in the Fragmenta methodi na- 

 turalis of Linnaeus. 



Coronula, a little crown. 



Cortex, the outer rind or bark of vegetables. 



Corydales, an order of plants in the Fragmenta methodi na- 

 turalis of Linnaeus. 



Corymbus, a kind of spike, the flowers of which have each 

 its proper pedicellus, or partial foot-stalk, raised to a pro- 

 portional height, as in Spiraea opulifolia. 



Cotyledon, aside lobe of the seed, of a porous substance and 

 perishable, or seminal leaves. 



Crenatum folium, a notched leaf, when the margin is cut 

 into angles that point towards neither of the extremities ; 

 obtusely crenate, when the angles are rounded ; or acute- 

 ly crenate, when the angles are pointed. 



Crispum folium, a curled leaf, when the circumference be- 

 comes larger than the disk admits of. 



Cristatus Jtos, when the flower has a tufted crest, as in Po- 

 ly gal a. 



Cruciformes fores, cross-shaped flowers, consisting of four 

 petals, disposed in the form of a cross, as in the class Te- 

 tradynamia of Linnaeus. 



Cryptogamia, hidden marriages, the twenty-fourth class of 

 the Linnaean system. 



Pubitus, a ,cubit, the ninth degree of the Linnaean scale for 

 measuring plants, from the elbow to the extremity of the 

 middle finger, or seventeen Parisian inches. 



Cucullatum folium, leaves rolled up lengthways, in form of 

 a cone, as in Geranium cucullatum, &c. 



Cucurbitaceae, gourds, an order of plants in the Fragmenta 

 methodi naturalis of Linnaeus. 



Culminiae, the top or crown of any thing, an order of plants 

 in the Fragmenta methodi naturalis of Linnaeus. 



Culmus, a reed or straw, the proper stem or trunk of a grass. 



Cuspidatumjfb//Mj, a leaf whose apex resembles the point 

 f a spear or lance. 



Cuneiforme 



