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GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 



Ckm/ervoui, like confeme. 



Confluent^ running into one another. 



CotiffloixUedf collected into a spherical form. 



Conical, resembling a cone. 



Conico-Ziemisp/ierkalj between conical and round, 



Conico-ovate, between conical and ovate. 



Conjugate, joined in pairs: a term chiefly applied to 



leaves. 

 Connate, joined together at the base. 

 Connivent, converging. 

 Conoid, cone like. 

 Constrtded, tightened or contracted in some particular 



place. 

 Cottverffing^ approaching together. 

 Cojvcex, rising in a oircultir form. 



Convejco-platie, plime on one side, convex on the other. 

 Convolute, rolled together. 

 CuraUoid, like coral. 

 Cordate, heart-shaped. 

 Coriaceous, leathery. 



Corneous, homy, of the consistence of horn. 

 Comiculaie, having processes like small horns. 

 Comute, homed. 

 Corona, literally a crown: applied in botany to the 



crown-like cup which is found at the orifice of the 



tube of the corolla in Narcissus, Pancratium, and 



others. 

 Corpuscle, a small body; a particle of any thing. 

 Corrdnyrard, strengthening, having the power to give 



strength. 

 CSwToafc, having the power of wearing away. 

 Corrugated, wrinkled or shrivelled. 

 Cortxail, of or belonging to the bark. 

 Coryndi, a raceme or panicle in which the stalks of the 



lower flowers are longer than those of the upper, so 



that the flowers themselves are all on the same level. 

 Corymliose, formed or arranged after the manner of a 



corymb. 

 Chrymbulose, formed or arranged in many small corymbs. 

 Cosmetic, beautifying. 

 Costa, lUer.tUy ribs: applied by botanists sometimes to 



the midrib of a leaf, and sometimes to any projecting 



round elevations having the same direction as the 



axis of the fruit. 

 Costaie, ribbed. 



Cotyledons, seed lobes or leaves. 

 Cowled-leaved, a thing is said to be cowled or cncullate 



when its end is curved inwards in such a manner as 



to represent the cowl or hood of a monk. 

 Crence, notches. 

 Crettate, notched. 

 Crenature, the notching. 

 Crenulate, full of notches. 

 Crest, applied to some elevated appendage terminating 



a particular organ: a stamen is crested when the 



filament projects beyond the anther, and becomes 



dilated. 

 Cribriform, riddled with holes like a sieve. 

 Cribrose, perforated like a sieve. 

 Crisp, when leaves are very much undulated at the 



margin, they aro called crisp or curled. 

 Crucititef shaped like a Maltese cross: a flower is said 



to be cruci;ite when four equal petals are placed 



opposite each other at right angles. 

 Cruciferous, tho name of a particular family of plants 



bearing cruciate flowers. 

 Crustaceous, havinjj a hard brittle shell. 

 Crystalline, consistmg of. or resembling, crystals. 

 Cuadlate, hooded, cowled; see Cowleti. 

 Culm, the stem of grasses, scitamineous plants, and the 



like. 

 Culm^erons, producing culms. 

 Cultraic, shaped like a prunmg-knife. 

 (Juneate, wedge-shaped. 

 Cup, the same as corona; see that word. 

 CupuU, the cup of an acora, and of all amentaceous 



plants. 

 Cupuli^orm or Cupulate, shaped like a reversed bell. 

 Cuspidaie, like the point of a spear, a leaf is cuspidate, 



when it is suddenly tapered to a point. 

 Cutaneous, relating to the skin. 

 Ctdide, the scarf skin, or epidermis. 



" '-tooOuui, cut and toothed at the same time 

 '^^trni, cop-sliaped, concave. 



-*o*, having the form of a cylinder. 



Cylindrical, cylinder-shaped. 

 dylindrico-campanulate, eyiindrically bell-shaped. 

 (%mhiform, boat-shaped. 

 Cyme, a mode of inflorescence, resembling a flattened 



panicle. 

 Cymose, flowering in cymes. 



Decandrous, having ten stamens. 



Deciduous, falling off. Leaves which are shed annually 

 are said to be deciduous: as are also trees that annu- 

 ally lose their leaves. 



Declinate, carved downwards. 



Decoction, a preparation or digest by boiling water. 



Deco7npo7ind, a leaf is said to be decompound when it 

 is twice pinnated; a panicle when its branches are 

 also panicled. 



Decorticated, disbarked. 



Decumbent, lying down. 



Deeurrent, runnmg down. 



Decursive, having a tendency to run down. 



Decussated, when two right lines cross each other ut 

 right angles they are said to decussate; leaves are 

 often placed in this position. 



Dejlexed, turned downwards. 



Dehiscent, gaping; an expression applied to the mode 

 in which the anthers or the fruit burst open and 

 discharge tlieir contents. 



Dcliffuescent, melting away upon exposure to air. 



Ddta-leaved, Deltoid, shaped like the Greek A. 



Demulcent, having the property of softening any thing. 



Dentate, having the margins* divided into incisions 

 resembling teeth. 



Dcntato-dliate, having the margin dentate and tipped 

 with cilia;. 



Derdato-sinuate, scolloped and toothed. 



Dentictdate, being finely dentate. 



Denticulations, small toothings. 



Dentiform, tooth-shaped. 



Deabstruent, having the power of removing obstmotions, 

 a term of medicine. 



Dependad, hanging down. 



Depressed, pressed downward. 



Depurated, purified, cleansed. 



Dcspumate, to throw off in froth or scnm. 



Detergent, Detersive, having the power of cleansing 



Diandrous, having two stamens. 



Diaphanous, transparent. 



Diaphoretic, promoting perspiration. 



Dichotomous, a stem that ramifies in pairs. 



Dicoecous, having two cocci. 



Didymous, two united. 



Didynarnxms, having two long stamens and two short 

 ones in the same flower, each pair being collateral. 



Dijform, two forms; used to express irregularity. 



Dijfuse, scattered, widely spread. 



Dijfiisible, such as may be spread. 



Digilat&i, fingered, shaped like the hand spread open. 



Dii/itifonn, formed like fingers. 



Digynous, two styles or female organs. 



Dimidiate, halved, divided into two parts. 



DiaxiouSy when a plant bears female flowers on one in- 

 dividual, and males on another, it is called dicecious. 



Discoid. When in Comp^sitw the florets are all tubit- 

 lar, the head of flowers is said to be discoid. In 

 other cases, when the florets of the centre of a heafl 

 of flowers are more perfect than the rest, they are 

 called discoid. Finally, when any thing is dilated 

 into something which may be compaied to a disk, 

 the term discoid is also made use of. 



Discus or Disk, the fleshy annular process that sur- 

 rounds the ovarium of many flowers: also tho sur- 

 face of a leaf; also the centre of a head of flowera 

 of Comp68it8e. 



Dlscutient, having the power to scatter the matter of 

 tumours. 



Di'isepinu-nt, the partitions by which a seed vessel is 

 divided internally. 



Distichous, two-rowed: producing leaves or flowers in 

 two opposite rows 



Dilrichotomous ^ divided in twos or threes; a stem con- 

 tinually dividing into double or treble ram ifi eat ions. 



Diuretic,h&\hig the power of i)romoting t he flow of iiriiie. 



Divaricate^ growing in a 8trag;j;ling manner, 



DodecandroughM'mg twelve stamens. 



