GLOSSARY. 



419 



Constant; invariable ; also never failing, or 

 wanting. 



Contiguous; so near as to seem to touch. 



Continuous; without interruption, or artic- 

 ulation. 



Contorted; twisted; or obliquely overlap- 

 ping. 



Contracted; narrowed, or reduced into a 

 smaller compass. 



Contrary dissepiment. Not parallel, but 

 at right angles, or nearly BO, with the 

 valves of the pericarp. 



Convex; presenting an elevated rounded 

 surface. 



Convolute; rolled into a cylindrical form. 



Cordate; heart-shaped, with the sinus or 

 notch at the base. 



Cordate-oblong; oblong, with a cordate 

 base. 



Coriaceous; tough and leather like. 



Corm, or Cormus. A fleshy subterraneous 

 stem, of a round or oval figure, and an 

 uniform compact texture, as in Arum, or 

 Indian Turnip. 



Corneous; having the consistence or appear- 

 ance of horn. 



Corn'iculate; having little horns or spurs. 



Cornute; having appendages like horns. 



Corolla. The delicate inner covering of 

 the flower, between the calyx and sta- 

 mens, mostly colored, 



Coroniform; in the shape of a crown. 



Corrugated: contracted into wrinkle.-?. 



Cortical; belonging to the bark. 



Corticate ; clofheol with bark. 



Corymb. A mode of flowering : a kind of 

 raceme, with the lower peduncles elongat- 

 ed so as to form a level top. 



Corymbose; in the manner of the Corymb. 



Corymbulose; having the flowers in little 

 corymbs. 



Costate; ribbed. 



Cotyledons. The seed-lobes, or first crude 

 leaves of a plant, formed in the seed ; 

 and sometimes becoming green leaves in 

 vegetation. 



Crateriform; in the form of a cup or bowl, 

 or hemispherical cup. 



Creeping; running along the ground, and 

 putting forth small roots. 



Crenate; notched on the edge, with the seg- 

 ments rounded, and not inclining towards 

 either extremity. 



Crennlate; very finely crenate. 



Created; having an appendage resembling 

 a cock's comb. 



Crisp; curled, or wavy at the edges. 



Cristate; crested ; having a crest. 



Cross; or cross-breed. A hybrid or mule, 

 produced by the mixing of two nearly 

 allied species. 



Crvirdrd; thickly set; standing in close 



order. 



Ci'oio. A circular series of petaloid ap 

 pendast'S at the throat of a corolla; also 

 of chaffy scales at the summit of an 

 akene. 



Crowned; having appendages resembling a 

 crown. 



Cruciate, or cruciform; having 4 petals ar- 

 ranged in form of a cross. 



Crustaceous; having a dry brittle snell. 



Cryptogamous plants. Plants which are 

 destitute of visible genuine flowers. 



Cucullate; in the form of a cowl ; the 

 edges rolled in so as to meet at base, and 

 spreading above, like a hood thrown 

 back. 



Culm. Tlie stem of the Grasses, and Cy- 

 peraceous plants. 



Cuneate, or cuneiform,; wedge-shaped; 

 tapering with straight edges to the base. 



Cup tile. The cup-like involucre of tho 

 acorn, &c. 



Cusp. A stiffish tapering sharp point. 



Cuspidate; tapering to a straight stiffish 

 sharp point. 



Cuticle. The outer skin, usually thin and 

 membranaceous. 



Cyathiform; top shaped and hollowed at the 

 summit like a cup. 



Cylindric; long, round and of uniform 

 diameter. 



Cyme. A kind of panicle, depressed near- 

 ly to the form of an umbel, with the 

 principal peduncles rising from the same 

 centre, but the subdivisions irregular. 



Cymose; with the flowers in cymes, or ap- 

 proaching that form. 



Cynndes. The reduced cymes, or cy- 

 mose clusters, of the LABIATE; some- 

 times called Verticillasters. 



Decandrous; having ten distinct stamens. 



Deciduous; falling off at the usual time, or 

 at the end of the season ; more durable 

 than Caducous, which see. 



Dedinate, or declined; bent off horizontal- 

 ly ; or curved downwards. 



Decompound; several times compound. 



Decumbent; IcMiing upon the ground, 

 with the base only erect. 



Decurrence. A running or extending 

 down, or backwards. 



Decurrent leaf. AVhen the two edges are 

 continued down the stem, like wings. 



Decussate; growing in opposite pairs and 

 alternately crossing each other. 



Definite; clearly defined, or limited; also 

 of a constant or determinate (and not 

 large) number. 



Deflected; bent off, or downwards. 



Dehiscent; gaping or opening naturally by 

 seams, at maturity. 



Deltoid; triangular in the outline, like the 

 Greek letter Delta. 



Demersf-d; growing or being under water. 



Dense; closely arranged; compact. 



Dentate; toothed; edged with tooth-like 

 projections. 



Denticulate; having very small teeth. 



Depauper-ate; with a starved or stunted 

 inflorescence ; few-flowered. 



Depressed; flatted vertically, or pressed 

 down at summit. 



