GLOSSARY 



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Commiaaure. The snrfece by which one carpel 

 joins another, as in the Umbelliferae. 



Comose. Furnished with or resembling a tu<l 

 of hairs. 



Complicate. Folded upon itself. 



Compound. Composed of 2 or more similar 

 parts united into one whole. Compound leaf, 

 one divided into separate leaflets. 



Compressed. Flattened, especially laterally. 



CouduplicatB. Folded together lengthwise. 



Confluent. Running into each other; blended 

 into one. 



Coniferous. Cone-bearing, 



Connate. United ; used especially of like struc- 

 tures joined from the start. 



Connective. The portion of a stamen which 

 connects the two cells of the anther. 



Connivent. Coming into contact ; converging. 



Conoidal. Nearly conical. 



Convolute. Rolled up longitudinally. 



Cordate. Heart-shaped with the point up- 

 ward. 



Coriaceous. Leathery in texture. 



Coj^m. The enlarged fleshy base of a stem, 

 bulb-like but solid. 



Corolla. The inner perianth, of distinct or con- 

 nate petals. 



Coroniform. Shaped like a crown. 



Corrugate. Wrinkled or in folds. 



Corymb. A flat-topped or convex open flower- 

 cluster, in the stricter use of the word equlv- 



1 alent to a contracted raceme and progressing 

 in its flowering from the margin inward. 



Corymbose. In corymbs, or corymb-like. 



Costa. A rib ; a midrib or mid-nerve. 



Costate. Eil)bed ; having one or more longi- 

 tudinal ribs or nerves. 



Cotyledons. The foliar portion or first leaves 

 (one, two, or more) of the embryo as found in 

 the seed. 



Crateriform. In the shape of a saucer or cup, 

 hemispherical or more shallow. 



Creeping. Running along at or near the sur- 

 face of the ground and rooting. 



Crenate. Dentate with the teeth much rounded. 



Crenulate. Finely crenate. 



Cristate. Bearing an elevated appendage resem- 

 bling a crest. 



Crown. An inner appendage to a petal, or to 

 the throat of a corolla. 



Cruciate. Cross-shaped. 



Crxistaceotis. Of hard and brittle textnre. 



Cucullate. Hooded or hood-shaped ; cowled. 



Culm. The peculiar stem of Sedges and Grasses. 



Cuneate. Wedge-shaped; triangular with the 

 acute angle downward. 



Cuspidate. Tipped with a cusp or sharp and 

 rigid point. 



Cyme. A usually broad and flattish determinate 

 inflorescence, i.e. with its central or terminal 

 flowers blooming earliest. 



Cymose. Rearing cymes, or cyme-like. 



Deciduous. Not persistent : not evergreen. 

 DtGompo'wnd, More than once compound or 

 4ivided. 



Decwmhent. Recllninir, but with the ramml 



ascending. 

 Decurrent (leaf). Extending down the Bleu 



below the Insertion. 

 DecuHsate. Alternating In pairs at rlKht angled. 

 Definite. Of a constant number, not exceeding 



twenty. 

 Defleved. Bent or turned abruptly downward. 

 Dehiscent. Ouenlng re^'ulurly by valves, allta, 



etc., as a capsule or anther. 

 Deltoid. Shaped like the Greek lettor A 

 Dentate. Toothed, usually with the teeth di- 

 rected outward. 

 Denticulate. Minutely dentate. 

 Depressed. Somewhat flattened from above. 

 Di; Die-. A Greek prefix slgnlfyir^g two ot 



twice. 

 Diadelphous (stamens). Combined In two seta 

 Didiidronx. Having two stamens. 

 Dicnrpellary. Composed of two carpels. 

 Dichotoinous. Forking regularly by pairs. 

 Dicotyledonous. Having two cotyledons. 

 Didymous. Twin ; found In pairs. 

 Didynamous (stamens). In two pairs of on 



equal length. 

 Diffuse. Widely or loosely spreading. 

 Digitate. Compound, with the members aria* 



ing together at the apex of the support. 

 Dimerous (flower). Having all the parts to 



twos. 

 Dimorphous. Occurring In two forms. 

 Dioecious. Unisexual, with the two kinds ol 



flowers on separate plants. 

 Discoid. Resembling a disk. Discoid head, 



in Compositae, one without ray-tlowers. 

 Disk. A development of the receptacle at or 



around the base of the pistil. In Covijtoxitae, 



the tubular flowers of the head as distinct froo. 



the ray. 

 Dissected. Cut or divided into numerous 



segments. 

 Dissepiment. A partition In an ovar>- or fruit 

 Distichous. In two vertical ranks. 

 Distinct. Sei>amte; not united ; evident 

 Divaricate. Widely divergent 

 Divided. Lobed to the base. 

 Dorsal. Upon or relating to the back or outer 



surface of an organ. 

 Dorsorentral. With distinction of back and 



front, or placed with reference to the back or 



front. 

 Drupaceous. Resembling or of the nature of a 



drupe. 

 Drupe. A fleshy or pulpy fruit with the Inner 



portion of the pericari) (l-c.'Ile<l and l-6<MMled, 



or sometimes several -eel Id) hard or stony. 

 Drupelet. A diminutive drupe. 



K- or Br-. A T>atin prefix hn\Mnpofl«'n a priva- 

 tive signification, as fhractt <//«•. without bracts- 



Echinate. Heset with prickles. 



Kcological. Concerning the relation of plant,* 

 to their siirroundlngs. 



Efiise. Verv looselv spreadlnir. 



Emargiuate. Having a shallow notch at aj« 

 extremity. 



