GLOSSARY 



Compound leaf One divided into 

 Cone An elongated axis b< 



flower and fruit of conifers 

 Convolute Rolled up length 

 Cordate Heart-shaped 

 Corm A swollen fleshy base of a stem 

 Corymb A flat-topped <>i convex open flower <1 

 Creeping Growing along tin- ground 

 Crenate Scalloped; with rounded, shallow teeth 

 Crenate-toothed With rounded teeth 

 Cyme A flower cluster in which the terminal or middh 



somewhat flat 



Deciduous Falling off at the close of the growing period 



Declined Benl down 



Decurrent Applied to leaf bases, running down the st< 



Dentate Toothed, with outwardly projecting teeth 



Denticulate With small teeth 



Depressed Vertically flattened 



Dioecious Bearing pistil- and stamens on different plants 



Disk An enlargement of tin- axis of a flower around tin 



i if tubular flowers in tin- ^.sterai 

 Dissected Cut or divided into numerous segments 

 Divided Lobed t>> tin- base 



Entire Without lobes, divisions, or teeth 



Epigynous Applied to a flower with tin- part- upon the ovary 

 Erect Standing upright 



Exserted Projectim-; beyond the surrounding part- 

 Fascicle A dense cluster 

 Fascicled Borne in dense clus 

 Fertile Bearing seeds, or bearing pollen 

 Filament The -talk bearing the anther 

 Fleshy Soft, containing more or [ess sap 

 Flower An axis bearing stamen- or pistils or both; generally s< 



associated with these 

 Fruit A ripened ovary, sometime- that part of t! , 



seeds ripen 



Glabrous Without hairs 



Gland A secreting surface or structure; any -mall appi 



the appearance of such an organ 

 Glandular With glands or gland-like 

 Glaucous Covered with a bluish or white, tine, n 

 Globose Spherical or ncarh so 

 Glume The small scale of tin spikelet 



Hastate Arrow-shaped hut with the ha-.il lobes divei 



Head A dense cluster of sessT 01 nearly essil 

 Herb A non-woody plant which die- down to tin 

 Herbaceous Of the nature of hei 

 Hirsute With somewhat coarse, Stiff hair- 

 Hispid With bristly stiff hairs 

 Hypogynous Applied t<> a flower with th< 



Included Not projecting beyond tin- surrounding 



Indehiscent Applied to fruits that do i 

 Inferior Applied to an organ situated bcl< 



