GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS 



BRACTLET. A secondary bract, borne on a pedicel, or immediately be- 

 neath a flower ; sometimes applied to minute bracts. 



BUD. The rudimentary state of a stem or branch ; an unexpanded flower. 

 BUSH. A low and much branched shrub. Used interchangeably with 



shrub. 



CESPITOSE. Growing in tufts. 

 CALYX. The outer whorl of floral envelopes. 

 CAMPANULATE. Bell-shaped. 



CANESCENT. With gray, or hoary, fine pubescence. 

 CAPITATE. Shaped like a head. 

 CAPSULE. A dry fruit of two carpels or more, usually opening by valves 



or teeth. 



CARPEL. A simple pistil, or one member of a compound pistil. 

 CATKIN. An ament. 

 CELL. A cavity of an anther or ovary. 

 CILIATE. Provided with marginal hairs. 

 CLEFT. Cut about halfway to the midvein. 

 COHERE. The union of one organ with another. 



COMPOUND. Composed of two or more similar parts united into a whole. 

 CONDUPLICATE. Folded lengthwise. 

 COMPOUND-LEAF. One divided into separate leaflets. 

 CONNATE. Similar organs more or less united. 

 CONNECTIVE. The end of the filament between the anther-sacs. 

 CONVOLUTE. Rolled around or rolled up longitudinally. 

 CORDATE. Heart-shaped. 

 CORIACEOUS. Leathery in texture. 

 COROLLA. The inner whorl of floral envelopes. 

 CORYMB. A convex or flat-topped flower-cluster, of the racemose type ; 



the outer flowers unfold first. 

 CORYMBOSE. Corymb-like. 

 CREN ATE. Scalloped ; with rounded teeth. 

 CRENULATE. Diminutive of crenate. 

 CROSS-FERTILIZATION. When the stigma of one flower receives the pollen 



of a different flower. 

 CUNEATE. Wedge-shaped. 

 CUSPIDATE. Sharp pointed. 

 CYME. A convex or flat flower cluster in which the central flowers unfold 



first. 



CYMOSE. Cyme-like; arranged in cymes. 



DECIDUOUS. Falling away at the close of the growing period. 

 DECUMBENT. Sterns or branches in an inclined position, but the end as. 



cending. 



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