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VOCABULARY, 



Compound leaf. "When several lealets 

 grow on one petiole. 



-raceme. When several ra- 

 cemes grow along the side of a pe- 

 duncle. 



umbel. Having the pedun- 

 cles subdivided into peduncles ol' 

 lesser umbels. 

 petiole. A divided leafstalk. 



peduncle. A divided flower 



stalk. 



Compressed. Flattened. 



Concave. Hollowed on one side. 



Conceplacle. Single-vaU^ed capsule. 



Conchology. The science which treats 

 of shells. 



Cone. A scaly fruit like that of the 

 pine. See Strobiluin. 



Conglom'erate. Crowded together. 



Con'ic. Wilh a broad base, gradually 

 narrowing to the top like a sugar- 

 loaf. 



Coniferous. Bearing cones. 



Con'jugaie. In pairs. 



Con'nate. Opposite, with the bases 

 united or growing into one, forming 

 the appearance of one leaf Anthers 

 are sometimes connate. 



Conni'vcnt. Converging, the ends in- 

 clining towards each other. 



Contin'uous. Uninterrupted. 



Contor'ted. Twisted. 



Contrac'ted. Close, narrow. 



Conver'ging. Approaching or bending 

 towards each other. 



Con'vex. Swelling out in a roundish 

 form. 



Con'volute. Rolled into a cylindric 

 form, as leaves in the bud. 



Cor'culum. or Corclc. The embryo or 

 miniature of the future plant, which 

 is found in seeds often between the 

 cotyledons. 



Cor'date. Heart-shaped, side lobes 

 rounded. 



Coria'ceous. Resembling leather; thick 

 and parchment-like. 



Cor'nu. A horn or spur. 



Cornic'ulate. Horn-shaped. 



Corol'la, or corol. (A word derived 

 from corona, a crown.) Usually en- 

 closes the stamens. . 



Corona'Lus. Crowned; as the thistle- 

 seed is crowned with down. 



Cor'tex. (From corium, leather, or 

 hide, and tcgo, to cover.) The rind 

 or coarse outer bark of plants; the 

 organization of the outer and inner 

 barks di/Ters chiefly in the firmness of 

 their textures. 



Cor'tical. Belonging to the bark. 



Coryda'lis. Helmet-like. 



Co'rymb. Inflorescence, in which the 

 flower stalks spring from different 



heights ou the common stem, forrc 

 ing a flat top. 



Costate. Ribbed. 



Cotyl'edons. (From kotule, a cavity.) 

 Seed lobes. The fleshy part of seeds 

 which in most plants rises out of the 

 ground and forms the first leaves, 

 called seminal or seed leaves. These 

 lobes in the greatest proportion of 

 plants, are two in number ; they are 

 very conspicuous in the leguminous 

 seeds; as beans, peas, &c. The co- 

 tyledons are externally convex, in 

 ternally flat, and enclose the embryo 

 or principle of life, which it is their 

 office to protect and nourish. 



Cre'mocarpe. (From kremao, to sus- 

 pend, and karpos, fruit.) A name giv- 

 en by Mirbel to a genus of fruits. 



Creeping. Running horizontally ; sterns^ 

 are sometimes creeping, as also roots, 



Cre'nate. Scalloped, notches on the 

 margin of a leaf which do not point 

 towards either the apex or base. 



Cre'mdate. Finely crenate. 



Cres' cent-form. Resembling a half- 

 moon. 



Crest'ed. Having an appearance like 

 a cock's-comb. 



Crini'tus. Long-haired. 



Croicded. Clustered together. 



Crovmed. See Coronatus. 



Cru'ciform. (From crux, crucis, a 

 cross.) Four petals placed like a 

 cross. 



Crusta'ceous. Small crusty substances 

 lying one upon another. 



Cnjptog'avwus. Plants which have 

 stamens and pistils concealed. 



Cu'bit. A measure from the elbow to 

 the end of the middle finger. 



Cucul'late. Hooded or cowled, rolled 

 or folded in, as in the spatha of the 

 Arum, or wild turnip. 



Cucurbita'ccmis. Resembling gourds 

 or melons. 



Cu'linary. Suitable for preparations of 

 food. 



Ciihn or straw. (From the Greek kala- 

 ma, stubble or straw ; in Latin culn 

 mus.) The stem of grasses, Indian 

 corn, sugar-cane, &c. 



Culmiferous. Having culms.; as wheat, 

 grasses, &c. 



Cune'iform. Wedge-form, with the 

 stalk attached to the point. 



Cup'ule. A cup, as in the acorn. 



Curr'ed. Bent inwards. See Incurved, 



Cus'pidate. Having a sharp straight 

 point. (The eye-tooth is cuspidate.) 



Cuticle. The outside skin of a plant, 

 commonly thin, resembling the scarf 

 or outer skin of animals. It is con- 

 sidered as forming a part of the bark. 



