130 A GLOSSABY OF 



CORIOPSIS. A fruit, whose Pericarp is membranous, and 

 united to the seed ; as com, grass-seed, &c. 



CATKIN, or AMENTUM. A spike of drooping, apetalous flowers, 

 like the Nut, Oak, Poplar. 



0f ' r ""t to the stem. 



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CELLS. Cavities in the interior of a plant. The Cells of 



tissue, (Cellular tissue), are those which form the interior 



of the elementary vesicles. Air-cells are spaces formed 



by a peculiar building up of tissue. 



CLAVATUS. Club-shaped. Gradually thickening upwards. 

 CLAW. The long, narrow base of the petals of some flowers. 



PI. II. 2. p. cl. 



CLOVEN. Divided partly down the middle. PI. II. 2 p. c. 

 CONDUPLICATE. "When the sides of an organ are applied to 



each other by their faces. 



COMPRESSED. Flattened ; as are most pods, &c. 

 CONVOLUTE. When one part is wholly rolled up in another : 



as in the Petals of the "Wallflower bud. 

 CORDATE. Heart-shaped. PI. II. 14. c. 

 CORM. A fleshy, under-ground Stem : like a bulb, but not 



scaly, &c. 

 COROLLA. That part of a flower which intervenes between 



the Calyx and Stamens. 

 CORONA. A Coronet. Any appendage which intervenes be- 



tween the Corolla and Stamens : as the cup of the Daflb- 



dil. PI. II. 2 p. c. 

 CORYMB. A raceme (of flowers) whose pedicils are gradually 



shorter, as they approach the summit. 

 CRESTED. Having an elevated, irregular or notched ridge : 



as the crest of a helmet. 

 CRUCIATE. Cruciform, having the form of a cross with equal 



arms : as the Flowers with four distinct Petals. Cruci- 



form family. PL II. 2 "W. 



