430 GLOSSARY. 



Cirrose. Bearing a tendril. 



Clasping. Surrounding the stem partly or quite, with the base 



of the leaf. 

 Clavate. Club shaped. Larger at top than bottom. 

 Claw. The narrow part by which a petal is inserted or attached. 

 Cleft. Split or divided less than half way. 

 Club shaped. Larger at top than bottom. 

 Coadunate. United at base. 



Collet, or Neck. The dividing point between the root and stem. 

 Colored. Different from green, which is the common color of 



plants. 

 Columella. The axis of a fruit. 

 Column. The central pillar of a capsule. Also the style of 



gynandrous plants. 

 Compound. Made up of similar simple parts. 

 Compound flower. A flower of the class Syngynesia, consisting 



of florets with united anthers. 

 Compressed. Flattened. 



Cone. A scaly fruit like that of the pine. See Strobilus. 

 Conglomerate. Crowded together. 

 Coniferous. Bearing cones. 

 Connate. Opposite with the bases united or growing into one ; 



as in Triosteum perfoliatum. Med. Bot. PI. 9. 

 Connectivum. The part which separates the cells of an anther. 

 Connivent. Converging. The tips inclining towards each other. 

 Contorted. Twisted. Bent from a common position. 

 Convolute. Rolled into a cylindric form. 

 Corculum. The embryo or miniature of the future plant, which 



is found in seeds, often between the cotyledons. 

 Cordate. Heart shaped, with the stalk inserted in the largest 



end. 

 Coriaceous. Resembling leather. Tough and thick. 

 Cormus. A roundish, subterranean, stationary body, which sends 



branches or leaves upward, and roots downward, as the 



solid bulbs of tulips, &c. 

 Corneous. Horny. Having a consistence like horn. 

 Corniculate. Horn shaped. 

 Corolla. The secondary covering of a flower, being the part 



