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. 



Oespitose. — 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. 



Crenate. — 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. — Stems or branches in an inclined position, but the end as- 

 cending. 



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