Vili GLOSSARY, 
CrisTatus. See Crested. 
CROWNING, (coroneus), situated on the top of anything, as the calyx on the 
top of the ovary, the style on the capsule, &c. 
CRIBRIFORM, riddled with holes like a sieve. 
Cruciate, shaped like a cross, a flower with four sepals placed opposite to 
each other at right angles are said to be cruciate. 
Crusracnous, (crustaceus), hard, thin, brittle. 
Cucuttatus, hooded, a plane body, having the end or sides curved inwards, 
so as to resemble the point of a slipper, or hood of a monk’s, 
cloak. 
CuLmus, a culm, the stem of grasses. 
CuneEatus, wedge-shaped. 
Cuputa, a cup formed by the union of bracts, so as to form a kind of cup 
as at the base of the fruit of the oak, nut, &e. 
Cup-sHAPED, (cyathiformis), resembling a drinking cup. 
CurRLED See Crispus. 
CusprpateE, (cuspidatus), tapering gradually into a rigid point. 
Cur, (incisus), regularly divided by deep incisions. 
CuricieE, (cuticula), the outer layer of the bark of plants, frequently called 
epidermis. 
CyatTHirormis. See Cup-shaped. 
Cyzrypricat, (cylindricus), having nearly the form of a true cylinder. 
CyB, (cyma, a branch or sprout), a form of inflorescence, in which the 
branches arise from the axis of opposite or whorled bracts or 
leaves, as the alder, &c. 
CyMosE, flowering in cymes. 
D. 
DerEcanpDRovs, having ten stamens. 
Decipuous, (deciduus, liable to fall), finally falling off. Trees which 
shed their leaves annually, are said to be deciduous. 
DEcLINATUS, inclined downwards. 
Decompositus, decompound, haying various compound divisions. 
DEcuMBENT, (decumbens), reclining upon the earth, and rising again from 
it at the apex. 
D EcURRENT, (deeurro, to run down), prolonged below the point of insertion 
as the base of many leaves run down the stem. 
DecussathE, (decussatus), arranged in pairs that alternately cross each 
other. 
DEFLEXED, deflexus, bent downwards. 
DeEuISCcENS, gaping, dehiscence; when a pericarp divides spontaneously in 
a definite manner it is said to be dehiscent, its line of division 
the suture, and the separate parts are the valves; when the 
division takes place at the adhering edges of the carpels it is 
said to be seplicidal ; and when it is midway, that is, in the 
situation of the mid-rib or nerve of each carpel, /oculicidal ; 
and if the disseppiments are separated from the valves, the 
dehiscence is named septifragal. 
Dettoip, (deltoides), trowel-shaped, a solid, the transverse section of 
which has a triangular outline. 
