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An order of plants in the Fragmcnia method! na- 

 turally ci Lirrars, c J hich are thefe genera^ 

 viz. Paffijlora^ Fcv'illea, Momordica, Trkhofanihur, , 

 Cucutnis, Cucurblta, Bryonia, Sicyos, Mclothria, 



Gronovia. 



CULMINI^ \_culmen, the top or crown of a- 

 ny thing] An order of plants in the Fragmenia 

 methodi naturalls of Linnsus, in which are thefe 

 genera, viz, Til'ia, Theobroma^ Sioanea, Bixa, He- 

 Uocarpus, 'Tr'iurnphetta, Bartram'ia, &c. 



CULMUS [ex y-dxciu©^, calamus, a reed or 

 ftraw] that fpecies of Truncus proper to grafles ; 

 it elevates the leaves and the fructification. 



CUNEIFORME lollum [Cunms, a wedge] 

 fliaped like a wedge, fenfim deorjum aiigiijiatur., 

 its apex next the ftem, as in the Ap'ium graveo- 

 isns, Saxifraga trydaBylltes. 



CUSPIDATUM Folium [Cufpls, the point of 

 a fpearj . This term regards the apex only, and 

 is applied to thofe leaves whofe apex refembles- 

 the point of a lance or fpit. 



CYATHIFORMIS Corolla \Cyathm, a cup] 

 partly cylindrical, but growing v.'ider towards 

 the top. 



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