11 GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS. 



Cauline, belonging to the ascending axis or stem. 



Cespitose, growing in tufts or patches. 



Ciliate, fringed with hairs as the petals of many Cypripedes. 



Ciliolate, fringed with very short soft hairs. 



Cirri, small threaddike organs more or less spirally twisted as the apical 



appendages of the labellum of Plialcenopsis amahilis and P. AplirocUte, 



of the column of Odonto<ilogmm cirrosum., etc. 

 Clavate, club-shaped, gradually thickening from below upwards as the stems 



of many Cattleyas, Dendrobes, etc. 

 Clinandrium, the chamber at the top of the column in which the pollinia 



lie. 

 Complicate, folded, of leaves in part only. 



Conduplicate, folded longitudinally down the middle the whole length. 

 Connate, said of leaves when the bases of two opposite ones are united 



as in the common Honeysuckle, but in Orchidology it is often applied 



to two like organs that have grown together along their sides as the 



lateral sepals in Cypripedium, Masdevallia, many Oncidiums, etc. 

 Connivent, nearly synonymous with convergent, applied to organs that are 



gradually turned towards each other as the lateral sepals of many Cattleyas. 

 Cordate, heart-shaped, when the base of the leaf, foliage or floral, is in 



the form of two rounded lobes and the apex is pointed, like the hearts 



of a pack of cards. Cordate-ovate, intermediate between cordate and ovate. 



Cordate-oblong, longer and less tapering than cordate. 

 Corymbose, corymbiform, expresses a modification of the raceme in which 



the pedicels are gradually shorter towards the summit, as in Calanthe 



veratrifolia and allied species, the Amphiglottide Epidendra, etc. 

 Crenulate, said of leaves, whether foliage or floral, when the edge has 



rounded teeth and sharp angles between them as the labellum of A'drides 



japonicum. 

 Cucullate, hooded ; the apex of the column of many Oncids and species of 



allied genera is prolonged into a membraneous or petaloid appendage, 



often turned inwards and resembling a hood. 

 Cuneate, wedge-shaped, tapering towards the base. 

 Cymbiform, having the form of a boat, as the hypochile of some species 



of Stanhopea. 

 Decurrent, applied to leaves the blade of which is continued down the 



stem into a kind of foliaceous wing ; also to any organ prolonged down- 

 wards beyond the point of insertion. 

 Deltoid, of the shape of the Greek letter delta A. 

 Denticulate, having small marginal teeth. 



Dialysis, the converse of connate ; when two like organs which normally 

 occur joined together, become separated. 



