GLOSSARY OP TECHNICAL TERMS 



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Chaffy; furnished with chaff. 



Chlorophyll; the green coloring matter in' 

 plants. 



Chorlpetalous; the petals distinct and free from 

 each other. 



Clllate; fringed with hairs more or less re- 

 sembling eyelashes. 



CIrblnate; rolled inward from tlie top. 



Circumsolss; opening by a circular line round 

 the sides. 



Clavate; club-shaped, slender below and thick- 

 ened lipward. 



Claw; the narrow or stalk-like base of Rome 

 petals. 



Cleft; cut into lobes, about half-way to the 

 ccjitcr. 



Climbing,' rising by clinging to other objects. 



Club-sha|>ed; sec clavate. 



Clustered; collected into a compact bunch. 



CaaleS'cent; becoming united by growth. 



Co^jous; the separable carpels or nutlets of a 

 dry fruit, plural cocci. 



Coherent; the union of separate parts. 



Column; the united stamens, or the stamens 

 and pistils united into one body. 



Columnar; shaped like a column or pillar. 



CoirM: a tuft of hairs at the ends of some 



BC-^' i •. 



Compact; closely pressed together. 



Compound; similar parts .aggregated into a 

 whole. 



Complete; having all parts. 



Cornpressed; flattened on opposite sides. 



Ccnoavc; horcv.-ed on one b'Op, 



Congested; crowded together. 



Conical; having the form of a cone. 



Connate; united or grown together from the 

 tint formation. 



Conncollve; the part of the anther connecting 

 its two cells. 



Connlvent; converging, or brought close to-, 

 gether. 



Continuous; the reverse of interrupted or arti- 

 culated. 



Contorted; twisted together. 



Contracted; either narrowed or shortened. 



Convex; a more or less rounded surface 



Convolute; rolled up lengthwise. 



Copious; numerous, or in large quantity. 



Cordate; heart-shaped. 



Coriaceous; resembling leather in texture. 



Corm; a solid bulb, like that of the tare 

 (gabi). 



Corolla; the second set of floral organs, com- 

 posed of petals, usually the sliowy part of 

 the flower. 



Corona; a body shaped like a crowu. 



Coronate; crowned; furnished mth a corona. 



C ei y i i B; a flat or convex, open, compound 

 flower-cluster, the inner flowers opening 

 first. 

 Corymbose; in corymbs, or corymb-like in form, 

 Costa; a rib; tho midrib of a leaf. 

 Cotyledons; the proper leaves of the embryo. 

 Creepino; growing flat on the ground and 

 rooting. 



Crenate; an edge with rounded teeth. 



Crenulate; minutely or slightly crenate. 



Crest; an elevation or ridge on the summit of 

 any organ. 



Crowded; closoly pressed together. 



Crown; see corona. 



Crustaoeous; bard and brittle in texture. 



Cryptogamla or Cryptogams; plants not pro- 

 ducing seeds. 



Cuoullate; hooded, or hood-shaped. 



Culm; the hollow, jointed stem of the grasses. 



Cuneate; wedge-shaped. 



Cup-shaped; like a goblet or cup in form. 



Cuspidate; tipped with a sharp and stiff point. 



Cut ; applied generally to any sharp and deep 



Ctf w isi a compound, . flat or convex, open in- 

 florescence, the outer flowers opening first. 

 Cymose; furnished with cymes, or cyme-like. 



Deciduous; falling off; applied to those, trees 

 that shed all their leaves at one time. 



Deollnate; turned to one side, or dovmward. 



Decompound; several times compounded or 

 divided. 



Decumbent; reclining on the ground. 



Deourrent; leaves prolonged on the stem be- 

 neath their insertion. 



Definite; when of a uniform number; .and not 

 above 10 to 20. 



Deflexed; bent downward. 



Dehisoence; the .regular' splitting open of cap- 

 sule or anther. 



I^eltold; of A triangular shape. 



Dentate; toothed, the teeth sharp and pdintmg 

 outward. 



Denticulate; furnished with little teeth. 



Depauperate; below the natural size. 



Depressed; flattened or as if pressed down from 

 above. 



Dl., or DIs.; in (nreek compounds two, or 

 double. 



Diadelpous; stamens/ united by their filaments 

 . in two sets. 



Diandrous; having two stamens. 



Dichlamydeous; having both calyx and corolla. 



Dichotomous; two-forked. 



Diclinous; having the stamens in one flower, 

 tile pistils in another. 



Didynamous; having four stamens in two pairs. 



Diffuse; spreading widely and irregularly. 



Digitate; where the leaflets of a compound leaf 

 are all borne on the apex of the petiole. 



Dimorphous; of two forms. 



Dioecious; the male and female flowers on dif- 

 ferent plants. 



Disciform or Disk-shaped; flat and circular, 

 like a disk. 



Disk; the expansion of a receptacle of a flower; 

 the central part of a head of flowers, as In 

 the Compositae* 



Disk-flowers; the central flowers in the Com- 

 positae. 



Dissected; cut deeply into many lobes or 

 divisions. 



