Connivent ; converging. 



Constricted ; narrowed at some point as if by the pressure of a 



string. 

 Ccmtiguou^ petals toucli or overlap by tbeir edges. 

 Converging ; tbeir points gradually approaching. 

 Convolute ; rolled together lengthwise. , 



Cordate ; ovate, acute, withtwor rounded lobes at the base ; like 



the figure of the heart on cards : a cordate-based leaf is of 



any shape, but has the two lobes at its base. 

 Coriaceous ; leathery ; firm, dry, tough. 



Corm ; a fleshy bulblihe, but solid, not scaly, underground stem. 

 Corneous ; like horn. i 



Corolla ; the whorl of floral leaves between the calyx and 



stamens, usually coloured, called petals. ; 



Corymb ; a raceme with the peduncles becoming , .gradually 



shorter as they approach the top, so, that all. the flowers 



are about on a level. 

 Corj/wiJose ; in the form of a corymb. . ' : 



Cotykdons ; the seed-lobes, often foi-ming the first leaves of the 



plant. , ■ , ■ ■ , ; 



Crenate ; with rounded marginal teeth. When these, are again 



crenate, the whole is doubly crenate: not Mcrenctte, which 



means having, two such teeth. 

 Crenatures ; the blunt rounded teeth of a crenate leaf. 

 Crenulate ; minutely crenate. 

 Created; having an appendage like a crest. 

 Cro%oned\ having an appendage on the upperside at the base of 



the limb, as some petals. 

 Cruciform,; fourpaa-ts, as;petals, arranged so as- to form a cross. 

 Crustaceotis ; hard, thin, and brittle. 

 Cuneate ; like a wedge, but attached by its point. 

 Cuspidate ; abrupt, but with a point starting suddenly from the 



middle of its end. , , 

 Cuticle ; the external skin. 

 Cylindrical; nearly in the form of a cylinder.. 

 Cyme ; inflorescence formed of a terminal flower, beneath which 



are lateral branches each having a; terminal flower and 



latej:al branches again similarly dividing, and so on. A 



globose cyme has flowers so placed as to form a globose 



mass. A scorpioid cjms produces only the external branch 



of each pair, except the first. 

 Cymose ; arranged in a cyme. 



Deciduous ; falling off. 



Declining ; straight, but pointing downwards. 

 Decumbent ; lying on the ground, but tending to rise at the end. 

 Decurrentr, when the limb of a leaf is prolonged down the stem 

 below the point of attachment of the midrib. 



