300 CHINESE ECONOMIC TREES 



Carpel. A simple pistil or a unit of a compound pistil. 



Catkin. An ament. 



Caudate. Tailed or long-pointed. 



Chalaza. The place where the kernel or body of the ovule is confluent 



with its coat. 

 Chartaceous. Having a papery texture. 

 Choripetalous. The petals distinct and free from each other. 

 Ciliate. Fringed with hairs. 

 Clavate. Club shaped. 



Claio. The narrow or petiole-like base of some petals. 

 Cleft. Cut into lobes about half-way to the midrib (of a leaf.) 

 Coalescence. The union by growing together of similar organs, as stamens 



with stamens. 

 Coccus, (plural cocci) A division of a lobed fruit composed of 1-seeded 



cells. 

 Coherent. United together so slightly that the parts can be easily 



separated without tearing. 

 Conduplicate. Folded lengthwise, (in the bud.) 

 Cone. A fruit formed of imbricated scales. 

 Confluent. Joined together or blended. 

 Connate. United congenitally, so closely that they cannot be separated 



without tearing. 

 Connective. The portion of a stamen by which the two cells of the 



anthers are joined together. 

 Contorted. Twisted. 

 Convergent. When the parts are closer together at the apex than at the 



base. 

 Convolute. Rolled up from the sides lengthwise. 

 Cordate. Heart-shaped. 

 Coriaceous. Leathery in texture. 



Corolla. The second set of the floral organs composed of the petals. 

 Corymb. A flat-topped or convex, open, compound flower cluster, the 



pedicels of different lengths and the outer flowers opening first. 

 Corymbose. In corymbs. 



Cotyledons. The primary leaves of the embryo. 

 Crenate. Scalloped edged, with rounded lobes. 

 Crenulate. Minutely crenate. 

 Crustaceous. Hard and brittle in texture. 



