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GLOSSARY 



Cleistogatnous, fertilized in the 

 bud, witliout the opening of 

 the flower. 



Coccus {pi. cocci), one of the 

 parts into which a lobed fruit 

 with i-seeded cells splits. 



Cohesion, the union of one organ 

 with another of like nature. 



Coma, a tuft of hairs. 



Compound, composed of two or 

 more similar parts united into 

 one whole. Compound leaf, 

 one divided into separate leaf- 

 lets. 



Compressed, flattened, espe- 

 cially laterally. 



Conduplicate, folded together 

 lengthwise, like the leaves of 

 a book. 



Coniferous, cone-bearing. 



Conjugation, fusion of the un- 

 differentiatednialeand female 

 elements. 



Connate, united; used especially 

 of like structures joined from 

 the start. 



Connective, the portion of a 

 stamen wliich connects the 

 two lobes of the anther, cor- 

 responding to the mid-rib of 

 the blade of a leaf. 



Connivent, coming into contact; 

 converging. 



Convolute, rolled up longitudin- 

 ally from one margin to the 

 other, like a map. 



Cordate, heart.:shaped with the 

 point upward. 



Coriaceous, leathery in texture. 



Corm, the enlarged fleshy base 

 of a stem, bulb-like but solid. 



Corolla, the inner perianth of 

 distinct or connate petals. 



Corona, an inner appendage to 

 a petal, or to the throat of a 

 corolla. 



Corymb, a flat-topped or convex 

 open flower-cluster; in the 

 stricter use of the word equi- 

 valent to a raceme, with the 

 flowers borne upon pedicels 

 which are successively shorter 

 from the base to the apex, so 

 that the flowers have a flat 

 or nearly flat top, and pro- 

 gressing in its flowering from 

 the margin inward. 



Corymbose, in corymbs, or 

 corymb-like. 



Costa, a rib, a mid-rib or mid- 

 nerve. 



Costate, ribbed, having one or 

 more longitudinal ribs or 

 nerves. 



Cotyledons, the foliar portion of 

 first leaves (one, two, or more) 

 of the embryo, as found in the 

 seed. 



Creeping, running along at or 

 near the surface of the ground, 

 and rooting at the nodes 

 specially. 



Crenate, dentate with the teeth 

 rounded. 



Crenulate, finely crenate. 



Cruciate, cross-shaped. 



Culm, the peculiar stem of 

 Sedges and Grasses. 



Cuneate, wedge-shaped ; trian- * 

 gular with the acute angle 

 downward. 



Cuspidate, tipped with a cusp 

 or sharp and rigid point. 



Cyclic (flower), sepals, petals, 

 stamens, and carpels inserted 

 on the thalamus in whorls. 



Cyme, a usually broad and 

 flattish determinate or defi- 

 nite inflorescence, i.e. with 

 its central or terminal flower.s 

 blooming earliest. 



Cymose, bearing cymes, or 

 cyme-like. 



