840 GLOSSARY. 



Cork cambium: phellogen, or meristematio cells whicli produce 



cork-cells. 

 Oarky : like cork ; having cork. 

 Corm : a solid bulb. 



Oormophyte : plants with stem, root, foliage, etc. 

 CaroUa : the inner set or whorl of the floral envelopes ; the petals 



taken collectively. 

 Oarona : a crown ; the appendage at the top of the claw of some 



petals. . 

 Coronate : having a corona or crown. 

 Chrpuscida : the elongated bodies in ovules of the Gymnosperms in 



which the germ-cells originate. 

 Cbrrugate: wrinkled. 

 Gartex : the rind ; the part of the stem external to the wood or 



fibro-vascular bundles. 

 Cortical : pertaining to the cortex, or rind. 



Corymb : a level-topped flower-cluster with centripetal inflorescence. 

 Corymbose : in corymbs, or like corymbs. 

 Costa : a rib. 



Costate : ribbed ; with ridges. 



Cotyledons : the seed-leaves, or first leaves of the embryo. 

 OrcUeriform: goblet-Shaped. 

 Orenate : scalloped, or having rounded teeth. 

 Orenulate : similar to crenate, but finer. 

 Crested : with a crest-like appendage. 

 Cribriform, or Oribrose : sieve-like. 

 Cross-fertilization : the fertilization of the ovules with pollen from a 



different flower. 

 Crown, Corona: the appendage at the top of the claw of some 



petals. 

 Cruciferous, Cruciform,, or Cruciate : having the form of a cross. 

 Crustaceous : crust-like ; hard and brittle. 

 Cryptogam : a plant destitute of flowers and producing spores instead 



of seeds. 

 Cryptogamous : destitute of flowers and producing spores instead of 



seeds. 

 Crystalloids : crystal-like albuminous bodies in aleuroue grains. 

 Cucvllate : hooded, or hood-shaped. 

 CiUm : the stem of Grasses and Sedges. 

 Ouneaie, or Chmeiform : wedge-shaped. 

 Cupxde : the cup of the acorn ; a little cap. 

 Cupuliferous : having a cupule. 

 Cuspidate : having a sharp, stifi' point. 

 Cut : incised or cleft. 

 Cut.icle : same as cuticula. 



Cutieula : the thin continuous external layer of the epidermis-cells. 

 Cutting : a severed portion of a plant used for bud-propagation. 

 C/cle : circle ; one turn of a helix or spire. 

 C^me: a flower-cluster with centrifugal inflorescence. 

 •mose : having cymes, or like a cyme. 



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