cruciate 
cultrate 
end, as the young leaves of most 
Ferns” (Crozier). 
erw’ciate, crucia/tus (Lat.), cross- 
shaped, used especially of the 
flowers of Cruciferae ; ~ Tetragon- 
id’ia, those gonidia formed by two 
divisions at right angles to each 
other; Cru’cifer (Lat., cross-bearing), 
a plant with four petals and tetra- 
dynamous stamens; crucife’rous, 
cross bearing, used of the corolla of 
Crucifers, which have four petals ; 
erw'ciform, cruciform’is(Lat.), cross- 
shaped. 
cruenta’tus (Lat., stained with blood), 
dyed or blotched with red. 
cruent’us (Lat., gory), dark purplish 
red, the colour of gore. 
crum’pled = CORRUGATE; ~ Aestiva’- 
tion, when folded in bud irregu- 
larly, as in the poppy. 
Cru'ra (pl. of crus, a leg) divisions of 
the teeth of the peristome in 
Mosses, 
erw’ral (crura‘lis, pertaining to the 
legs), ‘‘ somewhat leg-shaped ; used 
mainly in composition ” (Crozier). 
Crust, ee (Lat., rind or shell), 
the hard and brittle part of certain 
Lichens ; crusta’ceous, -ews, of brit- 
tle texture, some Lichens are thus 
termed ; crustuli’nus, toast-colour, 
darker and warmer in tint than a 
cracknel biscuit. 
Cryp’ta (Lat., a vault), sunken glands, 
receptacles for secretions of plants 
in dotted leaves. 
Cryptogam’ia (xpumrés, hidden ; ydyos, 
marriage), plants destitute of 
stamens, pistils, and true seeds, 
but often reproduced as the result of 
asexual act; cryptogam’ian, crypto- 
gam‘ic, cryptogam’icus, eryptog’am- 
ous, belong to the sub-kingdom 
just defined; Cryptog’amist, a 
botanist. devoted to the study of 
flowerless plants ; Cryptog’amy, the 
state of concealed fructification ; 
Cryptone’mata(vjjua, athread),small 
cellular threads produced in Cryp- 
tostomata ; Cryp’tophyte (g¢urov, a 
plant), Cryptophy'tum, a crypto- 
gamous plant; Cryptostom’ate 
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(créua, a mouth), barren concep- 
tacles in some Algae, containing 
hairs, or paraphyses. 
Cryst’al (xpdcraddos, ice), a mineral 
solid, usually of regular faces or 
angles, foundin the tissuesof plants, 
of very various composition ; Cry- 
st/alloid (eldos, resemblance), term 
applied to protein crystals as being 
less truly angular than normal 
crystals, as well as swelling in 
water ; also in contradistinction to 
colloid. 
Ctein’ophytes (xreivw, I kill ; durov, a 
plant), Fungi whose influence on 
their hosts is chemical only 
(Wakker). 
Cu'bebine, the active principle of 
Piper Cubeba, Linn. 
cu’biform (cubus, a die; forma, shape), 
dice-shaped, cubic ; Cu’bus (Lat.), 
a solid figure of six square sides ; 
eu'bic, cu’bicus, cu’bical, of a cubic 
form. 
Cu'bit (cubitum, the elbow), a measure, 
from the elbow to the finger-tips, 
usually reckoned as equivalent to 
18 inches, 60 cm.; cubita’lis (Lat.), 
about half-a-yard in length. 
cuculla’ris, cu’cullate, cuculla’tus (cuc- 
ullus, a hood), hooded, or hood- 
shaped ; cucull’iform (forma, shape), 
hood-like in shape; Cucull’us, a 
hood. 
cu’cumiform (cucumis, a cucumber), 
shaped like a cucumber (Crozier), 
cucurbita’ceous (cucurbita, a gourd, + 
aceous), like a gourd ; of gourd-like 
growth ; cucurbiti’nus, has the same 
meaning. 
Cud’bear, the Scotch name for OrncuiIL. 
Cul-de-sac (Fr.), ‘‘a tubular or bag- 
shaped cavity, closed at one end” 
(Crozier). 
Culm, Culm’us (a stalk, especially of 
grain), the peculiar hollow stem 
or “straw” of grasses; culm’eus 
(Lat.), straw-like; culmic’olous 
(colo, I inhabit), growing on 
the stalk of grasses; culm‘ifer, 
culmif’erous (fero, I bear), produc- 
ing culms. 
cult’rate, cultra’tus (Lat., knife-like), 
