GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS 



BRACTLET. — A secondary bract, borne on a pedicel, or immediately be- 

 neath a flower; sometimes applied to minute bracts. 

 Bud. — The rudimentary state of a stem or branch ; an unexpanded flower. 

 Bush, — A low and much branched shrub. Used interchangeably with 



shrub. 

 C.-ESPITOSE. — Growing in tufts. 

 CALYX. — The outer whorl of floral envelopes. 

 CAMPANULATE, — Bell-shaped. 



CANESCENT.- — -With gray, or hoary, fine pubescence. 

 Capitate. — Shaped like a head. 

 Capsule. —A dry fruit of two carpels or more, usually opening by valves 



or teeth. 

 Carpel. — A simple pistil, or one member of a compound pistil. 

 Catkin. — An anient. 

 Cell. — A cavity of an anther or ovary. 

 Ciliate. — Provided with marginal hairs. 

 Cleft. — Cut about halfway to the midvein. 

 Cohere. — The union of one organ with another. 



Compound. — Composed of two or more similar parts united into a whole. 

 Con duplicate,, — Folded lengthwise. 

 Compound-leaf. — One divided into separate leaflets. 

 Connate. — Similar organs more or less united. 

 Connective. — The end of the filament between the anther-sacs 

 Convolute. — Rolled around or rolled up longitudinally. 

 Cordate. — Heart-shaped. 

 Coriaceous. — Leathery in texture. 

 Corolla. — The inner whorl of floral envelopes. 

 Corymb. — A convex or flat-topped flower-cluster, of the racemose type; 



the outer flowers unfold first. 

 Corymbose. — Corymb-like. 

 Crenate. — Scalloped ; with rounded teeth. 

 Crenulate. — Diminutive of crenate. 

 Cross-fertilization. — When the stigma of one flower receives the pollen 



of a different flower. 

 Cuneate. — Wedge-shaped. 

 Cuspidate. — Sharp pointed. 

 Cyme. — A convex or flat flower cluster in which the central flowers unfold 



first. 

 Cymose. — Cyme-like; arranged in cymes. 



Deciduous. — Falling away at the close of the growing period. 

 Decumbent. — Stems or branches in an inclined position, but the end as. 



cending. 



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