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Connective, ConneeKvum; the part of the anther connecting its two cells; p. 113, 



Comioent : converging, or brought close together. 



Consolidated forms of vegetation, p. 47. 



Continuous : the reverse of interrupted or articulated. 



Contorted: twisted together. Contorted cestivation : same as convoZufe ,■ p. 109. 



Contortuplicate : twisted back upon itself. 



Contracted: either narrowed or shortened. 



Contrary : turned in an opposite direction to another organ or part with which 



it is compared. 

 Ciimiolute : rolled up lengthwise, as the leaves of the Plum in vernation ; p. 76, 



fig. 151. In 8estivation,same as contorted; p. 109. 

 Cordate: heart-shaped ; p. 58, fig. 90, 99. 

 Coriaceous : resembling leather in texture. 

 Corky : of the texture of cork. Corfar layer of bark, p. 152. 

 Corm, Connus : a solid bulb, like that of Crocus ; p. 44, fig. 71, 72. 

 Cdrneous : of the consistence or appearance of horn, as the albumen of the 



seed of the Date, Coffee, &.c. "^ 



Corniculate : furnished with a small hom or spur. 

 Camute : horned ; bearing a horn-like projection or appendage. 

 Gorilla : the leaves of the flower within the calyx ; p. 86. 

 Coroltdceous, Corolline ; like or belonging to a corolla. 

 Carina : a coronet or crown ; an appendage at the top of the claw of some 



petals, as Silene and Soapwort, fig. 200, or of the tube of the corolla of 



Hound's-Tongue, &c. 

 Cordnate : crowned ; furnished with a crown. 

 Cdrtical: belonging to the bark (cortex). 



Cdrymb : a sort of flat or convex flower-cluster ; p. 79, fig. 158. 

 Corymhdse: approaching the form of a coiymb, or branched in that way; 



arranged in corymbs. 

 Costa : a rib ; the midrib of a leaf, &c. Coslate : ribbed. 

 Cotyledons : the first leaves of the embryo ; p. 6, 137. 

 Crate'riform : goblet-shaped ; broadly cup-shaped. 



Creeping (stems) : growing flat on or beneath the ground and rooting ; p. 37. 

 Crimocarp : a half-fruit, or one of the two carpels of Umbelliferee. 

 Crenate, or Crendled: the edge scalloped into rounded teeth ; p. 62, fig. 114. 

 Crested, or Cristate: bearing any elevated appendage like a crest. 

 Cribrose : pierced like a sieve with small apertures. 

 Crinite : bearded with long hairs, &c. 

 Crown : see corona. 



Crowning : borne on the apex of anything. 



Cruciate, or Cruciform : cross-shaped, as the four spreading petals of the Mus- 

 tard (fig. 187), and all the flowers of that family. 

 Crustaceous : hard, and brittle in texture ; crust-like. 

 Oryptdgamous, or Cryptogamic : relating to Cryptogamia; p. 172, 197. 

 Oucullate: hooded, or hood-shaped, rolled up like a, comet of paper, or a hood 

 %, {cucullus), as the spathe of Indian Turnip, fig. 162. 

 'Vulm : a straw ; the stem of Grasses and Sedges. 

 Cmeale, Cuneiform : \*odge-shapcd ; p. 58, fig. 94. 



