210 GLOSSART. 



Cldthrate : latticed ; same as cancdlaie. 



Cldvate : club-shaped ; slender Jbelow and thickened upwards. 



Clam: the narrow or stalk-like base of some petals, as of Pinks; p. 102, fig. 200. 



Climbing : rising by clinging to other objects ; p. 37. 



Club-shaped : sae davaie. . 



Clustered: leaves, flowers, &c. aggregated or collected into a bunch 



C%>eate: bncUer-shsped. 



Coddunate : same as connate ; i. e. united. 



Coale'scent : growing together. 



CodKlate : contracted or brought close together. 



Coated Bulbs, p. 46. 



Cobuxbbi/ : same as arachnoid ; bearing hairs like cobwebs or gossamer. 



Coccus (plural cocci) : anciently a berry ; now mostly used to denote the carpels 



of a dry fruit which are separable from each other, as of Euphorbia. 

 Cochledriform i spoon-shaped. 

 C<Schleale : coiled or shaped like a snail-shell. 



Ccelosp^rmous : applied to those fruits of Umbelliferse which have the seed hol- 

 lowed on the inner face, by the curving inwards of the top and bottom ; as in 



Coriander. 

 Coherent, in Botany, is usually the same as connate; p. 104. 

 Collective Jruits, f. 133. 



Cottum or Collar : the neck or line of junction between the stem and the root. 

 Columbia : the axis to which the carpels of a compound pistil are often attached, 

 ' as in Grerafiium (fig. 278), or which is left when a pod opens, as in Azalea 



and Rhododendron. 

 Cblumn : the united stamens, as in Mallow, or the stamens and pistils united into 



one body, as in the Orchis family, fig. 226. 

 Q>lumnar : shaped like a column or pillar. 



Ooma : a tuft of any sort (literally, a head of hair) ; p. 135, fig. 317. 

 Cdntose: tufted ; bearing a tuft of hairs, as the seeds of Milkweed ; fig. 317. 

 Cdmmissure : the line of junction of two carpels, as in the fruit of Umbelliferse, 



such as Parsnip, Caraway, &c. 

 Common : used as " general," in contradistinction to " partial " ; e. g. " common 



involucre,^' p. 81. 

 Cdmplanate: flattened. 



Compound leaf, p. -64. Qtmpound pistil, p. \IS. Compound umld,&c., p. 61. 

 Complete (flower), p. 89. 

 Complicate : folded upon itself. 

 Compressed : flattened on two opposite sides. 



Qmduplicate : folded upon itself lengthwise, as are the leaves of Magnolia in the 

 '•. bud", p. 76. 



Cone : the fruit of the Pine farail/ ; p. 133, fig. 314. 

 Confluent : blended together ; or the same as coherent. 



ConJUrmed : similar to another thing it is associated with or compared to ; of 

 ., . closely fitted to it, as the skin to the kernel of a seed. 

 Congested, Conglomerate : crowded together. 

 Conjugate : coupled ; in single pairs. 

 Conrmte : united or grown together from the first. 



