GLOSSARY. 



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CoLPENCHYMA, tissufi Composed of wavy or 

 sinuous cells. 



Columella, central column in the sporangia 

 of Mosses ; also applied to the carpophore of 

 Umbelliferse. 



Column, a part in the flower of an Orchid sup- 

 porting the anthers and stigma, and formed 

 by the union of the styles and filaments. 



Coma, applied variously to tufts of hairs, to 

 bracts occurring beyond the inflorescence, 

 and to the general arrangement of the leaf- 

 bearing branches of a tree, etc. 



Commissure, union of the faces of the two 

 achenes in the fruit of Umbelliferse. 



CoMOSE, furnished with hairs, as the seeds of 

 the Willow. 



Compound, composed of several parts, as a 

 leaf formed by several separate leaflets, or a 

 pistil formed by several carpels either sepa- 

 rate or combined. 



Compressed, flattened laterally or lengthwise. 



CoNCEPTACLE, a hoUow sac containing a tuft 

 or cluster of spores. 



Conducting Tissue, applied to the loose cellu- 

 lar tissue in the interior of the canal of the 

 style. 



Conduplicate, folded upon itself, applied to 

 leaves and cotyledons. 



Cone, a dry multiple fruit, formed by bracts 

 covering naked seeds. 



Conenchyma, conical cells, as hairs. 



Confervoid, formed of a single row of cells, 

 or having articulations like a Conferva. 



Confluent, when parts unite together in the 

 progress of growth. 



CoNiDiA, peculiar spores in Fungi, which re- 

 semble buds. 



Conjugate spirals, when whorled leaves are 

 so arranged as to give two or more generat- 

 ing spirals running parallel to each other ; 

 according to the number of leaves in the 

 whorl, the spirals are bijugate, trijugate, 

 quinquejugate, etc. 



Conjugation, union of two cells, so as to de- 

 velop a spore. 



Connate, when parts are united even in the 

 early state of development ; applied to two 

 leaves united by their bases. 



Connective, the part which connects the an- 

 ther lobes. 



CONNivENT, when two organs, as petals, arch 

 over so as to meet above. 



Contorted, when the parts in a bud are im- 

 bricated and regularly twisted in one direc- 

 tion. 



Convolute or Convolutive, when a leaf in 

 the bud is rolled upon itself. 



Coralline, like Coral, as the root of Corallor- 

 hiza. 



CoRCULUM, a name for the embryo. 



Cord, the process which attaches the seed to 

 the placenta. 



Cordate, heart-shaped, a plane body with the 

 division or broad part of the heart -next the 

 stalk or stem. 



CoRDiFORM, a solid body having the shape of a 

 heart. 



Coriaceous, having a leathery consistence. 



CoRM, thickened underground stem, as in the 

 Colchicum and Arum. 



CoRMOGEN^, having a corm or stem. 



CORNU, a horn ; Corneoi*s, having the consist- 



ence of horn ; Bicorjiis or Bicomute, having 

 two horns. 



Corolla, the inner envelope of the flower. 



CoROLLiFLOR^, Gamopetalous (Monopetalous) 

 Exogens, with hypogynous stamens. 



Corona, a coroUine appendage, as the crown 

 of the Daffodil. 



Corrugated, wrinkled or shrivelled. 



Cortex, the bark ; Cortical, belonging to the 

 bark ; Corticated, having a bark. 



Cortina, the remains of the veil which con- 

 tinue attached to the edges of the pileus in 

 Agarics. 



Corymb, a raceme in which the lower stalks 

 are longest, and all the flowers come nearly 

 to a level above ; Corymbiferous or Corymb- 

 ose, bearing a corymb, or in the form of a 

 corymb. 



Costa, a rib, applied to the prominent bundles 

 of vessels in the leaves ; Costate, provided 

 with ribs. 



Cotyledon and Cotyledons, the temporary 

 leaf, leaves, or lobes, of the embryo ; in some 

 cases the Cotyledons are persistent, as in 

 Welwitschia. 



Crampons, a name given to adventitious roots 

 which serve as fulcra or supports, as in the 

 Ivy. 



Cremocarp, the fruit of Umbelliferse, com- 

 posed of two separable achenes or mericarps. 



Ceenate, having superficial rounded marginal 

 divisions. 



Crenatures, divisions of the margin of a cre- 

 nate leaf. 



Crest, an appendage to fruits or seeds, having 

 the form of a crest. 



Crisp, having an undulated margin. 



Crown of the Root, the short stem which is 

 at the upper part of the root of perennial 

 herbs. 



Cruciform and Cruciate, arranged like the 

 parts of a cross, as flowers of Cruciferae. 



Crustaceous, hard, thin, and britrie ; applied 

 to those Lichens which are hard and expanded 

 like a crust. 



Cryptogamous, organs of reproduction ob- 

 scure. 



Cryptos, inconspicuous or concealed, in com- 

 position Crypto. 



Cucullate, formed like a hood. 



Culm, stem or stalk of grasses, 



Cuneiform or Cuneate, shaped like a wedge 

 standing upon its point. 



Cupula, the cup of the acorn, formed by 

 aggregated bracts. 



CuRVE-MBRYE.^, plants With the embryo curved. 



CusPis, a long point large at the base, and 

 gradually attenuated ; Cuspidate, prolonged 

 mto a cuspis, abruptly acuminate. 



Cuticle, the thin layer that covers the epider- 

 mis. 



Cyathifoem, like a wine-glass ; concave, in 

 the form of a reversed cone. 



Cyclogens, applied to Dicotyledons with con- 

 centric woody circles. 



Cyclosis, movement of the latex in laticiferous 

 vessels. 



Cyhndrenchyma, tissue composed of cylind- 

 rical cells. 



Cymbiform, shaped like a boat. 



Cyme, a kind of definite inflorescence, in which 

 the flowers are in racemes, corymbs, orumbels. 



