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CosTiNUODs: the reverse of jointed or interrupted. 



CoNTOKTED : twisted together. 



Convolute : rolled up lengthwise. 



CoKDATE : heart-shaped. 



CoKiACEOus : leathery. 



CoEM : a solid bulh. 



OoRNEOtis ; horny. 



CoKOLLA : the inner set of a 2-whorled perianth. 



OoEOLLiNE : corolla-like. 



OoKONA, crown : one or more appendages at the top of the claw of 



some petals, or in the throat of some corollas or perianth-tubes. 

 Corymb : a sort of centripetal inflorescence, a convex flower-cluster, 



somewhat resembling an umbel, from which it differs by having 



pedicels, which spring not from the same point. 

 CoEYMBOSE : corymb-like, or forming a corymb. 



Cotyledons : the initial leaves of the embryo, or young plant in each 

 seed. 



Cremocaep : the 2-carpened fruit of Umbelworts. 



Ceenate: the margin scalloped into rounded teeth. 



Ceown: see Corona. 



Ceustaceous : hard and brittle. 



CuctJLLATE : hooded, hood-shaped, having the summit rolled up. 



Culm: a straw. 



Cuneatb : wedge-shaped. 



CupCLB : a little cup. 



CcspiDATE : tipped with a sharp, stiff point. 



Ctlindeical : terete, like a quill. 



Cyme : a cluster of centrifugal inflorescence, usually umbel-like, as 



in the Elder. 

 Cymosb : forming cymes. 



Deca- (in compounded Greek words) : ten. 



Decandeocs : with 10 stamens. 



Decidl-ous : falling off after some time. 



Declined : turned downward. 



Decompound : several times compounded. 



Decumbent : prostrate to the ground. 



Decueeent : continued more or less on the stem beneath the place 



of insertion, as the leaves.on Thistles. 

 DEriNiTE : a well-marked number, not above twelve, or nearly so. 



