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petals, between the calyx and stamens, 

 usually coloured. Figs. 5, 22, 23, 36, 40, 

 49, 58 &o. show many kinds of coroUas. 

 Corona, a term applied to the crovm or 

 trumpet in the centre of most Narcissus 

 and Daffodil flowers (fig. 36, c). 



FIG. 37. — CORYMB. 



Corymb, a raceme with the pedicels becom- 

 ing gradually shorter as they approach the 

 top of the flower stalk, so that all the 

 flowers are nearly on a level (fig. 37). 



Corymbose, in the form of a corymb. 



Costate, ribbed. 



Cotyledons, the seed lobes, often forming 

 the first leaves of the plant (fig. 48, c). 



Crassus, thick and fleshy. 



Cremocarp, the name given to the half -fruits 

 or carpels of the TJmbellifer family, which 

 split apart when ripe (fig. 38). 



FIG. 3a. — CREMOCARP. 



FIG. 39. — CKENATB. 



Crenate, with rounded teeth on the margins 

 of leaves. See fig. 39, which represents a 

 heart-shaped (cordate) reniform (kidney- 

 shaped) leaf with a crenate margin. 



Crenulate, minutely crenate. 



Crested, having an appendage like a crest, 

 as in the cultivated forms of many Ferns 

 and in Cockscombs (p. 762). 



Crinitus, furnished with tufts of shaggy hair. 



Cruciform, four parts, as petals, arranged so 

 as to form a cross, as in Arabia, Wallflower, 

 and most of the Crucifer order (fig. 40). 



Cryptogamous, see p. 121. 



Cucullate, hooded, as the spathe of Armn 



itaUcum (fig. 41). See Spathe. 

 Cuneate, like a wedge, but attached by its 



point, usually applied to the shape of leaves 



or petals. 

 Cuspidate, abrupt, but with a little point at 



the end ; something like apiculate but 



larger (fig. 42). 



FIG. 42.— CUSPIDATE. 



FIG. 43.— OYMB. 



Cyme, inflorescence formed of a terminal 

 fiower, beneath which are side branches 

 each having a terminal flower and 

 branches again similarly dividing, and so 

 on, as in many plants of the Fink Order 

 (fig. 43). 



Cymose, arranged in a cyme. 



Dealbatus, covered with a greyish-white 

 powder. 



Deca, in compounds signifies ten — as deca- 

 petaltis, ten-petalled. 



Deciduous, faUing off, said of the leaves of 

 large numbers of trees and shrubs in 

 autumn ; Caducous has the same meaning 

 but is applied to the sepals and petals of 

 most flowers after expansion. 



Declinate, bent downwards, like the stamens 

 in many flowers. 



Declining, straight, but pointed downwards. 



Decompound, subdivided more than three 

 times, as the leaves of many Umbelliferous 

 plants, Thaliotrums &o. 



Decumbent, said of stems lying on the 

 ground, but tending to rise at the tips. 



Decurrent, when the limb of a leaf is pro- 

 longed down the stem, below the point of 

 attachment of the midrib, as in the case 

 of the common Comfrey, many Thistles 

 &c. (fig. 44). 



FIG. 40.— OKUCIFORM. 



PIG. 41.— CUCULLATE. 



FIG. 44. — DECURRKNT, PIG. 45. — DECUSSATE, 



Decussate, opposite leaves in four equal 

 rows, as in many Veronicas (fig. 45). 



