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GLOSSARY 



f >rrugatc1, contracted into wrinkles. .Decumbent, leaning upon the ground, 



Cortical, belonging to the lurk. with tho base only erect* 



Corymb, a kin. I uf raceme resembling Occur cmc, a running down or back- 



an umbei,--with the pedicels of van 



ous length, an 1 bearing the flowers 



all on ihe same level at sum. nit 

 >rymbose, in the manner of a corymb. 

 Corymbulose, having the (lowers In little 



corymbs. 

 Coslute, ribbed. 

 Cotyledons, seed-lobes ; in vegetation of 



ten becoming the first, or seminal 



leaves. 

 Creeping, running along the ground, and 



putting forth small nuns. 



wards. 



Decurrent loaf, when the two edges are 

 continued down the stem, like wings. 



Decussate, growing in pairs, which al- 

 ternately cross each other. 



Definite, of a constant or determinate 

 number. 



Deflected y bent off*, or downwards. 



Dehiscent, caning, or opening naturally 

 at maturity. 



Deltoid, triangular in the outline,— like 

 the Greek letter Delta* 



Crenute*, notched on the edge, with \.hc*])snse, close, or compact. 



segments rounded, and not inclining 

 towards cither extremity. 



Crenulatc, very finely crenate. 



Crested, having an appendage somewhat 

 like a cock's comb. 



Crisp, curled; wavy at the edges. 



Cristate, crested. 



Crowde I, thick set ; standing in close 

 order. 



Crown, a circle of petabdd appendages 

 at the throat of a corolla,— or of short 

 chart y scales at the summit of an 

 akene. 



Crowned, furnished with appendages re- 

 sembling a crown. 



Crown-form, resembling the figure of a 

 crown. 



Cruciate, or Cruciform, having 4 petals 

 arranged like a cross; as in Tetra- 

 dynamous (lowers. 



Cruciferous, bearing cruciate or cruci- 

 form (lowers. 



('rustaneous, having a dry brittle shell. 



(Jryptogamous, belonging to the class 

 Oryptogamia \ destitute of visible 

 flowers. 



Cu:nllate, in the form of a cowl ; — the 

 edges r died in s > as to meet al base, 

 and expanding above,— like a hood 

 thrown back. 



Culm, the stem of the Grasses, and Cy- 

 pe races*. 



Caneate, or Cuneiform, wedge-shaped ; 

 tapering to the base like a wedge. 



Cupulc, the cup like involucre of the 

 acorn, Jtc. 



Cusp, a stiffish tapering sharp point. 



Cuspidate, tapering gradually to a straight 

 slender sharp point. 



Cuticle, the outer skin,— usually thin 

 and membranaceous. 



Cyllndrit** round and not tapering. 



Cyme, a kinA of panicle depressed near- 

 ly to the form of an umbel, —with the 

 principal peduncles rising from the 

 same centre, but the subdivisions ir- 

 regular 



Cymose* having the (lowers in cymes. 



Decandrous, having ten stamens. 



Deciduous, falling off at the usual time ; 

 later than caducous. 



Dcclinate, or Declined, bent off horizon- 

 tally ; or curved downwards. 



Decompound, twice compound; compos- 

 ed of compound parts 



Dentate, toothed; od-ed with tooth-liko 

 projections. 



Denticulate, having very small teeth. 



Depauperated, with a starved or stunted 

 inflorescence ; few-rtuwered. 



Depressed, Matted vertically, or pressed 

 in ut top. 



Depressed-globose, globose, with the base 

 and apex flatted. 



Diadelphous, having the filaments united 

 in two parcels, with a papilionaceous 

 corolla. 



Diandrous, having two stamens. 



Diaphanous, transparent; permitting 

 light lo pass through. 



Diaphragmatic, having a transverse 

 membrane, like a Diaphragm. 



Dichotomul, situated in the fork of a dl 

 chotomous stem, or branch. 



Dichotomous, forked; regularly divided, 

 and subdivided, in two equal branch- 

 es. 



Diclinous, having the stamens and pis- 

 tils in distinct (lowers, whether on 

 the same or different plants. 



Didymous, twin; growing in pairs and 

 partially united. 



Didynamous, having two long, and two 

 shori, Stamens,— In a ringent or per- 

 sonate corolla. 



Diffuse, spreading in a loose irregular 

 manner. 



Digitate leaf, when a simple petiole con- 

 necta 5 or more distinct leaflets, fin- 

 ger-like, at its summit. 



Digynous, having two | istils, or two dis- 

 tinct stigmas. 



Dilated, made wider ; stretched, or ex- 

 panded. 



[Dimidiate, halved; as if one half had 

 been cut off. 



Dingy, of a dull soiled or leaden-brown 

 color. 



Dioi^ous, having the staminate and pis- 

 tillate flowers on distinct plants. 



Dioicously polygamous, having the per- 

 fect and imperfect flowers on differ- 

 ent plants. 



Discoid (lower, having a disk without 

 rays. 



Disk, the surface of a leaf; — or the face, 

 or central part, of a compound (lower. 



Dissepiment, the partition between the 



cells of seed-vessels. 

 Dissjlient, bursting optu with a spring. 



