310 . GLOSSAEY. 



Coccus. — The genus of Insects including the Cochineal. In these 

 the male is a minute, winged fly, and the female generally a 

 motionless, berry-like mass. 



Cocoox. — A case usually of silky material, in which insects are 

 frequently enveloped during the second or resting-stage (pupa) 

 of their existence. The term "cocoon-stage" is here used as 

 equivalent to " pupa-stage." 



CffiLosPERiious. — A term applied to those fruits of the Umbelliferse 

 which have the seed hollowed on the inner face. 



Coleopteea. — Beetles, an order of Insects, having a biting mouth 

 and the first pair of wings more or less horny, forming sheaths 

 for the second pair, and usually meeting in a straight line down 

 the middle of the back. 



Column. — A peculiar organ in the flowers of Orchids, in which 

 the stamens, style and stigma (or the reproductive parts) are 

 united. 



Composite or Compqsitous Plants. — Plants in which the inflores- 

 cence consists of numerous small flowers (florets) brought 

 together into a dense head, the base of which is enclosed by a 

 common envelope. (Examples, the Daisy, Dandelion, &c.) 



Conferva. — The filamentous weeds of fresh water. 



Conglomerate. — A rock made up of fragments of rock or pebbles, 

 cemented together by some other material. 



Corolla. — The second envelope of a flower usually composed of 

 coloured, leaf-like organs (petals), which may be united by their 

 edges either in tbe basal part or throughout. 



Correlation. — The normal coincidence of one phenomenon, 

 character, &c, with another. 



Corymb. — A bunch of flowers in which those springing from the 

 lower part of the flower stalk are supported on long stalks so as 

 to be nearly on a level with the upper ones. 



Cotyledons. — The first or seed-leaves of plants. 



Crustaceans. — A class of articulated animals, having the skin of 

 the body generally more or less hardened by the deposition of 

 calcareous mutter, breathing by means of gills. (Examples, 

 Crab, Lobster, Shrimp, Arc.) 



Curculio. — The old generic term for the Beetles known as "Weevils, 

 charactei ised by their four -jointed feet, and by the head being 

 produced into a sort of beak, upon the sides of which the 

 antennae are inserted. 



Cutaneous. — Of or belonging to the skin. 



