GLOSSARY. 



Compound; a whole formed of similar Depressed; flattened from above, 

 parts. Dextrine: a soluble form of starch. 



Compressed: flattened lengthwise. l>i. in com 



Conduplicate ; folded together so that DiadelphouS; having the filaments in tiro 

 are applied face to face. pan 



Cone; a collective fruit. See Strobile. Diandrous; having two stamens. 



Confluent: running together. Dichlamydeus ; - calyx and 



C nglomerate; clustered into a mass. corolla. 



Conjugate; in pairs. ke<l. 



Connate; united al Inous: when the stamens and pistils 



Connectile ; the prolongation of a filament are in - were, 



supporting the lobes of an auther. Di 



Connivent : converging tc 



Contorted; twisted. I i.lvuam. ! 2 short eta. 



Convolute: rolled up into a cylinder. 



Cordate: heart-shaped. 



Coriaceous: leathery or parchment-like. 1 



Corm i 



Conn ; a solid bulb. 



Corneous ; horn-like in i n one 



Corniculate ; bearing a small horn. 



Cornate; horned. 



Corolla ; the inner floral 



Coronate ; crowned. 



Corrugated; wrinfc roenr 



Cortex ■ 



Cortical: having bark : ■om Di 



the bark. 



Corymb : an umbel-shaped raceme. Di* 



Costate ; ril 



Cotyle saves. Diva: 



Creeping; runninf 

 just under the surface more part?. 



Cremocarp : the seed-like double fruit of D 



Umbel * Dorsal; borne on the I 



Creru und notches or teeth. Dor fa carpel. 



renate. Do" h lira. 



Crest : having an appen- Drupe; a pericarp, with a hard stouo 



like the comb of a cock. a sarcocarp, a> the l'lum, 



Crown: the pappus or coma on seeds. : 



Cruciform, in the shape of -a cress. Drupaceous: bearing drupe*. 



Cryptogamia; flowerless plants. Ducts; m s or tubes, 



Cuccullate : hooded. which do not unroll spirally. 



Cucurbitaceous*; gourd or melondike. Duplicate; doubly. 



Culm: th? st -m of the gri Duramen; heart- 



Cuneate or Cuneaform; wedge-shaped. 



Cupule ; the cup of an acorn. B, Ex, in composition; desiitite of. 



Curvinerved; leaf-nerves arising from a as — 

 prolongation of the petiole, instead of Ebracteate ; destitute of 1 r 

 the ba - Eared ; having lob "dike appendages. 



Cuspidate; with a sharp rigid point. Echinate; b set with rL-i 1 prickles. 



Cyathifbrra; eup-shaped, top-shaped and Elators; spiral threads in the thecce of 

 Cymbiform; boat-shaped w. Lirer 



Cyme: an umbel-like centrifugal inflo- Elliptical: longer than wide, round d at 

 rescence. each end. 



Elongated; longer than usual. 

 Decandrous; with ten stamens. Emarginate; with a notoh at the apex. 



Deciduous : falling off. Embryo : the future plant, contained in 



Decimate; turned to one slle. the see I. 



Decompound: several times divided. Emerged; rising out of the water: 



Decumbent: lying on the ground. Endocarp; the inner enat of a fruit. 



Decurrent; prolonged below the insertion. Endogen, Endogenous; inside growers. 

 Decussate; crossed, in pairs alternately increasing by internal accretion". 

 Deflected: bent back. [crossing. Endostome; orifice of the outer coat of 



Dehiscence; natural opening of capsules. the nucleus. 



Deltoid : having a triangular outline. Enneandrous: having nine stamens.. 

 Dentate: toothed. Ensiform: sword-shaped. 



Denticulate; with small teeth. Entire; even-edged, 



