GLOSSARY. 



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Cireumscissile, splitting at the middle 

 with the upper part falling away 

 like a lid. 



Clavate, narrow but tapering gradu- 

 ally and regularly upward like a 

 club; clavellate, the diminutive. 



Claw, the narrow or petiole-like base 

 of a petal. 



Cleft, with sharp lobes, usually about 

 to the middle. 



Coma, a tuft of hairs; comose, fur- 

 nished with a coma. 



Commissure, the plane by which the 

 flattened faces of the two carpels 

 in Umbelliferae cohere. 



Complete, said of a flower which has 

 all the four circles, sepals, petals, 

 stamens, and pistils. 



Complieate, folded upon itself. 



Compressed, flattened on the sides or 

 laterally : compressed pod in Cruci- 

 ferae, flattened parallel to the par- 

 tition; compressed achenes in Com- 

 positae. flattened contrary to the 

 plane of the bract ; compressed fruit 

 in Umbelliferae, flattened parallel 

 to the plane of the commissure. 

 (See Obcompressed.) 



Concolorous, of one color. 



Conduplicate, folded flat so that the 

 folds or sides lie face to face. 



Connate, united from the beginning 

 (born united). 



Connective, the portion of a stamen 

 connecting the two cells of an 

 anther. 



Connivent, lightly joined or sticking. 



Contorted, bent or twisted on itself or 

 out of the usual position. 



Convolute, rolled inwards from one 

 side to the other. 



Cordate, heart-shaped with the notch 

 at the base. 



Coriaceous, leathery in texture and 

 stiffness. 



Corm, a thickened or globose fleshy 

 stem base, underground and some- 

 times called a solid bulb. 



Corolla, the circle of petals in a 

 flower, found outside the stamens 

 and within the calyx. 



Corymb, pedicels of unequal length, 

 the lower longer so as to form a 



flat-topped cluster; corymbose, in 

 corymbs. 



Costate, ribbed. 



Crenate, with rounded or blunt teeth; 

 creuulatc, the diminutive. 



Crustaet ous, shell-like. 



Cucullate, hood-shaped, cowled. 



Cuneate, widening gradually and reg- 

 ularly upwards from a pointed 

 base ; wedge-shaped. 



Cuspidate, tipped with a cusp or short 

 hard point. 



Cyme, a flower cluster in which the 

 terminal or central flower blooms 

 first; cymose, after the manner of 

 a cyme. 



Deciduous, falling when ripe or after 

 the function has been performed; a 

 corolla is deciduous when it falls 

 after anthesis; deciduous trees shed 

 their leaves in autumn. 



Declined, curved downward or for- 

 ward. 



Decompound, several times com- 

 pounded. 



Decumbent, lying on the ground but 

 tending to rise at the end. 



Decurrent, where the edge of the leaf 

 runs down on the stem forming lines 

 or wings. 



Decussate, opposite but each pair 

 placed at right angles or over the 

 intervals of the pair above or be- 

 low. 



DepZexed, bent abruptly downward. 



Deltoid, triangular with equal sides. 



Dentate, toothed with the teeth stand- 

 ing directly outward. 



Denticulate, dentate with fine teeth. 



Di-, a prefix to Greek words, two or 

 twice. 



Diadelphous, stamens united into two 

 sets. 



Dichotomous, branching or forking 

 with the two divisions nearly equal. 



Vidymous, twin, found in pairs. 



Didynamous, said of stamens in 2 

 pairs with one pair shorter than 

 the oilier. 



Digitate, parted or divided like the 

 ringers of a hand. 



Dilated, widened or broadened, ap- 

 plied to flattened or wing-like struc- 



