GLOSSARY OF BOTANIC TERMS. 



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Costate :— furnished with one or 

 more primary veins or ribs. 



Cotyledon :— applied to the seed- 

 lohes or primary leaves of the 

 embryo. 



Crassifolius:-with thick, fleshy 

 I'^aves. 



Crateriform :— shaped like a 

 shallow cup. 



Cremocarp :-a dry and seed-like 

 fruit composed of two 1-seeded 

 carpels invested by an epigynous 

 calyx, separating when ripe into 

 two mericarps, as in TJmbellifercB. 



Crenate -.-having rounded teeth. 



Cruciferous '.-applied to flowers 

 like those of Crucijerce which 

 have cruciform corollas of 4 



Crustaceoua :— of brittle texture. 



CryptogamJc :— applied to plants 

 which do not produce stamens 

 and pistils and true seeds. 



Cucullate :— hood-shaped. 



Culm :— the hollow stem or straw 

 of grasses. 



Cuneate :— wedge-shaped. 



Cupular '.—shaped like a small 

 cup. 



Cupule :— the cup of fruits like the 

 acorn. 



Cusp :— a sharp rigid point. 



Cu-spidate '.—tipped with a cusp. 



Cymtoiform :— boat-shaped. 



Cyme:— an inflorescence of deter- 

 minate or centrifugal type, usual- 

 ly spreading and flattened; but 

 there are many varieties, and some 

 of these simulate those of the 

 indeterminate or centripetal type. 



Decandrous -.—having ten stamens. 



Deciduous:— falling at normal 

 periods, 8ee Caducous. 



Declinate :— bent or curved down- 

 ward or forward. 



Decompound:— divided several 

 times. 



Decumbent :— reclining, but with 

 the summit ascending. 



Decurrent :— applied to leave* 

 which run down the stem and 

 appear to be prolonged below 

 their insertion. 



Decussate :— in pairs alternately 

 at right angles. 



Definite :— of a limited number, as 

 when the stamens are less than 

 twenty ; also applied to a cymose 

 inflorescence where the axis ends 

 in a flower. 



Dehiscence :— the mode of opening 

 cf a carpel or capsule, cr of an 

 anther by slits, pores or valves. 



Demersus :— submerged. 



Denticulate :— minutely toothed. 



Diadelphous :— having stamens io 

 two bundles. 



Dichlamydeous -.—having both 



calyx and corolla. 



Dichotomous —forked in pair s. 



Diclinous :— applied to unisexual 

 flowers. 



Dicotyledons :— plants of the class 

 distinguished by having two coty- 

 ledons. 



Didymous :— in pairs. 



Didynamous:-applied to flowers 

 with four stamens in pairs, and 

 pne pair shorter than the other. 



Diffuse :— widely or loosely spread- 

 ing. 



Digitate :— applied to a compound 

 leaf, of which all the leaflets are 

 borne on the apex of the petiole. 



Dimerous :— applied to cycles or 

 whorls consisting of two parts. 



Dimidiate :— halved, or as if one 

 half were wanting. 



Dimorphic :— occurring under two 

 forms, as long-styled and short- 

 styled, flowers in the same 

 species. 

 Dioecious :— unisexual plants with 

 male flowers and female flower* 

 on separate individuals. 

 Discolor :— of different colours. 

 Disk :— a development of the torus 

 within the calyx or within the 

 corolla and stamens : the central 

 portion of the head of flowers in 

 Compositce, or the whole head, if 



