GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 



Caudicle :— the stalk of a poUiniuin, 



as in many orchids. 

 Caulescent :— hecoming stalked. 

 Cauline :— belonging to the stem. 

 Centrifugal :— developing or open- 

 ing from the centre outwards, 

 like the general inflorescence of 

 Corrfpositoe. 

 Centripetal :- developing or open- 

 ing towards the centre from 

 without, like the individual 

 flowers in the heads of Comjpositce. 

 Cernuqug :— nodding. 

 Chalazar-the part of the ovule 

 where the coats of the nucleus 

 are confluent. 

 Ciliate :— furnished with hairs 



forming a fringe-like eye-lashes. 

 Cinerascens :— hecoming ash- 



coloured.__ 

 Cinereous:- ash-coloured. 

 Circinnate T- involute from the tip 

 into a coil, like the young fronds 

 of a fern, and in many tendrils. 

 Coarctatus:- crowded together. 

 Circumscissile:— cut or splitting 

 transversely, like the capsule of 

 henbane or amaranth. 

 Cirrhose :— furnished with tendrils 

 Class :— a primary group of Natural 



orders, e.g. Dicotyledons. 

 Clavate :— club-ehaped. 

 Claw :— the narrowed base of a 



petal. 

 Cleft :— cut half-way down. 

 Cleistogamic :— applied to flowers 

 which become fertilized without 

 opening. 

 Cllnandrium :— the part of the 

 column in orchids where the 

 anther lies. 

 Coccus :— a one-seeded separable 



portion of a lobed fruit. 

 Cochleate -.—shaped like a spiral 



shell. 

 Collateral :— placed side by side. 

 Collinus :— growing on hills. 

 Column :— the stalk of the combined 

 styles and stamens of orchids ; 

 also applied to the combined 

 filaments of Malvacem. 



Coma :— a tuft of hairs, applied to 

 such as are found attached to the 

 seeds of willcws and of Ascle- 

 piadacecB. 

 Commissure :— the face of union? 

 of two carpels, as in Umhelliferce. 

 Comose :— with tufts of hair. 

 Complanate :— compressed or flat- 

 tened. 

 Concinnus :— neat cr elegant. 

 Concolorous :— i f one colour. 

 Conduplicate :— folded together 



lengthwise. 

 Cone :—See Strobile. 

 Confluent :— blended or blending 



into one. 

 Connate :— applied to members of 



the same whorl when united. 

 Connective :— the part of a stamen 

 which connects the anther-lobes. 

 Cpnnivent :— coming into contact 



cr converging. 

 Convolute :— rolled up longitudinal- 

 ly, so that one margin is inside 

 and enveloped by the other. 

 Cordate :— heart-shaped. 

 Coriaceous :— leathery. 

 Corm :— a bulb-like fleshy stem or 



base of a stem. 

 Corniculate :— furnished with one 



or more little horns. 

 Cornute :— horned or spurred. 

 Corolla:— the interior perianth, 

 composed of free or combined 

 petals. 

 CoroUine :— like a corolla, or 



attached to a corolla. 

 Corona :— an extra whorl of bodies 

 representing otitgrowths from the 

 corolla or the stamens, as in As- 

 clepidacece and in the passion- 

 flowers. Compare with ligule. 

 Corrugate :— wrinkled. 

 Corymb:— an inflorescence, which 

 has the lower flower-stalks longer 

 than the upper, so as to bring all" 

 the flowers to about the same 

 level. In most cf the CrucifercB 

 the flowers are arranged in 

 corymbs, which change to 

 racemes when in fruit. _ 

 Corymbose :— arranged in corymbi^ 



