GLOSSARY. 



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Con sUint; invariable ; also never failing, or i 

 wanting. I 

 Contiga(/us: so near as to seem to touch. | 

 Contiii uous: without interruption, or artic- ' 

 ulation. 



Contorttd: t^Yi5ted; or obliquely overlap- 

 ping. 



Coiit/^ucted: narrowed, or reduced into a 



smaller compass. 

 Contrary dissepiment. Not parallel, but j 



at right angles, or nearly so, with the i 



valves of the pericarp. I 

 Convex; presenting an elevated rounded i 



surface. 



Convoluie: rolled into a cylindrical form. ' 

 Cordate: heart-shaped, with the sinus or 



notch at the base. 

 Cordate-ollong; oblong, with a cordate 



base. 



Coriaceoun; tough and leather like. 



Corm, or Cormus. A fleshy subterraneous 

 stem, of a round or oval figure, and an 

 uniform compact texture, as in A/ u/i), or 

 Indian Turnip. 



Corneou-f: having the consistence or appear- 

 ance of horn. '■■ 



Corn'iculate: having little horns or spurs. j 



Comi/te; having appendages like horns. j 



Corolla. The delicate iuner covering of 

 the flower, between the calyx and sta- i 

 mens, mostly colored. j 



Coroni/orm: in the shape of a crown. 



Corrugated: contracted into wrinkles. | 



Corticfd: belonging to the bark. [ 



Corticate ; clothed with bark. 



Corymh. A mode of flowering: a kind of 

 raceme, with the lower peduncles elongat- - 

 ed so as to form a level top. 



Carymbnue: in the manr.er of the Cor.vmb. 



Corymbulose; having tlie flowers in litt'e 

 corymbs. I 



( astute; ribbed. 



i otyUdonx. TUe seed-lobcs, or first crude 

 leaves of a plant,— formed in the seed ; 

 and .-ometimes becoming green leaves in 

 ve^'ctation. 



Crat: I if,, 1,1 : in the form of a cup or bowl, 

 or lK':iii<iihLiieal cup. 



Creephif/: running along the ground, and 

 piittini: forth small roots. 



Cretiiite: noteliL-d on the edge, with the seg- 

 ments rounded, and not inclining towards 

 eitlu-r extremity 



CrennUtit ; very finely crenate. 



Crettt(L- liavinir an appendage resembling 



Cri.-^ 



>r wavy at the edge 



Cri--td,^; crested ; having a crest. 

 Cross; or cri,n.--l,r.-f d. A hybrid or mule, 



— produced by the mixing of two nearly 



allied specit-s. 

 CrfYirded; tLickly set; standing in close 



order. 



Crown. A circular series of petaloid ap 

 pendatres at the throat of a corolla; also 

 of cliafi'y scales at the summit of an 

 akene. 



Croicned; having appendages resembling a 

 crown. 



Criuiatf. or cruciform: having 4 petals ar- 

 ranged in form of a cross. 



Cru.-<taceom; having a dry brittle snell. 



Cri/itogurnous plants. Plants which are 

 destitute of visible genuine flowers. 



Cucv.llate: in the form of a cowl ; the 

 edges rolled in so as to meet at base, and 

 si)reading above, — like a hood thrown 

 back. 



Culm. The stem of the Grasses, and Cy- 



peraceous plants. 

 Ciineate, or cuneiform; wedge-shaped; 



tapering with straight edges to the base. 

 Cuj>ide. The cup-tike involucre of the 



acoru, &c. 



Cusp. A stiffish tapering sharp point. 

 Cvspid(de: tapering to a straight stifiish 



-liarii jioint. 

 ( 'uti( l . The outer skin, — usually thin and 



membranaceous. 

 Cydthiform: top shaped and hollowed at the 



summit like a cup. 

 Cylindric; long, round and of uniform 



diameter. 



Cyme. A kind of panicle, depressed near- 

 ly to the form of an umbel, — with the 

 principal peduncles rising from the same 

 centre, but the subdivisions irregular. 



Cyrnose; with tlie flowers in cymes, or ap- 

 proaching that form. 



Cymules. " The reduced cymes, or cy- 

 rnose clusters, of the Labiat.*; some- 

 times called Ve)-ticillasters. 



Decandrous; having ten distinct stamens. 



DeAd noiix; falling ofl'at the usual time, or 

 at the till] c«l' the season; more durable 

 than ' (1(1 ufoii.s. — which see. 



DediiKtt'-. or (/' clined; bent off horizontal- 

 ly : or eiirved downwards. 



Decom poand : f-everal times compound. 



Decamhi nt; loaning upon the ground, 

 with the base only erect. 



Decurrewe. A running or extending 

 down, or backwards. 



Dec-urre7it leaf. AV hen the two edges are 

 continued down the stem, like wings. 



Decussate; growing in ojiposite pairs and 

 alternatel}^ crossing each other. 



Definite; clearly defined, or limited: also 

 of a constant or determinate (and not 

 large) number. 



DejleeUd; bent ofl", or downwards. 



Z>eA/.ycf »<,- gaping or opening naturally by 

 seams, at maturity. 



Deltoid; triangular in the outline, — like the 

 Greek letter Delta. 



Demers('d; gvowmg or being underwater. 



Dense; closely arranged; compact. 



D ntate; toothed; edged with tooth-like 

 projections. 



Denticuhde: having very small teeth. 



Depauperote; with a starved or stunted 

 inflorescence : few-flowered. 



Depressed; flatted vertically, or pressed 

 down at summit. 



