Xvi GLOSSAiiY. 
Comjmund ; formed of many similar parts wliicli ultimately 
and naturally separate from each other. A compound 
umhel lias small umbels on its branches. 
Comjiressed ; when flattened laterally. 
Cond^qTlicate ; folded upon each other lengthwise. 
Cone \ fruit of a fir-true. 
Conical ; a solid- figure narrowing to a point from a circular 
base. 
Connate ; when two similar parts, as leaves, are slightly con- 
nected round the stem. 
Connective ; the continuation of the fdament between the cells 
of an anther. 
Connivent ; converging. s 
Constricted; narrowed at some point as if by the pressure of a 
string. 
Contiguous petals touch or overlap by their edges. 
Converging ; their points gradually ajjproaching. 
Convolute ; rolled together lengthwise. 
Cordate ; ovate, acute, with two rounded lobes at the base ; 
like the figure of ilie heart on cards : a cordate-hased leaf 
is of any shape, but has the two lobes at its base. 
Coriaceous ; leathery ; firm, dry, tough. 
Corm ; a fleshy bulblike, but solid, not scaly underground 
stem. 
Corneous ; like horn. 
Corolla ; the whorl of floral leaves between the caly.v and 
stamens, usually coloured, called petals. 
Corymb ; a raceme with the peduncles becoming gradually 
shorter as they approach the to\>, so that all the flowers 
are about on a level. 
Corymbose ; in the form of a corymb. 
Cotyledons ; the seed-lobes, often forming the first leaves of 
the j)lant. 
Crenate ; with rounded marginal teeth. When these are again 
crenate, the whole is doubly crenate ; not bicrenafe, which 
means having two such teeth. 
Crenatures ; the blunt rounded teeth of a crei\ate leaf. 
Crenulate ; minutely crenate. 
Crested ; having an appendage like a crest. 
Crowned ; having an appendage on the uj>i)er side at the base 
of the limb, as some petals. 
Cruciform ; four parts, as petals, arranged so as to form a cross. 
Crustaceous ; hard, thin and brittle. 
Cuneate ; like a wedge, but attached by its point. 
Cuspidate ; abrupt, but with a point starting suddenly from 
the middle of its end. 
