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VOCABULARY. 
Compound leaf. When several leafets 
grow on one petiole. 
raceme. When several ra- 
cemes grow along the side of a pe- 
duncle. 
• -umbel. Having the pedun- 
cles subdivided into peduncles of 
lesser umbels. 
' petiole. A divided leafstalk. 
peduncle. A divided flower 
stalk. 
Compressed. Flattened. 
Concave. Hollowed on one side. 
Conceptacle. Single-valved capsule. 
Conchology. The science which treats 
of shells. 
Cone. A scaly fruit like that of the 
pine. See Strobilum. 
Conglom'erate. Crowded together, 
Con'ic. With a broad base, gradually 
narrowing to the top like a sugar- 
loaf. 
Coniferous. Bearing cones. 
Con'jugate. In pairs. 
Con'nate. Opposite, with the bases 
united or growing into one, forming 
the appearance of one leaf. Anthers 
are sometimes connate. 
Conni'vent. Converging, the ends in- 
clining towards each other. 
Contin'uous. Uninterrupted. 
Contor'ted. Twisted. 
Contrac'ted. Close, narrow. 
Conver'ging. Approaching or bending 
towards each other. 
Con' vex. Swelling out in a roundish 
form. 
Con'volute. Rolled into a cylindric 
form, as leaves in the bud. 
Cor'culum. or Corcle. The embryo or 
miniature of the future plant, which 
is found in seeds often between the 
cotyledons. 
Cor' date. Heart-shaped, side lobes 
rounded. 
Coria'ceous. Resembling leather ; thick 
and parchment-like. 
Cor'nu. A horn or spur. 
Cornic'ulale. Horn-shaped. * 
CoroVla, or corol. (A word derived 
from corona^ a crown.) Usually en- 
closes the stamens. 
Corona'tus. Crowned; as the thistle- 
seed is crowned with down. 
Cor'tex. (From corium, leather, or 
hide, and tego, to cover.) The rind 
or coarse outer bark of plants ; the 
organization of the outer and inner 
barks dilFers chiefly in the firmness of 
their textures. 
Cor'tical. Belonging to the bark. 
Coryda'lis. Helmet-like. 
Co'rymb. Inflorescence, in which the 
flower stalks spring from difierent 
heights on the common stem, form 
ing a flat top. 
Costate. Ribbed. 
Cotyl'edons. (From kotule, a cavity.) 
Seed lobes. The fleshy part of seeds 
which in most plants rises out of the 
ground and forms the first leaves, 
called seminal or seed leaves. These 
lobes in the greatest proportion of 
plants, are two in number ; they are 
very conspicuous in the leguminous 
seeds; as beans, peas, &c. The ca- 
tyledons are externally convex, in 
lernally^at, and enclose the embryo 
or principle of life, which it is their 
oflice to protect and nourish. 
Cre'mocarpe. (From kremao, to sus- 
pend, and karpos, fruit.) A name giv- 
en by Mirbel to a genus of fruits. 
Creeping. Running horizontally ; stem?: 
are sometimes creeping, as also roots, 
Cre'nate. Scalloped, notches on the 
margin of a leaf which do not point 
towards either the apex or base. 
Cre'nulate. Finely crenate. 
Cres'cent-Jorm. Resembling a half- 
moon. 
Crest'ed. Having an appearance like 
a cock's-comb. 
Crini'tus. Long-haired. 
Crowded. Clustered together. 
Crowned. See Coronatus. 
Cru'ciform. (From crux, crucis, a 
cross.) Four petals placed like a 
cross. 
Crusta'ceous. Small crusty substances 
lying one upon another. 
Cryptog'amous. Plants which have 
stamens and pistils concealed. 
Cu'bit. A measure from the elbow tc 
the end of the middle finger. 
CucuVlaie. Hooded or cowled, rolled 
or folded in, as in the spatha of the 
Arum, or wild turnip. 
Cucurhita'ceous, Resembling gourds 
or melons. 
Cu'linary. Suitable for preparations of 
food. 
CuUn or straio. (From the Greek kala- 
ma, stubble or straw ; in Latin cuU 
mus.) The stem of grasses, Indian 
corn, sugar-cane, &c. 
Culmiferous. Having culms; as wheat, 
grasses, &c. 
Cune'iform. Wedge-form, with the 
stalk attached to the point. 
Cup'ule, A cup, as in the acorn, 
Curv'ed. Bent inwards. See Incurved. 
Cus'pidate. Having a sharp straight 
point, (The eye-tooth is cuspidate.) 
Cuticle. The outside skin of a plant, 
commonly thin, resembling the scarf 
or outer skin of animals. It is con- 
sidered as forming a part of thebarkt 
