INDEX AND VOCABTJLAUT, 
497 
Clus'tered. Raoemed. 
Ciy'peate. 
Coad'nate. United at the base. 
Coarc'tate. Crowded. 
Coch'ineal, 324, 4th. 
Coccin'eous. Scarlet-colored. 
Coch'leate. Coiled spirally, like a snail-shell. 
Coc'cum. A grain or seed ; tricoccus, 3-seeded, «fec. 
Cock'le, 222. 
Coclc's'-comb, 84, a. 
Cxra'leus. Blue. 
Coffee, 186, a. 
Cohering. 
Cofchicum, 201. 
Coleop'tile. From koleos^ an envelope, and pti- 
loTii a bud. 
Co ieorrhize. From koleos, an envelope, and riza, 
a root, 90, Fig. 121, c. 
CoUi'nus. Growing on hills. 
Col'lum, 30. 
Col' or of flowers, fruits^ roots, 141. 
Col'ored. Green. 
Col'umbine, 75, 300. 
Cnlumel'la, 87, 6, 90. 
Col'umn. The filaments in gynandrous plants 
united with the style ; the whole is termed a 
column. 
Columnif ' era;, 248. 
Co' ma. A tuft of bracts on the top of a spike of 
flowers. 
Combina'tion of chemical elements, 143. 
Comme lius, 348. 
CoMMELYNA'cKii:, 555. 
Commissure. The inner face of the carpels of 
umbeiiiterae. 
Co'mosc. Sessile bracts. 
Compar'ison of botanical classifications, 155. 
of organic and inorganic bodies, 372. 
of natural and artificial classes, 157. 
of Exogenous and Endogenous plants, 138. 
of animals and plants, 378. 
CoMPOS'lTiE, 4C9. 
Compound. Made up of similar simple parts. 
flowers. Having florets with united an- 
thers, 257, 258, Fig. Ill, Fig. 150. 
fruit, 111. 
leaf, 54, 55. 
raceme. When several racemes grow 
along the side of a peduncle. 
umbel, 84. 
petiole. A divided leaf-stalk. 
peduncle. A divided flower-stalk. 
pistil, 80, a 
Compress'ed. Flattened laterally, Fig. 59, c. 
Con'cave. Hollowed on one side. 
Conccp' tacle. Single-valved ciipsule. 
Conchol'ogy. The science which treats of shells. 
Cone. A scaly fruit like that of the pine. 
Cone- bearing plants, 279. 
Conglomerate. Crowded together. 
Con ic. With a broad base, gradually narrowing 
to the top like a sugar-loaf. 
Co.MF'KRiE, 529. 
Coniferous. Bearing cones. 
Con'jiigate. In pairs. 
Con'nate, 54, n. 
Connect' ioe, 79. 
Conni'vent. Converging, the ends inclining to- 
ward each other. 
Continuous. Uninterrupted. 
Contort'ed. Twisted. 
Cantract'ed. Close, narrow. 
CovvaUa'ria, 37, a. 
Converg'ing. Approaching or bending toward 
es'-h other. 
Cua'volute. Rolled into a cylindric form, as 
leaves in the bud. 
Convolvula'ce^e, 493. 
Cor'date. Heart-shaped, side lobes rounded. 
Cor'cvlum, or Corcle. The embryo or miuiature 
of the future plant, which is found in seeda 
often between the cotyledons. 
Cor cop sis, Fig. 152. 
Coriaceous. Resembling leather. 
Corm, 43. 
CoRNA'CKiE, 464. 
Cornate'. Horn-shaped. 
Cor'nu. A horn or spur. 
Cor'nus, 179. 
Coral' la, or corol, 12, 70. 
Corona'tns. Crowned; as the thistle seed la 
crowned with down. 
Cor'tex. (From coriuvi, leather, or hide, and 
tego, to cover,) 127. 
Cor tical. Belonging to the bai'k. 
vessels, 127. 
Coryda'lis. Helmet-like, 252. 
Cory'lus, Fig. 205. 
Co'rtjmb, 84, Fig. 94, a. 
CoRYMBlF'ERiE, 472. 
Col' ton plant, 248. 
Cos'tate. Ribbed. 
Cotyl'edons, 40, 99, Fig. 100, Fig. 116. 
Cow' slip, 186, a. 
Cran' berry, 207. 
Crassula'cEjE, 459. 
Cre'niocarpe, 92. 
Creep' ing, 35. 
Cre'nate. Scalloped, notches on the margin of a 
leaf pointing neither toward the apex or base. 
Cre'nulate. Finely crenate. Fig. 50, b. 
Crest' ed. Having an appearance Uke a cockV 
comb. 
Crini'tus. Long-haired. 
Crocus, 171. 
Crowd'ed. Clustered together. 
Crown imperial, 196, b. 
Crucif'kra:, 411. 
Cru'cifrm flowers, 239, Fig. 165. 
Crusta'ceous. Small crusty substances lying one 
upon another. 
Cryptoga'mia, 100, 284. 
Cryptog amous plants, 284. 
Crys'tals, 117, c. 
Cucul'late. Hooded, cowled. 
Cucumber, Fig. 187. 
tribe, 279. 
Cucurbita'cejE, 458. 
Cud'bear, 289. 
Cu' Unary. Suitable for preparations of food. 
Culm or straw. (From the Greek kalama, stub- 
ble or straw ; Latin, culmus.) The stem ot 
grasses, 41. 
Culmiferous. Having culms. 
Cune'iform. Wedge-form, with the stalk attach- 
ed to the point. 
Cupres'scE, 529. 
Cf//>-shaped, 72. 
Cu'pule. A cup, as in the acorn, 97, Fig. 112. 
Cupulif'kra', 522. 
Curv'ed. Bent inward. See Incurved. 
Cuscuti'ncB, 493. 
Cus'pidate. Having a sharp, straight point 
Cuticle, 00, 125. 
Cya'neus. Blue. 
Cyath'iform. (From cyatAw^, a little cup ) Shap- 
ed like a common wine-glass. 
Cycada'ck^, 530. 
Cylindrical. A circular shaft of nearly eaual 
dimensions throughout its extent. 
Cyme, 84, Fig. 93 ; c. Fig. 191. 
Cy'mose inflorescence, 84. 
Cyn'ips, 324, 4th. 
CvPERA'cEyE, 558. 
Cyp'ercB, 558. 
Cypse'le^ 90. 
Dac'tylis glomerata, Fig. 131 
