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BOTANICAL TERMS. 
very obvious on removing a petal of any kind 
of Dianthus. 
Clinanthium ; a kind of receptacle, not 
fleshy, but surrounded^ by an involucre, as in 
composite plants. 
Clinandrium; the part of the column of 
orchidaceous plants in which the anther lies. 
Columna; a term used to express the com- 
bination of the filaments into a solid body, 
which takes place in some plants, as in Stape- 
lia, Rafflesia, &c. 
Coma; bracts without flowers terminating 
the inflorescence, as in the clary {Salvia Sor- 
minum). 
Coniotheccs ; a term applied to the lobes or 
cells of the anther. 
Connective; a membrane uniting the pa- 
rallel lobes of the anther. 
Corolla; the inner envelope — mostly 
coloured — of the flower, covering the stamen; 
the part which is commonly regarded as the 
flower. 
Corollula ; a term applied to the corolla 
when it is very small, or forms part of an 
anthodium. 
Corona ; an appendage from the base of the 
limb, in some flowers, forming a hollow cup, 
as in the Narcissus. 
Cortina; a portion of the veil or velum of 
fungi adhering to the margin of the pileus or 
cap, the annulus being the part which remains 
like a loose collar around the stipes. 
Corymb; an arrangement of flowers where 
the lowest are on pedicels long enough to 
elevate them to the same level as the upper 
flowers, the pedicels of which are short : the 
common yarrow flowers in a corymb. 
Cruciate ; formed of two opposite pairs of 
petals, arranged like a cross, as in the flower 
of the cabbage, or in a single wallflower. 
Cupula; bracts, cohering by their bases 
into a kind of cup ; the cup of the acorn is a 
cupula. 
Cyathiform (cyathiformis) ; cup-shaped, 
the same as pitcher- shaped, except in not 
being contracted at the margin. 
Cyme; a deliquescent panicle, short and 
corymbose in its arrangement, and indicating 
centrifugal expansion ; the flowers of the 
elder tree are arranged in a cyme. 
Decandrous ; having ten stamens ; this pe- 
culiarity distinguishes the tenth Linnsean class 
Decandria. 
Declinate; bending to one side, as in the fila- 
ments of Amaryllis. 
Dehiscent ; opening by pores : applied to 
anthers. 
Diandrous ; having two stamens: this 
peculiarity distinguishes the second Linnsean 
class Diandria. 
Diadelphous ; when the stamens are col- 
lected into two bundles : this peculiarity dis- 
tinguishes the seventeenth Linnaean class 
Diadelphia. 
Didynamous ; when two of four stamens 
are shorter than the other two : this pecu- 
liarity distinguishes the fourteenth Linnsean 
class Didynamia. 
Digit aliform ; foxglove shaped ; like cam- 
panulate, but longer and irregular, that is, ex- 
panded more in one part than in others. 
Digynous ; having two styles, or stigmas. 
Dioecious; when the male and female 
flowers are on different plants, as in the 
common bryony ; this peculiarity distin- 
guishes the twenty-second Linnasan class 
Dioecia. 
Disk ; a term applied to certain bodies or 
projections situated between the base of the 
stamens and the base of the ovary; they 
usually take the form of a fleshy ring, either 
entire or lobed, but sometimes they resemble 
a cup, or a fleshy cone. 
Dodecandrous ; having from twelve to 
nineteen stamens ; this peculiarity distin- 
guishes the eleventh Linnsean class Dode- 
candria. 
Elytriculi ; a name applied to the florets 
of composite flowers. 
EndotJiecium ; the membrane forming the 
lining of the anther. 
Enneandrous ; having nine stamens ; this 
peculiarity distinguishes the ninth Linnaean 
class Enneandria. 
Epigy notes (epigynus) ; applied to the 
stamens when apparently inserted into or 
upon the summit of the ovarium ; not an 
accurate term, as the stamens are always pro- 
duced from the space between the base of the 
petals and the ovary, though they sometimes 
cohere with, and appear to proceed from, the 
adjoining parts. 
Exotkecium; the membrane forming the 
coating of the anther. 
Exserted ; applied when the filaments bear- 
ing the stamens are longer than the corolla. 
Extrorse (extrorsus) ; turned outwards, or 
away from the axis to which it appertains ; 
in anthers when the line of dehiscence is to- 
Avards the petals. 
Fascicle (fascictdus) ; a corymb, the ex- 
pansion of which commences at the centre, as 
in some kinds of Dianthus. 
Faux, fauces ; the gaping part or throat of 
monopetalous flowers. 
Filament; the stalk that supports the anther. 
Florets ; the small flowers of an anthodium ; 
the individual parts — really flowers — which 
compose the so-called flower of composite plants. 
Fornix; small scale-like lamella?, over- 
arching the orifice of the tube in some flowers 
as in Cyuoglossum. 
Fovilla; the matter contained in the 
granules of which pollen consists. 
