'CIRRUS, a tenclrilulike appeiulagc : I<'ishcs, fig. S ; e. 
CLASS, the primary and chief divison in a system or arrangement. 
CLAVATE, c!ub-bhapcd, thicker towards the top. 
CLAW, the lower part of a pelal, hy Avhich it is attaclied to the 
receptacle : plate 6, fig. 0 ; a. 
CLYPEATE, shield-likc, or covered with a shield. 
COADUNATE, two or more joined together. 
COATED, furnished w'ith an outer deciduous covering ; or composed 
of concentric layers, as the bulb of an onion : plate 2, fig. 7. 
COCIILEATE, twisted like a scrCw, or the shell of a snail. 
COLEOPTERA, the first order of insects, having the outer pair of 
wings of a crustaccons substance : ImecU, fig. 15. 
COLLAR, a coloured ring round the neck of birds. 
COMOSE, ending in a tuft or kind of brush. 
CONDUPLICATE, doubled together : plate 8, fig. 17. 
CONJUGATE, cousistiiig of a single pair. 
CONNATE, joined together so as to have the appearance of only one. 
CONTORTED, twisted, or incumbent on each other in an oblique 
direction. 
CONVOLUTE, rolled together like a piece of paper between th« 
thumb and finger : plated, fig. 14. 
CORDATE, heart-shaped : plate 4, fig. 10. 
CORIACEOUS, of a leather-like consistence. 
COROL, the blossom of a llow'er, generally inclosed within the calyx : 
plate 6, fig. 3 ; 
CORVMB, a kind of inflorescence, when the partial flower stalks rise 
of unequal lengths along the common flower-stalk to the same 
elevation at top, forming a nearly Hat or even surface : pl~7 •> f- 2. 
CRENATE, scolloped or notched at the margin : plate 4, fig. 33. 
CRESTED, having a tuft or crcst-like appendage. 
CRUCIFORM, placed in the form of a cross : plate 6, fig. 9. 
CRYPTOGAMIA, the twenfy-fourth class of vegct.ibles including 
those whose fruflitication is too minute to be discovered by the 
naked eye : plate 1, fig. 24. 
CULM, the stem of corn and grasses : plate 3, fig. 1. 
CULTRATE, Sliaped like a jiriining knife. 
CUNEIFORM, shaped like a w edge : plate 4, fig. 45. 
CURSORY, formed for running ; applied to the feet of birds which 
have all (he to.^s placed forwards : li/rtl.s', fig. 12. 
CUSPIDATE, ending in a siiarp point, like the tip of a spear. 
CYATlllFORM, shaped like a drinking glass. 
• CYME, a kind of inflorcsccuco, wlicre tlie primary flower-stalks arise 
from the same ])oint, but having the partial-oncs irregular, all of 
the same elevation and forming a nearly flat and even surface : 
plate 7, fig. 1 1 , 
DECAGYNTA, having fen siylcs, 
DEUANDRIA, the tenth class of vegetables, containing the herma- 
phrodite ones with ten distindl stamina : plate 1, fig. fO. 
DECOMPOUND, having the leaf-stalk more than one* divided l 
'plate 5, fig. 18, 19. 
