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Cruen'tus, Chuenta'tus— M arked with 
red blotches ; also where any part is 
wholly lecb {Set} Lapf;//'ousiacru('nta.) 
Crusta'ckous, ORifsTA'CEtrs, Crusta'tus — 
Hard and brittle, as are many Lichens. 
Cd'cULLATE, Gl'CL'LLA'BIS, CrOULLA^TL’S, 
CucL’LLiKonM {Cucurfu/tf a hood ; 
forma, shape) — Where a plane surfaca^ 
as of a leaf, petxil, &c., is rolled np like 
a Cornet oi pa])er; for instance, like the 
si)athc of an Arum. 
Culm, Cul'mits — A name ^dven to the 
stems of Grasses and S^'d;^es. 
Cul'TRATE, CL'L'fKATr.S, CrLTETPOR'^flS — 
Approaching the shapcof aknife-blade. 
Cu'nea'i K, Cuxea'ri P'S, Cunea'tub, Oonki- 
por'mi 8 - -Wcdffo-formcd. 
Cu'puLAU — Oiip-shaticd. Cui’ULIkorm — 
Like a little cup. 
Cus'piDATE, Cusp41)A’T!js— P ointed ; gradu- 
ally taj»ering into a sharp stiff [loint. 
Cuta'nkous — K ehiting to the skin. 
Cu'ticlk— W ynonyiimus with “Epidermis,” 
the scarf skin. 
Cya^neus — A bright or pure blue. (See 
the flowers cd Coinrudi/nu ryanm, a 
plant comifionly met with upon wet 
grounds; one of the .sj)ider- worts.) 
Cyathipou'mis — C up-sliaped,likear2verscd 
cone. 
Cyclo'sk— T he partial circnlation »>bserv- 
ablc in the milky juices of certain 
plant.s. 
Cylin'drto^ Cylin'dricus — Approaching 
closely the h>rm of a cylinder. (See 
tho stem of a Wheat plant.) 
Cyita'tium (foun Kumalwn, a little wave) 
— Synonym for Apothechnu.” 
Cymb.epou'mis, Cvmipkou'mis — Eoat- 
shaped. 
Cymbell.e — Reprnfluctlvo locomotive 
botiios, of an elliptical form, found in 
some Algal. 
Cyme, or Oy'mo.^K — When branched and 
centri fngal. It is a C'-'-ntrifngjd panicle, 
and i.^ often cor.vinV.osc. Tln‘ central 
flowers open flist. The bter.al brai'iche.-^ 
successively devel- .pcjl are usually 
forked or ftpfioKite {'lichotnmons or 
trichtitmtious), but someliincs nfter the 
first forking tlie bj-aiu;lies bvo no loiigi-r 
divided, but produce a sucr'oi'sion of 
pedicels on thrir n]>]’.er side forming 
apparently luiilatcral centripetal 
raceiihs; wlierodus if cttLiiUvely e.v- 
ainiiied, it wid lie found that each 
pediool is at first termina’ but becomes 
laltTiil by tliv dvveloj'jnent of ono "utor 
branch <Jiily, inmnuliately niider the 
pedicel. Such brauf hos, when in bi»d, 
are gencraUv I'-iU-tl back at tho top, 
like th? tad of a s/^orpion, and are 
thence called scorpia'id. {S>ec inflores- 
cence of Calfirarpa pchincuUitn, a coin- 
mon shrub in .‘■orublxirders, 
with pretty ]>mple drapes about IJ 
lines in diamett r.) 
CYNAUuno'nuM— A fruit cojnposed of 
several free, hard, and indeliiscent 
ovaries, cnvi loped hy, but uor united 
to, the llesiiy tube of the calyx, as in 
Roses. 
Cy'phellate — Having minute sunken 1 
roundish cu]>-like spots on the under | 
surface of the thallus of vStictei. I 
CvpilELLyE — Minute nrceolate oxcava- I 
tions on the under surface of the thallus. \ 
Cyp'hkla, Cvp'sella ~ A synonym of i 
“ AcheniiTrn” ; where that term is \ 
applied to the fruit resulting from an I 
iiuorior ovarium, as i» the Cornpositae, 
Cyst — The spore-c.i^-e of some Fungi ; also 
the liollow sjiaces in jiarenchyina, in 
which oil.y matter collects, as in the 
rind of an orange. 
Cyhtt'iua — Sacs containing spores. 
Cy'tohlaht — A cell germ. 
Cytorlab'tema— P rotoplasm. 
Dacrtoi'deus — Resembling a tear ; ap- 
]>licd to a pear-like fruit, oblong and 
rouTided at one eml, and pointed at the 
other, 
Dactylo'sUvS — O bltmg and nearly cylin- ' 
dric, resembling a huger, or attached , 
like the finger of the limnan hand. 
(See the inflorescence of the common 
Couch Gras.*^., O/nrodon dfictphn.) 
DyE'PALOUs, ],)A:f)A'LKU.^ — Where the broad 
a[)ex of a leaf, without being strictly 
truncate, is irregularly jagged. Derived 
from (la-dalunf .artificial. (Seethe 
apex of the. leaf of XeroUs lontiifolta.) 
Damar, or l^AMMKR — A viscid resinou.s 
jwoduct of Cnhovivn). microcArpum. 
C. striotnm products what i.s known 
as the }51ack j)ammei'. The White 
Dannuer and Damiiier Pitch is pro- 
duced by Viitariu indka. 
Dasypiiyl'lus— W here the leavt‘.s are either 
densely aggregated, or else covered with 
close w’oolly hairs, 
Dealka'tus — C overed with a greyish-white 
]Mm'der, whitened. (See tlie under side 
of the froud.s of the Silver Tree Fern of 
New Zealand, Cpathca dea^hata.) 
Deca, or Decem — T en in conii>osition. 
Deci'duous — Apjilied to the leaf, it desig- 
nnte.s those trees and shrubs which .died 1 
all their leaves annun.lfy at the same ; 
period, sf) that th^dr hranches become ' 
bare. Applied to other oigans, it 
means that these fall off sooner or later, 
afler their fuuct-ions have been per- 
formed, whilst the otliur ]>.ai L.s remain, 
or are poisistont. The leaves of the 
I’each are d»cidiii>u.s. The foliage of 
many Queensland trees arc rather seini- 
deciiluous than deciduous, for tliere is 
no certainty ('f the leaves falling ; they 
at times are retained upon tlie trees 
until long after the young growth has 
appeared. 
Decui'IKXS — D eceptive; res -labliiig others. 
I De'('LIXATE — W' herc an organ or .set of 
organs is l.entor inclines towards one 
I side. {See tkirsx dci'.linain..) 
] Dkcoc'tiox — A preimration or digest by 
boiling water. 
' Dkcom'poukp— H aving many divisions. 
(See fronds of Aspid’uw-dei'onipositum.) 
I Deco'rus — A dorned or beautiful, Indigo- 
fera decora. 
