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GLOSSARY. 
Corticate. Like bark. 
Corymb. A head of flowers, the top of which 
is nearly flat, the footstalks of the outer 
flowers being longer than those in the centre. 
Cotyledons. The solid parts of the seed, 
which afterwards divide, and become the seed- 
leaves. 
Crassipes. Fleshy. 
Crenated. Notched. 
Crenatures. Notches. 
Crenulated. The edge cut into small round 
notches. 
Cruciate. In the form of a Maltese cross. 
Crustaceous. Having a hard brittle covering. 
Cucullate. Hooded. 
Cumulated. Thrown together in heaps. 
Cuneated. Wedge-shaped. 
Cuphea. Prom Kuphos, curved, alluding to the 
form of the capsule. 
Cuspidate. Suddenly tapering to a point. 
Cyanata. Blue, like the colour of the Cyanus 
or Corn bluebottle. 
Cymes. When the flowers form a flattened 
panicle ; and are produced on short branches 
growing from one foot-stalk. The flowers of 
the Elder and Laurustinus are produced in 
cymes. 
Cymose. Flowering in cymes. 
Damascena. Damascus. 
Decandria. Having ten stamens. 
Deciduous. Losing its leaves in winter. 
Declining. Bending downwards. 
Decompound. Twice or thrice compound. 
Decumbent. Lying on the ground. 
Decurrent. Running down, ns for example 
when a leaf extends along the petiole. 
Decussate. With the branches forming right 
angles. 
Deflexed. Bent downwards. 
Dehiscent. Opening naturally, as the pods of 
peas, &c., do when over ripe. 
Dentata. Toothed. 
Denticulated. Toothed. 
Diadelphia. Where the stamens are connected 
into two distinct bundles. 
Diaphanous. Transparent. 
Dichotomous. In two rows, or in pairs. 
Didiscus. With two disks. 
Didymous. Twin, two united. 
Diffuse. Spreading loosely. 
Digynia. With two styles. 
Discoid. Flat and round, like a disk. 
Disk. A round flat surface, sometimes applied 
to a head of flowers, and sometimes to the 
receptacle. In composite flowers the disk is 
the centre; as for example, it is the yellow 
part of a daisy. 
Dissepiments. The partitions by which a seed- 
vessel is divided internally. 
Divaricate. Straggling; spreading widely in 
different directions. 
Diverging. When two parts grow close together 
at their base, and divide, turning different 
ways, so as to be widely apart at their summit. 
Dodecandria. Having twelve stamens. 
Drupaceous. Where the seed is enclosed in a 
stone in the centre of a pulpy covering, as the 
plum or cherry. 
Dubiurn. Doubtful. 
Echinated. Covered with prickles, like a 
hedgehog. 
Elata. Tall. 
Emarginate. Having a small notch at the 
extremity of the leaf. 
Embryo. Germ of the young plant. 
Enclosed. Not projecting beyond the flower. 
Ensiform. Shaped like a sword with a straight 
blade. 
Epigynous. Growing upon the style, or ovary. 
Erysimum. From Eryo, to draw, because it 
will raise blisters. 
Eucharidium. From Eucharis ; agreeable. 
Evolute. Not folded. 
Exserted. Projecting considerably. 
Exstipulate. Without stipules. 
Falcate. Curved like a sickle. 
Farinaceous. Floury. 
Fascicles. Bundles. 
Fastigiate. The branches growing upright, and 
close together, like those of a Lombardy 
poplar. 
Feather-nerved. When the veins of the leaves 
are disposed regularly, like the feathery part 
of a pen. 
Female flowers. Those that have only pistils 
and no stamens. 
Fibrils. Small roots. 
Filament. The stalk part of the stamen, which 
supports the anther. 
Filiform. Thread-like. 
Fistular. Full of hollow pipes, or small tubes. 
Flammea. Flame-coloured. 
Flavum. Yellow. 
Floral leaves. Those on the flower-stalk. 
Floribundum. Many-flowered. 
Foliaceous. Leafy. 
Francoa. In honour of Don F. Franco, of 
Valencia, a patron of botany in the sixteenth 
century. 
Friable. Crumbling. 
Fructiferous. Fruit-bearing. 
Frustranca. With the florets of the disk 
bisexual, and those of the ray neuter. 
Funicle. A little stalk by which the seed is 
attached to the placenta. 
Fusiform. A descending root, like that of a 
carrot. 
Gallicum. French. 
Gaura. From Gauros ; superb. 
Gigartoid. Seeds having a half transparent 
membrane round them, like the seed of the 
grape. 
Glabrous. Smooth, destitute of wool, hair, or 
down. 
Glaucescent. Hoary and bluish, or- sea-green. 
Glaucium. From Glaucous ; a pale bluish, or 
sea-green. 
Glaucous. A bluish-green. 
Godetia. Origin not known. 
Grandiflora. Large-flowered. 
Gymnobases. A fleshy receptacle, bearing 
separate fruits. 
Gymuospermia. Having the seeds at the 
bottom of the calyx, and not in a capsule. 
Hastate. Halbert-shaped. 
Hermaphrodite flowers. Those that have both 
stamens and pistils. 
Heterogamous. Of various kinds. 
Heterophyllum. With leaves of various shapes. 
Hexandria. With six stamens. 
Hibiscus. From Ibis, a stork. 
Hilum or Hylum. The sear or mark on the 
seed which shows where it adhered to the 
placenta. 
Hispanica. Spanish. 
Hispid. Covered with short stiff hairs. 
Homogamous. All of one kind. 
Humilis. Of low growth. 
Hybridum. Hybrid. 
Hypogynous. Growing from beneath the ova¬ 
rium. 
Iberis. From Iberia, the ancient name of Spain. 
Imbricate. Laid over each other like scales. 
Imperforated. Apparently full of holes when 
held up to the light, like the leaf of the 
myrtle. 
Incumbent. Lying upon. 
Incurved. Bending inwards. 
Indefinite. Varying in number in different 
plants. 
Indehiscent. Not opening naturally when ripe. 
Inferior. Below the base of the stamens. 
Integrifolia. Entire-leaved. 
Inter-valvular. Between the valves, or parts 
into which the seed-vessel is divided. 
Involucre. The floral leaves when they sur¬ 
round the flowers. 
Involute. Rolled inwards. 
Isocandria. Having twenty, or more stamens. 
Junceum. Reed-like. 
Keeled. When two petals are joined together, 
or one is raised and curved in the centre, like 
the keel of a boat. 
Ivoniga. In honour of Charles Konig, Esq., 
F.R.A., &c. 
Ltevigatum. Very smooth. 
Laciniated. Deeply cut into small parts. 
Laterally. On the sides. 
Latifolia. Broad-leaved. 
Lavatera. In honour of Lavater, the celebrated 
physiognomist. 
Legume. A seed-vessel which resembles that of 
the pea. 
Ligulate. Flowers shaped like a cornet of 
paper, open at the top and joined at the 
bottom. 
Limb. The spreading part of a flower, in 
opposition to the tubular part, or the claws. 
Linear. Line-like, long and slender. 
Lineare. Linear-leaved. 
Loam. A soil consisting of equal parts of clay 
and some much lighter soil; as for example, 
a sandy loam consists of clay and sand, and 
a calcareous loam of clay and chalk. 
Loasa. A fanciful name coined by Adanson. 
Lobules. Small lobes. 
Loculicidal. From each cell. When the car¬ 
pels of a fruit do not part from each other 
when ripe, but each opens down the midrib, 
like the fruit of the Martagon lily. 
Lopezia. In honour of Lopez, a Spanish 
botanist. 
Loriform. Shaped like a thong, or strap. 
Luteum. Yellow. 
Lyrate. A lobed leaf, in which the terminal 
lohe is larger than the side lobes. 
Macrantha. Large-flowered. 
Maculata. Spotted. 
