Part 68

Compound. Composed of two or more similar parts united into a whole. Compound leaf, one divided into separate leaflets.

Cone. A fruit with woody, overlapping scales.

Conical. Cone-shaped, largest at the base and tapering to the apex.

Connective. The portion of a stamen which connects the two cells of the anther.

Cordate. Heart-shaped. Page XII.

Coriaceous. Leather-like in texture.

Corky. Made of, or like cork.

Corolla. The inner part of a perianth, usually bright colored. Page XIII.

Corymb. A flower-cluster in which the axis is shortened and the pedicels of the lower flowers lengthened, forming a flat-topped inflorescence, the marginal flowers blooming first. Page XIV.

Corymbose. Arranged in corymbs.

Crenate. Dentate, with the teeth much rounded. Page XIII.

Crenulate. Finely crenate.

Crown. The upper part of a tree, including the living branches with their foliage.

Cutting. A piece of the stem, root or leaf which, if cut off and placed in contact with the soil, will form new roots and buds, reproducing the parent plant.

Cyme. A broad and flattish inflorescence, the central flowers of which bloom first. Page XIV.

Cymose. Arranged in cymes.

Deciduous. Not persistent; falling away, as the leaves of a tree in autumn.

Decurrent. Said of a leaf which extends down the stem below the point of fastening.

Decussate. Alternating in pairs at right angles.

Dehiscent. Opening by valves or slits.

Deltoid. Delta-shaped.

Dentate. Toothed, with the teeth usually pointed and directed outward. Page XIII.

Depressed. Somewhat flattened from above.

Dichotomous. Branching regularly in pairs.

Digitate. Said of a compound leaf in which the leaflets are borne at the apex of the petiole; finger-shaped.

Dioecious. Unisexual, with staminate and pistillate flowers on different individuals.

Distribution. The geographical extent and limits of a species.

Divergent. Said of buds, cones, etc., which point away from the twig, or of pine needles, etc., which spread apart.