n a
flower-cluster.

=Bracteal.= An adjective derived from bract.

=Bipinnate.= A leaf with a pinnately branched axis, bearing leaflets on
the sides of the branches.

=Calyx.= The outer portion of the flower, usually green in color. In
some plants it is colored to resemble (or replace) the corolla,
and in others may be minute or wanting.

=Capitate.= Shaped like a head; or arranged in a dense compact cluster.

=Capsule.= A dry fruit with usually several seeds, opening at maturity.

=Catkin.= A cylindrical or ovoid cluster of inconspicuous flowers, for
example, the "pussy willow."

=Cells of ovary.= The cavity or cavities within an ovary, in which the
seeds are produced.

=Ciliate.= Provided with hairs at the margin.

=Clasping.= With the base of a leaf or other organ wholly or partly
surrounding the stem.

=Cleft.= Deeply divided toward the base or the mid-rib.

=Closed sheath.= A leaf-sheath in which the margins are united to form a
tube.

=Composite.= A flower-cluster containing several or many small flowers,
closely crowded together and provided with calyx-like bracts, so that
the whole cluster resembles a single flower.

=Compound.= Composed of 2 or more similar parts united, as a compound
ovary.

=Compound leaf.= A leaf with two or more separate leaflets on a single
petiole.

=Connate.= Grown together.

=Cordate.= Heart-shape. A whole leaf-blade may be cordate, or the term may
be applied to the base of a leaf only.

=Cordate-sagittate.= Intermediate in shape between cordate and sagittate.

=Corm.= An enlarged stem-base, of solid structure and usually underground.

=Corolla.= The portion of a flower next to the calyx (in ordinary cases).
It is generally the most conspicuous part of the flower, but may be
completely absent, or inconspicuous, or replaced by the calyx.

=Corymb.= A flat-topped or convex-topped flower-cluster.

=Creeping.= With stems prostrate on the ground and rooting at intervals.

=Crenate.= With round-pointed teeth at the margin.

=Crenulate.= Finely or minutely crenate.

=Cuspidate.= Ending with a short sharp stiff point.

=Deciduous.= Not persistent for a long time; not evergreen.

=Decompound.= Repeatedly branched with numerous leaflets.

=Decurrent.= Extending with wing-like expansions down the stem.

=Decumbent.= A stem prostrate at the base, but with the tip more or less
ascending