_Conjugate_, coupled; in single pairs. _Conjugation_, 170. _Connate_, united or grown together from the first formation, 96. _Connate-perfoliate_, when a pair of leaves are connate round a stem, 60. _Connective_, _Connectivum_, the part of the anther connecting its two cells, 101. _Connivent_, converging, or brought close together. _Consolidation_ (floral), 94. _Consolidated_ forms of vegetation, 47. _Contents_ of cells, 136. _Continuous_, the reverse of interrupted or articulated. _Contorted_, twisted together. _Contorted æstivation_, same as _convolute_, 97. _Contortuplicate_, twisted back upon itself. _Contracted_, either narrowed or shortened. _Contrary_, turned in opposite direction to the ordinary. _Convolute_, rolled up lengthwise, as the leaves of the Plum in vernation, 72. In æstivation, same as _contorted_, 97. _Cordate_, heart-shaped, 53. _Coriaceous_, resembling leather in texture. _Corky_, of the texture of cork. _Corky layer_ of bark, 141. _Corm_, a solid bulb, like that of Crocus, 45. _Corneous_, of the consistence or appearance of horn. _Corniculate_, furnished with a small horn or spur. _Cornute_, horned; bearing a horn-like projection or appendage. _Corolla_, the leaves of the flower within the calyx, 14, 79. _Corollaceous_, _Corolline_, like or belonging to a corolla. _Corona_, a coronet or crown; an appendage at the top of the claw of some petals, 91. _Coronate_, crowned; furnished with a crown. _Cortex_, bark. _Cortical_, belonging to the bark (_cortex_). _Corticate_, coated with bark or bark-like covering. _Corymb_, a flat or convex indeterminate flower-cluster, 74. _Corymbiferous_, bearing corymbs. _Corymbose_, in corymbs, approaching the form of a corymb, or branched in that way. _Costa_, a rib; the midrib of a leaf, &c. _Costate_, ribbed. _Cotyledons_, the proper leaves of the embryo, 11, 127. _Crateriform_, goblet-shaped or deep saucer-shaped. _Creeping_ (stems), growing flat on or beneath the ground and rooting, 39. _Cremocarp_, a half-fruit, or one of the two carpels of Umbelliferæ, 121. _Crenate_, or _Crenelled_, the edge scalloped into rounded teeth, 55. _Crenulate_, minutely or slightly crenate. _Crested_, or _Cristate_, bearing any elevated appendage like a crest. _Cretaceous_, chalky or chalk-like. _Cribrose_, or _cribriform_, pierced like a sieve with small apertures. _Crinite_, bearing long hairs. _Crispate_, curled or crispy. _Croceous_, saffron-color, deep reddish-yellow. _Cross-breeds_, the progeny of interbred varieties, 176. _Cross fertilization_, 115. _Crown_, see _corona_. _Crowned_, see _coronate_. _Cruciate_, or _Cruciform_, cross-shaped. _Cruciform Corolla_, 86. _Crustaceous_, hard and brittle in texture; crust-like. _Cryptogamous Plants_, _Cryptogams_, 10, 156. _Cryptos_, concealed, as _Cryptopetalous_, with concealed petals, &c. _Crystals_ in plants, 137.