The Plants of Michigan Part 95

=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-cl.u.s.ter.

=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.

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

=Dehiscent.= Breaking open at maturity to discharge the contents.

=Deltoid.= Broadly triangular.

=Dioecious.= Bearing staminate and pistillate flowers upon separate plants.

=Dissected.= Finely divided into numerous small or narrow segments.

=Divided.= With deep segments or lobes.

=Elliptical.= Having the shape of an ellipse.

=Elliptical-lanceolate.= Intermediate in shape between elliptical and lanceolate.

=Entire.= With an unbroken margin, without teeth or lobes.

=Epiphyte.= A plant growing attached to the bark of another plant, and without connection with the soil.

=Erect.= Growing in nearly or quite a vertical position.

=Evenly pinnate.= A compound leaf terminating in a pair of leaflets.

=Filament.= The (usually) slender basal portion of a stamen, supporting the anther at its tip.

=Floweret.= A small flower.

=Gamopetalous.= Composed of united petals.

=Gamosepalous.= Composed of united sepals.

=Glabrous.= Smooth; without hairs.

=Glandular.= Bearing glands.

=Glaucous.= Covered with a thin bluish or whitish deposit, easily rubbed off.

=Glume.= A bract at the base of a spikelet of a gra.s.s.

=Half recurved.= Curved half-way backward.

=Hastate.= Shaped like an arrow-head, but with the basal lobes pointing outwards instead of backward.

=Head.= A dense cl.u.s.ter of flowers, about as broad as long.

=Hirsute.= With stiff coa.r.s.e hairs.

=Imperfect.= Flowers which contain either pistil or stamens, not both.

=Incised.= With deep, sharp, irregular, divisions.

=Indehiscent.= Not breaking open at maturity to discharge the contents.

=Inflorescence.= A cl.u.s.ter of flowers.

=Internode.= A section of stem between two joints, or nodes.

=Involucre.= A collection of bracts at the base of a flower-cl.u.s.ter.

=Irregular.= Possessing similar parts of different size or form. An irregular flower is generally distinguished by petals of unequal size or shape.

=Laciniate.= Cut into narrow pointed lobes or divisions.

=Lanceolate.= Shaped like a lance-head, several times longer than wide, and broadest below the middle.

=Linear.= Long and narrow, but with about uniform width.

=Linear-lanceolate.= Intermediate in shape between linear and lanceolate; narrowly lanceolate.

=Lip.= The largest and most conspicuous petal in an irregular corolla, usually applied to the lower petal of an orchid.

=Lobe.= A segment or division of any organ.

=Leaflet.= One portion of the blade of a compound leaf.