Caducous

Dropping off.

Cceruleus

Pale blue.

Cessius

Ash-grey.

Calyx

The outer floral envelope (where there are two), composed of separate or connate sepals.

Campestris

Growing in fields.

Candidus

Pure white.

Cancscens

Greyish white.

Capitate

Terminating in a knob, as the pistil of many plants; or clustered, as the florets of the Composite.

Capitulum Or Capitule

A dense head of flowers.

Capsule

A dry dehiscent seed-vessel.

Carncus

Flesh-colour.

Carpel

One of the rolled-up leaves forming the gynaecium or pistil, whether separate or combined.

Cartilaginous

Tough and hard.

Catkin

A deciduous spike of flowers.

Cauline

Belonging to or produced from the stem.

Centrifugal

Applied to those forms of inflorescence whose terminal or central flowers expand first.

Centripetal

Flowering from the base or circumference towards the centre or tip.

Cernuus

Drooping, pendent.

Chryso, in compounds, signifies golden yellow.

Ciliate

Having marginal hairs.

Circinate

Rolled up, like the young fronds of many Ferns.

Clavatus

Club-shaped.

Claw

The narrowed stalk-like portion of a petal, as in most Cruciferae.

Coccineus

Scarlet or carmine tinged with yellow.

Comose

Furnished with hairs at the end, as some seeds.

Compound

Of several parts, as a paniculate inflorescence or pinnate leaf.

Connate

Parts of the same whorl grown together, as sepals.

Connective

The rib or part between the anther-cells.

Contorted

In aestivation, when one edge of a petal or sepal is covered and the other free or exposed; twisted.

Convolute

In aestivation or vernation,.

when one part is rolled up within another.

Cordate

Heart shaped in outline.

Coriaceous

Leathery in texture.

Corm

A fleshy solid underground bulb-like stem.

Corolla

The second floral whorl of a complete flower between the calyx and stamens, whose separate parts are termed petals.

Corymb

A raceme, having the pedicels gradually shorter towards the top or centre.

Costate

Ribbed.

Crassus

Thick and fleshy.

Crenate

Having rounded teeth.

Crinitus

Furnished with tufts of hairs.

Cueullate

Hood-shaped.

Cuncate

Wedge-shaped.

Cuspidate

Having a rigid hard point.

Cyme

An irregular umbellate inflorescence, as in Laurustinus.

Bcalbatus

Covered with a greyish-white powder.