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].

Cucullate, hooded, or hood-shaped, rolled up like a cornet of paper, or a hood (cucullus), as the spathe of Indian Turnip, [75].

Culm, a straw; the stem of Grasses and Sedges, [39].

Cultrate, shaped like a trowel or broad knife.

Cuneate, Cuneiform, wedge-shaped, [53].

Cup-shaped, same as cyathiform or near it.