Ceramidium 



Characine 



Ceramid'ium (Kepa/juov, a jar), syn- 

 onym of CYSTOCARP. 



Cer'asin, a gummy exudation from 

 plum and cherry trees, swelling in 

 water but not dissolving ; the name 

 is from Primus Cerasus, Linn. 



Ceratench'yma (/cepaj, a horn ; Zyxv/j.a, 

 poured in), the tissue of effete sieve- 

 tubes which becomes horny in 

 texture. 



Cer'atrin, the bitter principle of " Ice- 

 land Moss," Cetraria islandica, 

 Linn. 



Cera'tium(/cf/>as, a horn), a long slender 

 one - celled, two-valved, superior 

 fruit, as in Hypecoum, ' ' capsula 

 siliquiformis "; Ceratoma'nia (/j.avia, 

 frenzy), monstrous production of 

 horn-like or hooded structures in 

 the flower. 



Cercid'ium (KepKiSiov, a small comb), 

 the mycelium of some Fungi. 



Ce'real, cerea'lis (Ceres, goddess of 

 agriculture), any Gramineae whose 

 seeds serve as food ; Cerea'lia, corn- 

 plants generally ; Ce'reum, Ce'rium, 

 Ce'rio, =CARIOPSIS. 



cer'ebriform (cerebrum, the brain ; 

 forma, shape), having an irregular 

 brain-like appearance, as the kernel 

 of a walnut. 



Ce'rin, Ce'rine (cera, wax), a substance 

 stated to be a constituent of cork. 



cerif erous (cera, wax ; fero, I bear), 

 wax-producing ; ceri'nus (Lat. ), the 

 colour of yellow wax. 



cern'uous, cern'uus (Lat.), nodding, 

 applied to such flowers as Narcis- 

 sus, or Coltsfoot when in fruit. 



cerussa'tus (Lat.), white as though 

 painted with white lead. 



cerv'ine, cervi'nus, cervic'olor (cervus, 

 a stag), dark tawny colour. 



Cerv'ix (Lat., the neck) = RHIZOME. 



ce'sious (caesius, the grey of the eye), 

 blue-grey, usually spelled CAESIOUS. 



cespitit'ious, pr. cespitish'us ; cesp'- 

 itose, -tons (cespes, turf), pertaining 

 to turf, or growing in tufts ; ces- 

 pit'ulose, somewhat tufted ; cf. 

 CAESPES. 



Ce'trarin, a principle from several 

 species of the genus Cetraria. 



Cnae'ta (xcur??, a bristle), the slender 

 sporophore of Mosses, the seta. 



Chaff, (1) small membranous scales, 

 degenerate bracts, in many Com- 

 positae ; (2) the outer envelopes 

 of cereal grains ; chaff'y, pale- 

 aceous. 



Chain gem'ma (gemma, a bud), in 

 Fungi, having the form of a septate 

 confervoid filament, the segments 

 of which are capable of growth ; 

 termed also SPROUT-GEMMA. 



Chala'za (xaAafa, small tubercle), that 

 part of the ovule or seed where the 

 nucellus joins the integuments ; it 

 is the base of the nucleus and is 

 always opposite the upper end of 

 the cotyledons ; chalazi'nus, like 

 a chalaza, or pertaining thereto, 

 cnala'zian ; Chala'zogams (ydfj.os, 

 marriage), plants which are fertil- 

 ized through the chalaza, and not 

 the foramen, as Casnarina, and 

 many Cupuliferae ; Chalazog'amy, 

 fertilization by the chalaza ; adj. 

 chalazogam'ic. 



Chalk - glands, multicellular glands 

 which deposit calcareous matter as 

 in some Saxifrages, the secretion 

 escaping through a special channel, 

 the water-pore ; ~ White, pure 

 white, cretaceous. 



chalyb'eus (Lat. of steel), steel-grey, 

 or lead-coloured. 



Chamber-fluid, the Kammerniissig- 

 keit of Crato, comprising cell-sap 

 and enchylema between lamellae of 

 protoplasm. 



Chambered-fibres, fibres which have 

 become septate and seemingly multi- 

 cellular, as in the secondary wood of 

 Dicotyledons ; <- Ovary, when the 

 margins of the carpels project into 

 the interior to form incomplete 

 longitudinal dissepiments, the ovary 

 remaining vinilocular. 



chan'nelled, hollowed out like a 

 gutter, as in many leaf-stalks. 



Chap'let, a series of objects arranged 

 like beads on a string, as the spores 

 of Cystopus (Crozier). 



Char'acine, a species of camphor from 

 terrestrial Algae, as Palmella, 



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