GLOSSARY, 



Acautescent. Stemless, or apparently so. 



Acaulis. Stemless. 



Achromatic. Colorless. 



Acicular. Needle-shaped. 



Aculeate. Prickly ; beset with ticulei. 



Acuminate. Tapering to a point. 



Aeru-ginons. Of the color of virdigris; 

 blue green. 



A gamo-hypnospores . N e u t ral 1 y for i n e d 

 resting spores. 



Agamospore. Spore formed neutrally 

 without fecundation. 



Agamosporous. Bearing spores without 

 fecundation. 



Agamous. Destitute of sexes. 



Agglomerate. ) Heaped or crowded into a 



Aggregate. J dense cluster, but not co- 

 hering. 



Alternate. Two organs so placed as not 

 to be opposite to each other. 



Amoeboid. Resembling an amoeba. 



Amorphous. Without definite form. 



Amylaceous. Resembling starch. 



Anastomose. The opening of one vessel 

 into another, applied to threads or 

 tubes which become confluent, and 

 form an irregular net-work. 



Androgonidia. Peculiar zoogonidia pro- 

 duced by female plants from which 

 male plants are developed. 



Androsporangium. Sporangium enclos- 

 ing spores of male plants, or andro- 

 spores. 



Androspore. A special kind of zoos pores 

 produced in cells, which originate the 

 dwarf males in Oedogonium. 



Annulate. Marked with rings. 



Antheridia. Certain reproductive organs 

 supposed to be analogous to anthers or 

 fecundative. 



Antrorse. Directed upward or forward. 



Apical. Relating to the apex or tip. 



Apiculate. Ending with a short point. 



Appressed. Lying flat against or to- 

 gether for the whole length. 



Arcuate. Bent like a bow. 



Areola. An angular space with an ele- 

 vated margin. 



Articulate. Composed of joints. 



Asperous. Rough to the touch. 



Axile. Relating or belonging to the axis. 



Axillary. In or relating to an axil. 

 Azygospore. Spore produced without 

 copulation. 



Barbate. Bearded ; beset with long and 



weak hairs. 

 Base. The extremity by which an organ 



is attached to its support. 

 Bi or Bis. As a prefix to Latin words, 



two, twice or doubly. 

 Bicornate. Two horned. 

 Bidentate. Having two teeth. 

 Bifid. Two cleft. 

 Bifurcate. Two forked. 

 Bilobed or bilobate. Of two lobes, or cleft 



into two segments. 

 Binate. In pairs. 

 Botryoid. In clusters, like a bunch of 



grapes. 

 Bullate. Blistered or puckered. 



Caespitose. Growing in tufts, witli many 

 stems from one root. 



Caeruleus. Sky blue or pure blue. 



Canalicaulate. Channeled or with longi- 

 tudinal grooves. 



Capillary. Thread-like, resembling hair. 



Capitate. Head-shaped, or collected in a 

 head. 



Carpogon. See Oogonia. 



Carpospore. Spoi'es produced (by conju- 

 gation) in a sporocarpium. 



Cartilaginous. Hard and tough like car- 

 tilage. 



Cauloid. Resembling, or analogous to, a 

 stem. 



Caulescent. Having an obvious stem. 



Cellulose. The material, chemically con- 

 sidered, of which the wall of the cell 

 consists. 



Chlorophyt. The green coloring matter 

 of leaves, and of green algae. 



Chlorophylose. Resembling chlorophyl- 

 green. 



Ciliate. Furnished, or fringed with hairs. 



Ciliutn, cilia. Hairs or bristles placed 

 marginally. 



Cinereous. Ash-gray. 



Circinate. Curled round, coiled or spir- 

 ally rolled-up. 



