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GLOSSARY. 



Circumscissilc. Cut round transversely. 

 Clados. Greek for branch, whence 



Chladophora, branch-bearer. 

 Clathrate. Latticed, or perforated like a 



window. 



Clavate. Club-shaped. 

 Coenobium. A community of a definite 

 number of individuals united in one 

 body. 

 Cotno. Literally a head of hair. A tuft 



of hairs of any kind. 

 Concentrically. In rings, with a common 



center. 



Cordate. Heart-shaped. 

 Confluent. Blending- into one; passing 



by degrees the one into the other. 

 Connate. United congenital ly. 

 Continuous. The reverse of articulated 



or interrupted. 



Contorted. Twisted; or bent or twisted 

 on itself. 



Corniculate. Furnished with a little 

 horn. 



Coriaceous. Of a leathery consistency. 



Corrugate. Wrinkled or in folds. 



Cortex. Rind or bark. 



Corticate. Coated with a bark or with an 

 accessory bark-like covering. 



Crenate. Notched or scalloped. 



Cruciate. Cross-shaped. 



Crustaceous. Hard and brittle, or form- 

 ing a crust. 



Cuneate. Shaped like a wedge. 



Cuspidate. Tapering gradually to a sharp 

 stiff point. 



Cyathiform. Cup-shaped ; in the form of 

 a goblet or wine-glass. 



Cylindrical. Elongated and with cir- 

 cular cross-section; in the form of a 

 cylinder. 



Cytioderm. Cell membrane. 



Cytioplasm. Cell contents. 



Decompound. Several times compounded 



or divided. 



Decussate. In pairs alternately crossing. 

 Deflexed. Bent or turned abruptly down- 

 ward. 



Dehiscence. Splitting into regular parts. 

 Denticulate. Minutely toothed ; having 



denticulations or diminutive teeth. 

 Derma. Greek for skin or surface of a 



plant or organ. 



Diaphanous. Nearly transparent. 

 Dichotomous. Forked equally. 

 Diffluent. Readily dissolving. 

 Dioecious. When the male organs are 



borne on one plant and the female on 



another. 

 Disciform. Depressed and circular, like 



a disc or quoit. 



Dissepiment. A partition or division. 

 Dorsal. Relating to the dorsum or back. , 



Echinate. Beset with bristles. 



Ellipsoidal. Nearly elliptical. 



Emarginate. With a notch cut out of the 

 margin. 



Encysted. Enclosed in a cyst or bladder. 



Endochrome. Coloring matter of cells. 



Endophytal. Growing within plants. 



Endosmose. The inward current between 

 fluids of different densities when sep- 

 arated by a membrane. 



Endospore. The inner coating of a spore. 



Epigynou*. Seated upon the female 

 plant, 



Epiphytal. Growing upon plants; para- 

 sitical. 



Epizoic. Growing upon animals. 



Eccentric. Out of the center; one-sided. 



Exserted. Protruding beyond or out of. 



Extrorse. Directed outward. 



Exosporium. The outer membrane or 

 the coat of a spore. 



Falcate. Scythe-shaped or sickje-shaped. 

 Fascicle. A little bundle. 

 Fasciculate. In little bundles from a 

 common point. 



Fastigiate. Said of branches when par- 

 allel, clustered, and erect. 



Fevrugineom or ferruginous. Colored to 

 imitate iron-rust. 



Fibrillose. Furnished or abounding with 

 fibers or fibrils. 



Fibrous. Composed, or of the nature of 

 fibers. 



Filiform. Thread-shaped, long, slender 

 and terete. 



Flagellifonn. Like a whip-lash. 



Flavescent. Yellowish or pale yellow. 



Floccose. Bearing or clothed with locks 

 of soft hairs or wool. 



Fulvous. Tawny; orange yellow and 

 gray mixed. 



Furcate. Forked, or divergently branch- 

 ed. 



Geminate. Twin; in pairs; two side by 

 side. 



Genicul<i.te. Bent abruptly ; like a knee. 



Glaucous. Covered, or whitened with a 

 .bloom; whitish. 



(Globular. Somewhat or nearly globose. 



Goniclia. Propagative bodies of -small 

 size, not produced directly or indi- 

 rectly by any act of fertilization. 



Grumous. Consisting of clustered grains ; 

 thick, clotted. 



Gynandrosporous. Bearing male and fe- 

 male spores. 



Habitat. Habitation or dwelling-place. 

 Herbaceous. Of the color, or texture of 

 an herb. 



