Glossary 



CINE'REOUS, CINERA / CEOUS (dnereus, rineraceus'), ash-gray; a light bluish-gray color, 

 lighter than plumbeous. 



CIN'NABARINE (cinnabar, vermilion, + ine), cinnabar-colored ; bright red ; vermilion. 



CINNAMO'MEOUS, CINNAMON (cinnamomeus, cinnamominus) , a light reddish-browu 

 color, like the inner surface of cinnamon bark. 



CINNAMON-RUFOUS (cinnamomeo-rufus) , rufous with a tinge of cinnamon. (Burnt si- 

 enna + r &w umber -f- light red -+- white.) 



CIR'CINATE (circinatus, pp. circinare, to make round), disposed in a circle; circular, 

 coiled like a shepherd's crook. 



CIRCUMSCIS'SILE (circumscissus, pp. of circumscindere, cut about), opening or dividing 

 by a transverse circular line ; applied to a mode of dehiscence in some fruits. 



CIT'RINE, CIT'REOUS, CIT'RINOUS (citrus, a lemon or citron), lemon-yellow colored. 



CLATH'RATE, CLATH'ROID (clathratiis, Gr. a lattice), latticed. 



CLA'VATE, CLAV'IFORM (clavatus, <^clava, a club), club-shaped, gradually thickened 

 towards the top. 



CLAY COLOR (lutescens, luteolus, hitosus, argillaceus') , a dull light brownish-yellow 

 color, nearly intermediate between yellow ocher and Isabella color. 



CLEIS'TOCARP, CLIS'TOCARP (Gr. that can be closed, + fruit), an ascocarp which is 

 entirely closed, and from which the spores escape by its final rupture. 



CLOSE, packed closely side by side ; said of lamellae when they are close together ; 

 also styled crowded. 



COALES'CENT (coalesceus, ppr. of coalescere, grow together), growing together of sim- 

 ilar parts; coherent. 



COCH'LEATE, COCHLEAR'IFORM (cochleatus, cocleatus, spiral, <^cochlea, coclea, a snail's 

 shell), shaped like a snail shell. 



COHERENT (coherens, ppr. of cohcerere, stick together, cohere), sticking together of 

 similar parts; sometimes used in the sense of connate. 



COLLEN'CHYMA (Gr. glue, + Gr. an infusion), in Geaster, etc., a cartilaginous- 

 gelatinous tissue, hygroscopic and with great capacity for swelling, forming one 

 of the inner layers of the peridiuni; its swelling at maturity causes the outer 

 peridium to burst outward in a stellate manner. 



COLLIC/ULOSE (colliculus, a little hill, dim. of collis, a hill), covered with little hill- 

 like elevations. 



COLLOID (Gr. glue, + semblance), like glue or jelly. 



COLUMEL'LA (columella, a little column), a sterile tissue rising column-like in the 

 midst of the capillitium, serving as a point of insertion for the threads which 

 connect it with the peridiuni in the form of a network. (In Lycoperdacete.) 



CO'MATE, CO'MOSE, CO'MOUS (comatus, hairy, <coma, a hair), furnished with a tuft 

 of silky hairs ; hairy. 



COM'PLANATE (complanatus, pp. of complanare, make plane or plain), flattened ver- 

 tically to a. level surface above and below. 



COMPRESSED / (compressa, fern, of compressus, pp. of comprimere, compress), flattened 

 laterally. 



CONCATENATE (con, together, + catenare, link, chain, <catena, a chain), linked to- 

 gether in a chain. 



CONCAVE' (concavits, hollow, arched, vaulted; com, together, + cavus, hollow), hav- 

 ing a rounded, incurved surface. 



CONCEN'TRIC (con, together; centrum, center), having a common center, as a series 

 of rings, one within another. 



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