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Synoicous or synaxious, having the male and female organs 

 mixed together in the same cluster. ( Fig. 21.) 



TERMS I SED IN THE DESCRIPTION OF THE GAMETOl'H VTE, EXCLUSIVE OF 

 THOSE ALREADY DEFINED. 



CcESpitose, forming matted tufts or cushions ; e. g. Leucobryuin. 



Canescent, rather hoary; e. g. Ra- 

 comitrium canescens. 



Central strand. The middle of many 

 moss stems is made up of a bundle of 

 much narrower and more slender cells, 

 known as the "central strand." (Fig. 24.) 

 This is usually continuous with the mid- 

 rib or costa of the leaves, much after the 

 manner of the vascular bundles in the 

 higher plants. 



Capittiluni, a rounded head. 



Coma or comal tuft, a tuft of leaves at the top of a stem or 

 branch. 



Confervoid, formed of tine threads. 



Fascicle, a bunch or cluster of 

 leaves or branches. 



Fascictilate, arranged in bunches 

 Fastigiate, of branches, all 

 reaching an equal height (Fig. iS). 

 Flagella, tine string-like branch- 

 es; e. g. Dkranum flagellare. 



GcmmcE, bud like bodies, capa- 

 ble of reproducing the plant. 

 Sometimes borne in special heads, 

 sometimes on the surface of the 

 leaves. (Fig. 25.) 



Getmniferous or Geinmlparous, 

 bearing gemma'. 



Gregarious, growing near to- 

 gether or clustered, but not in close 

 tufts or mats. 

 Hygroscopic, readily absorbing water and thereby altered in 

 form or direction. 



Julaceous, smooth, slender and cylindric; like a catkin or a 



worm. 



