GLOSSARY. 



Abortive ; not fully developed; im- 

 perfectly formed. 



Acrocarpi ; mosses witli the fruit 

 termiiiai upon the main stem. 



Acinnbiate ; tajier-poiiited. 



Acutate ; sliglitiy pointed. 



Acute ; sliarply pointed, but more 

 or less abruptly. 



Adnate ; joined together; congeni- 

 tally adlierent. 



Alar (cells); those at the basal 

 angles of a leaf. 



Alate ; winged. 



AtulrogynoiiH ; with male and fe- 

 male flowers in the same cluster 

 of leaves. 



Annulus ; the ring of cells between 

 the base of the peristoiiit; or ori- 

 fice of the capsule and the oper- 

 culum. 



Antheridhim, (plural) Antheridia ; 

 clavate oblong vesicles, analogous 

 to the anthers of flowering plants. 



Apical ; at or belonging to the apex. 



Apiculate ; with an abrupt short 

 acute point. 



Apophyaate ; with an apophysis. 



Apojyhysiti ,* an enlargement of the 

 pedicel at the base of the cajjsule. 



Appendiculate (cilia); with small, 

 transverse spurs attached at inter- 

 vals to the margin. 



Arcliegonium, (plural) Archegonia; 

 long-necked vesicles, analogous 

 to the pistils of flowering plants. 



Ai'cuate, or arched; bent like a bow. 



Areolae ; the spaces enclosed with- 

 in the cells of the leaves. 



Areolation ; arrangement and form 

 of the areolie. 



Arlf<(a ; a short bristly awn. 



Aristate ; bearing a short awn. 



Articulate; marked or joined by 

 cross-bars, joints, or articulations. 



Attenuated ; tapering to a slender 

 extremity. 



Auriculate ; furnished with anri- 

 cles or ear-like appendages at the 

 base. 



Autoecious (inflorescence); each 

 flower, male and female, in a 

 separate involucre or cluster of 

 leaves. 



Axil ; the point of imion of the 

 upper side of a leaf with the stem. 



Axillary ; situated in an axil. 



Barren (flower) ; containing anthe- 

 ridia only. 

 Beak ; piolonged narrow tip of the 



operculum. 

 Bifarious ; two-ranked. 

 Bijid ; two-cleft to about the 



middle. 

 Bifurcate ; forking into two 



branches. 

 Bigennnate ; doubly-paired, or four 



together. 

 Bipartite ; two-paited. 

 Bisexual ; having antheridia and 



archegonia in the same involucre. 



See tiyiioecious. 

 Bistriate ; marked with two parallel 



lines or striae. 



Calyptra; the hood or membranous 

 covering of the capsule and oper- 

 culum. 



Canipanidate ; bell-shaped. 



Cancellate ; latticed; resembling 

 lattice-woik. 



Capitate; having a globose head- 

 like apex. 



Capituluin ; a small head; a close, 

 dense cluster of leaves. 



Capituliforin ; having the form of 

 a small head. 



Capsule ; the fjuit, or case bearing 

 the spores. 



Carinate ; keeled. 



Caulescent ; having a stem. 



Cauline ; growing on or pertaining 

 to the stem. 



Cells, or cellules ; the vesicles com- 

 posing the substance of the leaf 

 or the areolation. 



Cernuous; nodding, with the sum- 

 mit somewhat inclined. 



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