GLOSSARY. 



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Rosulate (leaves) ; in a cluster regu- 



laiiy arranged like a rosette. 

 Eurjose; wrinkled. 



Scabrous; rough. 



Scarioiift, or Scariose ; thin, dry, 

 and nicniijranous. 



Seciind; one-sided; turned to one 

 side. 



Se[)ine)i(s; divisions or teeth of the 

 inner peristome. 



Seinitercte; lialf-cylindrical. 



Sf-rrate; liaviag teeth pointing up- 

 ward. 



Serrulate; same as the last, but 

 with siiuill teeth. 



Seta; a bri.-itie; name sometimes 

 applied to the pedicel. 



Setaceous; bristle-like. 



Slieat/i, Slieatliliij; the base of a 

 leaf wrapped around the stem 

 like a sheath. 



Spatulate; shaped like a spatula, 

 narrowly and obtusely ol)i)vate 

 and attcnuite downwar.l. 



Sperniatozoldx; active organized 

 bodies in the antheridia, analo- 

 gous to the pollen of flowering 

 plants. 



Spinulose; thorny ; beset with 

 small spines. 



Sjwran-iiuiii; the spore-ease lining 

 the cavity of the capsule; often 

 applied to the whole capsule. 



Sjiores; the small round bodies con- 

 tained in the capsule, taking the 

 place of seeds. 



Squaiiilfonn; sliaped like a scale. 



Squarrose; spi'eading open widely 

 and abruptly from the axis. 



Sqnarrulose; slightly squarrose. 



Stejocnrpous; having the capsule 

 operculate. 



Stipitate; having a stipe oi* foot- 

 stalk. 



Stipules; appendages at the base of 

 the leaves. 



Stoma, (plural) Stomnta; breath- 

 ing pores, especially seen upon 

 the capsules. 



Stomatose; bearing stomata. 



Striate; marked Mith fine parallel 

 lines or furrows. 



Striolate; diminutive of striate, 

 having very fine striae. 



Strumose; with a struma or goitre- 

 like imsynnnetrical swelling at 

 the base of the capsule. 



Sub-; a jn-efix signifying in a slight 

 degree or s( m°what. 



Subulate; awl-shaped. 



Snlcate; longitudinally grooved. 



Surculus; a leafy upright shoot 

 fiom the rhizoma. 



Si/noecious; having antheridia and 

 archegonia in the same recep- 

 tacle. 



Terete; cylindrical, sometimes ta- 

 pering. 



Tessellate; checkered in little 

 Sfjuares. 



Thallus; confervold filaments in the 

 early stage of the giowth of a 

 moss. See Prothallluni. 



To)iientose; covered with down or 

 soft matted hairs. 



Torulose; knobby, where a cylin- 

 drical body is swollen at inter- 

 vals. 



Trabec.ulate (teeth); with horizon- 

 tal prominent crossbars on the 

 inner face. 



Truncate; ending abruptly, as 

 though cut transversely. 



Tuherclc; a small excrescence. 



Tubulo^e; tubular. 



Tumid; swollen. 



Tumescent; slightly swollen. 



Turbinnte; shaped like a top. 



T}ji)>p!tni/or)ii ; drinn-like, applied 

 to a membrane stretched over the 

 orifice of the capsule. 



Umbonafe; bossed; with a central 



projection like the boss of a 



shield. 

 Uncinate; hook-shaped. 

 Unequal ; not symmetrical. 

 Unilateral; one-sided. 

 Urreolate; contracted nt the orifice; 



shapeil like a pitcher. 

 Utricles; the large colonvl hyaline 



cells of the leaves of Sphagnum. 



Vaginate; sheathed; surrounded 

 by a sheath (vagina). 



Vaginnle; the cellular sheath sur- 

 rounding the base of the pedicel, 

 originally the lower part of the 

 archegonlum. 



Vaguely; without definite' order 

 or direction. 



Vermicular; worm-shaped; tliick- 

 cylindric and curved. 



Verrucose, VeiTUCu lose; beset with 

 small projections like warts. 



Verticil: a whorl. 



Verticillate; wborled. 



Vesiculosc, or Vesicular ; bladdery; 

 formed of vesicles or small air- 

 cavities. 



