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GLOSSARY. 



The Frond. 



Frond, is employed to signify all parts of a sea-weed except 

 the root, and, in some cases, the stem, when it is very 

 distinct from the other parts of the plant. 



The Trond may be 



Bifid, cleft into two segments ; Bilohed, divided into two 

 lobes ; Bicliotomous, regukirly and repeatedly cleft in 

 two, as in Biciyota dicJiotoma ; Furcate, forked. 



Capillary, slender, hair-like, as in the Conferva. 



Compressed, flattened laterally, as in Ent. comjoressa. 



Constricted, drawn together as if tied, at intervals, as in 

 Chorda lomentaria. 



Continuous, without interruption, prolonged. 



Convolute, rolled together ; hivolute, rolled inwards ; Revo- 

 lutCf rolled backwards. 



