Conocarpium 



Continuity 



Conooarplnm (kHvos, a cone : Kapwhs 

 fruit), an aggregate fniit consisting 

 of many fruits on a conical re- 

 ceptacle, as the strawberry ; co'- 

 noid {fUos, resemblance), cone-like ; 

 conoid'al, conoida'lis, resembliug a 

 conical figure, but not truly one, 

 as the calyx of Silene coiwidca, 

 Linn. 



conop'eus {K<t)vu}^, K<t)vwKos, a gnat), a 

 correction of conopseits, gnat-like, 

 as in Hahenaria conopsea ; cf. Gras, 

 in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. ix. (1862), pp. 

 333-334. 



Conophor'ium {Kwvo<p6pos, cone-beai- 

 ing), a coniferous forest ; conopho 

 roph'ilous {<piK4w, I love), dwelling 

 in coniferous forests ; Conophoro- 

 phy'ta {(purhu, a plant), coniferous 

 forest plants (Clements). 



Conopodlum {kuvos, a cone ; novs, 

 iFod6s, a foot), a conical floral re- 

 ceptacle. 



Conostro^ma + {arpufia, spread out) 

 Endlicher's term for a growing 

 point, constituting a free central 

 placenta. 



Conserv'ative Or'gans {coiiscrvcUio, a 

 keeping), those which are employed 

 in nutrition, as root, stem, leaves. 



consim'ilar {conshnilis, entirely alike), 

 applied to the valves .of a Diatom, 

 when both sides are alike ; Con- 

 simiritude, resemblance of the two 

 valves, unequal but sijnilar, of the 

 Epitheca and Hypotheca. 



Consocia'tion {consociatio, union), a 

 group formed by Consoc'ies (Lat. ), 

 used by Clements in the sense of As- 

 sociation ; Consocie'tum ( + etum), 

 an association. 



consol'idated {consolido, I make firm) ; 



(1) when unlike parts are coherent ; 



(2) Crozicr adds, having a small 

 surface in proportion to bulk, as 

 many Cacti. 



Con'sortism {consors, sharing pro- 

 perty), Reinke's term for Symbiosis. 



Consor'tium (Lat., fellowsliij)), (1) the 

 relations of Lichen life (Keinke) • 

 (2) the intimate association or felt- 

 ing of certain algal vegetation (F. E. 

 Fritsch). 



con'stant {constans^ steadfast;, in the 



same condition, or always present. 

 Constella'tion (Lat., coyistellatio, a star- 

 cluster), employed by Pfeffer for the 

 aggregate of conditions regulating 

 the vital mechanism, e. g. of the 

 protoplast. 

 con'stipate {constipatio, crowding to- 

 gether), crowded or massed together. 

 constrict'ed {constrictua, compressed), 



drawn together, contracted. 

 Constric'tion {constrictio, binding to- 

 gether), the narrowest portion of 

 Diatoms and Desmids seen from the 

 side. 

 Constnict'ive Metab'olism = Assimi- 

 lation. 

 consu'tus (Lat., stitched together), 

 when parts are united by a mem- 

 brane of threads. 

 Contabesc'ence {contabesco, to waste 

 away), the abortive condition of 

 stamens and pollen. 

 con'tact {contactus, touching) Cy'cles, 

 individual members of a phyllotac- 

 tic system overlapping to form 

 continuous investments of the axis 

 (Church) ; -^ Lines = Pakasticuies ; 

 '-' Parasticli'ies is a synonym ; --' 

 Pres'sures, those between growing 

 primordia in a Coxcentuation 

 system. 

 conta'gious {cmitagio, touch), used of 

 diseases when communicable by 

 touch ; cf. infectious. 

 contemato'sus X (deriv. ?) covered by 

 an armature between bristly and 

 aculeate (Lindley). 

 conter'minous {coyiteriiiinus, neighl)our- 



ing), of e([ual boundaries. 

 Con'text {contextus, woven together), 

 employed by Murrill for the flesh 

 of Fungi ; contex'tus = Tissue. 

 contig'uous, coiitiy'uus (Lat., adjoin- 

 ing), when neighbouring parts arc 

 in contact, as most cotyledons. 

 contin'gent {contingens, toucliing) 

 Symbio'sis, see Symbiosis ; in (Jer., 

 Kauni parasitism us. 

 contin'uous {continuus, running on), 

 the reverse of interrupted ; also used 

 for asrptaie ; Continu'ity, uninter- 

 rupted connection. 



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