conical 



Connubiom 



having the figure of a cone, as the 

 carrot. 



conid'ian [kovis, dust), referring to 

 conidia; conld'ioid {fUos, resem- 

 blance), like conidia in form or 

 function (W. G. Smith) ; conidiif er- 

 ous {<pop4(t), I carry), bearing 

 Conidia ; Conid'iophore, Conidioph'- 

 ora = GoNlDioPHORE; the organ 

 which produces Conidia in the 

 Hyphomycetes and Phycomycetes 

 (Saccardo); Conidlospore (inropa, a 

 seed) = CoNiDiUM ; Conid'ium (pi. 

 Conidia)=GoNiDiA ^ Con'ids, simpli- 

 fication proposed by Bennett and 

 Murray for Conidia. 



Conif erin [conus, a cone ; fero, I bear), 

 a glucoside derived from coniferous 

 wood; coniferous, producing or 

 bearing cones, as many Gymno- 

 sperms; co'niform {forma, shape) = 

 conical ; Conifrutice'ta, pi. ( + 

 Fruticeium), forests composed of 

 or dominated by coniferous shrubs. 



Coni'in, Cone 'in, the same as Conia. 



Coniligno'sa, pi. {conus, a cone; 

 lignosus, woody), dominated by 

 trees and shrubs with typical needle- 

 like foliage. 



Coniocyst', Coniocyst'a {k6vis, dust ; 

 KvcTTis, a bag), a closed sporangium 

 resembling a tubercle, containing a 

 mass of spores ; Coniotjie'ca I [d-nKV, 

 case), the loculus of an anther. 



Conisil'vae, pi. conns, a cone (+ Silva), 

 coniferous forests. 



Con'joint Bun'dle, a vascular bundle 

 when it is composed of wood and 

 bast elements. 



con'jugate, conjuga'tus (Lat., united), 

 coupled ; as a }»innate leaf, of two 

 leaflets ; ~ Spi'rals, whorled leaves 

 so arranged as to give. two or more 

 genetic spirals running j-arallel with 

 each other; Conjuga'ting Tubes, 

 long processes emitted by the fer- 

 tilized trichophore in certain Algae, 

 which unite with the auxiliary 

 cells (Osterhout); Conjuga'tion, (!) 

 the fusion of sexual elements, the 

 union of two gametes to form a 

 zygote, used especially when the two 

 gametes are similar, as in some 



conjunc'tive 



serving to 

 applied by 

 which the 



Algae and Fungi ; (2) the temporary 

 and incomplete fusion of two indivi- 

 duals (Hartmann) ; ^ Canal', an open 

 tube formed between the conjugation 

 cells (gametes) of certain Algae (F. 

 Blackman and Tansley) ; — Tubes = 

 Conjugating Tubes, various kinds 

 of, as cross ~, when some cells in 

 a given algal filament are active, and 

 others passive; lat'eral ~, when it 

 takes pla«e cell by cell ; scala'riform 

 ~, when the entire filament is con- 

 cerned; ~ -Cell=GAMETE; conjuga'- 

 to-palm'ate, when a leaf divides 

 into two arms, each of which is 

 palmate. 



{conjunct Ivits, joined), 

 unite ; - Symbio'sis^ 

 Frank to those (ases in 

 symbioiits are so inti- 

 mately blended as to form apparently 

 a single body; ~ Tliread8= Spindle 

 Fibres; '- Tis'sue, the fundamental 

 tissue or ground tissue interior to 

 the stele; Conjunctor'ium J, the 

 operculum of a Moss. 



conna'cian, used by Praeger for plants 

 chiefly growing in Connaught. 



connas'cent {con, with ; nascor, to be 

 born), produced at the same time 

 (Crozier). 



con'nate, conna'tus (Lat., born at the 

 same time), united, congenitally or 

 subsequently ; con'nate-perfo'liate, 

 imited at the base in pairs around 

 the supporting axis. 



Connect'ing {conncctus, fastened to- 

 gether) Cell = Hetekocyst; '- Tis'- 

 sue, a special colourless tissue ad- 

 joining the veins of some leaves 

 (Soleneder) ; ~ Zone, the " hoop " or 

 girdle connecting the valves of a 

 Diatom frustule ; Connect'ive, Coii- 

 nccti'vum, the portion of a stamen 

 distinct from the filament which 

 connects the two lobes of an anther ; 

 connectiva'lis, having to do with the 

 connective. 



conni'vent, conni'vcns (Lat,, winking), 

 coming into contact or converging. 



Connu'bium (Lat., wedlock), the stage 

 of protoplasmic coalescence in the 

 conjugation of filamentous Algae. 



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