Cingulom 



Ciitok 



between stem and root, the colluni ; 

 (2) the connecting zone, girdle, or 

 hoop of Diatom frustules. 



Cin'nabar {KivydBapi, a red pigment), 

 (1) Dragon's blood, a resiuous gum 

 from Daemonorops Draco, Blnme, 

 and other plants ; (2) also the colour 

 obtained from it, vermilion ; cin'na- 

 barine, scarlet- coloured ; cinnabari'- 

 nu8, scarlet. 



cin'namic, or cinnamo'mic, pertaining 

 to cinnamon; cinnamo'meus (Lat.), 

 cinnamon colour, a light yellowish 

 brown. 



Ci'on, an old form of Scion. 



Cionosper'meae(K(w>', a column ; airepfia, 

 a seed), plants whose ovules develop 

 on a central, more or less columnar 

 placenta, as Olacineae and Santa- 

 laceae. 



cir'ca, in Latin compounds = round 

 about. 



cir'cinal, circina'lis {circiiw, I make 

 round), involute from the tip into 

 a coil ; cir'cinnate, circinna'tus, 

 coiled into a ring or partially so; 

 sometimes spelled cir'cinate. 



Cir'cle, Migra'tion {miyratw, change 

 of habitation), movement of mi- 

 gration of plants from a parent 

 individual or group (Clements). 



Circula'tion {circulation a revolution), 

 the streaming motion of protoplasm 

 in cells ; cf. Rotation. 



cixcumax'ile, circuDiax'ilis {circurn, 

 round ; axis, an axle), surrounding a 

 central axis whicli separates when 

 the fruit splits open ; circumcinc'tus 

 (Lat. ), girded round ; Circumciss'ion 

 (circunicissiis, cut around), ( 1 ) Blair's 

 term for ringing fruit trees; (2) cut 

 round, as the apothecia of some 

 Lichens ; circumferen'tial (Lat., cij-- 

 cumfercntia), relating to the circum- 

 ference ; circumflor'al (fios, fluris, a 

 flower), a}»plied to nectaries on the 

 outer side of a Hower, as in Eu- 

 I'HoiJiiiA ; Circumlat'eralism {IuIks, 

 lalcris, a side), the tendency in plant 

 ]»hylogeny to devcloi) a circular 

 arrangement of parts (L, H. Bailey) ; 

 circummedul'lary {medulla, the 

 spinal n)arro\v), a j)ioposed emenda- 



tion of " perimeduUary " ; circurn- 

 nu'tate {nxJUo, I nod), the movements 

 of the growing points of plants 

 round the axis ; Circumnuta'tion, the 

 phenomenon of the apical portions 

 of stem, tendril, root, turning to 

 various quarters of the compass ; 

 circumpo'lar, round the pole, as of 

 arctic or antarctic plants confined 

 to high northern and southern 

 latitudes ; Circamposit'io {positus, 

 placed), a, layer, or branch laid into 

 the earth to root, whilst still con- 

 nected with the parent stock ; cir- 

 cumsciss'ile, circumscisn' His, circuin- 

 sciss'us {sci)ido, sciss^is, to split), 

 dehiscing as if cut circularly around, 

 as in the capsule of Anagallis ; Cir- 

 cumscrip'tion {scriho, scriptum, to 

 write), (1) the outline of any organ ; 

 (2) the definition of a form or group 

 of forms, as of species, genera, 

 orders ; circamse'piens {sepio, I 

 enclose), surrounding, as a protec- 

 tion ; circumsepien'tia fo' Lia, is used 

 by de Caudolle for leaves whicli sur- 

 round the stem, as if to protect the 

 young growth. 



Circumvalla'tion(<:ir«4>nra//a<Ks, walled 

 round), a method of layering, by 

 ringing the stem and siirrounding it 

 with soil kept moist, while the stem 

 continues erect. 



cir'rhate, cirra'tus, cirrha'tus, cirrh- 

 a'lis {cirrus, a tendril), tendrilled, 

 or assuming the functions of a ten- 

 dril ; cirrhif'erous ifcro, I bear), 

 producing tendrils ; cirrh'iforxn, 

 cirrhiforiit'is {forma, shape), appar- 

 ently a tendril ; cirrhig'erous {(jero, 

 1 bear), cirrliiferous (Crozier) ; Cir- 

 rho'sitas, the state of possessing 

 tendrils; cirrh'ose, cirrh'ous, cirrh- 

 o'stis, (1) tendrilled, (2), with a wavy 

 huir-i)oint (Braithwaite) ; Cirrh'us, 

 since Linnaeus, used for a tendril, 

 a filiform organ of attachment, 

 modified from a leaf, stipule, or 

 aborted branch. — The foregoing 

 are frequently spoiled cinif'erous, 

 cirr'ifonn, cirr'ose, Cirr'us, etc. 

 (from cirrus, a curl). 



Cigtel'la, Cis'tula (Lat., a little chest) 



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