complementary 



concinnns 



in the soil to each other (Adamson) ; 

 sea'sonal '-' '-- , when different plants 

 use the same ground at different 

 seasons* 



complete', ccnnjyh'tus (Lat., filled), hav- 

 ing all the parts belonging to it or 

 the type. 



Com'plex (Lat.), interwoven fibres, 

 or group of complicated parts 

 (Crozier)j complex'us (Lat., em- 

 braced), in vernation Avhen a leaf is 

 folded over another at the sides and 

 apex; ~ cellulo'sus (Lat.) = cellu- 

 lar tissue ; '^ membrana'ceus (Lat.), 

 elementary membrane, gi'ound-tissue ; 

 - tubula'ris (Lat.), woody tissue, 

 -xyleni; ~ utricula'ris (Lat.), angular 

 cellular tissue ; ~ vascula'ris (Lat.), 

 spiral vessels, sometimes used for 

 small vessels showing secondary 

 deposits; complexi'vus = com plexus. 



com'plicate, comjolica'tus {complico, I 

 fold together), folded upon itself. 



Composit'ion, mmjyosit'io (Lat., putting 

 together), tlie combination of parts 

 to form the whole, as of subordinate 

 parts to form an organ, or elements 

 to form a substance. 



com'pound, similar parts aggregated 

 into a common whole ; ~ Cor'ymb, 

 one having more than one flower to 

 each branch ; -- Dicha'sium, that iii 

 which the primary axis divides into 

 secondary dichasia ; --' Flow'er, an 

 accumulation of florets as in the 

 Compositae, Anihodium ; -- Fn it, 

 where many distinct carpels are 

 associated, as in the mulberry ; ~ 

 Fun'gus-body, growth -form in which 

 the thallus is constituted by the 

 coherence of separate liyphal rami- 

 fications ; ~ Hairs, branched or rami- 

 fied hairs ; ~ Inflores'cence, where 

 an inflorescence is itself composed 

 of secondary ones ; ~ Leaf, one 

 divided into separate blades ; '-' 

 O'vary, an ovary having more tlian 

 one carpel ; '-' Pis'til, two or more 

 carpels coalescent into one body; 

 ^ Raceme' = Panicle ; '- Spike, 

 occurring frequently on grasses, 

 when the inflorescence is made up 

 of spikes; -^ Spore = Sporujesm ; 



'-' Spor'ophore, formed by cohesion 

 of the ramifications of separate 

 hyphal branches, Ger., Fruchtkor- 

 per ; '-' Stem, one that is branched ; 

 '^ TTm'bel, an association of simple 

 umbels, each ray being itself an 

 umbel. 



compress'ed, comprcss'us (Lat., pressed 

 together), flattened, complanate ; 

 compressis'simus (Lat.), excessively 

 flattened. 



con (Lat., with), modified by euphony 

 frequently into co and com — meaning 

 * ' with " in Latin compounds. 



concat'enate, concatcna'tm (Lat., linked 

 together), joined as links in a chain, 

 as when strings of spores, or frustules 

 of Diatoms are linked together. 



Ooncaulesc'ence {con, with ; cauliSy 

 stem), the coalescence of axes. 



con'cavejCynca'yws (Lat., hollowed out), 

 hollow, as the in.'iide of a saucer. 



con'centrate {con, with ; centrum, 

 centre), to bring to a common 

 centre ; concen'tric, having a com- 

 mon centre ; -^ Bun'dles, where one 

 element -is wholly surrounded by 

 the others, as the xylem by the 

 phloem ; -^ Cells, in Cyanophyceae, 

 destitute of nucleus, and yielding on 

 slight pressure, the cell-walls curved 

 inwards (Kohl) ; ^ Vasc'ular-bun'dle 

 is the same as ^ Bundle; Concen- 

 tra'tion, applied to the growth of 

 Primordia with the bulk remaining 

 constant (Church). 



Concep'tacle, Concepta'culum (Lat., a 

 receptacle), (1) originally used by 

 Linnaeus to express'^oLLiCLE ; (2) 

 afterwards for the fruit of Ascle- 

 piads and Apocyneae ; (3) a hollow 

 case covering tlie sexual organs in 

 some Algae; (4) the peridium of 

 Fungi; (5) the capsule of Mosses; 

 (6) by Medicus, following Jung, 

 used for pericarp; (7) a general 

 expression for a superficial cavity 

 opening outwards, within which 

 reproductive cells are ]>roduced. 



conch'iform, conch i for vi^ is {concha, a 

 shell ; forma, sliape), shaped like 

 the shell of a bivalve. 



coiicin'nus (Lat.), neat, elegant. 



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