coUicnlose 



commensal 



little hill), covered with little round 

 elevations or hillocks. 



coniferous {collum, a collar), bearing 

 a collar, as the stipe of an Agaric ; 

 CoUiform'e (fortna, shape), an osti- 

 ole, the orilice being lengthened into 

 Br neck. 



colliga'tus (Lat., fastened together), 

 collected (S. F. Gray). 



coUi'nus (Lat., appertaining to a hill), 

 growing on low hills. 



coUiques'cent {colliquescere, to become 

 liquid), becoming fluid, dissolving in 

 moisture. 



Col'loids (kSWu, glue ; elSos, resem- 

 blance), substances of a gelatinous 

 character ; opposed to crystalloid ; 

 adj. colloid'al. 



Col'lum (Lat., neck) ; (1) the collar or 

 neck of a plant, see Collar ; (2) 

 the lengthened orifice of the ostiole 

 of Lichens. 



colo'nial (colonia, a band of settlei-s), 

 in cell-division, eveiy cell dependent 

 on the other cells of the organism 

 at large (Hartog) { Coronist, H. C. 

 Watson's term for weeds of the 

 cultivated land and about houses, 

 seldom found elsewhere ; Corony : 

 see CoENOBiUM. Ener'gid --' , Pro'- 

 toplast '-', a temporary union of 

 Meriplasts, the individuality of the 

 Protoplasts not being disturbed 

 (Pirotta). 



colorific {color, colour ; facia, I make), 

 applied to those Lichens which yield 

 a dye. 



Corour, coroured, possessing any tint 

 l)ut gieen, technically white is re- 

 gardeid as a colour, green is not ; 

 corourless, (1) pale, and hyaline ; 

 (2) in Lichens, not brown. 



Colpencli'yma {kSXitos, bosom ; fyxvfia, 

 an infusion), cellular tissue with 

 sinuous cell-walls. 



corubrine [coluhrinus, like a serpent), 

 snake-like in appearance (Heinig). 



Co'lum X (Lat.,a,strainer) =Placenta. 



columbi'nus (Lat.), dove -col oured ; 

 sometimes used for the tint of a 

 blue pigeon. 



Col'umel {coluviella, a small pillar), 

 Jaccard's term for ligniiied tissue 



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formed in place of the fertilized 

 archegonium, bearing at its extrem- 

 ity the privileged embryo, the only 

 one which develops, as in Ephedra 

 helvetica, C. A. Mey. ; Columel'la ; 

 (1) a persistent central axis round 

 which the carpels of some ft-uits are 

 arranged as in Geranium; (2) the 

 axis of the capsule in Mosses ; (3) 

 the receptacle bearing the sporangia 

 of Trichomanes, and other Ferns; 

 (4) the central portion of the anther 

 in Solanaceae (Halsted) ; (5) a sterile 

 axial body within the sporangium 

 of Fungi ; columel'lifonn {forma, 

 shape), shaped like a small pillar 

 or column. 



Cofumn, Colum'na (Lat,, a pillar) ; 

 (1) the combination of stamens and 

 styles into a solid central body, as 

 in Orchids ; (2) the lower, twisted 

 portion of the awn of glasses, not 

 always present (Trimen); colum^nar, 

 columnaWia, having tlie form of a 

 column, as the stamens of Malva ; 

 ^ Crys'tals = Styloids. 



com, in Latin composition, a modifica- 

 tion of coii, with. 



Co'ma (Lat., the hair); (1) the hairs at 

 the end of some seeds ; (2) tlie tuft, 

 at the summit of the inflorescence, 

 as in the pineapple; (3) the entire 

 head of a tree; co'mal Tuft, a tuft 

 of leaves at the tip of a branch ; 

 oo'mate, coma'tus, tufted. 



combina'te-veno'sus % (Lat.), joined 

 veins, when in a leaf the lateral 

 veins unite before reaching the 

 margin. 



combi'ned-Hy'brids, hybrids having the 

 strain of more than two species, as 

 one arising from a simple hybrid + 

 another liybrid or species. 



comb-shaped, pectinate. 



Com'bus, used by S. F. Gray for Corm us, 

 for which it is probably a niisjfrint. 



Com'ites (pi. of comes, a companion), 

 Hegehnaier's term for certain cells 

 occurring in the embryo-sac of 

 Lupinus. 



commen'sal {c^m = con, with ; mevsa, a 

 table), used of two organisms living 

 in mutual beneficent relations, as in 



