Brigalow 



Caryophyta 



Brig'alow Scrab, formed chiefly of 

 Acacia harp<yphylla F. Mueii. 



Bfochone'ma {^poxosy a loop; v^,ua, 

 a thread), the stage of nuclear 

 division in which the spireme is 

 regularly looped in number corre- 

 sponding to those of the chromo- 

 some pairs (Gates). 



Brome'tum, an association of Bromus 

 Linn. 



Bronz'ing, a form of sun-scorch, due 

 to want of moisture in the soil, or 

 defect in root-action during hot, 

 dry periods (Harshberger). 



Bol'bil, add, (c), spore-balls of Uro- 

 cystis, Rab. etc. (Hobson). 



Bulbo-gemma, bulbil (BischofF). 



bol'ging, in old writers for gibbous. 



Bolk-ra'tio, " the ratio of the diameter 

 of the axis to that of the primordium 

 arising on it " (Church). 



Bunch, Withering's term for raceme. 



Buttresses, plank-like growths at 

 the base of certain trees. 



Bnze'tum, an association of Buxus 

 Linn. 



By-fruit, an unusual form of fruit 

 (Van de Walk). 



Ca'ble Type, " consolidated filament- 

 ous soma " (Church). 



Cakile'tum, an association of CaJcile 

 Linn. 



Calamagrostide'tnm, the same of 

 Calamagrostis Adans., shortened 

 by Clements to Calamagroste'tnm. 



cal'amoid, long slender elastic stems 

 as in Calamus Linn. 



cal'cipete (peto, I seek), seeking chalky 

 soils (Driice). 



oallolyt'ic (-f Callus, AuVi?, a loos- 

 ing), S. Moore's term for a ferment 

 which dissolves callus from sieve- 

 plates. 



Cal'los, add, (2) definitive ~ or fl'nal 

 '->', shows dissolution of the func- 

 tional elements of the phloem ; 

 sea'sonal ~, temporary callus. 

 Cal'lus Pads, that deposited on the 

 sieve-plates of algae (Sykes) ; ~ 

 Rods, that which passes through 

 the apertures of sieve-tubes (Sykes 

 afterw. Thoday) ; Harshberger 



divides the various kinds, as 

 ~ heteroplas'ia, heteroplastic tissue 

 formed; ~ homooplas'ia, from 

 wound-stimuli ; '^ hypert'rophy, 

 abnormal growth with voluminous 

 vesicles ; ^ metaplas'ia, from 

 metaplastic change of the cells 

 affected. 



cal'ycled, having a whorl of bracts 

 exterior to the true calyx. 



campannla'ceons, belonging to Cam- 

 -panula Linn. 



Cam'pine, African Congo savannah 

 (Warming). 



Cafi'on (Span, a hollow), or Can'yon, 

 a deep gorge worn by water, 

 between high and steep banks. 



Carbohydra'ses, carbohydrate-split- 

 ting enzymes. 



Cardamine'tnm, an association of 

 Cardainine Linn. 



Carice'tum, pi. -ta associations of Carex 

 Linn, as ~ infla'tae, of Carex 

 inflata Huds., ~ semper viren'tis, of 

 Carex sempervirens ViU,, cf. Stbic- 

 TETUM; other sections are Mag'no- ~, 

 and Par'vo — , of large or small 

 species (Warming). 



cari'nal {carina, a keel) Air Spa'ces, 

 cavities in the fibro-vascular strands 

 of Equisetum by the ridges (Jeffrey). 



Car'pel, add, (2) a component only 

 of a megasporophyll (H. H. 

 Thomas) ; (7) pseu'do-valve (or 

 semi-sorid ~), with placentae 

 displaced from edges to centre, 

 and double central strand splitting 

 there at maturity (Saunders) 

 sorid ~, of a fibro-vascular cord 

 with a few lateral veins or reticu 

 lations [id.) ; valve (or hollow ~) 

 midrib inconspicuous, with reticu 

 late venation, more or less of leaf 

 shape {id.). 



carposporil'eroos (-f Carposporb, 

 fero, I bear), producing spores in 

 rioridean algae (Philhps); Carpo- 

 spor'ophyte (-f Sporophyte), a 

 plant which bears carpospores. 



Caryomer'ites, pi. {i^epos, a part) = 

 Idiomeres ; they may be mono- 

 chromosomic or polychromosomio 

 (Chodat); Caryophy'ta {(f>vrov, a 



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