Coe&ospecias 



Coralline 



combinations in a genotype com- 

 pound (Holmberg). 

 Coe'nosiam {Koit>6s, common), a 

 community of plants, further sub- 

 divided as BlOCOENOSIUM, Iso- 



coENOSiiTM, Permanent ~ and 

 Temporary ^ (Gams). 



Coleoph'ylly {<f>vXXov, a leaf), leaf- 

 sheathing (Druce) ; Coleop'tile, an 

 English form of Coleoptilum. 



Corony, an initial community of two 

 or more species, the sign is -ale, as 

 " Hordeale " (Clements). Corony, 

 Mo'tile, an associated group of 

 algae, not fixed to one place ; 

 Palmelloid ^, in form recalling 

 Palmella Lyngb. Col'onies, pi. add, 

 (2) of bacteria grown in plate 

 culture from a single bacterium 

 (Conn). 



•■coins, Clepients's suffix for habitat 

 forms, classically — cola. 



Columeria, add, (6) the central 

 column in the pollen-chamber of 

 the apex of the megasporangium 

 of a cycad (Jeffrey). 



coma'lius (Mod. Lat.) having comal 

 tufts (Dixon). 



Commu'nities, pi. grouping of plants, 

 they may be fi'nal ~, init'ial '^, 

 or transit'ional '-- (Warming) ; c/. 

 Clan. 



Compatibil'ity (L. Lat. compatibilis), 

 botanically means capable of self- 

 fertilisation ; adj. compatible, fer- 

 tile. 



Compensa'tion-strand {compensatio, 

 weighing), in Saccoloma Kavdf., 

 strands given ofiE by the inner ring 

 of the stele, connecting with outer 

 ring (Bower). 



Complementa'tion [complementum, fill- 

 ing up), division of a phyllome, each 

 portion acting as a complete whole 

 (Penzig) : Complementary Asso- 

 cia'tion, where competition is 

 avoided by the various species 

 rooting at different depths, and 

 coming to the surface at various 

 times of the year (Woodhead). 



Com'plex {complexus, comprise), or 

 Forma'tion '^, a higher grade than 

 formation in respect of plants 



(Waterman); ~ Muta'tion, one 

 with simultaneous changes in 

 several factors in one region of a 

 chromosome (Nilsson-Ehle). 



Conductive Hy'phae, those which in 

 dry-rot convey moisture. 



Con'dyle, add, (3) the basal granule of 

 Gymnodiniaceae (Dangeard). 



Cone-scale, the peculiar cone of Cheiro- 

 strobus Scott (Benson). 



Conif'erophyte, a coniferous plant, or 

 one akin to Coniferae. 



conioph'ilons {kovis, dust; <jn\4<t>, I 

 love), applied to lichens which 

 benefit by dust (Semander) ; Co- 

 nidlospores pi. (-f Spoke), non- 

 sexual spores in Peronosporeae. 



Conlngant {conjugo, I unite), a sexual 

 individual of two conjugating, 

 partial karyogamy; Conjuga'tion, 

 total karyogamy. 



Conjnnc'tion (conjunctio, union), the 

 pairing of two imivalent spiremes 

 to become the heterotype chromo- 

 some (Digby) ; conjunc'tus when 

 antheridia and oogonia of Characeae 

 are at the same nodes. 



Connective Flaps, vestigial imbricat- 

 ing laminae in gymnospermic cones 

 (Church). 



conni'ving, Herbert's term for con- 

 nivent. 



Conodrymlum {bpufios, a wood); 

 Conophorlum (^ope'co, I bear), 

 synonyms of Conisilvae. 



Con'sere, cf. Cosere. 



conspeciflc, -cue (Mod. Lat.) belonging 

 to the same species ; Con'stancy, 

 drawn from the number of times 

 met with in the association in which 

 the plant grows. 



Con'tour, cf. Double Contour ; Cont'- 

 rary Cross, a hybrid with reversed 

 parentage (H. J. Miiller). Con- 

 ver'gence {vergo, I turn), similar 

 results obtained by different 

 methods (Church). 



coprophytlc (^urdv, a plant) ; copro- 

 zolc {^<i>ov, an animal), terms for 

 flagellates growing in faecal matter 

 or the alimentary canal. 



Cor'alline, applied to the roots of 

 cycads, due to root-nodules. 



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