GLOSSARY 315 



-are (locative suffix), suffix denoting a community. 



aspect (^aspedus, appearance), the seasonal impress of a formation, e.g., the 

 spring aspect. 



association, the arrangement of individuals in vegetation. 



atmometer (dr/xos, vapor), an instrument for measuring evaporation. 



atropurpureus, dark purple. 



atrovirens, dark green. 



autochore (auro?, self), motile plants, or those with motile spores; autoch- 

 thonous {-jiBisiv, ground), native. 



avellaneus, drab. 



barrier, a physical or biological obstacle to migration or ecesis. 



bathyphyti'um (ftadv<;, low), a lowland plant formation. 



blastochore (/SAaori;, growth), a plant distributed by offshoots. 



-bole (/3oXrj, a throw), combining term for propulsion; bolochore, a plant dis- 

 tributed by propulsion. 



broti'um (j3poT6<i, mortal), a succession caused by man; brotochore, a plant 

 distributed by man. 



caeruleus, pale blue. 



caesius, eye-blue. 



camni'um (xa/Avw, cultivate), a succession due to cultivation. 



carphospore (Ka/3</)os, scale), a plant with disseminules possessing a scaly or 



chafiy pappus. 

 carpostrote (Kapiros, fruit), a plant migrating by means of fruits. 

 centrospore (Kivrpov, spur), a plant with spiny disseminules. 

 chalici'um (-^dXi^, gravel), a gravel slide formation; chalicad, a gravel slide 



plant. 

 cheradi'um (x^paBos, a sandbar), a wet sandbar formation cheradad, a wet 



sandbar plant. 

 chersi'um (-xepa-os, dry barren waste), a dry waste formation; chersad, plant 



of a dry waste. 

 chioni'um (xiw", wos, snow), a snow formation; chionad, a snow plant; 



chionophyti'um, a niveal plant formation. 

 chledi'um (x\rj8o?, rubbish), a ruderal formation; chledad, a ruderal plant. 

 chlorenchym (xAwpos, greenish yellow, hxop^, infusion), the chlorophyll tissue 



of the leaf. 

 -chore (xwpe'w, to spread abroad), combining term to denote agent of migration. 

 chresard (^^p^o-ts, use), the available water of the soil, the physiological water- 

 content. 

 clitochore (k\6tos, slope), a plant distributed by gravity. 



