3l6 GLOSSARY 



clysi'um (kXvo-is, a flooding), a succession in a flooded soil. 



-colus (koAos, dwelling in), combining term for habitat forms. 



community, a mixture of the individuals of two or more species, a group of 

 families. 



comospore (Kcfirj, hair) a plant with hairy or silky disseminules. 



competition, the relation between plants occupying the same area, and depend* 

 ent upon the same supply of physical factors. 



consocies, that subdivision of a formation controlled by a facies. 



copious, used of species in which the individuals are arranged closely but 

 uniformly. 



coryphi'um {Kopv^rj, peak), an alpine meadow formation; coryphad, an al- 

 pine meadow plant. 



creatospore {Kpia<:, aros, meat), a plant with nut fruits. 



cremni'um (Kpr)fjLv6<s, crag, clifT), a cliff formation; cremnad, a cliff plant. 



creni'um ( Kptjvrj, spring), a spring formation; crenad, a spring plant. 



crymi'um (k^v/x-os, frost), a polar barren formation; crymad, a polar plant; 

 crymophytic, pertaining to polar plants. 



crystaliochore (KpvWaXAoj, ice), a plant distributed by glaciers. 



cyaneus, azure. 



cyriodoche (/cuptos, regular), a normal succession. 



dendri'um (ScVSpa, fruit trees), an orchard formation; dendrad, an orchard 

 plant. 



derived, coming from other formations or regions, not native. 



diphotic (8i-. two), the two surfaces unequally lighted; diphotophyll, a leaf dif- 

 ferentiated into palisade and sponge tissues owing to unequal illumination. 



diplophyll (SittXoos, two-fold), an isophotic leaf with water-itorage cells in the 

 middle. 



disseminula (semen, seed), a seed fruit modified for migration. 



dissophyte (8to-o?. double), a plant with xerophytic leaves and stems, and 

 mesophytic roots. 



-doche (^xv, succession), succession. 



drimi'um (Spifivs, biting, pungent), an alkaline habitat, and the corresponding 

 formation; drimad, a plant of such a formation. 



driodi'um (S/oibs, thicket), a dry thicket formation; driodad, plant of a dry 

 thicket. 



dys^eogenous (8vi-, bad, y^, soil), weathering with difficulty to form soil. 



ecad (oUoi, home), a habitat form due to origin by adaptation; ece'sis (oik^o-i?, 

 act of coming to be at home), the germination and establishment of in- 

 vaders; ecograph, an instrument for Ineasuring a physical factor of a 

 habitat; ecotone (tovo, tension), the tension line between two zones, for- 

 mations, consocies, etc. 



