308 GLOSSARY. 



Cuspidate (leaf): furnished with a somewhat lengthened and 



rigid point. 

 Dentate (leaf): furnished with minute teeth; denticulate is a 



diminutive. 

 Diaphanous (leaf): thin and transparent. 

 Dimidiate (calyptra) : cleft longitudinally on one side. 

 Excurrent (nerve of leaf) : extending beyond flat surface of leaf 



by its apex. 

 Falcate (leaf) : curved in the way of a sickle or pruning-hook. 

 Fimbriated (leaf or capsule) : fringed in a greater degree than 



"ciliate" leaves. 

 Flexuous (leaf or stem) : twisted in an irregular manner. 

 Geminate (teeth of peristome) : arranged in pairs. 

 Gibbous (capsule) : having the appearance of being swollen. 

 Glabrous (leaf and stem) : free from roughness. 

 Imbricated (leaves): overlapping each other. 

 Involute, rolled inwards. 



Laeiniate (leaf) : cut at margin into narrow sti'ips. 

 ligulate (leaf) : in the form of a tongue or strap. 

 Mueronate (leaf): with a more decided point than "apiculate;" 



mucronulate is a diminutive. 

 Oblong (leaf) : three or foixr times longer than broad, a term used 



with considerable latitude. 

 Ohovate (leaf): the ovate leaf reversed, having the narrow end 



attached to stem. 

 Ovate (leaf and capsule) : egg-shaped, broad and rounded at the 



base, and tapering towards the extremity. 



