Glossary 



CINEREOUS, CINERA'CEOUS (cinereus, cineraceus) , ash-gray; a light bluish-gray color, 



lighter than plumbeous. 



CIN'NABARINE (cinnabar, vermilion, + ine), cinnabar-colored; bright red; vermilion. 

 CINNAMO'MEOUS, CINNAMON (cinnamomeus, cinnamominus) , a light reddish-brown 



color, like the inner surface of cinnamon bark. 



CINNAMON-RUFOUS (cinnamomeo-rufus) , rufous with a tinge of cinnamon. (Burnt si- 

 enna + raw umber -f- light red + white.) 

 CIR'CINATE (circinatus, pp. circinare, to make round), disposed in a circle; circular, 



coiled like a shepherd's crook. 

 CIRCUMSCIS'SILE (circumscissus, pp. of circumscindere, cut about), opening or dividing 



by a transverse circular line; applied to a mode of dehiscence in some fruits. 

 CITRINE, CIT X REOUS, CIT'RINOUS (citrus, a lemon or citron), lemon-yellow colored. 

 CLATH'RATE, CLATH'ROID (clathratus, Gr. a lattice), latticed. 

 CLA'VATE, CLAV / IFORM (clavatus, <clava, a club), club-shaped, gradually thickened 



towards the top. 

 CLAY COLOR (lutescens, luteolus, lutosus, argillaceus) , a dull light brownish-yellow 



color, nearly intermediate between yellow ocher and Isabella color. 

 CLEIS'TOCARP, CLIS'TOCARP (Gr. that can be closed, + fruit), an ascocarp which is 



entirely closed, and from which the spores escape by its final rupture. 

 CLOSE, packed closely side by side ; said of lamellae when they are close together ; 



also styled crowded. 



COALES / CENT (coalescens, ppr. of coalescere, grow together), growing together of sim- 

 ilar parts; coherent. 

 COCH'LEATE, CocHLEAR'iFORM (cochleatus, cocleatus, spiral, <^cochlea, coclea, a snail's 



shell), shaped like a snail shell. 

 COHE'RENT (coherens, ppr. of cohcerere, stick together, cohere), sticking together of 



similar parts; sometimes used in the sense of connate. 



COLLEN / CHYMA ( Gr. glue, -f- Gr. an infusion), in Geaster, etc., a cartilaginous- 

 gelatinous tissue, hygroscopic and with great capacity for swelling, forming one 

 of the inner layers of the peridium ; its swelling at maturity causes the outer 

 peridium to burst outward in a stellate manner. 



COLLIC'ULOSE (colliculus, a little hill, dim. of collis, a hill), covered with little hill- 

 like elevations. 



COL'LOID (Gr. glue, + semblance), like glue or jelly. 



COLUMEL'LA (columella, a little column), a sterile tissue rising column-like in the 

 midst of the capillitium, serving as a point of insertion for the threads which 

 connect it with the peridium in the form of a network. (In Lycoperdacese.) 

 CO'MATE, CO'MOSE, CO'MOUS (comatus, hairy, <coma, a hair), furnished with a tuft 



of silky hairs; hairy. 



COM'PLANATE (complanatus , pp. of complanare, make plane or plain), flattened ver- 

 tically to a level surface above and below. 

 COMPRESSED / (compressa, fern, of compressns, pp. of comprimere, compress), flattened 



laterally. 



CONCATENATE (con, together, + catenare, link, chain, <caena, a chain), linked to- 

 gether in a chain. 



CONCAVE' (concavits, hollow, arched, vaulted ; com, together, + cams, hollow), hav- 

 ing a rounded, incurved surface. 



CONCENTRIC (con, together; centrum, center), having a common center, aa a series 

 of rings, one within another. 



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