Cellulose 



ceraceous 



Lichens, the fungine of Braconnot ; 

 ParaceU'uloses, the cellular tissue 

 and epidermal cells of leaves ; 

 Pectocell'uloses, composed of pectic 

 acids and cellulose, such as the puri- 

 fied bast of Russian flax. Other 

 modifications are named but not 

 characterised by Messrs Cross and 

 Bevan in their work "Cellulose," 

 1895, as Cuto-, Hydra-, Hydro-, 

 Muco-, Nitro-, Pseudo - celluloses. 

 Fung'us-ceirulose = CHITIN j Re- 

 serve ~ , cellulose which is stored up 

 as a food-supply ; cellulo'so-plic'ate, 

 folded so as to form small cells 

 (Phillips) ; Cellulo'side, a mixture 

 of cellulose and pectose, compos- 

 ing the primitive cell-wall (Green). 



Cement' -Disk, the retinaculum in 

 Orchids. 



Cementa'tion, union of the membranes 

 of hyphae by a slip of cementing 

 substance, concrescence; in German, 

 Verklebung. 



Cenanth'y (KCVOS, empty, at>6os, a 

 flower), suppression of the stamens 

 and pistils, leaving the perianth 

 empty. 



ceno'biar, cenobio'neus, cenobionar'is, 

 Ceno'bium, see COENOBIAB, etc. 



cenogenet'ic (KCWS, void, yeverrjp, a 

 parent), secondary (Crozier). 



centifo'lious (centum, a hundred ; 

 folium, a leaf), literally having a 

 hundred leaves ; actually, more than 

 can be readily counted ; Centi- 

 metre, Centime' trum, .3937 of an 

 English inch, roughly, Mhs. 



cen'tral (centrum, the middle), relat- 

 ing to the centre of a body ; ~ Cell, 

 of the archegonium, that in the 

 venter from which the oosphere, 

 and ventral canal-cell arise ; ~ 

 Cord, a series of cells in the leaves 

 and other parts of Mosses, which 

 simulates a vessel ; ~ Cylinder, in 

 stems and roots the portion within 

 the endodermis ; Cent're, in Dia- 

 toms, the middle point of the 

 pervalvar axis ; cent'ric, in the 

 middle ; centrifugal (fugo, I flee), 

 tending outwards or developing 

 from the centre outwards ; centri- 



p'etal (peto, I seek), developing 

 towards the centre from without ; 

 Centrogen'esis (yevevis, beginning), 

 the rotate or peripheral type of 

 form assumed by plants (L. H. 

 Bailey); adj. centrogen'ic ; cf. 



DlPLEUEOGENESIS. 



Cent'ron (Kcvrpov, a sharp point), in 

 compounds = Spur. 



Cent'rum (Lat.), the centre of a solid 

 body ; Cent'rosome (o-w^ct, body), 

 minute bodies believed to have 

 directive influence in nuclear di- 

 vision ; the central particle of 

 the centrosphere ; Cent'rospheres 

 (<r<j>cupa, a sphere), two small 

 colourless bodies near the nucleus, 

 imbedded in the cytoplasm, having 

 a centrosome in each ; centroxyl'ic 

 (v\oj/, wood), referring to Centrox'- 

 yly, centrifugal primary woody 

 structure (Van Tieghem). 



Cent'ury (centuria, a hundred), in sets 

 of dried plants, each hundred is 

 styled a century. 



cepa'ceous, -ceus (cepa, an onion), 

 having the taste or smell of garlic, 

 alliaceous. 



Cephalanth'ium J (ice^aX^, a head, 

 &vdos, a flower), the capitulum or 

 head of composites, anthodium ; 

 Cepha'lium, a woody enlargement 

 at the apex of the stem in some 

 Cacteae, from which the flowers 

 appear ; ceph'alodine, forming a 

 head (Leighton) ; Cephalo'dium, (1) 

 a knoblike shield as in the genus 

 Scyphophorus ; (2) the capitulum of 

 Composites ; (3) peculiarly shaped, 

 branched or convex outgrowth of a 

 Lichen-thallus, in which algal cells 

 are situated ; (4) a synonym of 

 TUBERCULUM ; ceph'aloid, cepnal- 

 oid'eous, -deus (eldos, resemblance), 

 capitate ; Cephalo'nion Gall, a sac- 

 like gall, joined to the leaf by a 

 narrow neck (Kerner). 



Cepnaloph'orum (0o/>ew, I carry), (1) 

 the receptacle, or (2), the stipe of 

 some Fungi. 



cera'ceous, -eus (cereus, Lat. ), waxy, 

 (1) in appearance, or (2) colour, 

 that of unbleached wax. 



