Cinclnnus 



Cirrhus 



sides of the pseudaxis ; <~ Dichot'- 

 omy, in which alternate branches 

 develop ; Cincin'nus (Lat., a curl), 

 applied to a uniparous scorpioid 

 cyme ; the erroneous form CICINNUS 

 is found in some writers. 



cinc'tus (Lat., girded), used of albu- 

 men when surrounded by an 

 annular embryo. 



Cinench'yma (/aj/ew, I move ; tyxvt*a, 

 an infusion), laticiferous tissue ; 

 cinencnym'atous, possessing latex 

 vessels. 



cinera'ceous, -eus (Lat.), somewhat 

 ashy in tint. 



cineras'cens (cinis, cineris, ashes), turn- 

 ing ashy grey ; ciner'eous, -ews(Lat., 

 ashy), the grey of wood ashes ; 

 cineric'ius, cinerit'ious, -ius = CIN- 



EKEOUS. 



Cing'ulum (Lat., a girdle), (1) the 

 neck of a plant, that which is be- 

 tween stem and root, the collum ; 

 (2) the connecting zone, girdle, or 

 hoop of Diatom-frustules. 



Cin'nabar (Kiwdpapi, a red pigment), 

 (1) Dragon's blood, a resinous gum 

 from Daemonorops Draco, Blume, 

 and other plants ; (2) also the colour 

 obtained from it, vermilion j cinna- 

 bari'nus, scarlet. 



cin'namic, or cinnamo'mic, pertaining 

 to cinnamon ; cinnamo'meus (Lat. ), 

 cinnamon colour, a light yellowish 

 brown. 



Ci'on, an old form of SCION. 



Cionosper'meae (/awi^a column, airepfj-a, 

 a seed), plants whose ovules de- 

 velop on a central, more or less 

 columnar placenta, as Olacineae 

 and Santalaceae. 



circa, in Latin compounds = round 

 about. 



cir'cinal, circina'lis (circino, I make 

 round), involute from the tip into 

 a coil ; cir'cinnate, circinna'tus, 

 coiled into a ring or partially so ; 

 sometimes spelled cir'cinate. 



Circulation (circulatio, a revolution), 

 the streaming motion of protoplasm 

 in cells ; cf. ROTATION. 



circumax'ile, circumaxi'lis (circum, 

 round; axis, an axle), surrounding a 



central axis which separates when 

 the fruit splits open ; circumcinc'tus 

 (Lat), girded round ; Circumciss'ion 

 (circumcisus, cut around), (1) Blair's 

 term for ringing fruit trees ; (2) cut 

 round as the apothecia of some 

 Lichens ; circumferen'tial (Lat. , 

 circumferentia), relating to the 

 circumference ; Circumlat'eralism 

 (latus, lateris, a side), the tendency 

 in plant phylogeny to develop a 

 circular arrangement of parts (L. 

 H. Bailey) ; circumnu'tate (nuto, I 

 nod), the movements of the growing 

 points of plants round the axis ; 

 Circmnnuta'tion, the phenomenon 

 of the apical portions of stem, 

 tendril, root, turning to various 

 quarters of the compass ; Circum- 

 posit'io (positus, placed), a layer, or 

 branch laid into the earth to root, 

 whilst still connected with the 

 parent stock ; circumsciss'ile, cir- 

 cumscissi'lis, circumsciss'us (scindo, 

 scissus, to split), dehiscing as if cut 

 circularly around, as in the capsule 

 of Anagallis ; Circumscrip'tion 

 (scribo, scriptum, to write), (1) the 

 outline of any organ ; (2) the defini- 

 tion of a form or group of forms, aa 

 of species, genera, orders; circumse'- 

 piens (sepes, a hedge), surrounding, 

 as a protection ; circumsepien'tia 

 fo'lia, is used by de Candolle for 

 leaves which surround the stem, as 

 if to protect the young growth ; 

 circummedulTary (medulla, the 

 spinal marrow), a proposed emenda- 

 tion of " perimedullary. " 

 cir'rhate, cirra'tus, cirrha'tus, cirr- 

 ha'lis, (cirrhuSyQ, tendril), tendrilled, 

 or assuming the functions of a ten- 

 dril ; cirrhiferous (fe.ro, I bear), 

 producing tendrils ; cirrh'iform, 

 cirrhiform'is (forma, shape), appar- 

 ently a tendril; Cirrho'sitas, the 

 state of possessing tendrils ; cirrh'- 

 ose, cirrh'ous, cirrho'sus, (1) ten- 

 drilled, (2) with a wavy hair- 

 point (Braithwaite) ; Cirrh'us, since 

 Linnaeus, used for a tendril, 

 a filiform organ of attachment, 

 modified from a leaf, stipule, or 



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