cleistocarpous 



Coalitio 



by rupture, a cleistothecium ; cleis- 

 tocarp'ous, applied to those Mosses 

 whose capsules do not open by a 

 lid ; cleistogam'ic, cleistog'amous 

 (ydpos, marriage), with close fertil- 

 ization, it taking place within the 

 unopened flowers ; Cleistog'amy, 

 the condition described ; Cleis'tog- 

 ene (yevos, offspring), a plant which 

 bears cleistogamous flowers (Cro- 

 zier) ; Cleistog'eny, bearing cleisto- 

 gamic flowers ; adj. cleistog'enous ; 

 Pseudo <~ ; Hansgirg's term for an 

 intermediate condition, the flowers 

 being normal, but not opening, and 

 pollination taking place within the 

 closed perianth ; Cleistothe'cium 

 (6-fiKi], a case), an ascocarp which 

 remains closed till decay or rupture 

 sets free the ascospores, a cleisto- 

 carp ; Clest'ines, large parenchyma- 

 tous cells in which raphides are 

 frequently deposited. 



Climacorhi'zae (/c\fyca, a ladder, pi fa, a 

 root), Van Tieghem's term for Gym- 

 nosperms and all Dicotyledons ex- 

 cept the Nymphaeaceae, their root- 

 hairs having an epidermal origin. 



Cli'mbing, ascending by using other 

 objects as supports. 



Clinand'rium (K\ivr). a bed; av^p, 

 dvdpos, a man), the anther-bed in 

 Orchids, that part of the column in 

 which the anther is concealed ; 

 Clinanth'ium (di>6os, a flower), the 

 receptacle in Compositae ; Clinid'- 

 ium, the stalk supporting a stylo- 

 spore ; Clinosporang'ium ((nropb, a 

 seed ; dyyeTov, a vessel), a synonym 

 of PYCNIDIUM ; Cli'nospore = STYLO- 

 SPORE ; Cli'nium, (1) the receptacle 

 of a Composite flower ; (2) the 

 sporophore of some Fungi ; Cli'nos- 



tat = KLINOSTAT. 



clock' wise = dextrorse. 



Clona'rium J (K\WV, a little branch), 

 the ripe, spiral-coated nucule of 

 Chara. 



Close Fertiliza'tion, fecundation by its 

 own pollen. 



closed, used of those fibro-vascular 

 bundles in which all the pro-cam- 

 bium cells become permanent tissue ; 



^Bundles, as described, so that in- 

 crease is prevented ; <~ Fertiliza'tion 

 = CLOSE FERTILIZATION ; ~ Flow'ers, 

 are cleistogamic Flowers ; ^ Nu'- 

 cleus, that of the higher plants. 



Clo'sing Mem'brane, the original un- 

 thickened cell-wall at the centre 

 of a pit. 



Clo'ster, Clo' strum (K\W<TTT]P, a spindle), 

 elongated cells, pointed at each end, 

 frequent in wood. 



cloud'ed, when colours are unequally 

 blended. 



Clove, a gardener's name for a young 

 bulb developed round the mother- 

 bulb, as in garlic. 



Club, a pluricellular hair, one of the 

 elements of the pulp of the orange 

 or lemon fruit (Crozier) ; club- 

 shaped, gradually thickened up- 

 ward from a slender base, clavate ; 

 Club-root, malformation in Cruci- 

 fers caused by Plasmodiophora 

 Brassicae, Woron.; Clubb'ing, is a 

 synonym. 



Clus'ter, (1) old name for raceme, as 

 used by John Hill ; (2) J= VASCULAR 

 BUNDLE ; clust'ered, compactly 

 gathered together, as the flower of 

 Cuscuta. 



cly'peate, dypea'tus (dypeus, a round 

 shield), buckler or shield-shaped ; 

 clypeastrifonn'is (forma, shape), 

 clypeola'ris, cly'peiform, clypei- 

 form'is, all denote shield-shaped. 



coacerv'ate, coacerva'tus (Lat., heaped 

 up), clustered. 



coad'nate, coadnaftus (coadunatus, 

 gathered into one); (1) an equiva- 

 lent of ADNATE ; (2) cohering ; (3) 

 connate. 



coaeta'neous (coaetaneo, to be of the 

 same age), existing or appearing at 

 the same time. 



Coales'cence (coalesce, to grow to- 

 gether), the act of growing to- 

 gether ; ~ of Cells, the absorption 

 or disappearance of partitioning 

 cell- walls, as in the formation of 

 vessels ; coales'cent, coalesc'em, 

 union by growth. 



Coalit'io (coalitus, fellowship), the 

 growth together of parts, as the 



