GLOSSARY. 



Alga, 



Plural 

 Alg^.. 



Articulated. 

 Axil. 



Axis. 



Capillary. 



Cartilaginous. 



Cilia. 



Chlorophyl. 



Club-shaped. 



Compressed. 



Conceptacle. 

 Coriaceous. 



Corymb. 



( Cryptogamic plants which grow in the 

 J water. 



Jointed. 

 ^The angle, on the upper side, between 

 } the branch and the stem, or be- 

 C tween two branches. 

 r The central line, or direction, of the 

 ( main body of the plant. 



Hair-like, in size and shape. 



Firm and tough, in texture. 



Short, slender processes, like eye-lashes. 



The green cell contents. 



Tapering below, blunt above, 

 r Flattened on opposite sides ; parts 

 1 commonly quite narrow in Algae. 



{The vessel which contains the true 

 fruit, in the Red Algae. 

 Leathery, tough. 

 / A sort of flat or convex flower cluster ; 



imitated in some Algae by the ultimate 

 ramuli at the ends of the branchlets. 



