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DiATOMA, brittle-wort ; dia — through, and temno — 



to cut. 

 DiCLADiA, double-branched ; dis — twice, and 



clados— a branch. 

 DiCTvoNEis, a netted boat ; dictuon —a net, and neis. 

 DiCTYOPYXis, a netted box ; dictuon, and puxis — 



a box. 

 DiPLONEis, a duplex boat ; diplos— double, and neis. 

 Encyonema, a pregnant filament: encuos — preg- 

 nant, and nema. 

 Endictya, netted ; en — in, and dictuon — a net. 

 Entogonia, an angle inside another ; entos — within, 



and gonia — an angle. 

 Epithemia, a small lid. 

 EucAMPiA, well curved ; eu— well, and campe — a 



bending. 

 EuNOTiA, well-backed ; eu, and notos — the back. 

 EuNOTOGRAMMA, well-backcd writing ; eu, notos, 



and gramma — a letter. 

 EuPHVLLODiuM, bcautiful leaf; eu, and phuUon — 



a leaf. 

 EuPODiscus, a distinctly-footed disk ; eu, and 



podos (g) — a foot, and discos. 

 EuoDiA, distinctly swollen ; eu, and oidos — a 



swelling. (If this be the right derivation, the 



word should be spelled Eucedia.) 

 Fenestrella, a small opening or window. 

 Fragilaria ; fragilis — brittle. 

 Gephvria, a small bridge ; gephura — a bridge. 

 Glyphodesmis, glupho — to carve, 



and desmis — a bundle ; or desmos — a fetter or 



chain. 

 Glyphodiscus, a carved disk ; glupho, and desmis 



or desmos, and discos. 

 Gomphonema, a filament of wedge-shaped forms ; 



gomphos — a wedge, and nema. 

 GoNiOTHECiuM, a box with angles ; gonia — angle, 



and thece — a box. 

 Grammatophora, bearing an inscription ; gramma, 



and phorus — bearing. 

 Gyrotychus, a round and folded form ; guros — 



round, and tuchos (g) — a fold. 

 Heliopelta, sun-shield ; helios— the sun, and 



pelta — a shield. 

 Hemiaulus, half a sheep-pen ; hemi — half, and 



aulis — a fold. (Like one side of a sheep-pen, such 



as we see on the Sussex Downs.) Or, aulos — a 



tube or pipe. 

 Hemidiscus, half a disk ; hemi, and discos. 

 Heterodictyon, a variable net ; heteros— different, 



and dictyon. 

 HiMANTiDiuM, a small strap or thong. 

 Hyalodiscus, a transparent disk ; hualos — trans- 

 parent, and discos. 

 IsTHMiA, a narrow neck. 

 IsoDiscus, ; isos — equal, level ; and 



discos. 

 Lampriscus, lampros — shining, and 



ascos — a bottle. 



LiRADiscus, lily-disk ; leirion — a lily, and discos. 

 LicMOPHORA, the fan-bearer ; licmos — a fan, and 



phoros. 

 LiTHouE.SMiuM, ; Hthos — a stone, 



and desmos. 

 Mastogloia, a nipple-like mucoid mass; mastos — 



the breast, and gloios — glue. 

 Melosira, a filament of apple-like forms ; melon — 



an apple, and seira — a cord or filament. 

 Meridion, like the face of a clock ; meridion — noon- 

 day. 

 MoNOPsiA, having one eye ; monos — only, and 



opsis — eye-sight. 

 Navicula, a little boat. 



Odontella, a little tooth ; odontos (g) — a tooth. 

 Odontidium, a little tooth ; odontos (g). 

 Omphalopelta, a shield with a centre ; omphalos, 



and pelta. 

 Orthoneis, a straight, symmetrical boat ; orthos — 



straight, and neis. 

 Orthosira, a straight chain ; orthos, and seira. 

 Par.alia, 



Parelion, like a mock-sun ; parelios — a parelion. 

 Peponia, a melon ; pepon. 

 Pinnularia, a small feather ; pinna — a feather. 

 Plagiogramma, inscription on the side ; plagios — 



sideways, and gramma. 

 Pleurosigma, with sides like the Greek 2 ; pleura, 



and sigma. 

 Podosira, a footed chain ; podos (g), and seira — 



alluding to the stalk, or stipes, by which the 



diatom is attached. 

 PoDosPHENiA, a footed wedge ; same as podos in 



Podosira above, and sphen. 

 PoRODiscus, a pierced disk ; poros — a passage, and 



discos. 

 PoRPEiA, a clasp, or buckle. 

 Pyrggdiscus, a disk with a tower ; purges — a 



tower, and discos. 

 Pyxilla, a little box ; puxis. 



Raphoneis, boat-shaped, with herring-bone mark- 

 ings ; raphe is the suture of the skull — herring- 

 bone work ; hence raphis — a needle : hence it 



may mean the clear line separating the two 



opposite sets of markings. 

 Rhabdonema, a fillet of rods ; rhabdos — a rod, 



and nema. 

 RiPiDOPHORA, fan-bearing; ripis — a fan, and 



phoros. 

 RmzosoLENiA, ; riza — a root or 



stem, and solen — a pipe. 

 Rhoicosig.ma, a crooked letter 2 ; rhoicos— crooked, 



and sigma. 

 Rhoicosphenia, a crooked wedge ; rhoicos and 



sphen. 

 RuTiLARiA, a lovely folding ; rutis — a fold, and 



laros — lovely. 

 ScEPTRONEis, a sceptre-like boat : sceptron — a 



sceptre, and neis. 



