GLOSSARY. 



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Alga, 



Plural 

 Alg^. 



Articulated. 



Axil. 



Axis. 



Capillary. 



Cartilaginous. 



Cilia. 



Chlorophyl. 



Club-shaped. 



Compressed. 



Conceptacle. 

 Coriaceous. 



Corymb. 



Cryptogamic plants which grow in the 

 water. 



Jointed. 



The angle, on the upper side, between 

 the branch and the stem, or be- 

 tween two branches. 



The central line, or direction, of the 

 main body of the plant. 



Hair-like, in size and shape. 



Finn and tough, in texture. 



Short, slender processes, like eye-lashes. 



The green cell contents. 



Tapering below, blunt above. 



Flattened on opposite sides ; parts 

 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 duster ; 

 imitated in some Algae by the ultimate 

 ramuU at the ends of the branchlets. 



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