(72). 



A GLOSSARY 



OP TERMS, ESPECIALLY OF THOSE USED EXCLUSIVELY, 

 OR IN A PARTICULAR SENSE, IN RELATION TO 

 THE CHAROPHYTA. 



Obsolete terms are denoted hy t. 



allautoid (aXXa?, a sausage; ilSog, resemblance), sausage- 

 shaped. Allantoidese, a section of Tolypella having 

 sausage-shaped ultimate cells to the rays. 



tamphigonium (a/x^i, around ; yovrj, seed), a term applied to 

 the oogonium. 



anarthrodactylous (av, not; apOpov, a joint ; SaicTvAoc, a finger), 

 having the ultimate rays or dactyls each composed of a 

 single cell. Anarthrod,actylse, a section of Nitella. 



anisostichous {aviuo^, unequal ; o-ri^, a row), having unequal 

 rows, applied to the stem-cortex of Chara, when the 

 primary and secondary rows are of unequal diameters. 



antheridiophore (avOriphc, flowering; ttSoc, resemblance ; ^opog, 

 bearing), the term applied by Strasburger to the male 

 generative process, regarding it as a composite organ, 

 formed by the union of eight antheridia. 



antheridium {avdripoc, flowering; tISoc, resemblance), the male 

 generative organ. 



antherozoids (av&jjpoe, flowering; Zt^ov, animal; JSoe, re- 

 semblance), the minute motile bodies produced in the 

 antheridium, representing the male element. 



arthrodactylous {ap9pov, a joint; SoKTuXoe, a finger), having 

 the ultimate rays or dactyls each composed of more 

 than one cell. Arthrodactylse, a section of Nitella. 



aulacanthous (auXoc, a groove ; anavQa, a spine), having a 

 stem-cortex with the secondary rows more prominent 

 than the primary, so that tlie spine-cells appear to be 

 seated in furrows. Aulncanthm, a subsection of Chara. 



bistipulate {bi-i, twice ; stipula, a little stalk or blade), having 

 two stipulodes at the base of each branchlet. 



bract-cells {hractea, a thin plate of metal), vegetative single- 

 celled processes growing outwards from the peripheral 

 cells of the branchlet-nodes in the Chareas. 



bracteoles {bracteola, a small bract), cells similar to the bract- 

 cells but arising below the oogonium. 



