segmented, by which the colony is divided 



in more or less regular segments. 

 Clouded : having a pale ground, with ill-de- 

 fined patches of a deeper tint. 

 Colony Marking or Striping. (Surface). 



Reticulate : in the form of a network like the 



veins of a leaf. 

 Areolate : divided into rather irregular, or 



angular spaces by more or less definite 



boundaries. 

 Gyrose . marked by wavy lines indefinitely 



placed. 

 Marmorated : showing faint, irregular stripes, 



or traversed by vein-like markings as in 



marble. 

 Rivulose : marked by lines, like the rivers of 



a map. 

 Rimmose : showing chinks, cracks or clefts. 

 Filamentous : as already defined. 

 Floccose : composed of filaments densely placed. 

 Curled : filaments in parallel strands, like locks 



or ringlets, as in agar colonies of B. 



anthracis. 

 Edges of colonies. 



Entire : without toothing or division. 



Undulate : wavy. 



Repand : like the border of an open umbrella. 



Erase : as if gnawed, irregularly toothed. 



Lobate : 



Lobulate : minutely lobate. 



Auriculate : with ear-like lobes. 



Lacerate : irregularly cleft, as if torn. 



