358 A MANUAL OF MOSSES 



Exannnlate, with no annulus. 



Erose, irregularly notched. 



Excavate, applied to leaf-insertions hollowed out in a more or 

 less definite curve. 



Excurrent, with the costa extending beyond the apex of the leaf. 



Exothecial, the outer layer of cells of the capsule- wall. 



Exserted, projecting beyond, as a capsule rising beyond the peri- 

 chsetial leaves. 



Falcate, scythe-shaped, flat, gradually tapering and curved. 



Falcate-scciind, falcate and turned to one side of the stem. 



Fasciculate, in close and usually short clusters ; usually applied to 

 short, unequal, lateral, bunched branches. 



Fasfigiate, with branches erect, near together, and more or less 

 equal in height. 



Fibrillose, applied to hyaline cells of Sphagnniii in which the 

 walls are lined with fine fibrils or filaments. 



Filiform, thread-like. 



Fimbriate, fringed. 



Flagelliform, lash-like or whip-like. 



Flexuose, wavy or bending alternately back and forward. 



Frondose, bearing fronds, or frond-like. 



Fugacious, falling away very early. 



Fusiform, spindle-shaped. 



Gametophyte, the sexual stage in the life-history of the moss and 

 resulting from the germination of a spore. Usually begins 

 with a filamentous protonema which eventually gives rise 

 to leafy stems, which finally bear the sexual organs (arche- 

 gonia and antheridia) and, upon the fertilization of the 

 archegonium, there is produced the other alternating phase, 

 the sporophyte. 



Gemmae, small more or less bud-like bodies capable of reproduc- 

 ing the plant. 



Gemmiparous, producing gemmae. 



Geniculate, bent like a knee. 



Gibbous, swollen on one side. 



Glabrous, with a smooth surface. 



Glaucous, covered or whitened with a bloom. 



Granulose, finely roughened as with grains of sand. 



Gregarious, growing near together or in groups but not forming 

 tufts or mats. 



Gymnostomous, with the mouth of the capsule devoid of peris- 

 tome. 



Hamate, hooked. 



Heteroicous, with two or more forms of inflorescence in the same 

 cluster. 



Hispid, beset with stiff hairs. 



Hispidulons, minutely hispid. 



