VUl. 



Crlbrose, perforated like a sieve. 

 Crhiitus, tipped with long, weak hairs. 

 Crisped, crispate, frizzled, curled and twisted in 



various ways. 

 Cristate, crested, or having an elevated notched 



ridge. 

 Crocens, orange-yellow. 

 Cruciate, arranged like a cross. 

 Crura, legs. 

 Cucullate, hooded, the apex curved inward like 



a slipper. 

 Cultriform, knife shaped. 

 Cuneate, wedge shaped. 



Cuspidate, tapering gradually into a rigid point. 

 Cuticular, belonging to the cuticle or outer skin. 

 Cyathiform, cup shaped. 

 Cycle, the turn of a spiral in leaf order. 

 Cygneous, curved like a swan's neck. 

 Cymbiform, boat shaped. 

 Dealbatus, whitened. 

 Declinate, descending in an arched form. 

 Decumbent, reclining on the ground and rising 



again at apex. 

 Decurrent, applied to leaves when the lamina 



runs down the stem below the point of at. 



tachment. 

 Deflexed, bent downward through the whole 



length. 

 Dehiscence, mode of bursting. 

 Deltoid, triangular. 

 Dendroid, tree-like. 

 Dentate, toothed, having sharp teeth with con- 



cave edges. 

 Denticulate, minutely toothed. 

 Denudate, bared of leaves. 

 Deoperculate, freed from the lid. 

 Depauperate, starved or imperfectly developed. 

 Dependent, hanging down. 

 Depressed, flattened horizontally. 

 Descending, directed gradually downward. 

 Diaphanous, transparent. 

 Diaphragm, a partition. 

 Dichotomous, forked, divisions in pairs. 

 Diffuse, spreading widely. 

 Digitate, divided like fingers. 

 Dimidiate, split on one side. 

 Dimorphous, of two forms. 

 Dioicous, male and female infl. on separate 



plants. 

 Diflo, in comp. double. 

 Discoid, like a flat plate. 

 Dispositio, arrangement of leaves in spirals on 



the stem, e.g. disp. J means that three com- 

 plete turns will pass through 8 leaves. 

 Distichous, in two opposite rows. 

 Divaricate, straggling, spreading widely apart. 

 Divisural line, the line down the teeth of a 



peristome, through which they split. 

 Divergent, spreading outward from the centre. 

 Dorsal, on the back or posterior. 

 Echinate, with rigid bristles. 

 Echlorophyllose, without chlorophyl. 

 Ecostate, without a nerve. 

 Edentate, without teeth. 

 Elaters, spiral threads with the spores in 



Hepaticae. 

 Elliptic, long oval, equally rounded at both ends. 

 Emarginate, notched at end. 

 Emersed, protruding upward. 

 Endostome, the internal peristome. 

 Endothecimn, endothecal membrane, the internal 



lining of the capsule. 

 Enervis, without a nerve. 

 Ensiform, sword shaped. 

 Entire, free from any marginal division. 

 Epidermis, the cuticular or outer layer of cells. 

 Epiphragm, the dilated top of the columella in 



the Polytrichacese, 



Epiphyllous, growing on leaves. 

 Equal, the two sides symmetric. 

 Equitant, in two rows, with the bases sheathing 



those above. 

 Erose, irregularly notched as if gnawed. 

 Exannulate, without an annulus. 

 Exasperate, roughened. 

 Excurrent, running out beyond the lamina. 

 Exospore, the investing cell of the spore. 

 Exostome, the outer peristome. 

 Exothecium, the outer membrane of the capsule. 

 Exserted, elevated above the surrounding parts. 



Falcate, sickle shaped. 



Fascicle, a bunch of leaves on a very short 



branch. 

 Fasciculate, collected in small bundles. 

 Fastigiate, all the branches reaching an equal 



height. 

 Fenestrated, perforated. 

 Fertile, bearing fruit. 



fid, in comp : cleft. 



Fibrillce, fine threads. 



Filiform, thread-like. 



Fimbriate, fringed with processes. 



Fissile, tending to split. 



Flabelliform, fan shaped. 



Flaccid, flabby. 



Flagelliform, like the thong of a whip. 



Flavescent, becoming yellow. 



Flexuose, bending inward and outward. 



Foramen, a small hole. 



Forcipate, curved in like nippers. 



Fornicate, arched. 



Foveolate, pitted. 



Fugacious, disappearing quickly. 



Fulvous, tawny. 



Funiform, like a rope. 



Furcate, forked. 



Furfuraceous, scurfy with little scales. 



Fuscesccnt, tending to fuscous. 



Fuscous, brown tinged with blackish. 



Fusiform, spindle shaped. 



Gamophyllous, having united leaves. 



Geminate, in pairs. 



Gemmaceous, like a small bud. 



Gemma, budlike bodies capable of becoming 



plants. 

 Geniculate, bent like a knee. 

 Gibbous, very convex or tumid. 

 Glabrous, smooth. 

 Glaucescent, faintly glaucous. 

 Glaucous, covered with bluish white bloom. 

 Gonidia, cells filled with green granules. 

 Granulated, rough on the surface. 

 Gregarious, growing associated but not matted 



together. 

 Gymnostomous, without a peristome. 

 Gyneecium, the female inflorescence. 

 Gyrate, circinate. 



Habit, general aspect of a plant. 



Habitat, situation where a plant grows. 



Hamate, hamulose, curved like a hook. 



Hastate, halbert shaped. 



Helicoid, twisted spirally. 



Heteromallous, the leaves or branches turned in 



different directions. 

 Heteromorphous, of different forms. 

 Hirtus, covered with weak hairs. 

 Hispid, covered with rigid hairs. 

 Histology, the study of tissues. 

 Homodromous, when the leaf spirals run in a 



uniform direction. 

 Homomallous, the leaves or branches turned to 



one side. 

 Homomorphous, of like form. 

 Hyaline, clear as glass. 



