IX. 



Hygromctric, moving by influence of moisture, 



applied to the setse or teeth of peristome. 

 Hypogynous, below the female. 

 Hypophysis, an inflated part under the capsule. 



Imbricated, overlapping like tiles. 



Immarginate , not margined. 



Immersed, covered by the surrounding parts. 



Incanus, hoary. 



Included, not extending beyond the surrounding 



organs. 

 Iiicrassate, thickened by internal deposit. 

 Incumbent, lying upon. 

 Indihiscent, not opening spontaneously. 

 Indumentum, clothing or covering. 

 Inflcxcd, bent inward. 



Innovation, an annual shoot or extension of stem. 

 Insertion, mode of attachment. 

 Integerrimus, quite entire. 

 Internodes, spaces between the joints. 

 Involute, rolled inward. 

 Irregular, unsymmetric. 



ytiga, pairs of opposite leaves. 

 yiiiaceous, smooth slender and cylindric. 



Lacinice, small shreds. 



Laciniate, cut or slashed. 



Lacunce, hollows. 



Lcete-virens, bright green. 



Lcevigatus, polished. 



LamellcE, small plates. 



Lamina, the expansion of a leaf exclusive of 



nerve. 

 Lanceolate, narrowly elliptic and tapering to 



each end. 

 Lateral, attached to the side. 

 Lanuginose, woolly. 

 Lenticular, compressed like a double convex 



lens. 

 Leptodermous, thin coated, applied to capsules 



when soft and pliable. 

 Ligulate, strap shaped. 



Limbatus, bordered by a part of another colour. 

 Linear, narrow, with the margins parallel. 

 Lingulate, tongue shaped. 

 Loricate, equally narrow throughout. 

 Lumen, the internal space or cavity of a cell. 

 Lunulate, crescent shaped, 

 Luridus, dirty brown. 

 Luiescent, pale yellow. 



Mammillar, hemispherical with a projecting 



papilla. 

 Marginal, at the edge. 

 Marginatus, having a border of cells different 



in form or colour. 

 Median, in the middle. 

 Membranaceous, thin and semi-transparent. 

 Mitriform, torn equally at base. 

 Moniliform, like a necklace of beads. 

 Monoicous, male and female infl. separate but 



on the same plant. 

 Macro, a short, abrupt point continued from the 



nerve. 

 Mucronate, provided with a mucro. 

 Mucronulate, with a very small mucro. 

 Multijugous, having many pairs of leaves. 

 Muricate, rough with sharp prominences. 

 Muticous, pointless. 



Naked, without any appendages. 

 Navicular, boat shaped. 

 Neck, see collum. 

 Nerve, the midrib of a leaf. 

 Nidulant, nestling loosely. 

 Nitidus, smooth and polished. 

 Nodose, knobbed. 



Nodulose, thickened into little knobs. 

 Nutant, nodding, hanging with the apex down- 

 wards. 



Ob , in comp. inversely, as obovate, in- 

 versely ovate. 



Oblong, elliptic, obtuse at each end, with the 

 longitudinal diameter 3 — 4 times the trans- 

 verse. 



Obsolete, scarcely apparent. 



Obtuse, terminating gradually in a rounded end. 



Obtusiusculus, rather obtuse. 



Ochraceous, bro-\^ish yellow. 



Ochrea, a thin sheath round the seta, terminating 

 the vaginula. 



oid or aides, in comp. like, as mnioid, 



like the genus Mnium. 



Oosphere, the central cell of the archegonium. 



Operculum, the lid which closes the capsule. 



Orbicular, circular. 



Oval, elliptic and about twice as long as broad. 



Ovate, elliptic with the lower end broader. 



Pachydermous, thick coated, applied to the 

 walls of capsules or to cells when firm and 

 resisting. 



Pagina, the expanded surface of the leaf. 



Pallescent, palish. 



Palmate, 5-iobed from a centre. 



Pandurate or panduriform, fiddle shaped, obo- 

 vate with a sinus at each side. 



PapillcB, small rounded prominences. 



Paraphylla, small foliaceous organs between 

 the leaves, sometimes much cut or branched. 



Paraphyses, succulent jointed threads growing 

 with the reproductive organs. 



Parenchymatous, cells with transverse ends. 



Parietal, attached to the wall. 



Paroicous, ^ and J in the same infl. ^ 

 naked in the axils of lower bracts. 



Patent, spreading at an angle of 26° — 45° 



Patulous, „ ,, 46" — go° 



Pectinate, comb. like. 



Peduncle or pedicel, the fruit stalk. 



Penicillate, like a hair pencil. 



Percurrent, running through the entire length. 



Periandra, the bracts of male inflorescence. 



Pericarp, the wall of the capsule. 



Perichatium, the involucre surrounding the base 

 of the fruit stalk, the separate leaves are 

 perichjetial bracts. 



Perigonium, the involucre of male inflorescence. 



Perigynium, the involucre of female in- 

 florescence. 



Peristome, the teeth round the mouth of capsule. 



Persistent, remaining a long time. 



Phyllotaxis, the order of arrangement of leaves. 



Piliferous, ending in a fine weak point or hair. 



Pinnate, having branches on two opposite sides, 



Pistillidia, same as archegonia. 



Plane, flat. 



Pleurocarpous, producing fruit from the side of 

 stem. 



Plicate, plaited. 



Plumose, feathery. 



Polymorphous, of many forms. 



Pore, a small aperture. 



Posticus, outward or behind. 



Predominant, very conspicuous. 



Primordial utricle, the first layer deposited 

 within the cell. 



Processes, divisions. 



Procumbent, spreading on the ground. 



Proembryo, the first growth from the spore. 



Proliferous, bearing an excessive development 

 of parts. 



Prosenchymatous, composed of cells with pointed 

 ends. 



Prothallium, an expanded frondiform proembryo. 



Protonema, a branched filamentous proembryo. 



Protoplasm, the formative material in living 

 cells. 



