GLOSS A.RY. 



Aculeate: having one or more sharp points or prickles. 



Acuminate: ending in a sharp point. 



Antheridium, plural Antheridia: certain reproductive organs supposed 



to have the function of the anthers of higher plants. 

 Annulate: ringed, marked with rings. 

 Articulate: jointed, formed of joints. 



Bi.: in compound woods, meaning two or twice. 

 Bidentate: with two teeth or tooth-like projections. 

 Bifurcate: forked, separating into two branches or parts. 

 Bullate: blistered or puckered. 



Cxnobium: a community of individual cells united in one body or 



cluster. 

 Comiate: united at base, as two opposite branches around the stem. 

 Costa, plural Costce: a rib. 

 Costate: ribbed. 

 Crenate: scolloped. 

 Crenulate: with small scollops. 

 Crescentic: crescent-shaped, like the new moon. 

 Cruciform: cfoss-shaped. 

 Cuneate: wedge-shaped. 

 Cuspidate: with a short, stiff, sharp point. 

 Cytioderm: the membrane of the cell. 



Decussate: in pairs alternately crossing. 



Dentate: toothed. 



Dichototttous: with the divisions in pairs; two forked. 



Dioecious: having the male and female flowers on separate plants. 



Dissepiment: a partition or division. 



Dorsum: the back, here the back or curved portion of Closieriuni. 



