GLOSSARY. XXV 



Ccespitose, tufted. 



Calyptra, the thin veil or hood covering the lid of the capsule (Tab. IV., I, 2, 



3. 6, 8). 

 Campanulate, shaped like a bell (calyptra, Tab. IV. , 6, 8). 

 Canaliculate, channelled (leaf, Tab. XVI., I. i). 

 Capillary, Capillaceous, hair-like. 

 Carinate, keeled like a boat (leaf, Tab. XXV., C. 3). 

 Cartilaginous, firm and tough. 

 Castaneous, chestnut-coloured. 

 Catenulate, resembling a little chain. 



Cernuous, slightly drooping (capsule, Tab. IV., n, 14; Tab. I., 10). 

 Chlorophyllose, containing grains of chlorophyll, or green colouring matter. 

 Cilia, hair-like threads (of inner peristome, Tab. V., 15, 16). Cf. processes. 

 Ciliate, with cilia (perichastial bract, Tab. XII., C. 3). 

 Circinate, curved into a circle (leaf, Tab. LVII., F., H.). 

 Cirrate, curled. * 



Cladocarpous, having the fruit terminating a short, special, fertile branch. 

 Clatkrate, resembling lattice-work. 

 Clavate, club-shaped (gemma, Tab. IV., 5, x 180). 



Cleistocarpous, capsule opening irregularly, not by a lid or valves (Tab. XII., E. 5). 

 Cochleariform, concave like a spoon or ladle (leaf, Tab. LIII. , G. ). 

 Columella, the central column of the capsule (Tab. IV., 15). 



Coma, Comal tuft, a tuft of leaves at the tip of a stem or branch (Tab. XXV. , D. ). 

 Complanate (of leaves or branches), flattened out more or less in one plane 



(Tab. II., 2). 

 Conduplicate, folded together, face to face (leaf, Tab. XLVIII., D. 1). 

 Connivent, meeting one another (perichsetial bracts, Tab. XXV. , C. ). 

 Constricted, suddenly narrowed (capsule at mouth, Tab. IV., 16; below mouth, 



Tab. IV., 19). 

 Convolute, rolled together (leaf-margins, Tab. XVI., D. I ; perichaetial bracts, 



Tab. XXV., B.). 

 Cordate, heart-shaped (leaf, Tab. LIX., L. 1). 

 Crenulate, with fine, convex or rounded teeth (leaf-margin, Tab. VIII., G. ic; 



Tab. XXI., C. ic). 

 Cribrose, perforated, like a sieve (peristome teeth, Tab. XXI., E. 6; Tab. XXIV., 



E. 6). 

 Crisped, curled up and twisted (leaves, Tab. II., 6). 

 Cruciform, cross-shaped. 

 Cucullate, hood-shaped and (of the calyptra) split on one side only (leaf-apex, Tab. 



VI., A. 2 ; calyptra, Tab. IV., 6). Cf. mitriform. 

 Cultriform, curved like a short, wide scimitar (leaf, Tab. XLIX., F. 1). 

 Cuneiform, wedge-shaped (peristome teeth, Tab. V., 5). 

 Cuspidate, having a moderately long, stiff, acute point (Tab. II., 9). Cf. mucronate, 



aristate, piliferous. 

 Cuticle, the outermost skin of the stem. 

 Cuticular, belonging to the cuticle (cells, Tab. I., 8). 



Cygneous, curved suddenly downwards like a swan's neck (seta, Tab. XXV., F. 5). 

 Cymbiform, boat-shaped (leaf, Tab. VI. , A. 2). 



Deciduous, falling off, not persistent. 



Decurrent, with the base of the leaves running down the stem on each side, like wings 

 (Tab. II., 7; Tab. XVIII., D. 1). 



