XXX GLOSSARY. 



Sheathing, more or less surrounding and clasping the stem or seta (leaf-base, Tab. X., 



B. I ; perichEetial bracts, Tab. XXX., B. 3). 

 Sigmoid, curved like the letter S (cells, Tab. XVI., I. ic). 

 Sinuose, waved from side to side (cell-walls, Tab. III., 6, 7). 

 Sinuolate, faintly or minutely sinuose. 

 Spathulate, from a narrow base gradually growing broader to a wide, rounded top 



(leaf, Tab. XXVIII., C. 1). 

 Spinose, with sharp spiny teeth (leaf-margin, Tab. III., 21). 

 Spinulose, with small spines (back of leaf, Tab. IX., C. 1, la). 

 Sporangium, spore-sac, the inner sac of the capsule, containing the spores. 

 Sporogonium, the spore-bearing part of the moss. 

 Sporophyte, the non-sexual generation of the moss, i.e., all the organs produced by 



the fertilisation of the archegonium. 

 Squarrose, spreading out at right angles from the stem (stem-leaves, Tab. II., 15). 

 Stellate, spreading out like a star. 



Stoloniform stem, a slender creeping stem with minute leaves. 

 Stomata, pores in the wall of the capsule, surrounded by special guard-cells (Tab. V., 



I, 2). 

 Stria, very faint furrows (Tab. XVII., D. 5). 

 Strioltz, minute striae. 

 Striate, Striolate, having striae, striolse. 

 Strict, straight and rigid. 



Struma, a swelling on one side at the base of the capsule (Tab. IV., 19). 

 Strumose, having a struma. 

 Strumulose, having a small or indistinct struma. 



Sub- , as a prefix, somewhat or almost ; e.g., sub-entire, almost entire. 

 Subula, a very fine point like a needle or awl. 

 Subulate, having a subula (leaf, Tab. II., 13 ; lid, Tab. IV., 19). 

 Subjacent, lying just below. 



Sulcate, deeply furrowed (capsule, Tab. IV., 11, 18). 

 Synoicous, having the male and fertile organs mixed together in the same inflorescence 



(Tab. V., 22). 



Terete, smooth and cylindrical. 



Terrestrial, growing on earth. 



Tetrahedral, having four triangular faces. 



Tomentose, covered with a thick felt of radicles (stem, Tab. I., 14). 



Trabeculate, with prominent transverse bars (peristome tooth, Tab. V., 10). 



Trifarious, Tristichous, arranged in three ranks. 



Trigonous, Triquetrous, having three angles. 



Truncate, cut off abruptly (capsule, Tab. IV., 10). 



Tubulose, like a little tube (leaf-apex, Tab. XVI., D. 1). 



Tumid, swollen. 



Turbinate, top-shaped (capsule, Tab. XLIV., B. 5). 



Turgid, swollen. 



Unilateral, on one side only. 



Unistratose cells, in one stratum or layer (Tab. III., 19 20). 



Urceolate, like an urn or pitcher (Tab. IV., 18). 



Vaginula, the minute sheath surrounding the base of the seta. 

 Ventricose, swollen on one side. 



