Cellulose 
ceraceous 
Lichens, the fungine of Braconnot ; 
Paracell’uloses, the cellular tissue 
and epidermal cells of leaves; 
Pectocell’uloses, composed of pectic 
acids and cellulose, such as the puri- 
fied bast of Russian flax.—Other 
modifications are named but not 
characterised by Messrs Cross and 
Bevan in their work ‘‘ Cellulose,” 
1895, as Cuto-, Hydra-, Hydro., 
Muco-, Nitro-, Pseudo - celluloses. 
Fung’us-cell'ulose = CHITIN; Re- 
serve ~, cellulose which is stored up 
as a food-supply ; cellulo’so-plic’ate, 
folded so as to form small cells 
(Phillips) ; Cellulo’side, « mixture 
of cellulose and pectose, compos- 
ing the primitive cell-wall (Green). 
Cement’-Disk, the retinaculum in 
Orchids. 
Cementa’tion, union of the membranes 
of hyphae by a slip of cementing 
substance, concrescence;in German, 
Verklebung. 
Cenanth’y (xevos, empty, dvOos, a 
flower), suppression of the stamens 
and pistils, leaving the perianth 
empty. 
ceno’biar, cenobio'neus, cenobionar’is, 
Ceno'bium, see COENOBIAR, etc. 
cenogenet/ic (kevds, void, yevérnp, a 
parent), secondary (Crozier). 
centifo'lious (centum, a hundred; 
folium, a leaf), literally having a 
hundred leaves; actually, morethan 
can be readily counted; Centi- 
metre, Centime’trum, .3937 of an 
English inch, roughly, yroths. 
cen’tral (centrum, the middle), relat- 
ing to the centre of a body ; ~ Cell, 
of the archegonium, that in the 
venter from which the oosphere, 
and ventral canal-cell arise; ~ 
Cord, a series of cells in the leaves 
and other parts of Mosses, which 
simulates a vessel; ~ Cylinder, in 
stems and roots the portion within 
the endodermis; Cent’re, in Dia- 
toms, the middle point of the 
pervalvar axis; cent‘ric, in the 
middle ; centrifugal ( fugo, I flee), 
tending outwards or developing 
from the centre outwards; centri- 
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petal (eto, I seek), developing 
towards the centre from without ; 
Centrogen’esis (yéveo.s, beginning), 
the rotate or peripheral type of 
form assumed by plants (L. H. 
Bailey); adj. centrogen’ic; ef. 
DIPLEUROGENESIS. 
Cent’ron (xévrpov, a sharp point), in 
compounds = Spur. 
Cent‘rum (Lat.), the centre of a solid 
body ; Cent’rosome (c&ua, body), 
minute bodies believed to have 
directive influence in nuclear di- 
vision; the central particle of 
the centrosphere; Cent’rospheres 
(ogaipa, a sphere), two small 
colourless bodies near the nucleus, 
imbedded in the cytoplasm, having 
a centrosome in each; centroxyl‘ic 
(E0\ov, wood), referring to Centrox’- 
yly, centrifugal primary woody 
structure (Van Tieghem). 
Cent/ury (centuria, a hundred), in sets 
of dried plants, each hundred is 
styled a century. 
cepa‘ceous, -ceus (cepa, an onion), 
having the taste or smell of garlic, 
alliaceous. 
Cephalanth’ium + (ke@ady, a head, 
dvOos, a flower), the capitulum or 
head of composites, anthodium ; 
Cepha’lium, a woody enlargement 
at the apex of the stem in some 
Cacteae, from which the flowers 
appear; ceph’alodine, forming a 
head (Leighton) ; Cephalo’dium, (1) 
a knoblike shield as in the genus 
Scyphophorus ; (2) the capitulum of 
Composites ; (3) peculiarly shaped, 
branched or convex outgrowth of a 
Lichen-thallus, in which algal cells 
are situated ; (4) a synonym of 
TUBERCULUM ; ceph’aloid, cephal- 
oid’eous, -deus (eld0s, resemblance), 
capitate ; Cephalo’nion Gall, a sac- 
like gall, joined to the leaf by a 
narrow neck (Kerner). 
Cephaloph’orum (¢opéw, I carry), (1) 
the receptacle, or (2), the stipe of 
some Fungi. 
cera’ceous, -eus (cereus, Lat.), waxy, 
(1) in appearance, or (2) colour, 
that of unbleached wax, 
