Ceramidium 
Characine 
Ceramid’ium (xepduwsoy, a jar), syn- 
onym of Cystrocarp. 
Cer‘asin, a gummy exudation from 
plum and cherry trees, swelling in 
water but not dissolving ; the name 
is from Prunus Cerasus, Linn. 
Ceratench’yma (xépas, a horn; éyyuua, 
poured in), the tissue of effete sieve- 
tubes which becomes horny in 
texture. 
Cer’atrin, the bitter principle of ‘‘ Ice- 
land Moss,” Cetraria islandica, 
Linn. 
Cera’tium («épas, a horn), a long slender 
one-celled, two-valved, superior 
fruit, as in Hypecoum, ‘‘capsula 
siliquiformis ”; Ceratoma/nia (uavia, 
frenzy), monstrous production of 
horn-like or hooded structures in 
the flower. 
Cercid’ium (xepxléd:ov, a small comb), 
the mycelium of some Fungi. 
Ce’real, cerea’lis (Ceres, goddess of 
agriculture), any Gramineae whose 
seeds serve as food ; Cerea’lia, corn- 
plants generally ; Ce’reum, Ce’rium, 
Ce’rio, =CARIOPSIS. 
cer’ebriform (cerebrum, the brain; 
Jorma, shape), having an irregular 
brain-like appearance, as the kernel 
of a walnut. 
Ce’rin, Ce’rine (cera, wax), a substance 
stated to be a constituent of cork. 
cerif‘erous (cera, wax; fero, I bear), 
wax-producing ; ceri‘nus (Lat.), the 
colour of yellow wax. 
cern’uous, cern’wus (Lat.), nodding, 
applied to such flowers as Narcis- 
sus, or Coltsfoot when in fruit. 
cerussa'tus (Lat.), white as though 
painted with white lead. 
cerv'ine, cervi’nus, cervic'olor (cervus, 
a stag), dark tawny colour. 
Cervix (Lat., the neck) = Ra1zoME. 
ce’sious (cacsius, the grey of the eye), 
blue-grey, usually spelled caEsIovs. 
cespitit‘ious, pr. cespitish’us ; cesp’- 
itose, -tous (cespes, turf), pertaining 
to turf, or growing in tufts ; ces- 
pit‘ulose, somewhat tufted; ¢/f. 
CAESPES. 
Ce'trarin, a principle from several 
species of the genus Cetraria. 
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Chae’ta (airy, a bristle), the slender 
sporophore of Mosses, the seta. 
Chaff, (1) small membranous scales, 
degenerate bracts, in many Com- 
positae; (2) the outer envelopes 
of cereal grains ; chaff’y, pale- 
aceous. 
Chain-gem’ma (gemma, a bud), in 
Fungi, having the form of a septate 
confervoid filament, the segments 
of which are capable of growth ; 
termed also SPROUT-GEMMA. 
Chala’za (xaAafa, small tubercle), that 
part of the ovule or seed where the 
nucellus joins the integuments ; it 
is the base of the nucleus and is 
always opposite the upper end of 
the cotyledons; chalazi’nus, like 
a chalaza, or pertaining thereto, 
chala’zian ; Chala’zogams (ydpos, 
marriage), plants which are fertil- 
ized through the chalaza, and not 
the foramen, as Casuarina, and 
many Cupuliferae ; Chalazog’amy, 
fertilization by the chalaza; adj. 
chalazogam’ic, 
Chalk - glands, multicellular glands 
which deposit calcareous matter as 
in some Saxifrages, the secretion 
escaping through a special channel, 
the water-pore; ~ White, pure 
white, cretaceous. 
chalyb’eus (Lat. of steel), steel-grey, 
or lead-coloured. 
Chamber-fluid, the Kammerfliissig- 
keit of Crato, comprising cell-sap 
and enchylema between lamellae of 
protoplasm. 
Chambered-fibres, fibres which have 
become septateandseemingly multi- 
cellular, asin the secondary wood of 
Dicotyledons; ~ Ovary, when the 
margins of the carpels project into 
the interior to form incomplete 
longitudinal dissepiments, the ovary 
remaining unilocular. 
chan’nelled, hollowed out like 
gutter, as in many leaf-stalks. 
Chap'let, a series of objects arranged 
like beads on a string, as the spores 
of Cystopus (Crozier). 
Char’acine, a species of camphor from 
terrestrial Algae, as Palmella, 
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