cirriferous 
Cleistocarp 
aborted branch. — The foregoing 
are frequently spelled cirrife’rous, 
cirr‘iform, cirr’ose, Cirr’us, etc. 
(from cirrus, a curl). 
Cistell’a, Cist’ula (Lat., a little chest), 
used for the apothecia of Lichens, 
which, globular at first, burst at 
maturity. 
Cist’olith = CystTo.itH. 
Cist’ome, Cisto'’ma (xiorn, a box; crbua, 
a mouth), a membranous sac which 
was supposed to pass beneath the 
stomatic guard-cells ; but the cells 
at the bottom of the stomatic 
cavity are destitute of cuticle. 
Cistoph’orum (gopéw, I carry), ‘‘ the 
stipe of certain Fungals ” (Lindley). 
Citrell’us (from Citrus, Linn.), some- 
what yellow; cit’reus, lemon-yel- 
low ; citrinell’us, yellowish ; cit’ric 
Acid is abundant in lemon juice. 
cladautoi’cous (KAddos, a branch; avros, 
self ; olxos, a house), having the male 
inflorescence of a Moss on a proper 
branch ; Cladench’yma + (éyxuua, an 
infusion), branched parenchyma ; 
cladocarp’ous (xap7os, fruit), having 
a fruit terminating a lateral shoot 
in Mosses ; Clad’ode, a branch of a 
single internode simulating a leaf ; 
Clado’dium, 4 flat expansion of the 
stem; Cladodystro’phia (dus, bad ; 
Tpopy, nourishment), the perishing 
of branches; Clad’ophyll, Clado- 
phyll’a (pbddov, a leaf), a branch 
assuming the form and function 
of a leaf, a cladode; Cladopto’sis 
(mrGots, a fall), abnormal casting 
off of branches; Cladoscle’reids 
(cxdAnpos, hard ; efdos, resemblance), 
stellate bodies containing calcium 
oxalate in leaves and floral en- 
velopes of Huryale ferox, Salish. ; 
cladosiphon’ic (ci¢wy, a tube) hav- 
ing a tubular stele interrupted at 
the insertion of branches (Jeffrey) ; 
Cladostro’ma + (crpGpya, something 
spread), a receptacle or growing- 
point covered with carpels, each of 
which has a free placenta. 
Clamp-cells, small semicircular hollow 
protuberances, laterally attached 
to the walls of two adjoining hypha- 
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cells, and stretching over the sep- 
tum between them ;~ Connec’tions, 
the same. 
Clap’per, the water-sac, or lobule of 
Hepaticae. 
Clasileu’cite (xAdo.s, a fracture + Leu- 
cite), that part of the protoplasm 
differentiated in nuclear division to 
form the spindle and centrosomes or 
spheres when present (Dangeard). 
Clasp’ers, Grew’s term for tendrils. 
Class, Clas’sis (Lat. a fleet), a primary 
group of Orders, Dicotyledons for 
example; Classifica’tion, arrange- 
ment under respective groups; 
taxonomy, from Class to Variety, 
or Form. 
clath’rate, clathra’tus (Lat. latticed), 
latticed, or pierced with apertures ; 
~ Cell=Sieve-tube ; Clath’rus (Lat. 
a lattice), a membrane pierced with 
holes and forming a sort of grating. 
Claus’ilus (clawsus, shut), Richard’s 
term for his macropodal embryo, 
when its radicle is united by its 
edges, and entirely encloses the 
rest (Lindley). 
cla'vate, clava'tus (clavus, a club), 
club-shaped, thickened towards 
the apex; clav’ellate, clavella’'tus, 
diminutive of the foregoing ; Clav’- 
icle, Clavic'ula (Lat. vine-tendril), 
tendril, cirrhus; clavic’ulate, clavi- 
cua‘tus, furnished with tendrils or 
hooks. 
claviform, claviform'is (clava, a club; 
Jorma, shape), club-shaped ; clavil- 
lo’sus (Lat.), clubbed, or markedly 
club-shaped ; Clav’ule, Clav’ula, the 
club-shaped sporophore in certain 
Fungi, as Clavaria; Cla’vus, the 
disease of Ergot in grasses, the 
young grain being malformed and 
club-shaped, from the attack of 
Claviceps purpurea, Tul. 
Claw, the narrowed base of the petals 
in such plants as Dianthus. 
Cleft, cut half-way down ;~ -graft’ing, 
insertion of a scion in a cleft made 
in the stock. 
Cleis’‘tocarp (xAeords, shut; Kapzos, 
fruit), an ascocarp, which is com- 
pletely closed, the spores escaping 
