confluent 
Conocarpium 
con’fluent, con‘fluens (Lat., flowing 
into), blended into one, passing by 
degrees one into the other; ~ Fruit, 
a compound fruit, such as the mul- 
berry or pineapple. 
conformed’, conform’is (Lat., shaped) ; 
(1) similar in form; (2) closely fit- 
ting, as a seed-coat to the nucellus. 
Con’gener (Lat. of the same race), 
another plant of the same genus; 
congeneric, belonging to the same 
genus. 
congenital (congenitus, born together), 
grown to anything ; Strictly, of the 
same origin. 
Conge’ries (Lat., a heap), a collection 
of parts or organs, 
congest’ed, congest’us (Lat., brought 
together), crowded. 
conglo’bate, congloba'tus (Lat., made 
like a ball), collected into a ball. 
conglom’erate, conglomera'tus (Lat., 
rolled together), clustered. 
Conglu’tin (conglutinatus, cemented 
together), a constituent of plant- 
casein, usually with legumin ; con- 
glu'tinate, conglutina’tus, as though 
glued together. 
con’gregate (congrego, to assemble), 
collected into close proximity. 
Co’nia (kwéveov, hemlock), the active 
principle of Conium maculatum, 
Linn., a poisonous alkaloid. 
con‘ical, con’icus (Lat., cone-shaped), 
having the figure of a cone, as the 
carrot. 
conidiiferous (xdvis, dust; gopéw, I 
carry), bearing Conrp1a; Conid’i- 
ophore = GONIDIOPHORE ; Conid’io- 
spore (c7opa, a seed) = CoNnIDIUM ; 
Con’ids, simplification proposed by 
Bennett and Murray for Conrp1a ; 
Conid’ium (pl. Conidia) = Gonipra. 
Conif’erin (conus, a cone; fero, I bear), 
a glucoside derived from coniferous 
wood ; conif‘erous, producing or 
bearing cones, as many Gymno- 
sperms ; co’niform (forma, shape) = 
CONICAL. 
Co’niin, Co’nein, the same as Conta. 
Con‘iocyst’, Coniocyst’a (xdms, dust ; 
ktotis, a bag), a closed sporangium 
resembling a tubercule,containing a 
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mass of spores ; Coniothe’ca + (4x7, 
case), the loculus of an anther. 
Conjoint Bun’dle, a vascular bundle 
when it is composed of wood and 
bast elements 
con'jugate, conjuga’tus (Lat., united), 
coupled ; as a pinnate leaf, of two 
leaflets : ~ Spi’rals, whorled leaves so 
arranged as to give two or more gen- 
etic spirals running parallel with 
each other; Conjuga’ting Tubes, 
long processes emitted by the fer- 
tilized trichophore in certain Algae, 
which unite with the auxiliary 
cells (Osterhout) ; Conjuga’tion, the 
fusion of sexual elements, the union 
of two gametes to form a zygote, 
used especially when the two 
gametes are similar, as in some 
Algae and Fungi : ~ -Cell=Gametr ; 
conjuga’to-palm’ate, when a leaf 
divides into two arms, each of 
which is palmate. 
conjunc’tive (conjunctivus, joined), 
serving to unite; ~ Threads, 
SpInDLE Fibres; ~ Tis’sue, the 
fundamental tissue or ground tissue 
interior to the stele ; Conjunctor’ium 
t the operculum of a Moss. 
connas’cent, (con, with ; nascor, to be 
born), produced at the same time 
(Crozier). 
con’nate, conna’tus (Lat., born at the 
same time), united, congenitally or 
subsequently ; con’nate-perfo’liate, 
united at the base in pairs around 
the supporting axis. 
Connect’ing Cell, (connectus, fastened 
together) = HETEROcYsT ; ~ Zone, the 
“hoop” or girdle connecting the 
valves of a Diatom frustule ; Con- 
nect/ive, Connecti’vum, the portion 
of a stamen distinct from the fila- 
ment which connects the two lobes 
of an anther ; connectiva’'lis, having 
to do with the connective. 
conni’vent, conni'vens (Lat., winking), 
coming into contact or converging. 
Connu’bium, (Lat., wedlock), the 
stage of protoplasmic coalescence 
in the conjugation of filamentous 
Algae. 
Conocarp'ium (xwvos, a cone; Kapros 
