Cyme 
Cytodieresis 
flattened one; hel’icoid ~ (a) a 
Bostryx, and (b) a Drepanium, the 
lateral branches of the successive 
ramifications always occurring on 
the same side; scorp'ioid ~ (a) 
Cincinnus, and (6) Rhipidium, the 
lateral branches always occurring 
alternately on opposite sides ; Cy- 
melet, pr. sim-let, a little cyme ; 
cymif’erous ( fero, I bear), produc- 
ing cymes ; cy’mo-bot’ryose [or bot’- 
ryoid],when cymes are arranged in a 
botryoid manner; cy’moid (eléos, 
resemblance), having the form of a 
cyme; cy’mose, cymo’sus, cy’mous, 
bearing cymes or relating to cymes ; 
~ Umb’el, one with centrifugal in- 
florescence ; Cy’mule, « diminutive 
cyme or portion of one. 
Cyn’apine, an alkaloid occurring in 
Aethusa Cynapium, Linn. 
Cynarrhod’ion, -dium (kiwy, a dog ; 
pddov, a rose), a fruit like that of 
the dog-rose, fleshy, hollow, and 
enclosing achenes. 
Cy’on, Grew’s spelling of Cion=Scron. 
cypera’ceous (Cyperus, +aceous), re- 
lating to sedges, from the typical 
genus Cyperus. 
Cyphel'la (xudds, bent), “‘ collections of 
gonidia in the form of cups” 
(Lindley); Cyphel’lae, orbicular 
fringed spots like dimples, under 
the thallus of Lichens ; cyphel’late, 
marked with Cyphellae. 
Cyp’sela (xuye’An, a box), an achene 
invested by an adnate calyx, as 
the fruit of Compositae. 
Cyr’rhus = Crrruvs, a tendril. 
Cyst, Cyst'is (kioris, a cavity), (1) a 
sac or cavity, usually applied to a 
structure whose nature is doubtful, 
(2) all cells of non-sexual origin in 
green Algae which reproduce the 
plant by germination after a rest- 
ing period as resting spores, hyp- 
nospores, chronospores, aplano- 
spores, akinetes (F. Gay) ; Cyst’a + 
Necker’s term for a berry with dry, 
membranous envelope, as in Passi- 
flora ; Cyst'id, a proposed emenda- 
tion for Cystid’ium; (1) large, one- 
celled, sometimes inflated bodies, 
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projecting beyond the basidia and 
paraphyses of the hymenium of 
Agarics, of unknown function ; (2) 
=UTRIOLE ; Cyst/oblast (B\acTds, a 
shoot), cited by Crozier for CyTo- 
BLAST; Cyst/ocarp Cystocarp'ium 
(kapmds, fruit), a sporophore in 
Algae, especially Florideae, a cyst 
containing sexually produced 
spores; Cyst’olith (Aldos, stone), 
mineral concretions, usually of 
calcium carbonate on a cellulose 
stalk, occurring chiefly in special 
cells of the Urticaceae, as in Ficus 
elastica, Roxb.; Cyst’ophore (popéw, 
I carry), the same as ASCOPHORE ; 
Cyst’osore Cystoso'rus (cwpds, a 
heap), a group of resting-spores 
within a cell as in Woronina ; 
Cyst/ospore (oc7opa, a seed) = 
CarposPoRE (Strasburger) ; Cyst’- 
wla=CiIsTULA, CISTELLA. 
Cy'tase (xv’7os, a hollow vessel), an 
enzyme found in germinating seeds 
which hydrolyses cellulose ; Cytas’- 
ter (dorhp, a star), a series of 
achromatic rays from each pole of 
the nucleus into the cytoplasm in 
karyokinesis (Crozier); Cyten- 
ch’yma (éyxuua, an infusion), 
vacuolar structure in cells, fluid 
which separates from protoplasm 
as vacuoles (Crozier); Cy’tioderm 
(Sépua, skin), the cell-wall in Diato- 
maceae (Crozier). 
Cyt‘isine, an alkaloid occurring in the 
genus Cytisus. 
Cy'toblast (kvros, a hollow vessel ; 
Pdacrds, a shoot), (1) Schleiden’s 
name for the cell-nucleus; (2) a 
colony of bioblasts which have lost 
their independent existence; cf. 
Biopnast ; Cytoblaste’ma, the 
formative material in which cells 
are produeed, and by which they 
are held in union; protoplasm ; 
Cy’todes, (1) cells; (2) nuclear 
elements in which the caryosomes 
are not grouped into nuclei (Vuil- 
lemin); Cytodier’esis (dialpecrs, 
division), cell-division with nuclear 
division, and formation of a nuc- 
lear-spindle and asters (Crozier) ; 
