GLOSSAEY 



PRINCIPAL TERMS USED IN THIS VOLUME. 



Acuminate, taper-pointed. 



Amde, pointed, scarcely tapering. 



Alar (cells) J at basal angles. 



Annulus, an elastic ring round mouth of capsule. 



Apicu-lus {-late), a very short point. 



Apophysis, an excrescence; a swelling at base of capsule. 



Arcuate, arched or curved. 



Areolae, the leaf cells. 



Arista, a short bristly point. 



Auricles (of leaf), short lobes on each side of base. 



Bifarious, two-ranked. 



GcBspitose, tufted or matted together. 



Galyptra, the outermost covering, or veil, of the capsule. 



Capsule, the fruit, enclosing the spores. 



Garinate, keeled. 



Gernuous, nodding. 



Ghlorophyll, the green matter filling the cells. 



Cilia, hair-like divisions of the inner peristome. 



drcinnate, curved nearly into a circle. 



Cirrhose, having a very narrow hair-like wavy point. 



Clathrate, trellised. 



Clavate, club-shaped. 



Gochleariform, spoon-shaped. 



Columella, the central pillar of capsule round which the 



spores are grouped. 

 Comal, the large topmost leaves of some stems. 

 Complanate, flat. 



