GLOSSARY OF TEEMS. , 237 



Ligulate, strap-shaped. 



Lingulate, tongue-sliaped. 



Mitriform (of calyptra), mifcre-shaped, not split up the 

 side. 



Monoicous, barren and fertile flowers on same plant, 

 but not on same receptacle. 



Mucro, a short terminal point. 



Mucronate, terminated with a mucro. 



Muriculate, roughened with sharpish prominences. 



Muticous, without a point. 



Ochrea, the filmy sheath surrounding base of seta." 



Fagina, the blade of the leaf apart from the nerve. 



Panduriform, fiddle-shaped. 



Papillose, roughened with blunt roundish prominences. 



Parwphyllia, branched or unbranched processes hd- 

 tween the leaves. 



Percurrent, extending the entire length. 



Perichmtium, the leafy involucre at base of seta, sur- 

 rounding the vaginula in fertile flowers. 



Perigonium, the leaves surrounding the barren flowers. 



Peristoms, the teeth at mouth of capsule covered by the 

 lid before it falls. 



Plicate, furrowed. 



Praemorse, ending suddenly, as if bitten ofl'. 



Pyriform, pear-shaped. 



Quadrate, square. 



Radicles, small rooting fibres. 



Radiculose, covered with radicles. 



Rhizome, a creeping subterranean stem. 



Rhomboid (rhombus), an oblique square. 



Rostellate, with a very short beak. 



Rostrate, with a longer beak. 



Rugose, wrinkled or crumpled. 



Scariose, dry and chaffy (opposed to tender and succu- 

 lent). 



Secund, all turned to one side. 



Seta, the fruit-stalk. 



Setaceous, bristle-shaped. 



Sigmatoid, bent like the letter S. 



