GLOSSAEY. 



The Frond is a term which when apphed to a sea- 

 weed sig-nifies every part of the plant excepting the 

 root ; and occasionally the sterrij if well developed 

 and distinct from the other portions of the plant, 

 is not included under this term. 



Inform it may be either — 



Capillary^ slender and hairlike. 



Compressed, when flattened laterally. 



Constricted, when drawn together, as if tied. 



Continuous, without interruption — prolonged. 



Cylindrical, round and elongated. 



Dichotomous, or forked, when regularly branched 



or cleft in two. 

 Filamentous, slender, and thread-like. 



