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A ndrospore (aner, Gi\ a man, + spora, a seed).
A special kind of zoospores produced in cells, which
originate the dwarf males in OEdogonium.
A ntheridia (anther, + eidos, resemblance).
Certain reproductive organs supposed to be analogous to
anthers, or feoundative.
A piculus (diminutive of apex, L. a sh o rt point).
Ending witb a short point.
A rcuate (arcuo, L . I bend like a bow).
Bent like a bow.
A eeoi.a (areola, L. a little space).
An angular space with an elevated margin.
A rticulate (articuhis, L. a jo in t) .
Composed of joints.
B i l o b a t e (bis, L. twice, - f lobus, a lobe).
Having two lobes.
Binate (biniis, from bis, L. by couples).
In pairs.
Botryoid (botrys, Gr. a bunch of grapes).
Collected in clusters like a bunch of grapes.
B úllate (bulla, L. a bubble).
Blistered or puckered.
Cæspitose (cæspes, L. a tu r f or sod).
Growing in tufts, after the manner of a tu rf strictly, with
many stems from one root.
C a p i l l a r y (capillus, L. a hair).
Thread-like, resembling a hair.
Carpospore (carpos, a fru it, -|- spora, a seed).
Spores produced (by conjugation) in a sporo-oarpium.
Cartilaginous (cartílago, L. a tendon).
Ha rd and tough like cartilage.
Cauloid (caulus L. a sta lk or stem).
Resembling, or analogous to, a stem.
C hlorophyll (chloros, Gr. green, 4. pliyllon, a leaf).
The green colouring matter of leaves, and other green
parts of plants.
Chlorophyllose (chloros, Gr. green, + phyllon, a leaf).
Resembling chlorophyll green.
Cil ia t e (cilium, L. an eyelash).
Furnished, or fringed, witb hairs.
C ilium, Cil ia (cilium, L. an eyelash).
Hair or bristle placed marginally.
Circinate (circino, L. I turn round).
Curled round, like the young frond of ferns.
Circumscissile (circum, L. around, + scindu, I cut).
Cut round transversely.
Clathrate (clathrus, L. a la ttic e ).
Latticed, or perforated like a window.
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CcENOBiUM (coenobios, Gr. a community of living).
A community of a definite number of individuals united
in one body.
C o n c e n t r ic a l l y (concentricus, L. with a common centre).
In rings, with a common centre.
Cordate (cor, L. the heart).
Heart-shaped.
Coriaceous (corium, L. leather).
Of a leathery consistence.
Corymbose (corymbos, Gr. tbe top, a cluster of fruit or
flowers).
Resembling tbe inflorescence called a corymb.
C r e n a t e (arena, L. a notch or cleft).
Notched or scalloped.
Crustaceous (crusta, L. the bard surface of a body, the rind).
Hard and brittle, or forming a crust.
C u n e a t e (cuneus, L. a wedge).
Shaped like a wedge.
C u s p id a t e (cuspidatus, L. pointed).
Tapering gradually to a sharp, stiff point.
C y t o b l a s t (cytos, Gr. a c e ll, 4- blastos, a g e rm ) .
A cell germ.
Cytodbrm, Cytioderm (cytos, Gr. a cell, 4- dinnos, a membrane).
Cell membrane.
C y t o p l a sm a , C y t io p l a sm (cytos, Gr. a cell, -{-plasma, formation).
Cell contents.
D e c u s s a t e (decussatus, L. cut crossways like the number X,
decern).
In pairs, alternately crossing.
D ehiscbnob (dehisco, L . I gape).
Splitting into regular parts.
D i a p h a n o u s (dia, Gr. t h r o u g h , 4- phaino, I s h o w ) .
Nearly transparent.
D ichotomous (dichotomos, Gr. divided in two).
Forked equally.
D if fluent (diffluo, L. I flow).
Readily dissolving.
D ioe c i o u s , D i o i c o d s (dis, Gr. tw ic e , 4- oikos, a b o u s e ) .
When the male organs are borne on one plant and tbe
female on another.
D issepiment (dissepio, L. I separate).
A partition or division.
E ncysted (en, Gr. within, 4- cystis, a bladder).
Enclosed in a cyst or bladder.
E n d o c h r o m e (endon, Gr. w i th in , 4- chromos, c o lo u r ) .
Cell contents. Colouring matter of cells,
E n d o p h y t a l (endon, Gr. w ith in , 4- phyton, a p l a n t ) .
Growing within plants.