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... spiral threads in ferns . COSTA ( Lat . a rib ) , the midrib . COSTATE ( costa , Lat . a rib ) , having a single rib ; applied to leaves . COTYLEDONS ( kotuledon , Gr . a hollow vessel ) , rudi- mentary leaves of an embryo ( 256 , c ) ...
... spiral threads in ferns . COSTA ( Lat . a rib ) , the midrib . COSTATE ( costa , Lat . a rib ) , having a single rib ; applied to leaves . COTYLEDONS ( kotuledon , Gr . a hollow vessel ) , rudi- mentary leaves of an embryo ( 256 , c ) ...
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... spiral in leaf - order . CYCLICAL ( cyclicus , Lat . circular ) , rolled up or coiled up ( 252 ) . CYOLOGENS ( kuklos , Gr . a circle ; gennao , I produce ) , a nearly obsolete synonym of Exogens . CYCLOSIS ( kuklos , Gr . a circle ) ...
... spiral in leaf - order . CYCLICAL ( cyclicus , Lat . circular ) , rolled up or coiled up ( 252 ) . CYOLOGENS ( kuklos , Gr . a circle ; gennao , I produce ) , a nearly obsolete synonym of Exogens . CYCLOSIS ( kuklos , Gr . a circle ) ...
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... spiral threads , found with spores in liverworts , & c . ( 284 4 ) . ELLIPTICAL ( elleipsis , Gr . an oval figure ) , having the form of an ellipse , oval , rounded at the ends ( 85 ) . EMARGINATE ( e , Lat . out of ; margo , the margin ) ...
... spiral threads , found with spores in liverworts , & c . ( 284 4 ) . ELLIPTICAL ( elleipsis , Gr . an oval figure ) , having the form of an ellipse , oval , rounded at the ends ( 85 ) . EMARGINATE ( e , Lat . out of ; margo , the margin ) ...
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... spiral fibres entire or broken . FIDDLE - SHAPED . ( See PANDURIFORM . ) FILAMENT ( filum , Lat . a thread ) , the stalk of an anther ( 186 ) . FILIFORM ( filum , Lat . a thread ) , slender as a thread . FIMBRIATED ( fimbriatus , Lat ...
... spiral fibres entire or broken . FIDDLE - SHAPED . ( See PANDURIFORM . ) FILAMENT ( filum , Lat . a thread ) , the stalk of an anther ( 186 ) . FILIFORM ( filum , Lat . a thread ) , slender as a thread . FIMBRIATED ( fimbriatus , Lat ...
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... spiral fibres coiled up in their interior ( 9 ) . INFERIOR ( Lat . , lower ) , growing below , as when one organ is below another . INFLEXED . ( See INCURVED . ) INFLORESCENCE ( infloresco , Lat . I flourish ) , the man- ner in which ...
... spiral fibres coiled up in their interior ( 9 ) . INFERIOR ( Lat . , lower ) , growing below , as when one organ is below another . INFLEXED . ( See INCURVED . ) INFLORESCENCE ( infloresco , Lat . I flourish ) , the man- ner in which ...
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ACROGEN æstivation albumen algæ anēr anthers apothecia apothecium applied arranged Athenæum axis bark basidia bearing Botany bracts branch bulb calyx Capitulum carpels cells cellular tissue centre cheuma cloth coloured containing corolla cotyledons covered Curiosities of Civilization curved dehiscence drupe Edition embryo endon exciple feather female ferns fleshy flowers folium frond fruit Fully illustrated fungi gennao gills of Agarics growing gunē hairs hilum hymenium indehiscent indusium inflorescence integument karpos labellum LANKESTER leaflets leaves lichens little volume lobes London manual membrane midrib monos mosses mycelium organ ovary ovules pedate peri pericarp petalon petals petiole phero phullon phuton pileus pinnate pistil placenta plants plates pollen-grains polus popular readers receptacle resembling rhiza ROBERT HARDWICKE root seed shaped sheath sperma spiral spora spore-case spores stalk stamens stem stipe stoma stomata surface Thalamium thallus theca thecæ threads trepo Umbellifers vernation vessel whorl Wynter