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intkoduction to botany. 217
Blasteme.
Blastema. That part of the embryo that remains when
the cotyledons are taken away.
Lateral, Blastema laterale. The axis on one side relatively
to the mass of the embryo. Graminese.
Plumule.
Plantule, Plumula. That part of the blasteme that is,
destined to rise above ground andform the fature plant.
Conspicuous, Plumula visibilis. Visible before germination,
either by the naked eye, Gramineae, ^sculus Hippocastanum,
Faba, Nelumbo, Ceratophyllum ; or by the assistance
of glasses. Damasonium Dalechampii, Triglochin
palustre. PL 1 3, fig. 1 e.
Inconspicuous, i?2visibilis, inconspicua. Commelina, Cepa
esculenta. Cyclamen Europaeum.
Coleoptiled, coleoptilata. Enclosed in a coleoptile.
Alismaceae, Liliacese.
Naked, niida^ acoleopiilata. On the surface of the blasteme,
without any coleoptile. Gramineae, Faba.
Dotlike, punctiformis. So very small, that it appears
like a dot only. Abies.
Tigellated, tigellata. Having a visible tigelle. Faba.
Leaved, foliata. The gemmule so far developed that
small leaves may be seen in it. Faba, Ceratophyllum.
Caulicle.
Cauliculus. That part of the plumule ivhich is seated between
the cotyledons and the radicle.
Radicle.
Rostellum, Radicula. That part of the blasteme that
forms the future root of the plant ; but is generally taken
for all beneath the insertion of the cotyledons.
Visible, Radicula visibilis. Faba.
Invisible, invisibilis. Not to be seen before the seed germinates.
Commelina communis.
Coleorhized, coleorhizata. Enclosed in a coleorhize.
Gramineae, Tropaeolum majus.
Naked, iiuda. Not enclosed in a coleothize, Faba,
Phoenix dactylifera.
Hilebearing, hilifera. The kernel being naked, the radicle
receives its vessels immediately from the umbilical
cord. Avicennia.
Prominent, prominens. Prolonged below the insertion
of the cotyledbns. Cheiranthus, Genista.