A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

cellulose (Eng.adj.), full of cells, consisting of cells, spongy (Jackson); also with large or prominent cells: cellulosus,-a,-um (adj.A); syn. cellularis,-e (adj.B) (Jackson); cf. spongiosus,-a,-um (adj.A): spongy, porous, soft and water-soaked; cf. pithy, medullose; see spongy;

“Diatom valves composed of cellules are termed cellulose, a synonym of cellular” (Jackson).

- intra substantiam pulposam v. cellulosam endocarpii immersa in Lardizabaleis nonnullis (B&H), within the substance of the endocarp pulpy or cellulose, immersed in some Lardizabeleae.

- semina ovalia, compressa, testa crassa pellicula exteriore membranacea intermedia cellulosa et mucosa intima coriacea (B&H), seeds oval, compressed, with a thick seedcoat, with the outer pellicle membranaceous, the intermediate [one] cellulose and mucilaginous, the innemost [one] leathery.

- semina drupaeformia pericarpio evanido nudata in Caulophyllo; intra substantiam pulposam v. cellulosam endocarpii immersa in Lardizabaleis nonnullis (B&H), the seeds like a drupe, laid bare with an ephemeral pericarpium in Caulophyllum; immersed within the pulpy or cellulose substance of the endocarpium in some Lardizabaleae.

-[Pilophoron; lichen] cephalodia intus dense minute cellulosa et stratum offerentia e granulis gonimis viridi-coerulescentibus breviter ellipsoideis vel subglobosis (Nyl.), inside densely, minutely cellulose and presenting a layer composed of greenish-blue gonimic [i.e. green-alga] granules which are shortly ellipsoid or almost globose.

brevicellulosus,-a,-um (adj.A): composed of short cells.

grandicellulosus,-a,-um (adj.A): composed of great or large cells.

pluricellulosus,-a,-um (adj.A): composed of many cells.

- gleba pluricellulosa a peridio non separabilis candida immutabilis lactiflua demum farinacea, gleba (sporing tissue) many-celled from the peridium not separable pure white unchanging milky at length floury (Stearn).

spongiosus,-a,-um (adj.A), q.v.: spongy, porous, soft and water-soaked, like a wet sponge; compressible, elastic; absorbent; “having the texture of a sponge, that is to say, very cellular, with the cellules filled with air; as the coats of many seeds” (Lindley); cellulose, full of cells, consisting of cells, spongy (Jackson).

Plantae cellulosae, also Plantae cellulares: “plants which do not possess vascular tissue; non-vascular Cryptogams” (Jackson).

According to S. Gray: “Plants are primarily divided into three series: 1. Plantae Cellulosae. 2. Plantae Endogenae. 3. Plantae Exogenae:”

“1. Plantae Cellulosae. Structure cellular; embryo O, reproduced by sporae [spores].” [this series in various divisions;] “Plants composed entirely of cellular texture, having neither lymphatic, spiral, nor proper vessels, nor any cortical pores. Corculum [i.e. embryo] simple; cotyledons 0; propagation mostly gemmaceous.” Subseries I. A.: Plantae cellulosae aphylleae [i.e. leafless, as opp. foliaceae] comprise the Fungi and Algae of Linnaeus. Subseries I. B. Plantae cellulosae foliosae. Muscorum et algarum pars [“part of the mosses and algae]], Linnaeus which comprise the Hepaticae and Musci.”

Cellulares (pl.f.III) (sc. plantae): planta (s.f.I) cellularis (adj.B), nom.pl. plantae cellulares: cellular plants, “plants which do not possess vascular tissue; non-vascular Cryptogams” (Jackson). Cellulares [sc. plantae]; “1. plants which are built up of cells only, as those last mentioned; 2. The term has been applied to all plants built up of cells, in opposition to non-cellular or unicellular” (Jackson).

[Hepaticae] Bazzania cellulosa; Calypogeia cellulosa; Chiloscyphus cellulosus; Jungermannia cellulosa.

Fissidens cellulosus; Hydrocharis cellulosa.