crypto Christian (kriptokristian)

[ Those Jews became Christians in apostolic times who were already what may be called crypto -Christians, J. H. Newman, Gram. of A ent, p. 403. has been gradually modified and perfected, but it still remains to some extent unsettled, especially in regard to the lower groups. A division into higher and lower cryp togams is often made, corresponding to the aetheogamous and amphigamous cla es of De Candolle's arrangement, otherwise known as acrogens and thallogens. The first group are either vascular (including the Filices, Equiseta ceæ, and their allies, also called Pteridophyta ) or cellular (including the Hepaticæ and Musci, unitedly called Bryophyta). The lower cryptogams are wholly cellular, and are variously subdivided, the usual division being into κρυπτός, hidden, + μορφή, form, + -ite2.] A hydrous borate of calcium and sodium, occurring in white kernels with microcrystalline texture.