nitgrass

Bot.: Gastridium lendigerum. [GASTRIDIUM.J ni-těl-la, s . [Lat. nitela splendor, or Mod. Lat. dim in. subst. from niteo =to shine.] Bot.: A genus of Characese, now reduced to a sub. genus of Chara, from which it differs in having the stem composed of a single tube, and not spirally striated. The component cells are re not coated ated with secondary cells; hence under the microscope the Nitella exhibits the circulation of the sap better than Chara proper.