galeiformis 



gamostelic 



galeaftus, hollow and vaulted, as in 

 many labiate corollas ; galeiform'is 

 (forma, shape) = galeate. 



galeric'ulate (yalericulum, a cap), 

 covered, as with a hat. 



Gall, Gal' la (Lat. , an oak-apple), a 

 monstrous growth caused by an 

 insect puncture ; <~ Flow'ers, atro- 

 phied female flowers of the fig, 

 within whose ovaries the eggs of an 

 insect undergo evolution ; Gal'lic 

 Ac'id, an astringent occurring 

 abundantly in oak-galls ; Gallo- 

 tan'nin, a glucoside occurring in 

 oak-bark. 



galocli'rous (70X01, milk, XP&, skin), 

 milk white. 



Galto'nian Curve, see NEWTONIAN 

 CURVE. 



galvanotrop'ic (after Galvani, the dis- 

 coverer of galvanic electricity, 

 rpoTrrj, a turn), curvature shown 

 when subjected to a galvanic cur- 

 rent, usually towards the positive 

 pole ; Galvanot'ropism, the condi- 

 tion just described; neg'ative , 

 when the curvature is towards the 

 negative pole of the current. 



Gam'boge, a yellow resinous gum 

 from several species of Guttiferae ; 

 Fungus ~, a somewhat similar 

 product found in some Fungi. 



Gam'etange, Gametang'ium (ya^rris, a 

 spouse, dyyeiov, a vessel), differenti- 

 ated cavities in the filaments of cer- 

 tain Algae which produce GAMETES; 

 Gam'ete, a unisexual protoplasmic 

 body, incapable of giving rise to 

 another individual until after con- 

 jugation with another gamete, and 

 the joint production of a ZYOOTE ; 

 gametogen'ic (yewda, I produce), 

 giving rise to gametes ; Gameto- 

 g'eny, the production of gametes ; 

 Gametogon'ium (yfoos, offspring), 

 the mother- cell of a brood of 

 gametes ; Gam'eto-nu'cleus, the 

 nucleus of a gamete ; Gameto- 

 gen'esis (yevvd w, I bring forth), 

 the production of gametes ; Gam'- 

 etoid (elSoj, resemblance), an apo- 

 cytial structure which unites like 

 a gamete, producing a zygotoid 



as the result ; Gam'etophore (0opew, 

 I bear), the portion of an algal 

 filament which produces gametes, 

 according to function further 

 discriminated as ANDROGAMETO- 

 PHORE and GYNOGAMETOPHORE ; 

 Gam'etophyll (<pv\\ov, a leaf), a 

 more or less specialised leaf which 

 bears the sexual organs ; Gam'eto- 

 phyte (<pvr6i>, a plant), the genera- 

 tion which bears the sexual organs, 

 producing gametes, in turn giving 

 risej to the SPOROPHYTE ; Gam'eto- 

 plasm (Tr\dcr/j.a, moulded), the pro- 

 toplasm of gametes. 

 gamodes'mic (70^05, marriage, union, 

 8e<r(j.os, a bond), used of a stele 

 which has its component vascular 

 elements fused together ; Gamo- 

 des'my, the stelar condition in 

 question ; Gamoe'cia (OIKOS, a house), 

 used by Lindberg for the inflor- 

 escence of Bryophytes ; gamo- 

 gas'trous (yaffr^p, the belly), ap- 

 plied to a pistil iormed by the more 

 or less complete union of ovaries, 

 the styles and stigmas remaining 

 free ; Gamogen'esis (yeveais, be- 

 ginning), sexual reproduction ; 

 gamogen'ic (7^05, offspring), de- 

 veloped as the result of a sexual 

 process ; Gamome'rius J (tJ-epos, 

 a part), a flower whose parts are 

 united by their edges (Lindley) ; 

 Gamopet'alae (-rreTaXov, a flower- 

 leaf), plants having the petals 

 united, adj.; gamopet'alous, -lus ; 

 gamophyll'ous, -Ins (<pv\\oi>, a leaf), 

 with leaves united by their edges ; 

 Gam'ophyte (<pvr6v, a plant), pro- 

 posed by C. Macmillan for "sexual 

 plants ; " gamosep'alous, -lus ( + 

 SEPALUM), the sepals united into a 

 whole ; Gamospor'ae (wopa, seed), 

 Cohn's term for those Algae which 

 produce zoogonidia or zygospores, 

 as the Conjugatae, Volvocineae, 

 and Fucoideae, cf. CARPOSPOREAE ; 

 Gam'ostele (0-7-97X17, a post), a poly- 

 stele, in which the vascular bundles 

 are not distinct throughout their 

 entire length, but fused together at 

 some portion; adj. gamoste'lic ; 



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