gular 



Gynecium 



gu'lar (fjnla, the throat), pertaining 

 to the throat (Crozier). 



Gum, (gummi, gum), a viscid secre- 

 tion frequently extruded from 

 stems, and hardening in the air ; 

 <~ Ar'abic, derived from species of 

 Acacia in tropical countries, dis- 

 solving easily in water ; <~ Cells, 

 Germ. Kleberzellen, see OIL-CELLS ; 

 ~ Lac, excretion by insects, Car- 

 teria Lacca, from various trees ; 

 ~ Pas'sage, an intercellular passage 

 containing gum ; ~ Res'in, exuda- 

 tion partaking of the nature of gum 

 and resin ; gummii'erous (fe.ro, I 

 bear), producing gum ; Guin'ming, 

 a disease, known also as Gummo'sis, 

 producing gum in excess. 



Gus'set, an intercellular space, at an 

 angle where more than two cells 

 meet (Crozier). 



Gut'ta-per'cha (yutta, a drop), a kind 

 of chaoutchouc, said to be derived 

 from Dichopsis Gutta, Benth. and 

 Hook, f . ;gut'tate(r/Ha/<Ms,spotted), 

 as to colour ; Gutta'tion the exuda- 

 tion of drops of fluid ; Gut'tifer 

 (fero, I bear), a plant which pro- 

 duces gum or resin (Crozier), adj. 

 guttiferous; gut'tulate, resembling 

 drops of oil or resin ; Gut'tule, used 

 for drops of oil (?) contained in the 

 capitate paraphyses of Fungi. 



gyalec'tiform (forma, shape), urceo- 

 late, like the genus Gyalecta, now 

 merged in Lecidea; gyalec'tine, and 

 gyalec'toid (elSos, like), are syn- 

 onyms. 



gymnan'thous, -ua (yv/nvos, naked, 

 &v6os, a flower), naked-flowered ; 

 Gymnax'ony (awc, an axle), Mor- 

 ren's term for the placenta 

 protruding through the ovary ; 

 gymnoblas'tus (fiXaffros, a bud), 

 having the ovary superior ; gym- 

 nocar'picus, gymnocar'pous, -us 

 (Kappas, fruit), (1) naked fruited; 

 where the perianth does not ad- 

 here to the outer integument ; (2) 

 where the fruit is without pubes- 

 cence (Henslow) ; (3) when the 

 hymenium is exposed during the 

 maturation of the spores ; Gym- 



nocid'ium J (OJKLSLOV, tubercle), 

 Necker's term for the swelling 

 sometimes formed at the base of 

 the capsule in Mosses, the apo- 

 physis ; Gymnog'amae (^d/xos, mar- 

 riage), Ardissone's term for Hetero- 

 sporous and Isosporous Cryptogams; 

 Gym'nogen (yewau, I bring forth), 

 = GYMNOSPERM ; gymnog'ynous J 

 (ywri, a woman), having a naked 

 ovary ; Gymnosper'mae (a-rrepfia, 

 seed ) , Gymosper'mia, ( 1 ) the Li nnean 

 order Didynamia, plants having 

 four nutlets, taken for naked fruits, 

 as Labiates ; (2) the modern order 

 of naked-ovuled plants, as coni- 

 fers ; gymnosper'matous, relating 

 to conifers and their allies, recent 

 and fossil ; gymnosper'mous, the 

 ovules developed without the usual 

 tegumentary pericarp, as in Coni- 

 ferae ; opposed to Angiospermous ; 

 Gymnosper'my, the state of bearing 

 really or apparently naked fruit ; 

 Gym'nospore, a naked spore, one 

 not produced in a sporangium ; 

 gymnos'tomous (ffro/j.a, a mouth), 

 applied to the peristome of Mosses 

 when destitute of teeth ; gymnote- 

 trasper'mus J (rerpcls, four, 0-n-fp/J.a., 

 seed), having a four-lobed ovary, as 

 in Labiates, once considered to be 

 naked ; gymnotre'moid (rprj^a, a 

 hole, et<5os, like), a bare open spot 

 or space (Leighton). 



Gynae'ceum (ywaiKelov, the women's 

 house), the pistil or pistils of a 

 flower ; the female portion as a 

 whole. 



gynan'der (yw^, a woman, dv-ijp, dvdpos, 

 a man), gynan'drous, when the 

 stamens are adnate to the pistil, as 

 in Orchids, etc. ; Gynan'dria, a Lin- 

 nean class, with gynandrous flowers; 

 adj. gynan'drian ; Gynan'drophore 

 (^opew, I carry), a column bearing 

 stamens and pistils ; gynandros- 

 p'orous (airopa, seed), dioecious 

 forms of Oedogoniae in which the 

 female plant produces androspores; 

 gynan'therous, -us ( + ANTHER), 

 used of stamens converted into 

 pistils ; Gyne'cium = GYNAECEUM ; 



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