Phyllomania 



PhytogeUn 



ledons, green and leaf-like ; Phyl- 

 loma'nia (fj.avia, madness), an ab- 

 normal production of leaves ; Phyl'- 

 lome, Phyllo'ma, (1) an assemblage 

 of leaves, or of incipient leaves in 

 a bud ; (2) recently used for the 

 leaf organ in a generic sense, po- 

 tentially that which answers to a 

 leaf, cf. CAULOME ; epipel'tate ~ , 

 when the base of the expansion 

 results from the growth of the 

 upper surface of the primordial 

 leaf, as in Cotyledon Umbilicus, 

 Linn., and Tropaeolum majus, 

 Linn. ; hypopel'tate ~, when the 

 growth is from the under surface, 

 as in the sepals of Viola (C. de 

 Candolle) ; Phyllomor'phy (/j.op<j>rj 

 form) = PHYLLODY ; Pnyllopn'agist 

 (<t>dyu, I eat), term proposed 

 by Boulger, for plants which 

 derive their sustenance by their 

 leaves ; Pliyl'lophor, Phyl'lophore, 

 PhyUoph'orum (0o/)ew, I carry), the 

 budding summit of a stem on which 

 leaves are developing, especially 

 applied to palms ; phylloph'orous, 

 producing leaves ; Phyl'lophyte 

 ((JJVTOV, a plant) (!) = CORMOPHYTE ; 

 (2) a plant which draws its nourish- 

 ment chiefly from its leaves (Boul- 

 ger); Phyllop'odes, pi. (TTOVS, TroSos, 

 a foot), dead leaves in Ixoutes ; 

 Phyllopod'ium, a leaf regarded mor- 

 phologically as an axis, branched 

 or unbranched ; Phyllopto'sis 

 (irruffLs, fall), an unnatural fall of 

 leaves ; Phyl'lorhize (pia, a root), 

 an organ intermediate between leaf 

 and root, as the capillary leaves of 

 many water plants (Clos) ; phyllo- 

 sipho'nic (a-ifiuv, a tube), having a 

 tubular stele, interrupted at the 

 insertion of leaves (Jeffrey) ; Phyl- 

 losi'phony, the state described ; 

 Phyllota'onin (raws, a peacock), 

 Schunk'a word for a product of 

 chlorophyll, resembling phyllocyan, 

 but dull green in tint ; Phyllotax'y, 

 Phyllotax'is (rd^is, arrangement), 

 the mode in which the leaves are 

 arranged with regard to the axis 

 adj. phyllotac'tic ; Phylloxan'thin 



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( + XANTHIN), the yellow colouring 

 matter of leaves, xanthophyll ; 

 Pbyl'lula (ov\a, a scar) J, the scar 

 lett on a branch by the fall of a 

 leaf. 



Pliylog'eny ($v\oi>, a tribe, yevos, 

 lineage), ancestral history deduced 

 from development ; adj. phylo- 

 genet'ic. 



phymato'deus (<pv/j.a, a growth or 

 tumour, ddos, likeness), warted, 

 verrucose. 



Fhyse'ma (<pva-rj[j.o., an inflation), (1) 

 the frond of an aquatic Alga ; (2) 

 a branch of Chara (Lindley). 



physiologic (<f>v<ns, a natural produc- 

 tion, Xo7os, discourse), relating 

 to physiology ; Physiol'ogy (veg'et- 

 able), the science of the vital 

 actions or functions of plants and 

 their parts. 



Physo'des (<t>y<ra, a bladder, eZSos, like- 

 ness), vesicles in Algae filled with 

 liquid containing structures, for- 

 merly called "niiorosomes" (Crato). 



Phytal'bumose (<f>vrov, a plant, + ALBU- 

 MOSE), a proteid found in seeds, as 

 of Abrns ; Fhytobiol'ogy (/3i'os, life, 

 Xo'7os, discourse), the study of the 

 vital functions in plants ; Phy'to- 

 blast (jSXacrTos, a bud or sprout), 

 Baillon's term for a cell in its first 

 stage of development ; Phytoce- 

 cid'ia (KTJKLS, or Ki}KlSiov, a gall), 

 galls produced by other plants 

 (Lundstrom) ; Phy'tochemy ( + 

 chem), the chemistry of vegetation 

 and its products : Phy'tocMore 

 (xXwpos, green) = CHLOROPHYLL ; 

 Phy'tocyst (KV<TTIS, a bag), Baillon's 

 expression for a cell with its wall*, 

 cf. PHYTOBLAST ; Phytoder'ma 

 (Sep/j.a, a skin), any fungous parasite 

 growing on tha skin ; Phyto- 

 derm'ata, pi., skin diseases caused 

 by Fungi; Phytodoma'tia, pi. 

 (Sw/j.a.Tioi', a little house), shelters 

 in which other plants live (Lund- 

 strom ) ; Phytoero'sia, a misprint 

 of Lindley's for PHYTOTEROSIA ; 

 Pnytodynam'ics (Si/vaius, power), 

 relating to the movements of 

 plants (Sachs) ; Phytogel'in (gelo, 



