Gamostely 



generative 



Gamoste'ly, the state described ; 

 gamotrop'ic (rpoiri), a turn), the 

 position of flowers when expanded 

 (Hansgirg), cf. CAKPOTROPIC ; 

 Gamot'ropism (rpoirrj, a turning), 

 Macmillan's term for the movement 

 of mutual attraction in similar con- 

 jugating gametes. 



Gang'lia, pi. of Gang'lion (7077X10:', 

 a little tumour), used for various 

 enlargements of mycelium, some 

 being rudimentary fructifications 

 (Crozier). 



Gang'rene, Gangre'na (ya.yypa.iv a, an 

 eating ulcer), a disease ending in 

 putrid decay. 



Gas, pi. Gases, in plants, a continu- 

 ous system from the stomata and 

 lenticels by the intercellar spaces. 



Gasteromyce'tes (yaa-rrjp, the belly ; 

 /J.VK-TIS, fungus), a division of Fungi 

 which includes Lycoperdon, Puff- 

 balls ; Gasterothalam'eae (6d\afj.os, 

 a bed-chamber), referring to those 

 Lichens whose sporangia are al- 

 ways closed or which burst through 

 the cortical layer of the Thallus; 

 gas'tric Bacte'ria, those which are 

 found in the digestive tract of 

 animals. 



Gattine' (Fr.), a disease in silkworms 

 caused by parasitic Fungi. 



Gaul'therase, an enzyme producing 

 oil of Wintergreen and glucose 

 from Gaul'therin, a principle occur- 

 ring in Gaultheria. 



Geitonocarp'y (yeirav, a neighbour ; 

 Kapiros, fruit), fruit produced by 

 fertilization of different flowers in 

 the same individual ; Geitonog'amy 

 (ya.fj.os, marriage), fertilization by 

 another flower on the same plant. 



Gel'atin (gela'tus, congealed), in plants 

 confined to albumen-like bodies, 

 which are tough, viscid, and scarcely 

 soluble in water ; Gelat'ina hy- 

 mene'a, a gelatinous substance 

 surrounding the asci and para- 

 physes in some Lichens (Leighton) ; 

 Gelatiniza'tion. used when a mem- 

 brane breaks down into a jelly-like 

 mass; gelat'inous, jelly-like; ~ 

 Felt ; ~Tis'sue, tissue which is slimy 



from the cell membrane being 

 soft and mucilaginous ; gelat'inose, 

 gelatino'sus (gelatio, freezing), hav- 

 ing the consistence or appearance 

 of jelly ; Gel'atoid (eldos, like), sug- 

 gested for protein-like substances 

 resembling gelatin (Escombe) ; 

 Gelifica'tion, becoming gelatinous ; 

 Gelin'eae, cells in Algae which 

 secrete vegetable jelly ; Gel'ose, 

 vegetable jelly from Agar-Agar. 



Gem, a leaf-bud, cf. GEMMA. 



Gem'inate, gemina'tus (Lat. doubled), 

 in pairs, binate. 



Gem'ini (Lat.), twins, paired; gemi- 

 niflor'us (flos, floris, a flower), bear- 

 ing two flowers, or two flowers 

 together. 



Gem'ma (Lat.), (1) a young bud, 

 either of flower or leaf as used by 

 Ray ; (2) an asexual product of 

 some Cryptogams, as in the Hepat- 

 icae, analogous to leaf-buds ; ~ 

 Brood = BROOD-GEMMA ; <~ Cup = 

 CYATHDS; gemma'ceous ( + aceous), 

 relating to leaf-buds ; Gemma'tion, 

 Gemma'tio, (1) budding, vernation ; 

 (2) disposition or phyllotaxis of 

 buds ; gemmiferous (/fro, I bear), 

 bearing buds ; gem'mi'form (forma, 

 shape), bud-shaped ; gemmip'arous 

 (pario, I bear), producing buds ; 

 Gem'mule, Gem'mula, (1) buds of 

 Mosses, and reproductive bodies 

 of Algae ; (2) = PLUMULE ; (3) = 

 OVULE (Endlicher) ; (4) certain 

 primary formative granules in the 

 protoplasm (Naegeli). 



Geneagen'esis (yeved, stock, race ; 

 yeveffis. beginning) = PARTHENOGEN- 

 ESIS. 



Gen' era, pi. of GENUS. 



gen'eral, geiwra'lis (Lat., pertaining 

 to all), opposed to partial, as ~ 

 INVOLUCRE. 



Generating (generatio, a begetting), 

 producing ; ~ Spi'ral = GENETIC 

 SPIRAL; Tis'sue = MERisTEM; gen'- 

 erative Cell, (1) a gamete or sexual 

 reproductive cell ; (2) the cell in a 

 pollen grain which develops into 

 male gametes ; ~ Nu'cleus, the 

 nucleus in a pollen-grain which is 



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