Germ 



glandiform 



gametes in conjugation ; Plasm, 

 the assumed original generative 

 substance contained in the body 

 of the parent from which new in- 

 dividuals arise ; cf. SOMA - PLASM 

 (Weismann) ; ~ Pore, a pit on the 

 surface of a spore-envelope through 

 which a germ-tube makes its ap- 

 pearance ; <" Tube, a tubular pro- 

 cess from a spore developing into 

 a hypha, and then into a mycelium 

 or promycelium. 



German'ic, Watson's term for a type 

 of distribution in Great Britain of 

 those plants whose headquarters 

 are in the eastern portions of the 

 kingdom. 



Ger'men (Lat., a bud), (1) Linnaeus's 

 term for the ovary ; (2) formerly 

 used for the capsule of Mosses ; (3) 

 by Pliny and later writers it signi- 

 fied a bud generally ; Ger'micide 

 (-cida, a killer), an agent which 

 causes the death of bacteria 

 or spores ; cf. SPOROCIDE ; Germi- 

 cul'ture ( + CULTURE), the practice 

 of bacteriology ; ger'minable ( + 

 able), capable of germinating ; 

 viable ; ger'minal, relating to a 

 bud ; -' Appara'tus, = EGG- 

 APPARATUS ; ~ Cor'puscle = 

 OOSPHERE ; <~ Dot, of Diatoms, 

 the centrosome (?) ; ~ Lid, a 

 separable area of a pollen-grain, 

 breaking away to permit a pollen- 

 tube to issue ; <~ Pro'cess J a 

 part belonging to or proceed- 

 ing from an ovary (Lindley) ; 

 ~ Slit, a small break in the seed- 

 coat of Scitamincae ; ~ Ve'sicle, 

 = OOSPHERE ; Germination, Ger- 

 mina'tio, the first act of growth in 

 a seed ; sprouting ; germ'inative 

 Nu'cleus = NUCLEUS, GENERA- 

 NATIVE. 



gerontogae'ous, -aeus (yepuv, yepovTos, 

 an old man, 777, the earth), used of 

 plants which are confined to the 

 Old World. 



gib'ber (Lat., hump-backed), gib'bose, 

 gib'bous, gibbero'sus, more convex in 

 one place than another, a pouch- 

 like enlargement of the base of an 



organ, as of a calyx ; Gibbos'ity, 



Gibbos'itas, a swelling at the base of 



an organ, 

 gigan'tic, gigan'tevs (Lat., pertaining 



to giants), of unusual height. 

 Gills, the plates or lamellae of an 



Agaric which bear the spores, 

 gil'vus (Lat)., pale yellow, a term 



of confused application, sometimes 



reddish or even greyish. 

 Ginger-beer "plant," an association 



of organisms which ferment a 



sweetened liquid into Ginger-Beer. 

 Gir'dle, (1) the hoop or cingulum of 



Diatoms, that portion of the frus- 



tule which unites the valves ; 



(2) also applied to a ring-like 

 branch of the leaf -trace of Cycas ; 

 Girdling, in cultivation, ringing. 



githagin'eus (Lindley) ; githagino'sus 

 (Hayne), defined as greenish red, 

 meaning red or purple streaks on a 

 green ground, as the calyx of 

 Githago. 



gla'tarous, gla'ber (Lat., without hair), 

 gla'brate, ylabra'tus, destitute of 

 pubescence, by Bentham extended 

 to mean also destitute of any 

 roughness; glabres'cent,f//afrres'ce?is, 

 becoming glabrous, or slightly so ; 

 Gla'brism, the smoothness of nor- 

 mally hairy parts ; glabrius'culus 

 (Lat. ), somewhat glabrous. 



gla'diate, g/adia'tus (gladius, a sword) 

 ( I) flat, straight, or slightly curved, 

 with acute apex and approximately 

 parallel edges, ensiform ; (2) 

 anc pital. 



Gland (glans, glandis, an acorn) ; (1) 

 an acorn, or acorn-like fruit ; (2) a 

 definite secreting structure on the 

 surface, embedded, or ending a 

 hair ; any protuberance of the like 

 nature which may not secrete, as 

 the warty swellings at the base of 

 the leaf in the cherry and peach ; 



(3) in Orchids, see GLANUULA ; ~ of 

 the Torus, see LEPAL (Crozier) ; 

 glandula'ceous, -cens ( + aceous), 

 the colour of a ripe acorn ; raw 

 sienna yellow ; glandiferous (fero, 

 I bear), bearing or producing 

 glands ; glandiform (forma, shape), 



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