Gynixus 



Half 



Gynix'us, Gyni'zus (^os, birdlime), 

 the stigma in Orchids ; Gy'nobase, 

 Gynob'asis (/Sacris, a pedestal), an 

 enlargement of the torus on which 

 the gynaeceum rests ; gynobas'ic, 

 applied to a style which adheres by 

 its base to a prolongation upwards 

 of the torus between carpels; Gyno- 

 cid'ium, an error for GYMNOCIDIUM; 

 gynodioe'cious, dioecious, with some 

 flowers hermaphroclite,others pistil- 

 late only, on separate plants; gyno- 

 dy'namus (SiWjtus, power), applied 

 to an organism where the female 

 element is preponderant ; Gynoe'- 

 cium = GYNAECEUM ; Gynogamet- 

 an'gium (ya/j.eTT)s, a spouse, ayyelov, 

 a vessel), an organ in which female 

 sexual cells are formed ; an arche- 

 gonium ; Gynogam'etes, egg-cells 

 (McNab) ; Gynogam'etophore (<popew, 

 I carry), the female gametophore ; 

 Gynomonoe'cious, monoecious, with 

 female and hermaphrodite flowers 

 on the same plant ; Gynomonoe'cism 

 is the condition ; Gy'nophore, Gyno- 

 phor'imn (0opf'w, I carry), the stipe 

 of a pistil ; adj. gynophora'tus 

 gynophoria'nus J ; Gynophyl'ly 

 (<f>v\\oi>, a leaf), virescence or phyl- 

 lomorphy of the ovary ; Gy'nophyte 

 ((pvrov, a plant), the female plant 

 in the sexual generation ; Gynos- 

 teg'ium (ffrtyos, a roof), the staminal 

 crown in Asclepias ; Gynoteg'ium 

 (reyos, a roof), the sheath or cover- 

 ing of a gynaeceum of any kind ; 

 Gynoste'mium (arrinuv, a stamen), 

 the column of an Orchid, the androe- 

 cium and gynaeceum combined. 



gyp'seus (Lat., plastered with lime), 

 chalk-white, cretaceous. 



gy'rate, gyra'tm (Lat.), curved into a 

 circle, or circular ; circinate. 



Gy'rolith (yvpos, round, Ai'0os, stone), 

 the presumed fossil fruits of Chara ; 

 Gy'roma (1) the annulus of Ferns ; 

 (2) the button-like shield of Gfyro- 

 phora ; gy'rose, yyro'sus, curved 

 backward and forward in turn ; 

 Gy'rus (Lat., a circle) = GYBOMA. 



Hab'it, Ilabi'tus (Lat., appearance), 



the general appearance of a plant, 

 whether erect, prostrate, climbing, 

 etc. 

 Hab'itat, Habita'tio (Lat., dwelling), 



(1) the kind of locality in which a 

 plant grows, as woods, moors, etc. ; 



(2) the geographic distribution or 

 limits, now termed LOCALITY, or 

 more precisely STATION ; ~ Group, 

 applied to those plants which have 

 common habitats, though not re- 

 lated, as HALOPHYTES, HYDRO- 

 PHYTES, and the like ; ~ Ra'ces, 

 used by Magnus for those heter- 

 oecious Uredines, which are adapted 

 to respective species of host 

 (Tubeuf). 



Had'rome, a shortened form of Hadro- 

 mes'tome (aSpos, thick, ripe, strong, 

 LOTTOS, filled), the xylem or woody 

 portion of a vascular bundle ; con- 

 sisting of the HYDBOME and part of 

 the AMYLOME ; together with the 

 LEPTOME it forms the MESTOME. 



Hae'matein (a'i/j.a, curares, blood), the 

 colouring matter of Logwood ; hae- 

 mati'nus, haem'atites, h?.ematit'ic, 

 haematit'icus, haematocl-ro'os (xpw?, 

 a tinge), blood-red; Haematochro'me 

 (xptD/ua, colour), Cohn's term for the 

 pigment of Jfaematococcusp/uvialis, 

 etc.; Haematox'ylin (^v\ov, wood), 

 the colouring matter of Logwood, 

 Haematoxylon campechianum, 



Linn.; Haemorrha'gia (payLa, from 

 prjyijfj.ai, to break forth), a disease in 

 plants when the sap is constantly 

 exuding through an external wound. 



Hair, an outgrowth of the epidermis, 

 a single elongated cell, or row of 

 cells ; ~ -point'ed. ending in a fine, 

 weak point ; ~ -shaped, filiform, 

 very slender, as the ultimate divi- 

 sions of the inflorescence of many 

 grasses : Hair-breadth = CAPILLUS ; 

 Hairiness, hirsute, more rigidly 

 hairy than pubescent ; hair'y, 

 pubescence when the hairs are 

 separately distinguishable. 



hal'berd-, orhal'bert-shaped, hastate; 

 ~ -headed, means the same. 



Half (1) a moiety ; one part of that 

 which is divided into two equal 



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