

Karyosomata 



Kryptoblast 



in a nucleus ; pi. Karyoso'mata ; 

 Karyosyxnpn'ysis (<nV0wns, growing 

 together), nuclear fusion (Hartog). 



katabol'ic (/cara/3aA\w, I cast down), 

 descending metabolism, the break- 

 ing up of comp mods into simpler 

 bodies ; Katab'olism, destructive 

 metabolism. 



katalyt'ic = CATALYTIC. 



Katelectrot'onus (Kara, down ; 

 fj\fKTpov, amber ; rbvos, strain), 

 heightened excitation in plants 

 due to an electric current (Hb'r- 

 mann). 



kathod'ic (KaOoSos, a descent), that 

 half of a leaf which is turned away 

 from the direction in which the 

 genetic spiral turns ; the opposite 

 of ANODIC. 



Keel, or CARI'NA, (1) a ridge like the 

 keel of a boat ; (2) the two anterior 

 and united petals of a papilionace- 

 ous corolla ; keeled, carinate. 



Kenench'yma (/cevos, empty, Zyx 1 '/* -, 

 an infusion), permanent tissue 

 which has lost its living contents, 

 as cork-tissue^; in Ger. "Leer- 

 zellengewebe." 



Keramia'ium = CERAMIDIUM, or 

 Cystocarp. 



kermesi'nus (Mod. Lat.), carmine, a 

 colour from Kermes. 



Ker'nel, (1) the nucleus of an ovule, or 

 of a seed, that is, the whole body 

 within the cuats ; (2) the softer 

 part of the pyrenocarp within the 

 outer wall iu certain Fungi. 



Ke'tones (a variation of " Aceton"), a 

 class of etheria oils ; camphor is 

 probally one of this class. 



Ket'tle-traps, app'.itd 'o such flowers 



Oas those of Aristolocliia, which im- 

 prison n.sects until fertilization is 

 effected. 



Key, or Key-fruit, the SAMARA of 

 sycamore or ash. 



Kid'ney- form, Kid'ney - shaped, ob- 

 lately cordate ; crescent-shaped, 

 with the ends rounded. 



Kind, genus or specie.-, a sort. 



kinet'ic (Ktvytris, motion) En'ergy, 

 the energy of actual motion, as 

 opposed to potential energy. 



kin'ic (Kina-Kina, a name for Cin- 

 chona), pertaining to cinchona ; 

 Ac'id, an organic acid in Cinchona, 

 barks. 



King'dom, one of the highest groups 

 of organic nature ; the Vegetable 

 ~ includes all plants. 



Klado'dium = CLADODE. 



kleistogam'ic, kleistog'amous = CLEIS- 

 TOGAMIC. 



Klinomorph'y (K\ivu, I bend, fj-op^, a 

 shape), Wiesner's term for the 

 condition of an organ determined 

 by the simultaneous oblique posi- 

 tion of the principal and median 

 planes, so that the right and left 

 halves may be distinguished as 

 upper and lower, resulting in a 

 different shape of the two halves ; 

 kleinorhom'bic (pd^/So?, a rhomb), a 

 mineralogic term used by De Bary 

 for oblique rhombic crystals in 

 plants. 



Kli'nostat = CLINOSTAT. 



Knaur = GNAUR. 



Knee, (1) an abrupt bend in a stem or 

 tree-trunk ; (2) an outgrowth of 

 some tree roots ; ~ joint'ed, genicu- 

 late ; ~ -pan-shaped, concavo-con- 

 vex, patelliform ; kneed, geniculate. 



Knight-Darwin Law, generally under- 

 stood as "that no organic being 

 fertilises itself for an eternity of 

 generations"; preferably "Nature 

 abhors perpetual self-fer'ilisation," 

 cf. F. Darwin in "Nature," Iviii.. 

 630-632. 



knob like = GONGYLODES ; knobbed = 

 TORULOSE ; knob'by = NODOSE. 



Knot, (1) a node in the stem of 

 grasses ; (2) a swelling in stems at 

 the attachment of the leaf ; (3) 

 various diseases caused by Fungi, 

 as Black ~, effected by Plou-rightia 

 morbosa, Sacc. (Tubeuf j ; Knot phase, 

 in nuclear-division, is also known, 

 as skein-stage ; knot'ted, knot'ty, 

 n"dose. 



Knur, Knurl, a knob or hard substance 

 = GNAUR. 



Kryp'toblast (/cpwros, hidden, /SXao-ros, 

 a bud), a preventitious bud 

 (Hartig). 



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