Macroblast 



malic 



Mac'rofolast (/SXacrros, a bud), a 

 normal wood bud (Hartig) ; ma- 

 croceph'alOUS, -lus (/ce^aXr;, head), 

 big headed, dicotyledonous em- 

 bryos with consolidated cotyledons ; 

 Macroconid'ium (+ CONIDIUM), a 

 large conidium produced at a dif- 

 ferent period in the life-cycle 

 to a MICROCONIDIUM ; Mac'ro- 

 cyst (Kvffns, a bag or pouch), one 

 of the vesicles which originate the 

 fertile tissue in Pyronema, etc. (Tu- 

 lasne) ; Macrodi'odange ( + DIODE, 

 dyyetov, a vessel) Van Tieghem's 

 term for MACROSPORANGIUM ; Mac- 

 rodi'ode, the same botanist's word 

 for MACBOSPORE ; Macrogam'ete 

 (yafjitTiis, a spouse) = MEGAGAMETE ; 

 Macrogonid'ium (76^05, offspring, 

 ddos, like) a gonidium of large size 

 in comparison with others produced 

 by the same species ; c/. MEGALOGO- 

 NIDIUM ; macrophyl'line ((j)v\\ov, 

 a leaf), macrophyl'lous, having 

 elongated leaflets or leaves ; 

 macrophyt'ic (<t>vrbv, a plant), 

 used by Schimper for the large 

 forms of marine Algae ; Mac'ro- 

 plast (TrXacrrds, moulded), Lanke- 

 ster's term for large disc-like 

 plastids in Bacterium rubescens ; 

 macrop'odal, macrop'odous (TroCs, 

 TroSos, a foot), used of an embryo 

 with enlarged hypocotyl forming 

 the greater part of its mass ; ( Crozier 

 adds another meaning, applied to a 

 leaf with a long petiole) ; Macro- 

 scle'reids (cr/cX^pos, hard), Tschiruh's 

 term for long stone-cells with 

 blunt ends ; macroscopic (OVCOTT^W, 

 I see), viewed by the naked eye, 

 opposed to microscopic ; Macro- 

 sporan'gium (a-iropa,, seed, ayydov, 

 a vessel), (1) a sporangium contain- 

 ing macrospores ; (2) the nucellus of 

 the ovule of Phanerogams ; macro- 

 sporan'giate, possessing macrospo- 

 rangia ; ~ Flow'ers, carpellary 

 flowers, pistillate flowers destitute 

 of stamens ; Mac'rospore ; (1) the 

 larger kind of spore in vascular 

 Cryptogams ; (2) the embryo- 

 sac in Phanerogams ; Macrospor'- 



ophyll (4>v\\ov, a leaf ) = CARPEL ; 

 macro sporophyl'lary, carpellary ; 

 macrosty'lous (orCXos, a post), long- 

 styled ; Macrosym'biont (<ry^i6w, I 

 live with), the larger of the asso- 

 ciated organisms in symbiosis ; 

 Mac'rotherm (depart, heat) MEGA- 

 THERM; Macrozoogonid'ium(fux', an 

 animal, + GONIDIUM), in Ulothrix 

 the larger kind of zoospore, which 

 germinates independently ; c/. Mi- 

 CROZOOGONIDIUM ; Macrozo'ospore, 

 a large zoospore when compared 

 with others of the same species. 



Mac'ula (Lat.), a spot ; Mac'ulae ; (1) 

 areolated pits of Coniferae ; (2) also 

 organs on the aerial stem of Cyatho- 

 phorum, large round white dots in 

 two rows, probably water-storing 

 organs ; maculifor'mis (formis, 

 shape), used by Koerber for 

 apothecia which are shaped like 

 irregular spots ; mac'ular, mac'u- 

 late,mac'ulose (maculosus, spotted), 

 blotched or spotted ; Macula'tion, 

 the arrangement of spots on a 

 plant (Crozier). 



madefac'tus (Lat.), moistened, as 

 plants in an herbarium previous to 

 examination. 



Madu'ra, the fungus-foot disease 

 supposed to be caused by Chio- 

 nyphe Carteri, Berk. 



mag'moid (/j.dy/j.a, dregs, elSos, like), in 

 Lichens, ' 'like an Alga, consistingof 

 spherical green cellules " (Leigh ton). 



mal'acoid (^aXaxos, soft, eI5os, like), 

 mucilaginous ; Malacoph'ilse (<iX^w, 

 I love), plants which are fertilized 

 by snails or slugs. 



male, a plant or flower which bears 

 stamens or their analogues ; ~- 

 Cell, the smaller of two unequal 



tametes ; ~ Flow'ers, staminate 

 owers ; <~ Or'gans, those struc- 

 tures which, in fertilization, are 

 concerned, as the stamens, anthe- 

 ridia, etc. ; <~ Protnal'lium, one 

 which bears antheridia only ; ~ 

 Sys'tem, all that part of the flower 

 which belongs to the stamen, 

 ma'lic (malum, an apple), pertaining 

 to apples, as <~ Add, which is said 



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