juncaceous 



(ADDITIONS) 



Meiostates 



tion of so-called species, usually 

 regarded as mere varieties which 

 are tolerably constant under culti- 

 vation ; the name is derived from 

 Alexis Jordan of Lyons, 

 junca'ceous, junceous, rush-like. 



Karyas'ter ( + ASTER), the spindle- 

 figure of the nucleus ; Karyochy- 

 le'ma (%1'Xds, juice), proposed by 

 Strasburger for ACHROMATIN. 



Kat'astates, pi. (<TTO.TOS, a standing), 

 intermediate products of katabo- 

 lism, during the breaking down of 

 protoplasm (Parker). 



Keel-punc'ta, pi., nodulated thicken- 

 ings on one margin of the valves of 

 Nitzschia (O'Meara). 



Knor'ria, formerly a genus of fossil 

 plants, now used for lepidodendroid 

 stems when their cortex has been 

 stripped off to a considerable but 

 variable depth (Scott). 



Knot-stage = SKEIN in nuclear divi- 

 sion. 



labioscop'ic ( + LABIUM, o-Koirew, I 

 look), employed by Pfitzer for the 

 condition of certain Orchids when 

 the sepals are combined with an ex- 

 tension of the axis, as in Drymoda. 



Laboulbenomyce'tes, Engler's term 

 for Laboulbeniaceae and their 

 allies. 



lamina'rioid (eI5o?, resemblance), re- 

 sembling or akin to the genus 

 Laminaria. 



lecid'ioid (ddos, resemblance), lecidei- 

 form. 



lepra'rioid, resembling the former 

 genus Lepraria. 



leptocen'tric ( + LEPTOME, centrum, 

 the middle), when a vascular 

 bundle has the leptome in the 

 middle, with the hadrome round 

 it (Haberlandt). 



leptoder'matous, leptodermous ; Lep- 

 togonid'ium ( + GONIDIUM) = 

 MICROGONIDIUM ; Leptoxy'lem ( + 

 XYLEM), the water - conducting 

 tissue of the sporophy te of Mosses ; 

 functional wood (Vaizey). 



Leucoso'mata, pi. = LEUCOSOMES. 



Li'briform, a tissue composed of 

 LIBRIFORM cells (Tschirch). 



lichenic'olous (Lichen, colo, I inhabit), 

 dwelling in or on a Lichen. 



Lig'ula, add, (6) the ovuliferous scale 

 in Araucaria, united with the bract, 

 and resembling the Ligule in Isoetes 

 (Potter). 



Limb, add (3) the margin of the leaf 

 in Mosses when distinct in colour 

 and cell-structure ; lim'bate, lim- 

 ba'tus, having a margin of the kind 

 stated. 



Limnoplank'ton (+ PLANKTON), the 

 floating vegetation of freshwater 

 pools or streams. 



Lob'ule, add (3) a tongue-like struc- 

 ture opposite the scutellum in 

 grasses, the epiblast (Van Tieghem). 



Loc'oform (locus, a place, + FORM), 

 a form which differs from its 

 nearest allies by peculiarities de- 

 rived from the climate or soil 

 (Kuntze) ; Locogreg'iform (grex, 

 gregis, a flock), a secondary or 

 tertiary RAMIFORM (Kuntze). 



Lu'siform (lusus, a game), a new form, 

 due to cultivation, which repro- 

 duces itself by vegetable increase 

 only, and not by seed (Kuntze). 



macrospor'oid (elSos, resemblance), 

 resembling the genus Macrospo- 

 rium, Fries ; Macrospor'ophore ( + 

 SPOROPHORE), an organ supporting 

 macrospores. 



mammil'liform (forma, shape), ap- 

 plied to those papillate protuber- 

 ances on a petal which give it a 

 velvety appearance. 



Man'tle-fi'bres, A. A. Lawson's term 

 for the fibres of the nuclear-spindle. 



marattia'ceous, akin to or resembling 

 the genus Marattia. 



Med'ioform (medius, middle, + 

 FORM), an intermediate form not 

 due to hybridity (Kuntze) ; Medio- 

 loc'oform (locus, a place), a local 

 MEDIOFORM (Kuntze). 



Megaplan'ogamete ( + PLANOGA- 

 METE), Brebner's term for a large 

 planogamete, presumably female. 



Mei'ostates (peluv, less, o-raror, a 



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