Mycoma 



(ADDITIONS) 



parastemonal 



My'coma (fJ-vKrjs, a mushroom), the 

 body of a Fungus (A. Braun) ; 

 Mycomyce'tes, the higher Fungi. 



Myxogas'ters, an Anglicised form of 

 MYXOGASTRES ; Myxopny'ceae 

 (<J>VKOS, sea - weed), = SCHIZO- 

 PHYCEAE ; Myxothallopliy'tae ( + 

 THALLOPHYTE) = MYXOGASTRES. 



na'creous (Fr. , nacre, mother-of- 

 pearl), with pearly lustre (Heinig). 



Nannan'der, a dwarf-male (Witt- 

 rock). 



nau'tiloid (elSos, resemblance), like 

 the shell of a naiitilus (Heinig). 



navic'ulaeform (forma, shape) = 

 naviculoid. 



Neck, add, (5) the prolongation of 

 the apex of the perithecium in 

 Pyrenomycetes. 



Nee'dle, the stiff linear leaf of Coni- 

 ferae ; double ~, the specially 

 metamorphosed leaf - organ of 

 Sciadopitys. 



neu'trophile (0tX<fw, I love), a hybrid 

 word for elements which do not 

 take up either acid or basic stains, 

 as hyalosomes. 



no'dal Plex'us, the net or transverse 

 girdle of bundles which sometimes 

 exists at a node. 



nostocha'ceous, resembling Nostoc or 

 allied to it (Archer). 



No'viforin, a CULTIFORM of recent 

 origin (Kuntze). 



Nucleochyle'ma (%i'Xoj, juice), Stras- 

 burger's term for the fluid which 

 fills the spaces in the LININ. 



Nu'culane = NUCULANIUM. 



octinu'cleate (+ NUCLEUS), having 



eight nuclei (Harper), 

 odon'toid 6ovs, oddvros, a tooth, 



elSos, resemblance), tooth - like, 



dentate (Heinig). 

 oedogonia'ceous, pertaining to Oedo- 



gonium or its allies. 

 oligarch (dpxh, origin), applied to a 



vascular cylinder, containing but 



few bundles (Crozier). 

 Omphalo'dium, Kerner's term for 



HILUM (1) ; om'pbaloid (euios, re- 



semblance), navel-like, umbilicate 



(Heinig). 



oogo'nial Tube, NECK-CANAL. 

 ooplas'mic, relating to the OOPLASM ; 



O'oplast, Kerner's term for 



OOSPHERE. 

 O'on, proposed as an equivalent of 



EGG (P. F. Myles). 

 ophryd'eous, resembling or allied to 



the genus Ophrys. 

 orchid'ean, ORCHIDEOUS ; Orchi- 



dol'ogy (Xo7oj, discourse), the study 



of Orchids. 



Origin, employed by Hartog to ex- 

 press the German "Anlage"; cf. 



FUNDAMENT, INCEPT, INCEPTION, 



PRIMORDIUM, etc. 

 orthosper'mous (a-n-ep/j-a, a seed), 



having seeds with endosperm 



grooved on the ventral side, as 



in Carum. 

 Ova'rium, add, (2) = ARCHEGONIUM 



(H. Gibson), 

 overlying, a suggested rendering of 



INCUBOUS (Potter). 



pachyder'matous, = PACHYDERMOUS. 



Palaeobot'anist, a student or expert 

 in fossil botany. 



Pal'mid, J. Smith's term for' Palms, 

 Cycads and Tree-ferns of palm-like 

 aspect. 



palmogloe'an, allied to Palmogloea, 

 or resembling it (Archer). 



Parachro'matin (+ CHROMATIN), the 

 same as LININ. 



Parachute', sometimes applied to fruits 

 which are readily carried by wind, 

 by means of membranous expan- 

 sions or pappus, recalling the 

 action of a parachute. 



paracotyle'donary, ( + COTYLEDON), 

 used of the axis, derived from the 

 anterior inferior segment (quad- 

 rant) of the oosphere of Marsilia 

 (Vines) ; Par'acyst (/ciVrts, a bag), 

 morphologically an antheridium, 

 which is male in Pyronema ; para- 

 ste'monal (crT?} / u.o;c, a filament = 

 stamen), employed by Huxley for 

 structures which arise from, or 

 close to, the insertion of the fila- 

 ments with the corolla. 



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