Barymorphosia 



Bassorin 



changes produced in organisms in 

 consequence of gravitation. 



ba'sal {basis, foundation), at the base 

 of an organ or part ; '-'Cell, the first 

 cell of an angiospermous embryo 

 which becomes attached to the wall 

 of the embryo-sac ; -^ Growth, in- 

 crease near the base, as distinguished 

 from apical growth ; -^ nerved, 

 hasiner'vis, with nerves from the 

 base of the leaf; --' Placen'ta, the 

 placenta at the base of the 

 ovary ; '^ Wall, the division of the 

 oospore in Archegoniatae into an 

 anterior and a posterior half ; Base, 

 the extremity of attachment, by 

 which nutrition takes place ; Basi- 

 chro'matin ( + Chromatin), chrom- 

 atin in the usual sense ; that portion 

 of the nuclear network stained by 

 basic tar-colours. 



Bas'id = Basidlum, pi. Basid'ia {hasi- 

 dium, a little pedestal), (1) the spore- 

 mother-cells of Hymenomycetous 

 and Gasteromycetous Fungi, having 

 little points from which spores are 

 thrown off ; (2) employed by Thaxter 

 for the swollen attachment of the 

 conidium to the conidiophore in 

 Basidiobjlas, Eidam ; (3) by older 

 authors employed for the central 

 Fertile Cells of Uredineae. 



basid'ial, relating to a Basidium ; ^ 

 Lay'er, the structure in Agarics 

 which produces or bears the basidia. 

 basidiogenet'ic {yevos, race, descent), 

 produced upon a basidium ; Basi- 

 diogonidlum {yov^, race, offspring), 

 proposed emendation of ' ' basidio- 

 spore " ; Basidioli'chenes Lichen- 

 forming Basidiomycetes ; Basidio- 

 myce'tes (juuktjs, fivKrjrus, fungus), 

 Fungi producing spores on basidia ; 

 Basid'iophore {(popcu, I carry), a 

 sporophore bearing a basidium ; 

 Basidiorhi'zae (^tC", a root), Vuille- 

 min's name for Basidiomycetes ; 

 Basidlospore {(riropa, a seed), a spore 

 produced by a basidium ; basidio- 

 sp'orous, producing such spores. 

 basifiz'ed, hasifix'us {basis, foundation; 

 JixHS, fast), attached by the base ; 

 basifugal {/ugo, I put to flight). 



developing from the base upwards ; 

 basigam'ic, basig'amous {ydfios, 

 marriage), when the normal position 

 of egg-apparatus and antipodals is 

 reversed ; the oosphere and syner- 

 gidae being at the lower end of 

 the mother-cell of the endospeim 

 (embryo-sac) ; Van Tieghem con- 

 templates the possible occurrence 

 of double Basig'amy; Basigjm'ium 

 {yvvrj, a woman), a thecaphore, the 

 stalk of an ovary above the stamens 

 and petals ; bas'ilar, basila'ris, 

 basal. 



basila'tus | arising from a broad base 

 as certain hairs. 



Ba'sin, the connection between the 

 pouch of certain secretory cells and 

 the cell -wall in Magnoliaceae and 

 a few other families (Solereder) ; 

 -^ shaped dished or hollowed out. 



basiner'ved, {basis, foundation -fUervus, 

 a nerve), veined from the base. 



basip'etal {peto, I seek), growth in the 

 direction of the base. 



Bas'iplast, adj. basiplas'tic {-irXaarhs, 

 moulded), Prantl's term for those 

 leaves whose permanent tissue 

 appears first at the apex, the lower 

 portion continuing longer as 

 meristem. 



Ba'sis (Lat.), the base ; basiscoplc 

 {aKoirew, I look), looking towards the 

 base, the reverse of acroscopic ; 

 basisolu'tus, + {sohctiis, unbound), 

 used of such leaves as those of 

 Sedicm which are prolonged down- 

 wards beyond their true origin ; 

 basithe'cal {BiiK-n, a box), applied to 

 virescent anthers, the upper portion 

 leafy, the pollen-bearing portion 

 extending toward iihe base (Cela- 

 kovsky) ; basit'onoTis (t(/vos, a cord), 

 the prolongation of the tissue of the 

 pollen-sac to the lower end of the 

 anther in Ophrydineae ; bas'ophil 

 {<pi\4w, I love), readily taking stain 

 from basic substances. 



Bass, the inner fibrous bark of the 

 lime, used by cultivators for tem- 

 porary ties ; the liber. 

 Bass'orin, a product of Bassora Gum, 

 Tragacanth, etc., which does not 



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