Systellophytam 



tankard-shaped 



persistent calyx ajtpears to form 

 part of the fruit. 



Sys'tem {avcrTrj/jLa, a composition), a 

 scheme of classification ; systemat'ic, 

 systcmat'icus, relating to system ; ~ 

 Bot'any, the study of plants in their 

 mutual relationships and taxonomic 

 arrangement. 



Syst'ole {(tvcttoKt), a contraction), the 

 contraction of the contractile vesicles 

 in certain Algae, plasmodia, and 

 zoospores. 



Syst'rophe (avarocp^, rolling up), when 

 strong light causes chlorophyll 

 grains to congregate into a few 

 masses (A, F. W. Schimper) ; adj. 

 systroph'ic, as ~ In'terval, or Systro- 

 ph'ion, that portion of the Photiu'm 

 in which systrophe can take place 

 (S. Moore). 



systy'lius {<tvu, with ; (nv\os, n 

 column), the lid fixed to the 

 columella in Mosses, and elevated 

 above the capsule when it dries ; 

 systy'lous (Berkeley) = systyli us ; 

 systy'lus, when styles coalesce into 

 one body, as in Rvsa systt/la, Bast. 



tabaci'nus, pale brown, "tobacco- 

 coloured ; " the name is from Xicu- 

 tiana Tabacum, Linn. 



Tabasheer', a siliceous concretion 

 occurring in tlie joints of bamboo. 



Ta'bes (Lat., a wasting away), a 

 disease, the loss of the power of 

 growth and consequent wasting 

 away ; tabes'cent, tabea'cens, wasting 

 or shrivelling. 



Tab'let {tabuln^ a board or plank), 

 (1) the frustule of Diatoms when 

 quadrangular; (2) the rectangular 

 colony of Gonhun : Tab'ula, the 

 pileus of certain Fungi ; tab'ular, 

 labida'ris, flattened horizontally; 

 '^ Roots, buttress-like roots of 

 certain tro]>ical trees (Kerner). 



tabula'tus X (Lat., boarded or floored), 

 layer on layer. 



Tach'yspore (Taxi's-, quick ; cnreipoD, I 

 sow), applied to plants which quickly 

 disperse their seeds (Ulbrich) ; adj. 

 tachyspor'ous. 



tac'tic {TUKTiKhs, fit for order), reacting 



to a stimulus by internal change 

 (Wager), 

 tac'tile {tactilis, that may be touched), 

 sensitive to touch ; ^ Hairs or ^ 

 Bris'tles = Sti m ulators ; - Papill'a, 

 a mechanical sense-organ such as a 

 projecting cell on a tendril ; ~ Pit, 

 an unthickened area on the outer 

 wall of a superficial sensory cell, 

 taemop'terid, a Fern resembling Tat- 



mopteris, in structure. 

 taenia'nus + {taenia, a band), long, 

 cylindric and contracted in various- 

 places; taeniop'teroid, in fossil 

 botany, resembling the genus 

 Taeniopteris. 

 Tag'ma, pi. Tag'mata (rdy/xa, an 

 array), Pfeffer's term for all ag- 

 gregations of molecules ; tagmat'ic 

 Com'plex, a higher molecular 

 system. 

 Tail, any long and slender prolonga- 

 tion ; '-' point'ed, excessively acu- 

 minate, caudate; tailed, said of 

 anthers which have a prolongation 

 from the loculus, which {)art is 

 destitute of pollen-grains. 

 Take-all, an Australian name for the 

 rava;;es of Ophioboliis graminis on 

 wheat; termed "Straw Blight " in 

 England. 

 Tala'ra + (talaria, the winged shoes 

 of ilercury), the wing or ala of a 

 papilionaceous corolla. 

 Ta'lea (Lat.), a cutting, a small branch 



for propagating, 

 tall, exceeding the normal height. 

 Talus (Fr., slope), an accumulation 

 of loose fragments at the base of 

 rocks (Warming). 

 tangen'tial {ta)igrn.t, touching), at 

 right angles to the radial or 

 medullary rays. 

 Tan'ghin, the poison occurring; in the 

 ordeal poison plant of Madagascar, 

 Cerbcra Tanyhin, Hook. 

 Tan'gle, the same as Skein (Crozier). 

 Tank-epiphyte (-f EpiPHYrE), epi- 

 phytes in which the roots are re- 

 duced to anchoring appendages 

 (Schimper). 

 tan'kard-shaped, thickened and gradu- 

 ally enlarged downward, then 



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