gyngenesious 



Systellopliytuni 



in a ring; (2) belonging to the order 

 Compositae. 



Syngonim'ia {crvv, with, + Gonimia), 

 goniraia united in clumps; Syn'- 

 grammae {ypd/xfxa, an outline), 

 Diatoms with linear symmetry (0. 

 Mueller; synhap'loid (+ haploid), 

 the union of two or more haploid 

 nuclei (Nemec). 



Synize'sk {avyiCw, to sit together) 

 = Synapsis. 



Synkar'ion {a-hu, with ; napvov, a nut) 

 = Synoaryon ; synoc'reate ( + 

 Ocrea), having opposite united 

 stipules which enclose the stem in a 

 sheath ; synoe'cious {oIkos, a house), 



(1) having antheridia and archegonia 

 in one inflorescence ; bryologists 

 seem to prefer the form synoi'cous ; 



(2) the occurrence of flowers of 

 difl"erent sexes in the same inflores- 

 cence (Kirchner) ; Synne'ma (j'tj^uo, a 

 thread), a columnar bundle of closely 

 united conidiophores (Traverso and 

 Saccardo). 



Syn'onym {(tvvwvv/jlos, having the same 

 name), a superseded or unused 

 name; Synon'ymy, all that relates 

 to synonyms. 



Synop'sis {avvo^pis, a glance), a con- 

 densed description of a genus or 

 other group of plants. 



synpet'alous {cvy, with ; ireraXov, a 

 flower leaf) = gamopetalous ; 

 Synphyllo'dium {(pvWov, a leaf), 

 Celakovsky's name for Cone-scale; 

 Synoph'thy, the conected alibrevia- 

 tion of Synophthal'my {6(pdaKiJ.hs, 

 an eye), see next ; — Moquin- 

 Tandon's term for adhesion of 

 (1) embryos; (2) buds; Synoph'ty 

 (deriv., see last); Synoph'yty 

 (Croziei) = Synophthy ; Syn'plast 

 = Symplast; synorhi'zus (^I'Ca, a 

 root), having a radicle whose point 

 is united to the albumen ; synsep'- 

 aloue, -lus (+ Sepalum), gamo- 

 sepalous. the sepals coalescent ; 

 synsper'mous, adj. of Synsper'my 

 {a-trepfia, a seed), the union of 

 several seeds ; Syn'sperms ((nrepfxa, 

 a seed), plants with "seeds in- 

 tegrated with placenta" (C. MacMil- 



lan) ; synspor'ous {airopa, a seed), 

 propagating by conjugations of cells, 

 as in Algae " (Stormonth) ; Synstig'- 

 ma {(xriy/jLa, a point), when symmetry 

 is based upon a point; synstig- 

 mat'icus {ariyfjLa, a point), Avhen a 

 pollen-mass is furnished with a 

 retinaculum by which it adheres 

 to the stigma, as in Orchids. 



syntac'tic {crvvTUKTiKhs, putting to- 

 gelher), used of irregularity which 

 is zygomorphic (Pax). 



Syntag'ma, pi. Syntag'mata {ahv, 

 with; Ta7,u,a, an array), Pfeffer's 

 term for bodies built up of Taq- 

 maTA, themselves aggregations of 

 Molecules; syntep'alous (-f Tep- 

 alum), the tepals united ; Synth'- 

 ease, a soluble enzyme effecting the 

 union of sugar and phosphates 

 (Ivanoff) ; syntrip'loid (+ trip- 

 loid), tha union of triploid nuclei 

 (N^mec) ; syntropli''icu8 {rpocpif, 

 food), epiphytic ; Syntroph'ism and 

 Syn'trophy, the antagonistic sym- 

 biosis of Lichen with Lichen ; Syn'- 

 trophs, "Lodgers" in Lichens; 

 Syn'type {tvitos, a type) = Cotype ; 

 synzo'ic {((fou, an animal), used of 

 intentional dispersal by means of 

 animals (Sernander) ; Synzooclio'ry 

 ix^peo, I spread abroad), dispersed 

 by animals; Synzyg'ia + {'^vyhs, a 

 yoke), the point of contact of 

 opposite cotyledons. 



Sy'phon, = Siphon. 



Syring'in, a substance occurring in 

 Syringa, the Lilac ; syringi'nus, 

 lilac-coloured, a light purple. 



Syringoden'dron, used by palaeo- 

 botanists for old or partially de- 

 corticated sigillarian stems ; the 

 name was formerly generic. 



Syr'tidad [avpris, crvprtSos, a sand- 

 bank, 4- ad), a plant of a dry 

 sandbar (Clements) ; Syrtidi'um, "a 

 dry sandbar formation " ; syrtidoph'- 

 ilus {(piXfo), I love), "dwelling 

 on dry sandbars " ; Syrtidophy'ta 

 {((>vThv, a plant), "dry sandbar 

 plants " (Clements). 



Systellophy'tum (o-uo-reAAw, I wrap 

 closely , (pvrhv, a ])l.'int), when a 



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