riiuomatic 



Rhytidoma 



rhizomat'ie, -cus, rhizo'matose, hav- 

 ing the character of a rhizome ; 

 rluzo'inic is used by Harvey for the 

 same thing ; Ithi'zomorph {nop<p^, 

 shape), a root- like branched strand 

 of mycelial hyphae ; rhizomor'phic, 

 -phoid, -phous, (1) root-like ; (2) 

 resembling a rhizomoi^ph ; Bhizoph'- 

 agist {(payfly, to eat), Boulger's 

 term for a plant which is nourished 

 by its own roots, an autophyte or 

 rhizophyte ; rhizoph'iloas (<f tAfw, I 

 love), growing attached to roots ; 

 BM'zophore {<pop4o3, I carry), a leaf- 

 less branch in Selayinella, which 

 eventually emits true roots. 



Bhizophore tarn, an association of 

 Rhizophore, such as the mangi'oves 

 on the margin of salt-water lagoons. 



rliisopli''orous (^tCa> a root; (popiw, I 

 bear), giving rise to roots ; Bhi'zo- 

 phyll(<^vAAo*',aleaf), Schuett's name 

 for a compound pigment in Algae, 

 consisting of Phycoerythrin and 

 Floridean Green; Bhizophyiraceae 

 {cpvWov, a leaf, -}- aceus), a division 

 of Ferns proposed by E. Newman 

 for those in which the fronds are 

 attached to the rhizome or root ; 

 rhizophylla'ceous. resembling such 

 Ferns; rhizophyrioos, when roots 

 proceed from the leaves ; Bhizoph'y- 

 siB = Rhiziophysis ; Bhi'zophyte 

 {<^\nov, a plant), (1) = Rhizopha- 

 GI8T; (2) Van Tieghem's term for 

 Vasculares ; Bhi^zoplast (irKaaThs, 

 moulded), (1) a chromatic thread 

 which starts from the blepharoplast 

 towards the interior of the cell (Dan- 

 geard) ; (2) the intermediate fibril 

 of G^?/mno(imiwm (Pa villard); Bhizo- 

 pod'itim X {rtovs, ToShs, a foot), the 

 mycelium or " spawn " of Fungi; 

 rhizop'odons, used in the sense of 

 amoeboid ; Bhizotax'ig, Bhizotax'y 

 {rd^is, order), the system of arrange- 

 ment of the roots; Bhi'zula ^, the 

 protonema of Mosses, eto. 



Bho'ad i{>6os, a stream, -{- ad), " a creek 

 plant" (Clements). 



rlioderias {{>6Sov, a rose), rosy pink ; 

 rhodoch'roas (xp<^«) colour), rose- 

 coloured, pink. 



Bhododendre'tum, an association of 

 RJiododendron. 



Bhod'ogen {p6^ov, a rose ; yevos, off- 

 spring), an easily oxidizable body in 

 the beet (Reinke) ; rhodoleu'eus 

 {\€vk6s, white), reddish- white; Bho- 

 dorogist {\oy6s, discourse), a student 

 of Bhodol'ogy, that part of botany 

 which treats of roses ; Bhod'ophyll 

 {(pvWov, a leaf), a name for the com- 

 pound pigment of the Red Algae 

 (Reinke), cf. Ruizophyll; Bhodo- 

 phy'ta {<pvThv, a plant), the Red 

 Algae (Wettstein) ; Bhodoplas'tid, 

 the chroinatophore of Rhodophyceae 

 (Darbishire);Bhodosperm'in(<r7re/i;ua, 

 a seed), rose-coloured grannies aris- 

 ing from the effects of reagents in 

 cell-contents. 



Bhoi'uni, trisyll. {^6os, a stream), "a 

 creek formation " ; rhoophllus 

 (</)iA6«, I love), creek -dwelling ; 

 Bhoophy'ta {(pvrhv, a plant), creek 

 plants (Clements). 



rhom'beus, rhom'bic, rhom'bicus 

 {l>6ti^os, a top), shaped like a rhomb, 

 an equilateral oblique-angled figure ; 

 rhombifo'lius {folium, a leaf), 

 rhomboidal-leafed ; rhombiformls 

 {forma, shape), rhomb-shaped ; 

 rhom'boid,r^om6oi'rfe«s,rhomboi'dal, 

 rhomboida/lis (cISos, resemblance), 

 approaching a rhombic outline, 

 quadrangular, with the lateral angles 

 obtuse. 



Bhoptom'eter {l>otrrhv, something ab- 

 sorbed), au instrument to measure 

 absorption of water by the soil 

 (Clements). 



Bhya'cad^ {pva^, a mountain torrent, 

 -\- ad), a torrent plant (Clements); 

 Bhyaci'um, a torrent formation ; 

 rhyacoph'ilus {<pi\ew, I love), torrent- 

 loving ; Bhyacophy'ta {(pvrhv, a 

 plant), torrent plants (Clements). 



Bhynchospore'tiim, an association of 

 Rhynchospora ; rhynchos'porous 



{l)vyxos, a beak ; cnropo, a seed), when 

 the fruit ends in a beak. 



Bhysi'um, or Bhysi'on (^uo-is, a flow- 

 ing), a plant succession on volcanic 

 soil (Clements). 



Bhytido'ma (^i/rfSw/uo, a wrinkle), the 



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