Macrogynospore 



Magniet()^ropiBm 



{+ Gynospore), Janet's terra for 

 gynospores of Selaginella liavins^ pre- 

 sumably a female function ; Macro- 

 microspor'ophyll = Carpel. 



macromit'reous, resembling the genus 

 Macromitrium. 



macrophyl'line {ixaKphs^ lon^ ; (pvWov, 

 a leaf), macrophyrious, liaving elon- 

 gated leaflets or leaves ; Mac'ropliyte 

 {<pvrhv, a plant), employed by 

 Schimper to denote marine Algae 

 of extreme length ; macrophyt'ic, 

 (1) used by Schimper for the large 

 forms of marine Algae ; (2) the non- 

 microscopical plants found in the 

 pleuston or liydrocharid formation 

 (Warming) ; Maorophytoplank'ton 

 {+ Plankton), plants such as Utri- 

 cularia ; Mac'roplast {■nXaaT'bs, 

 moulded), Lankester's term for large 

 disc-like plastids in Bacterium rubes- 

 cens ; macrop'odal, macrop'odous 

 (iroOs, iroSbj, a foot), used of an 

 embryo witli enlarged hypocotyl 

 forming the greater part of its mass ; 

 (Crozier adds another meaning, ap- 

 plied to a leaf with a long petiole) ; 

 Macroprothairium (+ Troth al- 

 lium), a prothalloid growth from a 

 microspore of Selaginella, etc., hav- 

 ing a female function ; Macrop'teres 

 {irrfplv, a feather or wing), the wings 

 on the stems of plants' with reduced 

 leaves ; Macropyc'nid {ifvKv'bs, dense) 

 = Stylospore ; Macroscle'reids 

 {<TK\r,phs, hard), Tschirch's term for 

 long stone-cells with blunt ends ; 

 macroscop'ic {a-Ko-nfca, I see), viewed 

 by the naked eye, opposed to micro- 

 scopic; Macrospartine'tum, a salt 

 marsh plant association in v.'hich 

 Spartina is dominant (Ganong) ; 

 macrosporan'giate, possessing macro- 

 sporangia; -~ Flow'ers, carpellary 

 flowers, pistillate flowers destitute 

 of stamens ; Macrosporan'gium 

 {(XTTopa, seed, ayy^tov, a vessel), (1) 

 a sporangium containing macro- 

 spores ; (2) the nucellus of the ovule 

 of Phanerogams; Mac'rospore; (1) 

 the larger kind of spore in vascular 

 Cryptogams ; (2) the enibryo-sac in 



Phanerogams. 



macrospor'oid (elSos, resemblance), re- 

 sembling the genus Macrosporium, 

 Fries. 



Hacrospor'opliore {/laKphs, long) 

 ( -f Sporophor?:), an organ support- 

 ing macrospores; Macrospor'op'nyll 

 {(pvKKoy, a leaf) = CARPEL ; macro- 

 gporophyl'lary, carpellary ; macro- 

 sty'lous (cttCaos, a post), long styled ; 

 Macrosym'biont {<tvij.^i6w, I live 

 with), the larger of the associated 

 organisms in symbiosis ; Mac'rotherm 

 {dlpnTl, heat)=MEGATiiERM; macro- 

 thennopli''ilus(0iAe'a)), I love), dwell- 

 ing in the tropics ; Mafcrothenno- 

 phy'ta {<pvrhv, a plant), trojdcal 

 jilants; Macrothermophyti'a (Cle- 

 ments). [Note. — These words would 

 have been better coined from mega-, 

 instead of macro-.] ; Macrozoogonid'- 

 ium(^wo»', an animal ; -j-Gonidium), 

 in Uloikrix the larger kind of zoo- 

 spore, \\hich genninates indepen- 

 dently; cf. MirROZOOGONIDIUM ; 

 Macrozo'ospore, a large zoospore 

 when compared with others of the 

 same species. 



Mac'iila (I.at.), a spot; pi. Mac'ulae: 

 (1) areolated pits of Conii'erae; (2) 

 also organs on the aerial stem of 

 Cyaihophorum, large round Avhite 

 dots in two rows, probably water- 

 storing organs; Macula'tion, the 

 ai-rangement of spots on a plant 

 (Crozier) ; maeulifor'mis i/ormis, 

 shape), used by Koerber for apothecia 

 which are shaped like irregular 

 spots ; mac'ular, mac'ulate. mac'- 

 ulose {maculosus, spotted), blotched 

 or spotted. 



madefac'tus ( Lat. ), moistened, as plants 

 in an herbarium previous to examina- 

 tion. 



Madu'ra, the fungus-foot disease sup- 

 posed to be caused by Chiouyphe 

 Carten, Berk. 



mag'moid {fj-dyna, dregs ; eUos, like), in 

 l.ichens, "like an Alga, consisting 

 of spherical green cellules " (Leigh- 

 ton). 



Magnetot'ropism {fidyvrfs, a magnet i 

 rpoiri), a turning), a theoretic term 

 for a possible tro})ic force of a magnet 



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