neogeic 



heutrifiors 



OAEAN, GEKONTOGAEAN ; neoge IC, 



migratory on recent geological 

 formations (Crampton) ; neomor- 

 phog'enous [fxop^ri, shape; yevos, 

 race), causing a new growth in con- 

 trast with that existing ; Ne'ophyte 

 {(pvThv, a plant), a newly introduced 

 plant (Rikli); Ne'oplast {-n-XacTTbs, 

 moulded), a new individual arising 

 from one or more previously existing 

 }»rotoplasts, as the fertilized egg- 

 cell (Hanstein); neotrop'ic (tpotttj, 

 ■ a turning). South American, in 

 plant distribution ; Ne'otype (tvitos, 

 a type), a specimen from the original 

 locality whence the true type was 

 obtained, which had been lost or 

 destroyed. 

 Nepenth'in, a proteolytic enzyme oc- 

 curring in the pitchers of Nepenthes. 

 neph'roid, nephroi'dcua {i/e<pphs, the 

 kidneys; cUos, like), reniform, kid- 

 ney-shaped ; Nephros'ta, Necker's 

 term for the sporangia of Lyco- 

 podiian. 

 nepion'ic {u-ninos, young), applied to 

 the first leaves of seedlings developed 

 immediately succeeding the em- 

 bryonic stage of the cotyledons. 

 Ne'reid {Nereis, a sea nymph), a 

 mythologic name used by "Warming 

 to designate water-loving plants 

 which grow on rocks and stones ; '^ 

 Forma'tion, a community of Algae 

 (Warming). 

 ner'itic(i'rjpiTr?s, son ofNereus), ajtplied 

 to plankton which is coastal; 

 Neroplan'kton ( + Plankton ), 

 Hacckcl's term for neritic plankton, 

 nerva'lis (Lat., pertaining- to tlie 

 nerves), (1) synonym of loculicidal, 

 the deliiscence being along the mid- 

 rib of the carj)els ; ('2) relating to 

 the midiib of a leaf, as a j)rolonga- 

 tion of it — as a tendiil. 

 Nerva'tion, Ncrva'tio {nerrus, a nerve), 

 venation, the niannci' in which tlie 

 foliar nerves or veins are arranged ; 

 ner'vate, vcrva'tus (Lat.), nerved 

 or veined ; Nerve, Ner'vus, in 

 V)otaiiy, a siiii|ile or uniuanclied 

 vein oi- slender rib; nerved, ncr'- ; 

 vi(jer {(/'/■(), I bear), liaving nerves, 



in a botanic sense ; ner'veless, with- 

 out apparent nerves; Nervimotil'- 

 ity (+ Motility), used by Dut- 

 rochei; to denote the stimulating 

 effect of the substratum on a grow- 

 ing or^n ; ner'vose, nervo'sus 

 (Lat., sinewy), full of nerves, or 

 prominently nerved ; ner'vulose, 

 ncrvuJo'sufi, diminutive of ner- 

 vous; Ner'vures, the principal 

 veins of a leaf. 



Nest-ep'iphyte (-f Ei'IPHYTe), an epi- 

 })hyte which accumulates humus 

 around itself for its growth ; ^ 

 Leaves, pi., dimorphous-leaved ferns, 

 those possessing heart-like bases 

 acting as accumulators of humus 

 (Goebel) ; --' Roots, negatively 

 geotropic roots of epiphytes which 

 form nest-like masses within which 

 humus accumulates (Goebel). 



nest'ling, nidulant (Crozier). 



Net-knot = Karyosome. 



Net-plasmo'dium (+ Plasmodium), a 

 state of Acrasieae, due either to 

 fusion or merely contact (Olive). 



net'ted, reticulated, net-veined with 

 any system of irregularly ana- 

 stomosing veins. 



Neuramphipet'alae {vevpov, a nerve or 

 sinew ; aincpl, around ; ireraAov, a 

 liower-leaf), Cassini's name for 

 the Compositae ; Neura'tion (-f- 

 ation) = Nervation (Crozier). 



neurop'terid, akin to or resembling 

 Xeuroptcris. 



neur'ose, ncuiVsux = nekvose. 



neu'ter (Lat., neither of two), sexless, 

 as a flower which has neither sta- 

 mens nor })istils ; -^ Flow'ers, func- 

 tionally asexual flowers; neu'tral, 

 pertaining to neither sex ; -■ Axis, 

 that connuon to tlie several I-girdei's 

 in stems (Haberlandt); ~ Lam'ina, 

 the plane of zero-tension in a stem 

 (or ^rder) when subjected to a 

 bending force (Haberlandt); -^ 

 Zone, in Charaeeae, that line or 

 ])lace where rotating stre;ims of 

 protoplasm flow beside each otlier iu 

 oi>posile directions, the " indilfer- 

 ent line " shown by tlie absence of 

 chlorophyll gianules; neutriflor'ui 



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