Mesendozoa 



Mesopiiyli 



ling Fungi, as Toruhia; Mesenter'ica 

 {tvrepov, an intestine), ''the myce- 

 lium of certain Fungals" (Lindley) ; 

 Mesid'ium, a strongly developed, 

 thickened portion of the mesochil in 

 the flower of certain orchids ; Mes'- 

 istem, contracted from Mesomer'is- 

 tem, the thickening ring of Sanio, 

 a ring of tissue producing the bundle 

 system ; Mes'oblast (iSXao-rbs, a bud), 

 the nucleus ; Mesoblaste'sis, medial 

 growth from Lichen hyphae (Minks) ; 

 Mes'ocarp, Mesocar'pium {Kapirhs, 

 fruit), the middle layer of a 

 pericarp ; MeBOcauleorhi'za {KuvXhs, 

 stem ; piCa, root), Gaudicliaud's 

 term for " the line of demarcation 

 between the ascending and de- 

 scending systems in his 'Phyta,'" 

 (Lindley) ; Mes'ocMl, Mesochil'ium 

 [x^lKos, lip), the intermediate part 

 of the lip of those Orchids which 

 have it separated into three dis- 

 tinct parts ; Mes'ochite (x'twi/, a 

 tunic), the middle layer surround- 

 ing the egg in Fucaceae, composed 

 of cellulose and attached at the 

 base (Farmer) ; mesochthonoph'ilus 

 (x^iij", the ground ; <pixiw, I love), 

 dAvelling in midlands ; Mesochthono- 

 phy'ta [<pvThv, a plant), midland 

 plants ; Mesochthonophyti'a, mid- 

 land plant formations (Clements) ; 

 mesoclad'ous, -dus (KXdSos, a branch), 

 possessing branches of medium 

 lengtli (Russow) ; Mesocol'la J 

 {K6\\a, glue), a supposed inter- 

 mediafe'layer of the cuticle between 

 the upper and lower surfaces ; Meeo- 

 cor'tex (-f- Cortex), the middle | 

 cortex (Groom ) ; Mesocot'yl ( + Coty- I 

 ledon), an interpolated node in the )' 

 seedling of grasses, so that the sheath j 

 and cotyledon are separated by it ! 

 (Celakovsky) ; Mes'ocycle {kvkAos, , 

 a circle), a layer of parenchjona ' 

 between the phloem and xvlem 1 

 of Ghichenia (Boodle) ; Mes'ocyst 1 

 {Kvaris, a bag), the definite central j 

 nucleus of the embryo-sac with 

 which the second antherozoid fuses | 

 to form a Trophime (Van Tieghem) ; j 

 Mesoder'mis (Sep^a, skin), the middle \ 



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layer of tissue in the tlieca of a 

 Moss ; Mes'odes, pi. , the two medium 

 cells of tlie embryo-sac of Angio- 

 sperms which contain the polar nuclei 

 (iJangeard) ; Mesog'amy {ydfjLos, mar- 

 riage), a process of fertilization in 

 certain Urticaceae, intermediate be- 

 tween Basigamy and Acrogamy 

 (Pirotta and Longo) ; adj. meso- 

 gam'ic ; Mesogonid'ium (-f Goni- 

 dium), a gonidium which is partially 

 enveloped in new tissue; mesogon- 

 im'icus {ySuifjios, productive), having 

 the gonidial layer in the centre (Wall- 

 roth) ; mesoliydrophyt'ic,^ntermedi- 

 ate between mesophytic and hydro- 

 ])hytic ; plant-s which incline to a 

 damper habitat than the true Meso- 

 rHYTE (Whit ford) ; mesohygro- 

 morph'ic {/xopcp^, shape) = mesophy- 

 Tio ; Mesomeritae, pi. (jncl, honey), 

 Huxley's term for a series of Gen- 

 tianeae which have lioncy-glands in 

 the central portion of the flower ; cf. 

 Perimelitae ; Mesomer'istem = 

 Mesistem ; mesometatrop'ic ( 4- me- 

 tatropic), when the "first ovary 

 receives pollen from an anther as- 

 sociated with a second ovary, but 

 the second ovary receiving pollen 

 from the anthers of the first plant 

 not associated with the first ovary " 

 (K. Pearson) ; mesomor'phous [fiop^rj, 

 shape), applied to plants not specially 

 protected against desiccating influ- 

 ences ; Mesomyce'tes duu/crjs, a mush- 

 room), a group intermediate between 

 Phycomycetes and the higher Fungi 

 (Warming) ; Mesopet'alum {irhaXov, 

 a flower-leaf), Pfitzer's term for the 

 Labellum of Orchids ^ Mesophan'e- 

 rophyte (+ Phaneropiiyte), per- 

 ennial plants from 8 to 30 metres 

 in height, with buds partially pro- 

 tected ; Mesophanerophyti'uin, a for- 

 mation of mesophanerophytes(yahl); 

 mesopVilus {(piXeco, I love), dAvelling 

 in moist lands ; Mesophlo'em {cpAoihs, 

 bark), the middle, or green bark ; 

 Mesophorbi'iun {<popfii], pasture), al- 

 pine meadow formation (Diels) ; 

 Mes'ophyll, Mcsophyl'lvm {<pv\\ov, jt' 

 leaf), (1) the interior parenchyma 



