Pseadapogamy 



PiendofdoundatioA 



fusion of gametophytic nuclei, mor- 

 phologically but not sexually differen- 

 tiated (Fanner and Digby) ; faculta'- 

 tive '^ , of occasional occurrence ; 

 ob'ligate -^ , essential ; Pseudaz'is 

 (+ Axis) = Sympodium; Pseudem'- 

 bryo (+ Embryo), a group of cells 

 cut off in the endosperm of Bala- 

 nophora (Gates); pseadliomonym''ic 

 ( + Homonym), used by F. N. 

 Williams for a partial homonomy, 

 as in GasLrohjchnis and Gastrosilene ; 

 Pseudin'ulin(+ Inulin), a subordin- 

 ate constituent of inulin (Tancret) ; 

 pseu'do-adven'tive (+ adventive) 

 Buds, young branches of Lycopods 

 which have been arrested at a very 

 early stage (Bruchmann); pseudo- 

 autoi'cous(-|- AUTOicous), adioicous 

 Moss when occasionally autoicous ; 

 pseudobiator'ine, falsely biatorine, 

 having an apothecium without a con- 

 spicuous thalline margin ; Pseu'do- 

 bulb (-f Bulb), a thickened and 

 bulb-like internode in Orchids ; a 

 conn ; Pseudo-burbil(+ Bulbil), (1) 

 a growth from the roots of Acriopsis 

 javanica, Reinw., composed of two 

 internodes, and bearing leaves at 

 the apex ; (2) a structm'e replacing 

 a sporangium in apospory of certain 

 Ferns; pseu'do-calca'reous, used by 

 F. A. Lees for plants growing on 

 clay-slate, etc. ; PBeudocanib'ium(-f 

 Cambium), Williamson's term for a 

 meristematic tissue resembling cam- 

 bium; Pseudo-capillit'ium (+ Capil- 

 i.itium), Lister's term for a structure 

 in ErUeridium, consisting of the 

 perforated walls of the component 

 sporangia; Psea'docarp, Pseudocar'- 

 piuni, Psevdocar'pus {Kap-jrhs, fruit). 

 (1) a fruit with its accompanying 

 parts, as a strawberry ; (2) = Galbu- 

 Lus (J.S.Henslow) ; Psendoceriulose 

 ( 4- Cellulose), see Cellulose ; 

 Pseudocephalo'dium ( + Ceph alo- 

 dium), a growth formed in the 

 protothallus by a germinating hypha 

 investing an algal colony of some 

 other type than the normal gonidia 

 of the Lichen (Forsell) ; Psendochro'- 

 matin (+ Chromatin) = Prochro- 



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matin ; Pseadoohro'mosomes ( -f 



Chromosome), amalgamated fila- 

 ments of chromatin, passing into the 

 spireme stage and then segmenting 

 into chromosomes (Berghs) ; Pseudo- 

 cirium {cilium, an eyelash), a 

 motionless whip-like body, proceed- 

 ing in pairs from each cell of Apio- 

 cystis Brauniana, Naeg. (Correns) ; 

 Pseudocleistog'amy ( -f Cleisto- 

 gamy), when flowers remain closed, 

 but the genitalia are quite normal 

 in size and function (Hansgirg) ; 

 Pseudocolumeira ( -f- Columella), 

 in certain Myxomycetes, a mass of 

 lime-knots confluent in the centre of 

 the sporangium, resembling a colu- 

 mella but remaining free from the 

 stalk; Pseudocor'tex (-f- Cortex), 

 in certain Algae a tissue of secondary 

 branches appressed to the stem, or 

 cells in the same position (Bennett 

 and Murray); ■pBexidocos'ta,te,pseudo- 

 costa'his (costatus, ribbed), false- 

 ribbed, as where a marginal vein is 

 formed by confluence of the true 

 veins ; Pseudocotyle'don ( + Cotyle- 

 don) = Proembryo; Pseu'docysts, 

 pi. {KV(TTis, a bag), green protoplas- 

 mic bodies destitute of definite cell- 

 wall in Protococcoideae ; Pseudodys'- 

 tropy (Si/tr- = bad ; rpoirij, a turning), 

 when eutropous insects gain access 

 to honey by secondary means, as 

 when certain bees bore through to 

 the nectaries, instead of entering by 

 the opening of the flower (Loew); 

 Pseudoela'ters (-f- Elater), sterile 

 cells in the spore-capsule of Aidho' 

 ceros, which form a netted tissue and 

 later break up into a more or less 

 connected chain ; Pseadoephe^mer 

 (-|- Ephemer), a flower which lasts 

 a little over a day expanded and then 

 finally closes (Hansgirg) ; Psendo- 

 epinas'ty (+ E pi nasty) = Geoteo- 

 pism ; Pseudoep'iphyte ( -f Epi- 

 phyte), a plant whose stems die 

 away at the base, and the tipper 

 part derives its nourishment from 

 its own aerial roots, as Aroids 

 ( Went) ; Psen'do-feconda'tion ( -f 

 Fecundation^, two nuclei of four 



