PhTsema 



Phyton 



the frond of an aquatic Alga ; (2) a* 

 branch of Chara (Lindley). 



Phyaiogn'omy, botanic {(pvffioyvwfxovla, 

 science of judging by features), the 

 habit of a plant or plant commun- 

 ity; adj. physiognomic; physiologic 

 (\6yos, discourse), relating to physi- 

 ology ; '-' Drought, soil is thus 

 dry when containing a considerable 

 amount of water, which is, however, 

 scarcely available for plant-life ; '-' 

 Ea'ces, '^ Spe'oies, forms differing 

 by internal habit of parasitism, and 

 not by morphologic difference ; also 

 styled biologic •~ or habita'tion '-' ; 

 Physiorogy (veg'etable), the science 

 of the vital actions or functions of 

 plants and their parts. 



Physo'des ((pvtra, a bladder ; elBos, like- 

 ness), vesicles in Algae filled with 

 liquid containing structures, for- 

 merly called "microsomes " (Crato). 



Phytall>iuno8e {<pvTov, a plant, + 

 Albumose), a proteid found in seeds, 

 as of Ahnis ; Phy'teris (cpts, strife), 

 plant migration and competition 

 (Clements) ; Phy'to-all)umin, see 

 Albumin ; Phytoben'thon {fieveos, 

 depth), vegetation of the depths 

 (Torel) ; Phytobiol'ogy {$los, life ; 

 \6yos, discourse), the study of the 

 vital functions in plants ; Phy'to- 

 blast {$\affrhs, a bud or sprout), 

 Baillon's term for a cell in its first 

 stage of development ; Phytocecidla 

 {ktikIs, or KifKidioy, a gall), galls pro- 

 duced by other plants (Lundstrbm) ; 

 Phy'tochemy (-f chem), the chemis- 

 try of vegetation and its products ; 

 Phjr'toclilore {^(Xuphs, green) = 

 Chlorophyll ; Phy'tocyst {kixttis, 

 a bag), Baillon's expression for a cell 

 with its walls, cf. Phytoblast; 

 Phytoder^ma (S(V/"<*> ^ skin), any 

 fungous parasite growing on the 

 skin ; Phytoderm'ata, pi., skin dis- 

 eases caused by Fungi ; Phytodoma'- 

 tla, pi. {SojfjLdriov, a little house), 

 shelters in which other plants live 

 (Lundfltrom) ; Phytodynamlcs {Siv- 

 o/iij, power), relating to the move- 

 ments of plants (Sachs) ; Phytoe- 

 ro'sia, a mispriut of Lindley's for 



Phytoterosia ; Phytoflag'ellates, 

 another name foi Flagellata ; 

 Phytogerin {gelo, I congeal), the 

 gelatine of Algae ; Phytog'amy 

 {yd/jLos, marriage), cross-fertilization 

 of flowers (A. Gray) ; Phylogen 

 {yevos, race), a vital centre (Fer- 

 mond); Phytogen'esis {yfveffts, be- 

 ginning), the oiigin and development 

 of the plant ; Phytog'eny, means the 

 same as the last ; Phytogeogen'esis 

 (77?, the earth ; yfu€<ris, beginning), 

 the origin of plants in geologic 

 time (Kuntze) ; Phytogeog'rapher 

 {ypd<pw, I write), an expert on plant- 

 distribution : Phytogeog'taphy, Phy- 

 togeograph'ia, geographic botany, 

 the science of plant distribution ; 

 Phytogno'sis {yvSxris, knowledge), 

 botany, phytology ; Phytogonidlum 

 ( + Gonidium) ; an immobile goni- 

 dium, capable of independent germ- 

 ination (A. Braun) ; Phytoglaphist 

 {ypa<p^, a writing), a describing 

 botanist ; Phytogl'aphy, the de- 

 scription and illustration of plants, 

 descriptive and systematic or taxi- 

 nomic botany ; Phytohae'matins 

 (fit/io, Hifiaros, blood), colourless 

 chromogens becoming pigments 

 under the action of oxygen in the 

 presence of oxydases (Palladin) ; 

 phy'toid {eUos, likeness), ]»lant-like ; 

 Phy'tolite {\ieos, a stone) ; Phy'to- 

 lith, a plant in the fossil condition ; 

 Phjrtolithorogy {\6yos, discourse), 

 (1) the study of fossil plants, palaeo- 

 botany : (2) the science of plant 

 distribution as affected by soil or 

 rock ; Phytorogist, a botanist ; Phy- 

 tol'ogy, Phytolo'gia, botany, the 

 study of plants ; Phytol'ysis (Awcns, 

 a loosing), an error (?) for Photoly- 

 sis; Phy'tome, Phyto'ma, pi. Phy- 

 to'mata, the vegetative body or 

 substance of all plants (A. Braun) ; 

 pbytomastig'opod, see mastigopod ; 

 Phylomer, pi. Phytom'era {f^^pos, a 

 part), the unit of a plant, an inter- 

 node with its leaves ; an emendation 

 of Phy'ton, applied by Gaudichaud 

 to a plant-unit, out of a succession 

 of which plants are built up ; adj. 



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