Genolectotype 



Oeophytes 



one species subsequently selected out 

 of a series as typical of a genus, there 

 being no Genoholotype (Schuchert 

 and Buckman); Gen'oplast (TrAoarbs, 

 moulded), H. L. Clark's emenda- 

 tion of Johaunsen's Genotype, the 

 fundamental hereditary combination 

 of the genes of an organism ; adj. 

 genoplast'ic ; Genosyn'type {<tvv, 

 with ; TVTTos, a type), one of a series 

 of species upon which a genus is 

 founded, no one species being the 

 actual type (Shucht'rt and Buck- 

 man); Gen'otype, (1) the type of a 

 •genus, the species upon which the 

 genus was established ; (2) Johann- 

 sen has employed it for a combina- 

 tion of the genes of an organism ; 

 = Biotype, Genoplast ; ~ Con- 

 cep'tion = Heredity ; adj. geno- 

 typ'ic, genotyp'ical ; Genoty'pist, a 

 student of Biotypes. 



Gens (Lat., a nation), a tribe in 

 botany. 



gentia'neous, resembling or akin to 

 the genus Gentiana ; Gent'ianose, a 

 sugar from Gentiana lit'ca, occurring 

 with saccharose ; Gen'tianine, the 

 bitter ]irinciple of Gentiana. 



Genuflec'tion {genu, the knee ; jiecto, 

 I bend), a bend in a conjugating 

 filament of an Alga ; gen'ufiezed 

 {Jlexus, bent), bent, as the valves 

 of certain Diatoms. 



Gen'us (Lat., a race), tlie smallest 

 natural group containing distinct 

 species; large genera are frequently 

 for the sake of convenience divided 

 into sections, but the generic n ime 

 is applied to all species ; '-' Hy'brid, 

 or gener'ic Hy'brid, a hybrid between 

 two genera, a bigener or bigeneric 

 cross. 



Geoaesthe'sia (77), the earth ; ataOria-is, 

 perception by sense), the capacity of 

 a plant to respond to the stimulus 

 of gravity • Geob'ion {Bios, life), 

 plant €Lssoci itions of the land, as dis- 

 tinct from water (Forel) ; Ge'cblast, 

 Geohlas'tun (BKaarhs, a bud), an 

 embryo whose cotyledons remain 

 under ground in germination, as the 

 pea. 



geocarycal, resembling the Hepatic 

 genus Geocalyx, Nees ; marsupial. 



Geocar'py (7^, the earth ; Kapirhs, fruit), 

 the subterraneous ripening of fraits, 

 which have developed from a flower 

 above ground; geocen'tric {Kivrpov, 

 a sharp point), used by Wiesner in 

 opposition to geotropic ; ageotropic ; 

 Geocrypt'ophyte (-f Cryptophyte) 

 = GEOPHYTii; Gecdiat'ropism (5»o, 

 through ; rpoir^, a turning) the func- 

 tion by which an organ places itself 

 at right angles to the force of gravity ; 

 Geogen'esis {y^v^ais, beginning) or 

 Geog'eny, derived from the ground, 

 as gravitational movement ; adj. 

 geogen*ic ; geographic {ypa<p^, writ- 

 ing), descriptive of the earth or a 

 portion thereof ; -^ Bot'any, that 

 aepartment which takes account of 

 the -^ Oistribu'tion of plants over the 

 earth's surface ; Geobeterause'cism 

 {Jirtpos, other ; at/^Tjo-js, growth), 

 variation in the relative growth of 

 opposite sides of an organ due to 

 gravity, (Pfeffer) ; geologic (\6yos, 

 discourse) Bot'any = Palaeobotany or 

 Fossil Botany ; geomor'phic it^opdi], 

 shai)e), taking its shape from the 

 earth (= gravity V; Geonas'ty (yao-rbj, 

 pressed), curved towards the ground 

 (Pfeffer) ; geonyctinast'ic = geonyo- 

 titrop'ic (vuf pvicrhs, ni^ht ; rpoir^, 

 a turning), sleep-movements requir- 

 ing also the stimulus of gravity ; 

 Geoparallot'ropism {irapdWTjKos, par- 

 allel ; Tpovki, a turning) when an 

 organ places itself parallel to the 

 suiface of the earth ; adj. geoparal- 

 lelotrop'ic ; Geopercep'tion = Geo- 

 AESTHESIA ; Gcoph ilae {<pi\f(a, I 

 love), soil -loving species ; geoph'il- 

 ouB, -us, (1) earth-loving, used of 

 such plants as fruit unaerground ; 

 (2) land-loving, terrestrial ; ~ Fun'- 

 gi, those which grow saprophy tic- 

 ally on decaying vegetable matter 

 on the ground ; Geoph'ily is the con- 

 dition ; Geophy'ta {<pvrdv, a plant), 

 Ge'cpbytes, plants which produce 

 underground buds, with perennial 

 development there ; Hat- -^ peren- 

 nial spot-bound plants ; Bbi'zome -^ 



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