gymnospennona 



gyrate 



usual tegumentary pericarp, as in 

 Coniferae; opposed to angiosper- 

 nious; Gymnosper'my, the state of 

 bearing really or apparently naked 

 fruit; Gym'nospore, a naked spore, 

 one not produced in a sporangium ; 

 gymnos'tonious {(rrdfia, a mouth), 

 applied to the peristome of Mosses 

 when destitute of teeth ; G3nnno- 

 sym'plast (+ Symplast), a Plas- 

 modium, a mass of naked protoplasm 

 (Pirotta) ; gymnotetrasper'mus X 

 {rfTpks, four; ffiriptia^ seed), Ijaving 

 a four-lobed ovary, as in Labiates, 

 once considered to be naked-seeded ; 

 gymnotre'moid (rp^/to, a hole ; elSos, 

 like), a bare open spot or space 

 (LeightonV 



(}ynoeciTim (7w»^» a woman ^ olitoi, a 

 house)^ the pistil or pistils of a 

 flower ; the female portion as a 

 whole. 



gynan'der {yw^i, a woman ; ok)jp, 

 AvSpbs, a man) = gynandrous ; 

 Gynan'dria, a Linnean class, with 

 gynandrous flowers; adj. gynan'- 

 drian; Gynan'drophore {<t>op€a}, I 

 carry), a column bearing stamens 

 and pistils; Gynan'drospore (-f 

 Androspore\ a term applied by 

 Radlkofer to the majority of Fern 

 spores ; gynandrosp'orouB {ffvopa, 

 seed), used of dioecious forms of 

 Oedogoniae in which the female 

 plant produces androspores; gy- 

 nan'droTis, when the stamens are 

 adnate to the pistil, as in Orchids, 

 etc.; gynan'therous, -j^C+Anther), 

 used of stamens converted into 



• pistils ; Gyne'cium = tj¥KOKCTUH ; 

 Gynix'us, Gyni'zus {l^hs, birdlime), 

 the stigma in Orchids; Gyn'obase, 

 Oynoh'dsiH {$d(ns, a pedestal), an 

 enlargement of the torus on which 

 the gynaeceum rests; gynobas'ic, 

 appliea to a style which adheres by 

 its base to a prolongation upwai-ds 

 of the torus between carpels ; Gyno- 

 eid^iam, an error for Gymnccidium ; 

 Gjmodimorph'ism (-f- Dimorphism), 

 the Occurrence of small female flowers 

 on a gynodioecious plant ; gynodioe'- 

 oions, dioecious, with some flowers 



hermaphrodite, others pistillate only, 

 on separate plants ; Gynodioe'cism 

 (4- DiOECisM), the occurrence of 

 female and hermaphrodite flowers 

 on a plant separated from its fellows ; 

 g^ynody'namus {Svvafxis, power), 

 applied to an organism where the 

 female element is preponderant; 

 Gynoe'cism, the presence of female 

 flowers without any m^ile flowers 

 whatever; Gynoe'cium = Gynae- 

 ceum ; Gynogametan'ginm {yafierris, 

 a spouse ; i77erov, a vessel), an organ 

 in which female sexual cells are 

 formed ; an archegonium ; Gyno- 

 gam'etes, egg-cells (McNab) ; Gyno» 

 gam'etophore {<pop4w, I carry), the 

 female ganietophore ; gynomonoe'- 

 cious, monoecious, with female and 

 hermaphrodite flowers on the same 

 plant ; Gsoiomonoe'cism is the con- 

 dition; Gyn'ophore, OynophorHum 

 {<pop(a), I carry), the stipe of a pistil ; 

 adj. g^3mophora'tuB $ g3rnophoria'nu8 

 X ; Gynophyriy {(bvWov, a leaf), 

 viresceuce or phyllomorphy of the 

 ovary; Gyn'ophyte (^vrhv, a plant), 

 the female plant in the sexual 

 generation ; Gyn'ospore {airoph, a 

 seed), formerly suggested for macro- 

 spore, that is, a Megaspore ; 

 Gynospof an'gium (0776401', a vessel), 

 a sporangium producing the same; 

 Gynosteg'ium {ffreyos, a roof), the 

 staminal crown in Asdepias ; 

 Gynoste^minm (o-t^/xcov, a stamen), 

 the column of an Orchid, the an<lroe- 

 ciiim and gynaeceum combined; 

 Gynoteg'ium [riyos, a roof), the 

 sheath or covering of a gynaeceum 

 of any kind. 



gyp'seus (Lat,, plastered with lime), 

 chalk-white, cretaceous. 



gypsoph'ilous {yvy\ios, chalk ; <l>i\4w, I 

 love), dwelling on limestone ; Gyp- 

 sophy'ta (<pvThv, a plant), chalk 

 or limestone plants ; Gypso- 

 phyti'a, limestone plant formations 

 (Clements) ; Gyp'sum-crystals occur 

 in the epidermis of certain species 

 of Capparis, also — spheres. 



gy'rate, gyra'tus (Lat.), curved into a 

 circle, or circular ; circinate. 



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