Idioplast 



inaequilateral 



moulded), employed by F. S. Lloyd 

 for Idioblast; a cell with special 

 contents ; Id'iosome {au>i^a, a body), 

 a hypothetical ultimate unit of the 

 cell, a biophove ; idiotharamous, 

 idiothaVamus {ddKaaos, a bedroom), 

 having different coloration from 

 the thalhis, a term in lichenology ; 

 Idiot'ery {repas, a monster), Gub- 

 ler's term for a monstrosity ^Yhich is 

 peculiar to the individual ; c/. Taxi- 

 TEKY ; Id'iotype (rviro;, a type), a 

 specimen identified by the describer, 

 but not from the original locality ; 

 idiotypic, sexual (Radlkoler) ; the 

 condition is Idiot'ypy; rf. zelotypic. 

 ig'iiexis (Lat., fiery), flame-coloured, 

 used for combinations of red and 

 yellow, or brilliant in tone. 

 ignia'rius (Lat., pertaining to fire), 

 of the consistence of German tinder, 

 derived from puff-balls. 

 -lie, suflBx to denote Society, as Iridile 



for a society of Iris (Clements). 

 illegit'imate, fertilization in dimorj.hic 

 or tvimorphic flowers so termed, when 

 occuiTing between parts of diverse 

 length, as long with short, etc. 

 Imberb'is (Lat.), beardless, devoid oi 



hairs. 

 Imbibit'ion {imbibo, I drink in), the 

 act of imbibing ; -^ The 'cry, Sachs's 

 suggestion that water ascends in 

 plants by a chemical process in the 

 cell-walls, and not by actual passage 

 upwards by vessels ; -^ Walter, the 

 amount which occurs in organic 

 bodies (Warming). 

 im'bricate, imbrica'ted, imbrica'txcs 

 (Lat., covered with gutter tiles), 

 (1) overlapping as the tiles on a 

 roof; (2) in aestivation, used of a 

 calyx or corolla where one piece 

 must be wholly internal and one 

 wholly external, or overlapping at 

 the edge only; imbric'ative is a 

 synonym. 

 iminarg inate, immargina'tus {im = 

 not; margo, marginis, a border), 

 not margined or bordered. 

 izaxnedia'tns (Mid. Lat., not mediate), 

 proceeding directly from a part, as 

 pedicels of a raceme. 



immer'sed, immer'sus (Lat., plunged), 

 below tl^e surface ; (1) entirely under 

 water ; (2) embedded in the substance 

 of the leaf or thallus. 

 immo'bile, immo'bilis (Lat.), immov- 

 able, as many anthers; opposed to 

 versatile. 

 Immotiflor'ae (wnnotus, motionless; 

 Jlos, Jloris, a flewer), Delpino's term 

 for v.-ind- fertilized plants whose 

 flowers are steadily fixed, 

 immnta'tus (Lat.), unchanged, as 

 the phyllaries of JJieracium after 

 flowering. 

 impa'ri-pin'nate, -^ -pinna'tus {impar, 

 unequal ; -f pinnate), pinnate with 

 an odd terminal leaflet. 

 imper'fsct, imperfcc'tus (Lat., incom- 

 plete), where certain parts Usually 

 ]iresent are not developed; as a 

 flower may be imperfect, that is, 

 unisexual. 

 imperforate {in, into ; per, through) ; 

 fora'tus, bored), without an opening, 

 closed (Crozier). 

 implex'us (Lat., an entwining), en- 

 tangled, interlaced. 

 implica'tus (Lat.), entangled, woven 



in. 

 Impregna'ting Tube, an outgi-owth 

 from the antheridium of Pyihium, 

 which penetrates the periplasm to 

 the surface of the oosphere. 

 Impregna'tion (i??i=in; praegnalus, 

 pregnancy), fertilization, the union 

 of male and female elements ; 

 gen'erative '^ , the fusion of the 

 generative nucleus with the egg; 

 vegeta'tive -, Strasburger's term 

 for the fusion of the polar nuclei, 

 either with each other or with one 

 of the generative nuclei. 

 ixnpres'sui (Lat. , pressed into), marked 



with slight depressions. 

 impu'bes, not mature, as impu'bes 

 Ae'tas, the period before impregna- 

 tion. 

 inadhe^ring {incidhaeren^, not cling- 

 ing), free from adjacent parts. 

 inaequa'lis (Lat.), unequal in size; 

 inaequimag'nuB, J {magnus, large), 

 not the same in size ; inaeqailat'eral, 

 inaequilatera'lis, inaequilat' eris 



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