luticole 



Macrogynospore 



lu'tioole {hUum, mud ; colo, I inhabit), 

 used of a plant growing in miiy 

 places. 



Luxu'ria, Luxu'ries (Lat., rankness), 

 exuberant growth ; Luxu'riant, 

 luxu'rians (Xat.), usually signifies 

 that the organs of nutrition are 

 more developed than those of 

 fructification. 



lycoper'dioid (Lycoperdon, a genus of 

 Gasteromycetes ; elSos, like), resem- 

 bling a puff-ball. 



lycopodia'ceous (-|-aceous), resemb- 

 ling the genus Lycopodiuiii ; lycopo- 

 din'ean, lycopodi'nous, resembling in 

 structure Lycopodiiim ; Lycop'sida, 

 Lycop'gids, pi. (o^j/jj, appearance), 

 a group of cryptogams, consisting 

 of Lycopodiales and Equisetales 

 (Jeffrey); adj. lycop'sid, sporangio- 

 phoric; the cryptogams specified. 



lycot'ropal = lycot'ropouB, -pits {Xvkos, 

 a door-knocker ; rpotr^, a twining), 

 when an otherwise orthotropous ovule 

 is bent like a horse-shoe. 



Lymph, Lym'pha (Lat. , spring water), 

 Grew's term for sap ; Lymph ae- ducts 

 = Ducts ; lymphatic, clear, pellucid ; 

 -- Ducts = Ducts. 



lysigenet'ic, lysigen'ic, lysig'enous 

 [KvaiSy a loosing ; yivos, offspring), 

 Avhen a cavity is formed by a dis- 

 organization or dissolving of cells. 



ly'rate, iyra'tus {Kvpa, a lute or lyre), 

 lyre-shaped, pinnatiftd with the 

 terminal lobe large and rounded, the 

 lower lobes small; lyra'ti-parti'tus, 

 '-' -seo'tus, lyrately pinnate; lyre- 

 shaped = LYKATE. 



Ly'sin {Xvais, a loosing), a product 

 of tlie hydrolysis of protamines and 

 other proteids, isolated from sprout- 

 ing plants; Ly 'sis, the metamorphosis 

 of a part. 



Mace, the arillus of the nutmeg. 



Hacera'tion {Maceratio, a steeping), 

 steeping, as in the case of barley for 

 malting. 



macran'drous {/xuKphs, long ; dj/^jp, 

 aybpbsy a man), having large or long 

 male plants in Algae; macran'thus 

 {Updos, a flower), long flowered. 



Mac'ro-, in Greek compounds =slong; 



frequently but improperly used for 

 mega-, or megalo-, large. 

 macroaeroph'ilous iixaKphs, long ; dr/p, 

 au- ; (pi\ea, I love), employed by 

 Winogradsicy to express the avidity 

 for oxygen shown by Clostridium; 

 Macroan'drospore (+ Androspore), 

 Janet's term for macrospores of 

 Selagiuella having a male function ; 

 Macroaplanosporang'ium(+APLANO- 

 SPORE, Sporangium), the sporangium 

 producing macroaplauospores (Thax- 

 ter); Macroaplan'ospore (+Aplano- 

 8P0RE), aplauospores of large size 

 given off by Compsopogon (Thaxter) ; 

 Macrobiocar'py (/3tys, life ; Kapnhs, 

 fruit), Delpino's expression for the 

 property of cei'tain fruits to retain 

 their seeds during a series of years, 

 as Callistemon ; macrobiostigmat'ic 

 ()8(oy, life ; arly/xa, a puncture), Del- 

 pino's term for those plants whose 

 stigmas remain capable of fertiliza- 

 tion until the anthers are mature ; 

 Macroblast^ jSAaiTTbs, a bud), a normal 

 Avood bud(Hartig); macroceph'alous, 

 •tiis (k€(/)oA^, head), big-headed, di- 

 cotyledonous embiyos with consoli- 

 dated cotyledons ; macroclad'ous 

 'dtis (/cAoSbs, a branch), having long 

 branches; Macroconid'iam(+Coifi- 

 dium), a large conidium produced at 

 a different period in the life-cycle 

 to a MicROCONiDiUM ; Mac'rocyst 

 {kixttis, a bag or pouch), (1) one of 

 the vesicles which originate the fertile 

 tissue in Pyronema, etc. (Tulasue); 

 (2) the resting condition of a very 

 young Plasmodium, a mass of proto- 

 plasm, with nuclei in a double wall 

 (Lister); Maerocy'te, trisyll. (kutoj, 

 a hollow), the larger form of dimorphic 

 flagellate Algae ; Macrodi'odange 

 (+ Diode; dTYcToj', a vessel), Van 

 Tieghem's tenn for Macrosporan- 

 GiUM ; Macrodi'ode, the same botan- 

 ist's word for Macrospore ; Macro- 

 gam'ete {yaij.4r7}s, a spouse)=MEGA- 

 GAMETE ; Macrogonid'ium {y6vos, 

 offspring ; fUos, like), a gonidium of 

 large size in comparison with otheis 

 produced by the same species; c/. 

 Megalogomdiuji ; Macrogy'nospere 



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