holocarpous 



Homoeog^my 



Algae, the whole spore (individual) 

 becomes a sporangium, and invested 

 with a cell-wall ; (3) used of Fungi 

 producing fruit once only from the 

 same thallus; cf. eucarpous; holo- 

 chlamyd'eous [xKayivs, a cloak), 

 employed for ovules such as those of 

 Ginkgo when the integuments are 

 practically complete (Celakovsky) ; 

 holocy'clic {kvkKikIs, circular), (1) 

 applied to a stem with amplexicaul 

 leaves, regarded as encircling the 

 stem and ending at the node in a 

 loaf (Celakovsky) ; (2) evergreen 

 (Drude) ; Holog'amy {yajxos. mar- 

 riage), when the nuclei of gametes 

 fuse together (Daiigeard) ; Holo- 

 gonidlum {y6vos, offspring), em- 

 ployed by Wallroth for the algal 

 gonidia pure and simple, or soredia ; 

 hologymnocarp'ous (+ gymnocar- 

 I'ous), permanently gymnocarpous, 

 the fruits being entirely free ; Holo- 

 par'asite ( + PAiiAsrrE), a p^ant en- 

 tirely dependent upon the host- 

 ])lant for its existence (Warming) ; 

 holophyt'ic, pertaining to Holo- 

 phy'tism {<pvrhv, a plant), the con- 

 dition of a plant with its growth 

 maintained entirely by its own 

 organs, without any suspicion of 

 saproi'hytism or jjarasitism ; Holo- 

 plank'ton (+ Plankton), plankton 

 of the open sea ; adj. holoplankton'- 

 ic ; Holosap'rophyte (trairp^s, rotten; 

 <pvThv, a plant), employed by Johow 

 for a true sai)rophyte, a ])]ant which 

 is dependent upon humus for its 

 existence ; holoseric''eou8, -ceiis, 

 {scriccKS, silken), covered with a 

 fine and silky pubescence ; Horo- 

 type {tvttos, a t3'pe), the one speci- 

 men possessed by the describer of a 

 s}»ecies, and forming the basis for 

 the original diagnosis. 

 homalocho'ric {6ixa\hs, c(jual ; x<^p^^> 

 I spread aKroad). refers to a species 

 confined to one formation ; homalo- 

 clad'ous, -dus (/cAaSos, a branch), 

 Russow's term for stiaight-branched; 

 homalot'ropouB (rpoir^, a turning), 

 a]iplie(l to organs which grow in a 

 horizontal direction (Noll) ; Homa- 



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lot'ropism, is the condition; = 



DlATROnSM. 



honioblas'tic {^/j-os, one and the same ; 

 fiKacrrhs, a shoot), (1) denotes em- 

 bryogeny which is direct ; (2) used 

 by Goebel to express the fact that 

 the larval and adult forms are prac- 

 tically the same ; (3) Pfitzer employs 

 it for those Orchids whose pseudo- 

 bulbs co!)sist of several internodes, 

 only the terminal one bearing 

 developed leaves ; Homoblas'ty is 

 the condition ; homocarp'ous, -pics 

 {Kapirhs, fruit), having fruit of one 

 kind only ; homocent'ric {k4vtpov = 

 centre - of a circle), concentric 

 (Crozier) ; homoceph'alic (/ce</>aA);, a 

 head), Delpino's term for homogamy 

 when the anthers fertilize the stig- 

 ma of another flower of thu same 

 inflorescence ; homochlamyd'eous 

 (xAo,uus, a mantle), the perianth 

 leaves all alike ; Homochro'inatism 

 (XP<»Mo, colour), constant as to the 

 colouring of the flower ; homocliro'- 

 mous, uniform in colour ; homo- 

 clin'ic, homocli'nous (/cAiVr?, a bed), 

 used by Delpino for that kind of 

 homogamy when the anthers fertilize 

 the stigma of the same complete 

 flower; homodes'mic (Secr/x^s, a 

 bond), when the vascular bundles 

 of an atactostele are of the same 

 type (Brebner) ; Homodichog'amy 

 (-f Dichogamy), the existence of 

 homogamous and dichogamous in- 

 dividuals in the same species ; homo- 

 drom'ic, homod'romal, homod'ro- 

 mous, -nins {Spdjuos, a course), hav- 

 ing the spirals all of the same direc- 

 tion ; Homod'romy, uniformity in 

 diiection of spirals; homodynam'ic 

 {Svvauii, power), in hyl)rids in 

 which the parental characters are 

 efjually transmitted (Correns) ; ho- 

 mody'namous (Suvo^js, strength), 

 equal in strength or vigour. 

 homoean'drous {u/jloios, like; avi]p, 

 avSph),, a man), having, only one 

 kind of stamen ; Homoean'dry, the 

 condition of having uniform stamens; 

 Homoeog'amy (70^05, mairiage), 

 the in\pregnation of an antipodal 



