Synangium 



A DICTIONARY 



Tagma 



SYNAN'GlUM, the peculiar boat- 

 shaped sorus of certain ferns 

 of the order Marattiaceae. 



SYNAN'THEROtiS, having the 

 stamens united by their an- 

 thers, as in Composite; sym- 

 phyan therous ; sy n genesious. 



SYNANTHE'SlS, see Synacmy. 



SYNAN'THOUS, (1) having the 

 flowers expand at the same 

 time as the leaves. Compare 

 Proteranthous and Hysteh- 

 anthous. (2) Exhibiting syu- 

 anthy. 



SYNAN'THY, the abnormal coa- 

 lescence of two or more flowers. 



SYN'CARP, see Aggregate 

 Fruit. 



SYNCAR'PltJM, see Aggregate 

 Fruit. 



SYNCAR'POUS, formed of distinct 

 aggregated carpels. 



SYNCdTYLED'ONOtJS, having co- 

 herent cotyledons. 



SYNCY'TltJM, a collection of 

 nuclei without cell-walls. 



SYNE'DRAL, growing upon the 

 angle of a stem. 



SYNE'MA, that part of the col- 

 umn in orchids which repre- 

 sents the united filaments of 

 the stamens. 



SYNER'6lD^: (sing. Sjfner'gida), 

 two cells (or nuclei) in the 

 upper end of the embryo-sac, 

 which together with the o'd- 

 sphere form the egg-apparatus. 



SYN ERGY, the simultaneous ac- 

 tion of several organs. 



SYNGENE'SIOUS, see Synan- 

 therous. 



SYNdC'REATE, said of stipules 

 when united around the stem 

 so as to form an ocrea or sheath . 



SYNffi'giOUS, (1) having male 

 and female flowers in the same 

 head, as in some Composites; 

 (2) having antheridia and ar- 



chegonia in the same recep- 

 tacle in mosses. 



SYN'ONYM, a superseded plant- 

 name. 



SYN6PHYTY, the cohesion of 

 two or more embryos in a 

 seed. (M. C. Cooke.) 



SYNOP'SIS (pi. S^nop'ses), a con- 

 densed description of a genus, 

 species, or other group. 



SYNPET'ALOUS, see Gamopet- 



ALOUS. 



SYNSET'ALOUS, see Gamosep- 



ALOUS. 



SYNTAG'MA (pi. Syntag'mata), a 

 name applied by Pfett'er to all 

 bodies composed of tagmata, 

 which see. 



SY'PHdN, see Siphon. 



SYS'TEM, (1) an arrangement of 

 natural objects according to 

 some rule; (2) the sum of the 

 parts of an organism which are 

 of the same morphological na- 

 ture or perform a similar func- 

 tion, as the fibrovascular or 

 intercellular system. 



SYS'TEM, ARTIFICIAL, see Ar- 

 tificial System". 



SYSTEMATIC B6T ANY, the part 

 of botany which treats of the 

 description, naming, and class- 

 ification of plants. See Vege- 

 table Taxonomy and Phy- 

 tography. 



SYS'TEM, NAT URAL, see Natu- 

 ral System. 



SYS TROPHE, the massing of the 

 chlorophyll bodies of a cell 

 under intense light. Compare 

 Apostrophe and Epi strophe. 



tABES'CENT, wasting or shrivel- 

 ling. * 



TABULAR, flattened horizon- 

 tally. 



TAG'MA (pi. Tag'mata), a name 

 given by P feller to any aggre- 



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