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GLOSSARY OF TERMS 



Protoneme; Gr. protos, first, and nema, a thing 



spun, a thread 



Protophyte ; Gr. protos, and phuton, a plant 

 Protoplasm ; Gr. protos, and plasmct, that which 



has been formed 



Pseudocarp ; Gr. pseudos, false, and karpos, fruit 

 Pseudopodia ; Gr. pseudos, and podos, foot 

 Pulvinus; Lat. a cushion 

 Pyxis ; Gr. puxidion, a little box 



Rachis ; Gr. the spine 

 Radicle ; Lat. radix, a root 

 Raphides ; Gr. raphis, a needle 

 Reniform ; Lat. ren, a kidney, and forma, form 

 Replum ; Lat. replum, the leaf of a door 

 Reticulated ; Lat. reticulum, a small net 

 Retuse ; Lat. re, back, and tundo, I hammer 

 Revolute ; Lat. revolutus, rolled back 

 Rostellum ; Lat. diminutive of rostrum, a beak 

 Runcinate ; Lat. runcina, a saw 



Saccate ; Lat. saccus, a bag 



Sagittate ; Lat. sagitta, an arrow 



Saprophyte ; Gr. sapros, rotten, and phuton, a 



plant 



Sarcocarp ; Gr garkos, flesh, and karpos, fruit 

 Scalar! form ; Lat. scala, a ladder 

 Scape ; Lat. scctpiis, a stalk 



Schizocarp; Gr. schizo, to split, and karpos, fruit 

 Sclerenchyma ; Gr. skleros, hard, and enchuma, 



anything poured or put in 

 Secundine ; Lat. secundce, second 

 Sepal ; Fr. sdpale, invented term to correspond with 



petale 

 Septicidal ; Lat. septum, an enclosure, and ccedo, 



to cut 



Septifragal ; Lat. septum, and frango, to break 

 Sessile ; Lat. sessitis, sitting 

 Sorus ; Gr. soros, , heap 

 Spadix ; Lat. a palm-branch 



Spathe ; Gr. spathe, a broad blade 

 Spathulate ; Lat. spathula, a broad slice 

 Spermocarp ; Gr. sperma, seed, and karpos, fruit 

 Sporange ; Gr. sporos, seed, and ayyeion, a vessel 

 Spore ; Gr. spora, seed 

 Sporocarp ; Gr. sporos, and karpos, fruit 

 Sporogenous ; Gr. sporos, and yenao, to produce 

 Sporophyll ; Gr. sporos, and phullon, a leaf 

 Sporophyte ; Gr. sporos, and phuton, a plant 

 Stamen ; Lat. a fibre 

 Stigma ; Gr. stigme, a point 

 Stomate ; Gr. stoma, a mouth 

 Style ; Lat. stylus, a stake 

 Subulate ; Lat. subula, an awl 

 Synantherous ; Gr. sun, together, and anther 

 Syncarpous ; Gr. sun, and karpos, fruit 

 Synergidae ; Gr. sun, and ergon, work 



Testicular ; Lat. test is, a testicle 

 Tetraspore ; Gr. tctra, four, and sporos, seed 

 Thallophyte; Gr. thallos, a shoot, and phuton, a 



plant 



Tomentose ; Lat. tomentum, down 

 Trichogyne ; Gr. trichos, hair, and f/une, female 

 Truncate ; Lat. trunco to maim or cut off 



Urceolate ; Lat. urceus, a pitcher 

 Utricuiar ; Lat. utriculus, a little bottle 



Vernation ; Lat. ver, the spring 

 Versatile ; Lat. versatilis, revolving 

 Verticillate ; Lat. verticillis, a little whorl 



Xanthic ; Gr. a-anthos, yellow 

 Xylem ; Gr. xulon, wood or timber 



Zoophilae ; Gr. zoon, animal, and phileo, to love 

 Zoospore ; Gr. zoon, an animal, and sporos, seed 

 Zygote, Zygomorphic ; Gr. zeugnumi, I join, and 

 morphe, a shape 



ERRATA 



Page 49 By the turning of a numeral in printing, the chemical formula for Glucose is made to read 

 C 6 H,,O 9 ; it should be C 6 H I2 O 6 , as correctly given on page 44. 



Plate III Glory Pea (Clianthus dampieri). The popular name belong 

 (C. puniceus) ; we are informed that it is not used in connection with tl 



to the New Zealand species 

 Australian species. 



Page 445 Fig. 549 should, strictly speaking, be named Snee~.eivort Yarrow, to distinguish it from Achillea 

 millefolium, the Milfoil Yarrow. 



