galeiformis 



gamostelic 



galea'tus, hollow and vaulted, as in 

 many labiate corollas ; galeiform'is 

 (forma, shape) = galeate. 



galeric'ulate (galericulum, a cap), 

 covered, as with a hat. 



Gall, Gal'la (Lat., an oak-apple), a 

 monstrous growth caused by an 

 insect puncture ; ~ Flow'ers, atro- 

 phied female flowers of the fig, 

 within whose ovaries the eggs of an 

 insect undergo evolution ; Gal'lic 

 Ac'id, an astringent occurring 

 abundantly in oak-galls ; Gallo- 

 tan'nin, a glucoside occurring in 

 oak-bark. 



galoch'rous (ya.\a, milk, x/>u>s, skin), 

 milk white. 



Galto'nian Curve, see NEWTONIAN 

 CURVE. 



galvanotrop'ic (after Galvani, the dis- 

 coverer of galvanic electricity, 

 T/JOTTT), a turn), curvature shown 

 when subjected to a galvanic cur- 

 rent, usually towards the positive 

 pole ; Galvanot'ropism, the condi- 

 tion just described; neg'ative ~, 

 when the curvature is towards the 

 negative pole of the current. 



Gam'boge, a yellow resinous gum 

 from several species of Guttiferae ; 

 Fungus ~, a somewhat similar 

 product found in some Fungi. 



Gam'etange, Gametanglum (7^x775, a 

 spouse, ayyeiov, a vessel), differenti- 

 ated cavities in the filaments of cer- 

 tain Algae which produce GAMETES; 

 Gam'ete, a unisexual protoplasmic 

 body, incapable of giving rise to 

 another individual until after con- 

 jugation with another gamete, and 

 the joint production of a ZYOOTE ; 

 gametogen'ic (yewdw, I produce), 

 giving rise to gametes ; Gameto- 

 g'eny, the production of gametes ; 

 Gametogon'ium (y6vos, offspring), 

 the mother- cell of a brood of 

 gametes ; Gam'eto-nu'cleus, the 

 nucleus of a gamete ; Gameto- 

 gen'esis (yevvdu, I bring forth), 

 the production of gametes ; Gam'- 

 etoid (eTSos, resemblance), an apo- 

 oytial structure which unites like 

 a gamete, producing a zygotoid 



as the result ; Gam'etophore (0o/>eo>, 

 I bear), the portion of an algal 

 filament which produces gametes, 

 according to function further 

 discriminated as ANDBOGAMETO- 

 PHOBE and GYNOGAMETOPHOBE ; 

 Gam'etophyll (0tfXXoj>, a leaf), a 

 more or less specialised leaf which 

 bears the sexual organs; Gam'eto- 

 phyte (0uroV, a plant), the genera- 

 tion which bears the sexual organs, 

 producing gametes, in turn giving 

 rise to the SPOROPHYTE ; Gam'eto- 

 plasm (ir\d<r/j.a, moulded), the pro- 

 toplasm of gametes. 

 gamodes'mic (70^0?, marriage, union, 

 5eoy*o5, a bond), used of a stele 

 which has its component vascular 

 elements fused together ; Gamo- 

 des'my, the stelar condition in 

 question ; Gamoe'cia (ol/coy, a house), 

 used by Lindberg for the inflor- 

 escence of Bryophytes ; gamo- 

 gas'trous (y curry p, the belly), ap- 

 plied to a pistil formed by the more 

 or less complete union of ovaries, 

 the styles and stigmas remaining 

 free ; Gamogen'esis (yevevis, be- 

 ginning), sexual reproduction ; 

 gamogenlc (yej>os, offspring), de- 

 veloped as the result of a sexual 

 process ; Gamome'rius J (/xepos, 

 a part), a flower whose parts are 

 united by their edges (Lindley) ; 

 Gamopet'alae (TreraXov, a flower- 

 leaf), plants having the petals 

 united, adj.; gamopet'alous, -lus ; 

 gamophyll'ous, -lu-s ((pvXXov, a leaf), 

 with leaves united by their edges ; 

 Gam'ophyte (0irov, a plant), pro- 

 posed by C. Macmillan for "sexual 

 plants ; " gamosep'alous, -lus ( + 

 SEPALUM), the sepals united into a 

 whole ; Gamospor'ae (o-Tropd, seed), 

 Cohn's term for those Algae which 

 produce zoogonidia or zygospores, 

 as the Conjugatae, Volvocineae, 

 and Fucoideae, cf. CARPOSPOBEAE ; 

 Gam'ostele (<rT^\tj, a post), a poly- 

 stele, in which the vascular bundles 

 are not distinct throughout their 

 entire length, but fused together at 

 some portion ; adj. gamostelic ; 



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