Germ 



glandiform 



gametes in conjugation ; ~ -Plasm, 

 the assumed original generative 

 substance contained in the body 

 of the parent from which new in- 

 dividuals arise ; cf. SOMA - PLASM 

 (Weismann) ; <~ Pore, a pit on the 

 surface of a spore-envelope through 

 which a germ-tube makes its ap- 

 pearance ; ~ Tube, a tubular pro- 

 cess from a spore developing into 

 a hypha, and then into a mycelium 

 or promycelium. 



Germanic, Watson's term for a type 

 of distribution in Great Britain of 

 those plants whose headquarters 

 are in the eastern portions of the 

 kingdom. 



Ger'men (Lat., a bud), (1) Linnaeus's 

 term for the ovary ; (2) formerly 

 used for the capsule of Mosses ; (3) 

 by Pliny and later writers it signi- 

 fied a bud generally ; Ger'micide 

 (-cida, a killer), an agent which 

 causes the death of bacteria 

 or spores ; cf. SPOROCIDE ; Germi- 

 cul'ture (+ CULTURE), the practice 

 of bacteriology ; ger'minable ( + 

 able), capable of germinating ; 

 viable ; ger'minal, relating to a 

 bud ; ~ Apparatus, = EGG- 

 APPARATUS ; ~ Cor'puscle = 

 OOSPHERE ; /- Dot, of Diatoms, 

 the centrosome (?) ; ~ Lid, a 

 separable area of a pollen-grain, 

 breaking away to permit a pollen- 

 tube to issue ; ~ Fro' cess J a 

 part belonging to or proceed- 

 ing from an ovary (Lindley) ; 

 ~ Slit, a small break in the seed- 

 coat of Scitamineae ; Ve'sicle, 

 = OOSPHERE ; Germination, Ger- 

 mina'tio, the first act of growth in 

 a seed ; sprouting ; germ'inative 

 Nu'cleus = NUCLEUS, GENERA- 

 NATIVE. 



gerontogae'ous, -aem (ytpwv, yepovTos, 

 an old man, 777, the earth), used of 

 plants which are confined to the 

 Old World. 



gib'ber (Lat. , hump-backed), gib'bose, 

 gib'bous, gibbero'sus, more convex in 

 one place than another, a pouch- 

 like enlargement of the base of an 



organ, as of a calyx ; Gibbosity, 



Gibbos'itas, a swelling at the base of 



an organ, 

 gigan'tic, gigariteus (Lat. , pertaining 



to giants), of unusual height. 

 Gills, the plates or lamellae of an 



Agaric which bear the spores, 

 gil'vus (Lat)., pale yellow, a term 



of confused application, sometimes 



reddish or even greyish. 

 Ginger-beer "plant,"' an association 



of organisms which ferment a 



sweetened liquid into Ginger-Beer. 

 Gir'dle, (1) the hoop or cingulum of 



Diatoms, that portion of the frus- 



tule which unites the valves ; 



(2) also applied to a ring-like 

 branch of the leaf -trace of Cycas; 

 Gird'ling, in cultivation, ringing. 



githagin'eus (Lindley) ; githagino'sus 

 (Hayne), defined as greenish red, 

 meaning red or purple streaks on a 

 green ground, as the calyx of 

 Githago. 



gla'brous, gla'ber (Lat., without hair), 

 gla'brate, glabra'tm, destitute of 

 pubescence, by Bentham extended 

 to mean also destitute of any 

 roughness ;glabres'cent,^a&res'ce?, 

 becoming glabrous, or slightly so ; 

 Gla'brism, the smoothness of nor- 

 mally hairy parts ; glabrius'culus 

 (Lat. ), somewhat glabrous. 



gla'diate, gladia'tus (gladins, a sword) 

 (1) flat, straight, or slightly curved, 

 with acute apex and approximately 

 parallel edges, ensiform ; (2) 

 anc pital. 



Gland (glans, glandis, an acorn) ; (1) 

 an acorn, or acorn-like fruit ; (2) a 

 definite secreting structure on the 

 surface, embedded, or ending a 

 hair ; any protuberance of the like 

 nature which may not secrete, as 

 the warty swellings at the base of 

 the leaf in the cherry and peach ; 



(3) in Orchids, see GLANDULA ; ~ of 

 the Torus, see LEPAL (Crozier) ; 

 glandula'ceous, -ceus (+ aceous), 

 the colour of a ripe acorn ; raw 

 sienna yellow ; glandiferous (fero, 

 I bear), bearing or producing 

 glands ; glandiform (forma, shape), 



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