gonidial 



graniform 



Brood-cell, a propagative cell, 

 asexually produced and separating 

 from the parent ; gonidial, per- 

 taining to gonidia, as ~ Lay'er, (1) 

 an aggregation of simple gonidio- 

 phores to form a cushion-like layer 

 or crust ; (2) the algal layer in the 

 Lichen-thallus ; Gonide'ma, Minks's 

 term for the gonidial layer. 



Gonim'ia, pi. of Gonim'ium (-yoVijuos, 

 productive), the gonidia in Lichens ; 

 gonim'ic, relating to gonidia, as ~ 

 Lay'er, the algal layer in the Lichen- 

 thallus; Gon'imoblast (jSXao-ros, a 

 shoot), filaments which are often 

 clustered, arising from the ferti- 

 lized carpogonium of certain Algae ; 

 Gon'imolobes (Xo^os, a lobe), the 

 terminal tufts of gonimoblasts ; 

 Gon'imon, Wallroth's term for the 

 gonidial layer ; gon'imous, relating 

 to gonidia. 



Gon'ocysts (yovos, offspring, /oWis, a 

 bag), used by Minks for metamor- 

 phosed gonidia extruded on the 

 superficial crust, having a peculiar 

 appearance ; Gono-hyphemia (u0a, 

 woven), applied by Minks to the 

 hyphal layer of Lichens ; Gon'o- 

 phore, Gonoph'orum (<popew, I 

 carry), an elongation of the axis, 

 a receptacle bearing stamens and 

 carpels, as in Capparis ; Gon'oplasm 

 (7rXdo>ia, moulded), in Peronos- 

 poreae, that portion of the proto- 

 plasm of the antheridium which 

 passes through the fertilization 

 tube and coalesces with the ob's- 

 phere ; Gonotax'is (rdts, order), the 

 movement of antherozoids towards 

 the female organ (Macmillan) ; 

 adj. gonotac'tic ; Gonot'ropism 

 (rpoirif], a turning), Macmillan's 

 term for the motion of antherozoids 

 and pollen-tubes towards the fe- 

 male organ ; the author also sug- 

 gests the restriction of this term 

 to pollen-tube growth ; adj. gono- 

 trop'ic ; Gon'osphere, Gonos- 

 phae'rium (ff<J>alpa, a sphere), = 

 OOSPHEBE ; Gonosphaerid'ium, = 

 GONIDIUM (?) 



Gorge, the throat of a flower. 



gos'sypine, gossypi'nus, cottony, floc- 

 culent, like the hairs on the seeds 

 of Gossypium. 



Gourd, a fleshy, one-celled, many- 

 seeded fruit, with parietal 

 placentas, as a melon. 



grac'ilis (Lat.), slender; Crozier has 

 the needless word " gracile." 



Graft, a union of different individuals 

 by apposition, the rooted plant 

 being termed the stock, the portion 

 inserted the scion ; ~ Hy'brid, ef- 

 fect produced by one or the other of 

 the united individuals on its grafted 

 fellow ; Graft'age, L. H. Bailey's 

 term for multiplication by grafting 

 or the state of being thus in- 

 creased. 



Grain, a general term for cereals, 

 those grasses cultivated for food ; 

 the caryopsis or the fruit of the 

 same ; grained, having grain -like 

 tubercles or processes, as in the 

 flowers of Rumex (Crozier). 



gramina'ceous, gramin'eal (gramen, 

 grass), synonyms of gramin'eous, 

 -eMS,gra'minous,(l) relating to grass 

 or grain-bearing plants ; (2) grass- 

 coloured ; graminic'olous (colo, I 

 inhabit), growing on grasses, as 

 some Fungi ; graminifo'lious, 

 (folium, a leaf), having grass -like 

 leaves ; Graminorogy (Xo7os, dis- 

 course) = AGROSTOLOGY (Crozier). 



gram'micus (Lat.), (ypa/j.iuKos, lined), 

 lettered, marked as though in- 

 scribed ; grammopod'ius J (xoOs, 

 TroSos, a foot or stem), having a 

 striped stalk. 



Gra'na, pi. of Gra'num (Lat.), a seed, 

 (1) any small bodies ; (2) the 

 coloured drops in chloroplasts 

 (Strasburger) ; ~ tetras'ticha, 

 " the spores of certain Fungals " 

 (Lindley). 



granati'nus (Lat.), pale scarlet, the 

 colour of the flower of Punica 

 Granatum, Linn., the pome- 

 granate. 



Graniferus (granifer, grain-bearing), 

 a synonym of Monocotyledon 

 (Herislow). 



gra'nifonn (granum, a grain, /orma. 



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