Oynlxns 



Half 



Gynix'us, Gyni'zus (tos, birdlime), 

 the stigma in Orchids ; Gy'nobase, 

 Gynob'asis (fidais, a pedestal), an 

 enlargement of the torus on which 

 the gynaeceum rests ; gynobaslc, 

 applied to a style which adheres by 

 its base to a prolongation upwards 

 of the torus between carpels; Gyno- 

 cid'ium, an error for GYMNOCIDIUM; 

 gynodioe'cious, dioecious, with some 

 flowers hermaphrodite, others pistil- 

 late only, on separate plants; gyno- 

 dy'namus (5vva/M$, power), applied 

 to an organism where the female 

 element is preponderant ; Gynoe'- 

 cium = GYNAECEUM ; Gynogamet- 

 an'giura (yafjierrj?, a spouse, ayyeiov, 

 a vessel), an organ in which female 

 sexual cells are formed ; an arche- 

 gonium ; Gynogam'etes, egg-cells 

 (McNab) ; Gynogam'etophore (0cy>ea>, 

 I carry), the female gametophore ; 

 gynomonoe'cious, monoecious, with 

 female and hermaphrodite flowers 

 on the same plant ; Gynomonoe'cism 

 is the condition ; Gy'nophore, Gyno- 

 phor'ium (0ope'o>, I carry), the stipe 

 of a pistil ; adj. gynophora'tus 

 gynophoria'nus J ; Gynophyl'ly 

 (<pti\\ov, a leaf), virescence or phyl- 

 lomorphy of the ovary ; Gy'nophyte 

 (<t>vrbv, a plant), the female plant 

 in the sexual generation ; Gynos- 

 teg'imn (ffreyos, a roof), the staminal 

 crown in Asclepias ; Gynoteglum 

 (reyos, a roof), the sheath or cover- 

 ing of a gynaeceum of any kind ; 

 Gynoste'mium ((TTJJ/JLCDV, a stamen), 

 the column of an Orchid, the androe- 

 cium and gynaeceum combined. 



gyp'seus (Lat., plastered with lime), 

 chalk-white, cretaceous. 



gy'rate, gyraftus (Lat.), curved into a 

 circle, or circular ; circinate. 



Gy'rolith (ytpos, round, M0os, stone), 

 the presumed fossil fruits of Chara ; 

 Gy'roma (1) the annulus of Ferns ; 

 (2) the button-like shield of Gyro- 

 phora ; gy'rose, gyro'sus, curved 

 backward and forward in turn ; 

 Gy'rus (Lat., a circle) = GYROMA. 



Habit, Habi'tus (Lat., appearance), 



the general appearance of a plant, 

 whether erect, prostrate, climbing, 

 etc. 

 Habitat, Habita'tio (Lat., dwelling), 



(1) the kind of locality in which a 

 plant grows, as woods, moors, etc. ; 



(2) the geographic distribution or 

 limits, now termed LOCALITY, or 

 more precisely STATION ; * Group, 

 applied to those plants which have 

 common habitats, though not re- 

 lated, as HALOPHYTES, HYDRO- 

 PHYTES, and the like ; ^ Ra'ces, 

 used by Magnus for those heter- 

 cecious Uredines, which are adapted 

 to respective species of host 

 (Tubeuf). 



Had'rome, a shortened form of Hadro- 

 mes'tome (dfy>6s, thick, ripe, strong, 

 fieo-rds, filled), the xyleni or woody 

 portion of a vascular bundle ; con- 

 sisting of the HYDROME and part of 

 the AMYLOME ; together with the 

 LEPTOME it forms the MESTOME. 



Hae'matein (cu/xa, afyiaros, blood), the 

 colouring matter of Logwood ; hae- 

 mati'nus, haem'atites, haematif ie, 

 haematit'icus, haematochro'os (xpds, 

 atinge),blood-red; Haematocnro'me 

 (xp&fj,a, colour), Cohn's term for the 

 pigment of Haematococcuspluvialis, 

 etc.; Haematox'ylin (v\ot>, wood), 

 the colouring matter of Logwood, 

 Haematoxylon campechianum, 

 Linn.; Haemorrha'gia (payia, from 

 pi?iy6fMai, to break forth), a disease in 

 plants when the sap is constantly- 

 exuding through an external wound. 



Hair, an outgrowth of the epidermis, 

 a single elongated ceil, or row of 

 cells ; ~ -point'ed, ending in a fine, 

 weak point ; ~ -snaped, filiform, 

 very slender, as the ultimate divi- 

 sions of the inflorescence of many 

 grasses ; Hair-breadth = CAPILLUS ; 

 Hair'iness, hirsute, more rigidly 

 hairy than pubescent ; hair'y, 

 pubescence when the hairs are 

 separately distinguishable. 



hal'berd-, or harbert-shaped, hastate; 

 ~ -headed, means the same. 



Half (1) a moiety; one part of that 

 which is divided into two equal 



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