Hyperanisogany 



Hypocotyl 



ment or development of the torus 

 under the calyx, a syconium. 



Hyperanisog'amy (vntp, above, dvivos, 

 unequal, yd[Jt.os, marriage), the 

 female gamete, at first active, and 

 much larger than the male gamete 

 (Hartog) ; cf. OOGAMY. 



hyperbor'ean, hyperbor'eus (/3op&is, the 

 north wind), northern. 



hyperchromat'ic (birtp, above, xpuv- -- 

 ri/cos, suited for colour), readily 

 susceptible of taking colour, or in- 

 tensified colouration ; Hyperd'romy 

 (dp6fjt.os, a course), when anadromous 

 and catadromous venation occurs 

 on one side of a Fern-frond (Prantl) ; 

 hyperstomat'ic ( + STOMA), having 

 the stomata on the upper surface ; 

 hypertroph'ic (rpo<prj, food), mor- 

 bidly enlarged ; Hypertrophy, an 

 abnormal enlargement of an organ, 

 presumably by excess of nourish- 

 ment; Hyper'trophytes (<J>VTOV, a 

 plant), a term employed by Wakker 

 for those parasitic Fungi which 

 cause hypertrophy in the tissues. 



Hy'pha (ty^, a web), pi. Hy'phae, 

 element of the thallus in Fungi, a 

 cylindric thread-like branched body 

 developing by apical growth and 

 usually septate ; Sieve ^ , or 

 Trum'pet ~ , a special form found in 

 Algae, bulging at each septum 

 (F. W. Oliver); hy'phal, relating 

 to hyphae ; ~ Tis'sue, interwoven 

 hyphae, constituting the tissues of 

 the larger Fungi. 



Hyphas'rna (ttycur/ta, a web), the 

 thallus of Agarics. 



Hyphe'ma (v<j>ri , a web), used by Minks 

 for the hyphal layer in Lichens; 

 Hyphid'ium, a term proposed by 

 Minks for SPERMATIUM ; fcyplio- 

 d'romous, -mus (5p6/*os, a course), 

 used when the veins are sunk in 

 the substance of a leaf, and thus 

 not readily visible ; Hy'phopode, 

 Hyphopod'ium (TTOVS, TroSos, a foot), 

 appendages on the mycelium of 

 Meliola which bear the perithecia 

 (Gaillard) ; hypnomyce'tous (/ufcqs, 

 a mushroom), applied to Fungi 

 bearing their spores on simple or 



branched hyphae; Hyphomyee'tes 

 are Fungi imperfecti ; Hyphostro'ma 

 3.(<TTpu>/j.a, spread out), the my- 

 celium of Fungi. 



Hyp'nocyst (VTTVOS, sleep, *i5<ms, a bag 

 or pouch), in Pediastreae, etc., a dor- 

 mant stage assumed when the con- 

 ditions for growth are unfavourable; 

 Hyp'note, an organism in a dormant 

 state; hypnotic, dormant, not dead, 

 as in seeds ; Hyp'noplasm (TrXdcr/xa, 

 moulded), the protoplasm of a dor- 

 mant individual, as of a seed, cf. 

 NECROPLASM ; Hypno'sis, the state 

 of dormant vitality shown by seeds 

 whilst still retaining their power 

 of germination (Escombe) ; Hyp'no- 

 sperm (o-Tr^a, a seed), the winter 

 state of the zygosperm of Hydro- 

 dictyon; Hypnosporan'gium (o-wopd, 

 a seed, dyyeiov, a vessel), a sporan- 

 gium containing resting spores ; 

 Hyp'nospore, a resting spore ; 

 Hypnothallus (0a\Xo$, a young 

 branch), Chodat's term for growth 

 by cell-division from hypnocysts, 

 as in Monostroma. 



nypoba'sal (UTTO, under, /Sao-ts, a ped- 

 estal), behind the basal wall, em- 

 ployed as regards the posterior half 

 of a proembryo ; cf. EPIBASAL ; Hypo- 

 blas'tus (/SX'aoros, a shoot), the 

 fleshy cotyledon of grasses ; Hypo- 

 carp'ium (Kapwos, fruit), an enlarged 

 growth of the peduncle beneath the 

 fruit, as in Anacardium ; hypo- 

 carpoge'an, -geua (/capTros, fruit, 

 777, the earth), =HYPOGAEAN; hypo- 

 carpog'enous (yevvdw, I bring forth), 

 the flowers and fruit produced 

 underground (Pampaloni), cf. AM- 

 PHiCABPOGENOUS; Hy'pocnil, Hypo- 

 chil'ium, Hypochi'lus (xXo?, a lip), 

 the basal portion of the labellum 

 of Orchids ; Hypocnlor'in (x\cD/jos, 

 light green), Pringsheim's name for 

 a constituent of chlorophyll cor- 

 puscles, supposed to be the first 

 visible product of constructive met- 

 abolism ; Hypocnro'myl (xpw//a, 

 colour) = HYPOCHLORIN; Hypocot'yl 

 (KOTtfX?;, a hollow), the axis of an 

 embryo below the cotyledons, bub 



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