Isotropiiyte 



Karyosoma 



a mouth), the calyx and corolla the 

 same size ; Isot'rophyte (rpo(f)Tj, food ; 

 01/roi', a plant), a parasitic Fungus 

 whose influence is only chemical, 

 with but slight changes in the 

 host (Wakker); isot'ropous (rpdiros, 

 direction), equal torsion in develop- 

 ment, as in valvate and contorted 

 aestivation (K. Schumann). 



Isth'mus (IffBfjtit, a neck of land), (1) 

 the narrowed connection between 

 half-cells of Desmids ; (2) the girdle 

 of such Diatoms as Isthmia. 



itera'to-prolif 'erous (iteratus, repeated 

 + proliferous) repeatedly bearing 

 prolifications. 



ithyphyl'lus (i0fc, straight ; <f>v\\ov, a 

 leaf), straight and stiff-leaved. 



Jag'gery, a coarse dark sugar from the 



coco-nut and other palms, which 



produces arrack by fermentation. 

 JaTapin, a constituent of the officinal 



Jalap, a purgative root, derived 



from Ipomoea Purga, Hayne. 

 Jamalcin, an alkaloid occurring in 



the cabbage bark-tree, Andira iner- 



mis, Kunth, a native of the West 



Indies, 

 jaspid'eus, or iaspid'eus (Lat., from 



iasper, jasper), a mixture of many 



colours arranged in small spots. 

 Je'terus, a mistake of Bischoff, copied 



by Lindley, for ICTERUS, vegetable 



jaundice. 

 Joint, an articulation, as a node in 



grasses or other plants ; joint' ed, 



articulated, falling apart at the 



joints, 

 jonquil'leus (Mod. Lat.), the bright 



yellow of the Jonquil, Narcissus 



odorus, Linn. 

 Ju'ba (Lat., a mane), a loose panicle, 



with diliquescent axis; juba'tus, 



maned. 

 Ju'gate (juga'tus, connected or yoked 



together), used in composition as 



conjugate, bijugate, etc. 

 Ju'gum (Lat., a yoke), pi., Ju'ga ; (1) 



a pair of leaflets ; (2) the ridges on 



the fruits of Umbelliferae. 

 Juice, the liquid contents of any 



plant - tissue ; x. Ves'sels, Hill's 



term for vascular tissue ; juice'less, 

 dry, exsuccous. 



jula'ceous, -ceus (julus, Mod. Lat., an 

 amentum or spike, + aceous), bear- 

 ing catkins, amentaceous; juliform 

 (forma, shape), like a catkin; Julus, 

 an old term for catkin, or spike, 

 such as in Acorus Calamus, Linn. 



June' old (juncus, a rush, eI5os, re- 

 semblance), junc'ous, jun'ceous, 

 rush-like. 



Junctu'ra (Lat., a joint), an articula- 

 tion or note. 



Jute, the fibre of Corchorus capsidaris, 

 Linn., and C. olitorius, Linn. 



Juvenes'cence (juvenesco, I grow 

 young again) = REJUVENESCENCE. 



Juxtaposition (juxta, close to 

 positus, placed), the relative posi- 

 tion in which organs are placed. 



K, for many words see also under 

 the letter C. 



Kalid'ion, Kalid'ium; pi., Kalid'ia 

 (icd\l8iov, from /taXict, granary ) = 

 CYSTOCARP. 



kamptod'romous = CAMPTODROMOUS. 



Karyoid (jcd/wop, a nut, eldos, like) ; 

 minute spherical bodies attached 

 to the chlorophyll plate of Con- 

 jugatae and Desmids ; Karyog'amy 

 (ydfjios, marriage), the union of 

 gametonuclei, to form a zygote- 

 nucleus (Maupas) ; Karyokine'sis 

 (iclvrjffis, motion, I change) ; 

 Schleicher's term for the series of 

 changes undergone by the nucleus 

 in cell-division ; " also spelled 

 Caryocinesis " (Crozier) ; it is the 

 indirect division of Flemming ; 

 adj., karyokinet'ic ; Karyol'ogy 

 (X6yos, discourse), the science of the 

 nucleus and its development and 

 vital history (Trow) ; Karyol'ysis 

 (XuVts, a loosing), the dissolution 

 of the nucleus, in whole or part ; 

 adj., karyolyt'ic ; Karyomito'sis 

 (/ATOS, a thread or web) = MITOSIS ; 

 Kar'yoplasm (7rA<fo>ia, moulded), 

 the more fluid protoplasm of the 

 nucleus, between the nuclear 

 threads ; Karyoso'ma (cru>/./a, a 

 body), a close mass of microsomes 



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