Karyosomata 



Kryptoblast 



in a nucleus ; pi. Karyoso'mata ; 

 Karyosymph'ysis (o-^uo-is, growing 

 together), nuclear fusion (Hartog). 



katabol'ic (/cara/SaXXco, I cast down), 

 descending metabolism, the break- 

 ing up of compounds into simpler 

 bodies ; Katab'olism, destructive 

 metabolism. 



katalytlc = CATALYTIC. 



Katelectrot' onus (/card, down ; 

 ij\KTpov, amber ; rdvos, strain), 

 heightened excitation in plants 

 due to an electric current (Hor- 

 mann). 



kathod'ic (uddoSos, a descent), that 

 half of a leaf which is turned away 

 from the direction in which the 

 genetic spiral turns ; the opposite 

 of ANODIC. 



Keel, or CARI'NA, (1) a ridge like the 

 keel of a boat ; (2) the two anterior 

 and united petals of a papilionace- 

 ous corolla ; keeled, carinate. 



Kenench'yma (Kcvfo, empty, fyxvpa, 

 an infusion), permanent tissue 

 which has lost its living contents, 

 as cork-tissue; in Ger. "Leer- 

 zellengewebe." 



Keramid'ium = CERAMIDIUM, or 

 Cystocarp. 



kennesi'nus (Mod. Lat.), carmine, a 

 colour from Kermes. 



Ker'nel, (1) the nucleus of an ovule.or 

 of a seed, that is, the whole body 

 within the coats ; (2) the softer 

 part of the pyrenocarp within the 

 outer wall in certain Fungi. 



Ke'tones (a variation of "Acetone"), a 

 class of etherial oils ; camphor is 

 probably one of this class. 



Ket'tle-traps, applied to such flowers 

 as those of Aristolochia, which im- 

 prison insects until fertilization is 

 effected. 



Key, or Key-fruit, the SAMARA of 

 sycamore or ash. 



Kid'ney- form, Kid'ney - shaped, ob- 

 lately cordate ; crescent-shaped, 

 with the ends rounded. 



Kind, genus or species, a sort. 



kinetic (K^O-IS, motion) En'ergy, 

 the energy of actual motion, as 

 opposed to potential energy. 



kin'ic (Kina-Kina, a name for Cin- 

 chona), pertaining to cinchona ; <~ 

 Ac'id, an organic acid in Cinchona 

 barks. 



King'dom, one of the highest groups 

 of organic nature ; the Vegetable 

 ~ includes all plants. 



Klado'dium = CLADODE. 



kleistogam'ic, kleistog'amous = CLEIS- 



TOGAM1C. 



Klinomorph'y (/rXW, I bend, /io/x^r/, a 

 shape), Wiesner's term for the 

 condition of an organ determined 

 by the simultaneous oblique posi- 

 tion of the principal and median 

 planes, so that the right and left 

 halves may be distinguished as 

 upper and lower, resulting in a 

 different shape of the two halves ; 

 kleinorhom'bic (p6/j,(3os, a rhomb), a 

 mineralogic term used by De Bary 

 for oblique rhombic crystals in 

 plants. 



Kli'nostat = CLINOSTAT. 



Knaur=GNAUR. 



Knee, (1) an abrupt bend in a stem or 

 tree-trunk; (2) an outgrowth of 

 some tree roots ; <~ Joint'ed, genicu- 

 late ; ~ -pan-shaped, concavo-con- 

 vex, patelliform ; kneed, geniculate. 



Knight-Darwin Law, generally under- 

 stood as ' ' that no organic being 

 fertilises itself for an eternity of 

 generations"; preferably "Nature 

 abhors perpetual self -fertilisation," 

 cf. F. Darwin in "Nature," Iviii., 

 630-632. 



knob-like = GONGYLODES ; knobbed = 

 TORULOSE ; knob'by= NODOSE. 



Knot, (1) a node in the stem of 

 grasses ; (2) a swelling in stems at 

 the attachment of the leaf; (3) 

 various diseases caused by Fungi, 

 as Black ~ , effected by Ploiorightia 

 morbosa, Sace. (Tubeuf ) ; Knot-phase, 

 in nuclear-division, is also known 

 as skein-stage; knot'ted, knot'ty, 

 nodose. 



Knur, Knurl, a knob or hard substance 

 = GNAUR. 



Kryp'toblast (KPVITTOS, hidden, /SXatrros, 

 a bud), a preventitious bud 

 (Hartig). 



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