Macroblast 



malic 



Mac'roblast (/SXaoros, a bud), a 

 normal wood bud (Hartig) ; ma- 

 crocephalous, -lus (K<pa\Tj, head), 

 big headed, dicotyledonous em- 

 bryos with consolidatedcotyledons ; 

 Macroconid'ium (+ CONIDIUM), a 

 large conid,ium produced at a dif- 

 ferent period in the life-cycle 

 to a MICROCONIDIUM ; Mac'ro- 

 cyst (fcuo-ny, a bag or pouch), one 

 of the vesicles which originate the 

 fertile tissue in Pyronema, etc. (Tu- 

 lasne) ; Macrodi'odange ( + DIODE, 

 ayyeiov, a vessel) Van Tieghem's 

 term for MACROSPORANGIUM ; Mac- 

 rodi'ode, the same botanist's word 

 for MACROSPORE ; Macrogam'ete 

 (yafj,trr)s, a spouse ) = MEGAG AMETE ; 

 Macrogonid'ium (761/05, offspring, 

 dSos, like) a gonidium of large size 

 in comparison with others produced 

 by the same species ; cf. MEGALOGO- 

 NIDIUM ; macrophyriine (<})t\\ov, 

 a leaf), macrophyllous, having 

 elongated leaflets or leaves ; 

 macrophyt'ic (fyvrov, a plant), 

 used by Schimper for the large 

 forms of marine Algae ; Mac'ro- 

 plast (TrXaaroj, moulded), Lanke- 

 ster's term for large disc-like 

 plastids in Bacterium rubescens ; 

 macrop'odal, macrop'odous (TTOUJ, 

 Trodos, a foot), used of an embryo 

 with enlarged hypocotyl forming 

 the greater part of its mass ; (Crozier 

 adds another meaning, applied to a 

 leaf with a long petiole) ; Macro- 

 scle'reids (o-K\?7p6s, hard), Tschirch's 

 term for long stone -cells with 

 blunt ends ; macroscopic (ovco7r<?u, 

 I see), viewed by the naked eye, 

 opposed to microscopic ; Macro- 

 sporan'gium (<riropa, seed, ayyeiov, 

 a vessel), (1) a sporangium contain- 

 ing macrospores ; (2) the nucellus of 

 the ovule of Phanerogams ; macro- 

 sporan'giate, possessing macrospo- 

 rangia ; ~ Flow'ers, carpellary 

 flowers, pistillate flowers destitute 

 of stamens ; Mac'rospore ; (1) the 

 larger kind of spore in vascular 

 Cryptogams ; (2) the embryo- 

 sac in Phanerogams ; Macrospor'- 



ophyll (<f>v\\ov t a leaf ) = CARPEL ; 

 macro sporophyl'lary, carpellary ; 

 macrosty'lous (orOXos, a post), long- 

 styled ; Macrosym'biont (0-v^t6a>, I 

 live with), the larger of the asso- 

 ciated organisms in symbiosis ; 

 Mac'rotherm (dep^r), heat) = MEGA- 

 THERM ; Macrozoogonid'ium(f cow, an 

 animal, + GONIDIUM), in Ulothrix 

 the larger kind of zoospore, which 

 germinates independently ; cf. Mi- 

 CROZOOGONIDIUM ', Macrozo'ospore, 

 a large zoospore when compared 

 with others of the same species. 



Mac'ula (Lat.), a spot ; Mac'ulae ; (1) 

 areolated pits of Coniferae ; (2) also 

 organs on the aerial stem of Cyatho- 

 phorum, large round white dots in 

 two rows, probably water-storing 

 organs ; maculifor'mis (formis, 

 shape), used by Koerber for 

 apothecia which are shaped like 

 irregular spots ; mac'ular, mac'u- 

 late,mac'ulose (maculosus, spotted), 

 blotched or spotted ; Macula'tion, 

 the arrangement of spots on a 

 plant (Crozier). 



madefac'tus (Lat.), moistened, as 

 plants in an herbarium previous to 

 examination. 



Madu'ra, the fungus-foot disease 

 supposed to be caused by Ohio- 

 nyphe Carteri, Berk. 



mag'moid (/id-y^a, dregs, ef5os, like), in 

 Lichens, "like an Alga, consisting of 

 spherical green cellules " (Leighton). 



mal'acpid (/taXaxos, soft, clSos, like), 

 mucilaginous ; Malacoph'il83 (0tX^w, 

 I love), plants which are fertilized 

 by snails or slugs. 



male, a plant or flower which bears 

 stamens or their analogues ; <~ 

 Cell, the smaller of two unequal 

 gametes ; ~ Flow'ers, staminate 

 flowers ; <~ Or'gans, those struc- 

 tures which, in fertilization, are 

 concerned, as the stamens, anthe- 

 ridia, etc. ; <~ Prothal'lium, one 

 which bears antheridia only ; ~ 

 Sys'tem, all that part of the flower 

 which belongs to the stamen. 



ma'lic (malum, an apple), pertaining 

 to apples, as ^ Ac'ld, which is said 



