Protogamophyta 



proximal 



which is primarily an epiphyte pure 

 and simple ; c/. HEMIEPIPHYTB ; 

 Protogamophy'ta (yd^os, marriage, 

 (f)VTov, a plant), a group of plants 

 so named by C. Macmillan, 

 without definition ; Protogen'esis 

 (ytvcffu, & beginning), reproduc- 

 tion by budding ; protogen'ic, prp- 

 togenet'ic (ytvoi, race, offspring), in 

 development, structures formed 

 when tissues begin to differentiate, 

 c/. HYPEROGENIC ; protog'ynous 

 (yvvy, a woman) = PROTEROGY- 

 NOUS ; Protog'yny = PROTEROGYNY ; 

 Protonad'rome ( + HADROME) = 

 PROTOXYLEM. ; Protolep'tome ( + 

 LEPTOME) = PROTOPHLOEM ; Proto- 

 mer'istem ( + MERISTEM), the meri- 

 stem of the growing point form- 

 ing the foundation of a member ; 

 Protone'ma (v^a, a thread), the 

 confervoid or plate-like growth in 

 Mosses on which the conspicuous 

 plant is developed as a lateral or 

 terminal shoot ; adj. protone'mal, 

 also protone'matoid ; ~ Em'bryo, of 

 Cutleria multi/ida, Grev., a form of 

 embryo which reproduces the nor- 

 mal plant (Church) ; Protophlo'em 

 ( + PHLOEM), the first formed ele- 

 ments of bast in a vascular bundle ; 

 Protophyl'line, Timiriazeff s alter- 

 native name for PROTOCHLORO- 

 PHYLLINE ; Pro'tophyll, Protophyl'- 

 lum (<f>v\\ov, a leaf), a leaf borne 

 by a PROTOCORM ; a cotyledon or 

 primordial leaf, especially used 

 of a Cryptogam; Pro'tophyt (0urw, 

 a plant), a plant of the sexual 

 generation (Bower); Pro'tophyte, 

 pi. Protophy'ta, the simplest plants, 

 the lower unicellular Cryptogams ; 

 adj. protophyt'ic ; Protophytol'ogy 

 (\67<>s, discourse) = PALAEOBOTAN Y ; 

 Pro'toplasm, Protoplas'ma (ir\a.ap.a, 

 moulded), the viscous living sub- 

 stance in plants, into which all 

 nourishment is taken, and from 

 which all parts are formed ; vari- 

 ous modifications of it have special 

 names ; Pro'toplast, the unit of 

 protoplasm capable of individual 

 action, a cell either with or with- 



out a wall (Hanstein) ; Protoplas'- 

 tid, an individual or presumable 

 primitive type ; Protoplas'tin, 

 Hanstein's term for a hypothetic 

 substance, the ultimate source of 

 vital movement and chemical com- 

 bination ; Protosclerench'y ma ( + 

 SCLERENCHYMA), used for certain 

 collenchyma which resembles true 

 hard bast, provisional collenchyma 

 of Haberlandt ; Pro'tospore (<nropci, 

 a seed), (1) a spore which develops 

 aprcmycelium ; (2) certain energids 

 or uninucleate bodies in Pilobolus, 

 etc. , the ultimate product of cleav- 

 age (Harper) ; Protospor'ophyte 

 (0i>ToV, a plant), C. Macmillan's 

 term for certain Cryptogams, not 

 otherwise defined ; Pro'tostrophes, 

 pi. ((TT/300T/, a turning), secondary 

 spirals in the development of 

 leaves (Lindley) ; Protothallog'a- 

 mae, pi. ( + THALLOGAMAE), Ardis- 

 sone'sterm to include Angiosperms, 

 Gymnosperms, and vascular Cryp- 

 togams ; Protothal'lus (0dXXos, a 

 shoot) = HYPOTHALLUS, the first 

 formed stratum of a Lichen ; Pro'- 

 totroph (r/300^, nourishment), a 

 "lodger" in Lecidia intumescens, 

 Nyl., which eventually gets its 

 nourishment by means of another 

 lodger, a different Lichen (Minks) ; 

 Protot'rophy, the peculiar commen- 

 salism described above, also styled 

 "Wet-nurse relationship"; also 

 spelled Pro'trophy ; Protoxy'lem 

 ( + XYLEM), the first formed ele- 

 ments of wood in a vascular bundle ; 

 protozooph'ilous (&ov, an animal, 

 0iA<?w, I love), used of certain 

 water-plants which are fertilized 

 by small animals, or protozoa. 



protru'ding (protrudo, I thrust out), 

 exerted. 



protu'berans (Lat.), bulging out, 

 Protuberaritia elonga'ta, "the aci- 

 culae of certain Fungals" (Lindley). 



provine' (Fr., provigner), to layer a 

 vine. 



proximal (proximo, next, nearest), 

 the part nearest the axis, as opposed 

 to DISTAL. 



