Syncyte 



systematic 



with coalesced cotyledons; Syn'cyte, 

 Syncyt'ium (tcvrls, a small box), a 

 structure derived from the more or 

 less complete absorption of the cell- 

 walls, which places their lumina in 

 direct contact. 



syned'ral, syned'rous, -drus (o-foedpos, 

 of the same seat), growing on the 

 angles. 



Syne'ma (<ri>v, with, vypa, a thread), 

 (1) the column of monadelphous sta- 

 mens, as in Malvaceae ; (2) J that 

 part of the column of an Orchid 

 which represents the filament of 

 the stamens (Lindley) ; Syner'gids, 

 Symr'gidae (evvepyos, an assistant), 

 the two nuclei of the upper end 

 of the embryo sac, which with the 

 third (the oosphere) constitute the 

 egg-apparatus. 



Syn'gamete (<ri>v, with, + GAMETE), 

 C. Macmillan's expression for the 

 cell which arises from the fusion 

 of two gametes ; cf. OOSPERM, 

 ZYGOTE ; Syngenes'ia (y^eo-is, be- 

 ginning), a Linnean class, with 

 flowers having united anthers, 

 Compositae; syngenes'icus = syn- 

 genes'ious, syngenes'us, (1) with 

 anthers cohering in a ring ; (2) 

 belonging to the order Compositae ; 

 Syn'grammae (ypd/jL^a, an outline), 

 Diatoms with linear symmetry (0. 

 Mueller) ; Synchor'ion J (xf>pi.ov, 

 foetal membrane), Mirbel's name 

 for CARCERULE ; synoch'reate ( + 

 OCBEA), having opposite united 

 stipules which enclose the stem in 

 a sheath ; synoe'cious(or/cos,ahouse), 

 havingantheridia and archegonia in 

 one inflorescence ; bryologists seem 

 to prefer the form synoi'cous. 



Syn'onym (ffwuvvfws, having the same 

 name), a superseded or unused 

 name ; Synon'ymy, all that relates 

 to synonyms. 



Synoph'thy, the corrected abbrevia- 

 tion of " Synophthal'my " (a-f/v, 

 with, (500<x\/i6s, an eye), see next ; 

 Moquiii-Tandon's term for adhe- 

 sion of (1) embryos ; (2) buds ; Syn- 

 oph'ty (deriv., see last) ; Synoph'yty 

 (Crozier), = SYNOPHTHY. 



Synop'sis (cr^o^is, a glance), a con- 

 densed description of a genus or 

 other group of plants. 



synpet'alous (<ri>v, with, irtraXov, a 

 flower leaf), = gamopetalous ; 

 synprhi'zus (ptfa, a root), having a 

 radicle whose point is united to 

 the albumen ; synsep'alous, -lus 

 (+ SEPALUM), gamosepalous, the 

 sepals coalescent ; synsper'mous, 

 adj. of Synsper'my (airep^a, a seed), 

 the union of several seeds ; syn- 

 spor'ous (<nrop&, a seed), "pro- 

 pagating by conjugations of cells, 

 as in Algae " (Stormonth) ; syn- 

 stiginat'icus (arLy^a, a point), when 

 a pollen-mass is furnished with a 

 retinaculum by which it adheres to 

 the stigma, as in Orchids. 



syntactic (<riwra/crt/c6s, putting to- 

 gether), used of irregularity which 

 is zygomorphic (Pax). 



Syntag'ma, pi. Syntag'mata (<rvv, 

 with, rdyfj-a, an array), Pfeffer's 

 term for bodies built up of TAG- 

 MATA, themselves aggregations of 

 MOLECULES ; syntep'alous ( + TEP- 

 ALTJM), the tepals united; syntro- 

 ph'icus (rpo^T/, food), epiphytic ; 

 Syntrophlsm and Syntroph'y, the 

 antagonistic symbiosis of Lichen 

 with Lichen ; Syn'trophs, ' ' Lodgers" 

 in Lichens ; Synzyg'ia J (^705, a 

 yoke), the point of contact of op- 

 posite cotyledons. 



Sy'phon, = SIPHON. 



Syring'in, a substance occurring in 

 Syringa, the Lilac; syringi'nus, 

 lilac-coloured, a light purple. 



Syringoden'dron, used by palaeo- 

 botanists for old or partially de- 

 corticated sigillarian stems ; the 

 name was formerly generic. 



Systellophy'tum (owrfXXw, I wrap 

 closely, (pvrbv, a plant), when a 

 persistent calyx appears to form 

 part of the fruit. 



Sys'tem (cruo-r^a, a composition), a 

 scheme of classification ; syste- 

 matic, systemat'icus, relating to 

 system ; ~ Bot'any, the study of 

 plants in their mutual relationships 

 and taxonomic arrangement. 



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