Androgamy 



(SUPPLEMENT) 



di-anthlc 



lating to CYTOPLASM; <~andro- 

 g'amy, the male gamete is fer- 

 tilized by the cyto-plasm of the 

 female gamete (Dangeard) ;~gyno- 

 g'amy the female gamete is im- 

 pregnated by the cytoplasm of 

 the male gamete (Dangeard) ; cyto- 

 plas'tic (TrXacrrds, moulded), rela- 

 ting to the CYTOPLAST ; Cy'to- 

 stat'ics (OTCITIKOJ, causing to stand), 

 conditions of equilibrium in the 

 cell (Graf). 



dac'tyloid, (1) finger-like ; (2) per- 

 taining to the Dactyloides of the 

 genus Saxifraga. 



Damping off, the collapse of seedlings, 

 ascribed to the attacks of the 

 Fungus Botrytis vulgaris, or of 

 Pythium De-Baryanum. 



dasyclad'ous,-cfrMs (/cXdSoy, a branch) = 



COMPACTDS (RUSSOW). 



deaf, has been implied to imperfect 

 fruits of Rumex ; ~ -seeds, imper- 

 fect seeds of grasses (Percival). 



Deassimila'tion, the process of plant- 

 katabolism (Quin). 



Death-point, the critical point when a 

 spore is rendered permanently in- 

 capable of germinating (J. F. 

 Clarke). 



decan'der (Mod. Lat.), decandrous. 



Deformity, a monster; De'form is 

 used by Kuntze in the same sense. 



degen'erate, degraded in function or 

 form. 



degressive, tending towards de- 

 generation. 



delignifylng (lignum, wood, facio, I 

 make), applied to an enzyme which 

 breaks down the structure of 

 wood, as in Merulius. 



dematloid (eldos, resemblance), like 

 the genus Dematium, having a 

 felted layer of hyphae bearing 

 perithecia. 



Den'drium (dfrdpov, a fruit tree), an 

 "orchard formation"; dendro- 

 ph'ilus (0iX<?w, I love), "orchard 

 loving " ; Dendrophy'ta, (<f)VTbv, a 

 plant), "orchard plants" (Cle- 

 ments). 



Deperula'tion (de, prefix of separation, 

 + PERULA), the act of throwing off 



the bud-scales in leafing ; calyp'tral 

 <- , thrown off as a cap ; tu'bular 

 <~ , when remaining as a collar at 

 the base of the shoot (Kirchner). 

 Dermatocalyp'trogen = DERMACALYP- 



TROGEN. 



Derm'oplast (7rXa<rr6s, moulded), 

 Pirotta's term for a MONOPLAST, 

 invested with a membrane ; Der- 

 mosym'plast, the same writer's 

 word for a SYMPLAST as a latex- 

 vessel. 



desmidlan, allied to the Desmideae ; 

 Des'midocarp (icapTrbs, fruit), the 

 special cystocarp of Balbiania ; the 

 fertilized trichogynial cell divides 

 transversely, each daughter-cell 

 in turn branching with terminal 

 oospores. 



Desmoplank'ton ( + PLANKTON), 

 plankton united into bands or 

 ribbons (Forel). 



destarch'ed, deprived of starch, as 

 by translocation. 



deus'tate, deus'tous (deustw, burned 

 up), as if scorched (Heinig). 



Deu'ter (Germ. , an interpreter) Cells, 

 a row of large parenchymatous 

 cells, empty or containing starch, 

 which occur in the middle nerve of 

 Mosses (Limpricht) ; cf. POINTER- 

 CELLS. 



Deuterogonidlum (+ GONIDIUM), a 

 gonidium in the second generation 

 of a transitional series (A. Braun) ; 

 Deut'oxylem ( + XYLEM),a synonym 

 of METAXYLEM). 



Dew-rust, "blotchy discoloration of 

 leaves caused by dew " (Heinig). 



Di'ad, a variation in spelling of DYAD, 

 infra. 



diae'cious = DIOECIOUS. 



Diakine'sis (Klvrja-is, energy), the 

 phenomenon following the SPIREM- 

 stage of nuclear division). 



dialyste'lic ( + STELE), having distinct 

 steles. 



dian'dreous, the condition of Orchids 

 having two perfect stamens (S. 

 Moore). 



di-anthlc (tf^os, a flower), pollination 

 by a flower of the same plant (K. 

 Pearson). 



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