Form 



(SUPPLEMENT) 



Geitonogamy 



assimilation before the basal por- 

 tion is mature; Germ. "Vorlauf- 

 erspitze." 



Form, nearly thirty special terms 

 are enumerated by 0. Kuntze in 

 his "Methodik der Speciesbe- 

 schreibung," pp. 15-17. 



Forma'tion, an assemblage of plants, 

 either the same, or a given mix- 

 ture; ASSOCIATION is also used, 

 but both terms are somewhat 

 loosely used. 



formicar'ian (formica, an ant), ap- 

 plied by Beccari to those plants 

 possessing saccharine fluids, thus 

 attracting ants. 



Foundation, a literal rendering of 

 the Germ. "Anlage." 



Front-cav'ity, the outer cavity of a 

 stoma ; in Germ. " Vorhof." 



Fruit-bear'er, Potter's term for 

 CARPOPHORE; ~ bodies, (1) 

 zygotes which show subdivision 

 into spores ; (2) sporophores ; <*- 

 -forms, forms or means of repro- 

 duction of Fungi (Potter). 



Fru'tical, a small shrub with a soft- 

 wooded stem, such as shrubby 

 species of Geranium ( J. Smith) ; 

 fru'ticose, (2) in Rubus, allied or 

 belonging to the super-species B. 

 fruticosus. 



Fru'tlet, suggested for low tufted 

 evergreen plants as Saxifrages 

 (J. Smith). 



Fructification, dou'ble, dimorphic 

 fructification in Algae. 



fruticules'cent (fntiiculus, a small 

 shrub, + escens), applied to a 

 Lichen when somewhat shrubby 

 (Crombie). 



fuma'goid, resembling Fumago. 



fumaria'ceous, pertaining to Fuma- 

 ria, or its allies. 



Fun'dament, a suggested equivalent 

 of the Germ. " Anlage " (Potter). 



Fun'go-li'chens, Lindsay's term for 

 plants considered to be transi- 

 tional forms between Fungi and 

 Lichens. 



Funic'ulus, add, (3) used by W. 

 Griffith for the suspensor of 

 Onetum. 



Fu'sion, triple, Macdougal's term for 

 DOUBLE FERTILIZATION. 



Galvanotax'is (r<ts, order), arrange- 

 ment induced by galvanic currents; 

 collecting round the kathode. 



Ganie'tocyst (/twrris, a bag), the en- 

 velope enclosing one or more 

 gametes (Vuillemin) ; gameto- 

 gen'ic, gametog'enous (7eVos, race, 

 offspring), giving rise to gametes, 

 sexual cells ; Gam'etophyt = 

 GAMETOPHYTE ; gametrop'ic 



(r/joTTT?, a turning), movements of 

 organs before or after fertilization 

 (Hansgirg) ; Gamob'ium (yd/mos, 

 marriage, /3/os, life), H. Gibson's 

 term for the sexual generation of 

 organisms which show alternation 

 of generations (Parker), a game- 

 tophyte; gamodes'mlc, (5e<r/i6s, a 

 bond), or gainomeriste'lic ( + 

 MERISTELE), lateral fusion of indi- 

 vidual bundle sheaths (Jeffrey) ; 

 Gam'osperms (<nrep/j.a, a seed), plants 

 having seeds without partheno- 

 genetic embryos (MacMillan);Gam'- 

 icae, Radlkofer's term for Algae. 



Gang'lion, (2) the origin of the 

 rascular bundles in dicotyledons ; 

 ganglion'eous, used by Lindley for 

 hairs which bear branchlets on 

 their articulations. 



Gap, see LEAF-GAP. 



Gas-vac'uoles, special floating organs 

 in certain Cyanophyceae, as Ana- 

 baina (Kerner) ; Gasoplank'ton ( + 

 PLANKTON), organisms which float 

 by means of air vacuoles (Forel). 



Geitonemb'ryosperm (yelruv, a neigh- 

 bour, fyftpvov, foetus, o-Tr^p/xa, a 

 seed), a plant with parthenogenetic 

 embryo, fertilized by pollen from 

 a different flower on the same 

 stock ; Geitonen'dosperm (ev 

 within), a plant with partheno- 

 genetic endosperm, fertilized by 

 pollen from a neighbouring flower 

 on the same stock ; Geitonocar'py, 

 Kapirbs, fruit), the production of 

 fruit as the outcome of GEITONOG- 

 AMT ; Geitonog'amy (7^05, mar- 

 riage), fertilization between neigh- 



