(SUPPLEMENT) 



Jac'ulator (Lat., a darter), a hook- 

 like process on the placenta of 

 certain fruits, which aids in the 

 expulsion of the seeds, as in 

 Acanthaceae (Boulger). 



Join'ing, used by Babington for the 

 point of union of two different 

 parts ; a node. 



Jord'anism, an excessive multiplica- 

 tion of so-called species, usually 

 regarded as mere varieties which 

 are tolerably constant under culti- 

 vation ; the name is derived from 

 Alexis Jordan of Lyons. 



junca'ceous, junceous, rush-like. 



juniperi'nus, bluish-brown, like the 

 berries of the juniper (Hayne). 



ju'venile (juvenilia, youthful), ap- 

 plied by Goebel to the early forms, 

 as the larval-forms of conifers. 



karpotrop'ic = CARPOTROPIC. 



Karyas'ter ( + ASTER), the spindle- 

 figure of the nucleus ; Karyochy- 

 le'ma (xuAos, juice), proposed by 

 Strasburger for ACHROMATIN ; 

 Karyogam'etes ( + GAMETE), game- 

 tonuclei, their union is KARYO- 

 GAMY ; Kar'yolymph ( + LYMPH), 

 the nuclear liquid ; Karyornex'is 

 (prjfa, a breaking), rapid dissolu- 

 tion of a nucleus (Maire). 



Katab'olite, any product of destruc- 

 tive metabolism ; cf. ANABOLITE ; 

 Kat'alase, see CATALASE ; Kat'a- 

 states, pi. (o-raros, a standing), 

 intermediate products of katabo- 

 lism, during the breaking down of 

 protoplasm (Parker). 



Keel-punc'ta, pi., nodulated thicken- 

 ings on one margin of the valves of 

 Nitzschia (O'Meara). 



Key, (2) a clavis or short statement 

 of the contrasted characters of a 

 genus or other group. 



Kine'sis (/c/v^crts, motion), movement, 

 used by T. W. Engelmann in 

 contradistinction to TAXIS. 



Kin'oplasm (Tr\d<Tfj.a, moulded), that 

 part of cytoplasm involve;! in 

 spindle formation, as contr sted 

 with TROPHOPLASM ; Kin'ospore 

 ( + SPORE), a spore resulting from 



a simple process of division, 

 motile zoospore, conidia, pycni 

 spores (Klebs). 



Kleisanthe'ry = CLEISANTHERY. 



klinotrop'ic = CLINOTROPIC. 



Knobs, used by Sir J. E. Smith fc 

 CEPHALODIA. 



Knor'ria, formerly a genus of fossil 

 plants, now used for lepidodendroid 

 stems when their cortex has been 

 stripped off to a considerable but 

 variable depth (Scott). 



Knot-stage = SKEIN in nuclear divi- 

 sion. 



koele'rian, relating to Rubus Koeleri 

 or its close allies. 



Kollaplank'ton(/c6\Xa, glue, + PLANK- 

 TON), used of organisms which float 

 by being encased in gelatinous 

 envelopes (Forel). 



Kremast'oplank'ton (Kpe^acrros, hung 

 up, + PLANKTON), floating organ- 

 isms supplied with appendages 

 which conduce to that function, as 

 hairs, prickles, etc. (Forel). 



Kryptocotyle'dons = CRYPTOCOTYLE- 

 DONS. 



labioscop'ic ( + LABIUM, 



look), employed by Pfitzer for the 



condition of certain Orchids when 



the sepals are combined with an 



extension of the axis, as in Dry- 



moda. 

 Laboulbenomyce'tes, Engler's term 



for Laboulbeniaceae and their 



allies. 

 Lacu'nae, (3) the vallecular canals of 



Equisetum. 

 Lage'nian, pertaining to Leinster, 



from Lagenia, the Latin name of 



that province. 

 Lagenost'ome, the free apex of the 



nucellus in Lagenostoma. 

 Lamella, mid' die, the membrane or 



primary septum between any two 



cells. 

 lamina'rioid (eldos, resemblance), re- 



sembling or akin to the genus 



Laminaria. 

 La'tent Per'iod, the time required to 



take up any stimulus, and respond 



to it (Macdougal). 



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