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chlamydeous or aehlamydeous 

 plants differing from Exogens in 

 having naked ovules ; ovules de- 

 veloped without the usual integu- 

 ments. 



jymnospore, n., jim'-nd-spdr (Gr. 

 gumnos, naked; spora, seed), a 

 naked spore: gymnosporous, a., 

 -spor'-us, pert, to : gymnosporae, n. 

 plu., jim-no-spor'-e, the class of 

 plants having naked spores. 



jymnostomi, n. pln^jim-n^tdm-l 

 (Gr. gumnos, naked; stoma, a 

 mouth), mosses without a peri- 

 stome, or naked mouthed : gym- 

 nos'tomous, a., -tom-us, naked 

 mouthed; without a peri stome : 

 Gymnos'tomum, n., -tdm-urn, a 

 numerous genus of plants, grow- 

 ing in tufts and patches of various 

 colours, found in almost every 

 situation, Ord. Musci or Bryacese, 

 so called in allusion to the open 

 orifice of the theca. 



gynandrophore, n., gin- and' ro -for 

 (Gr. gune, a female ; aner, a 

 male, andros, of a male ; phoreo, 

 I bear), in bot,, a column bearing 

 stamens and pistil. 



gynandrous, a., gfa'&nd'rfo (Gr. 

 gune, a female; aner, a male, 

 andros, of a male), having 

 stamens and pistil in a common 

 column, as in orchids* 



gynantherous, a., gm'anth'er-us 

 (Gr. gune, a female ; anther os, 

 "belonging to a flower from 

 anthos, a flower), having the 

 stamens converted into pistils. 

 aynerium, n., gln-er'-l-um (Gr. 

 gune, a female; erion, wool), a 

 genus of plants, Ord* Graminese ; 

 the pampas-grass, covering the 

 vast plains of S. America, very 

 ornamental in the flower-garden : 

 Gynerium argenteum, dr-jent'- 

 e-um (L. argenteus, silvery), the 

 pampas-grass of the Cordilleras. 



gynizus, n., gin-iz'-us (Gr. gune, 

 a female, a pistil; hizo, I cause 

 to sit, I seat), the position of the 

 stigma on the columns of orchids. 



gynobase, n., gm'o-bdz (Gr. gune, 



a female ; basis, a base), in bot. , 

 a central axis, to the base of 

 which the carpels are attached ; a 

 fleshy receptacle bearing separate 

 fruits : gynobasic, a., gin'-6> 

 bdz'ik, having a gynobase. 



Gynocardia, n., grn'o-kdrd'-i-a 

 (Gr. gune, a female; kardia, the 

 heart), a genus of plants, Ord. 

 Bixacese : Gynocardia odorata, 

 tid'or-dt'd (L. odordtus, scented 

 from odor, smell, scent), a 

 species, called Chalmugra seeds, 

 from whose seeds an oil is ex- 

 pressed, used in India for the cure 

 of leprosy and various cutaneous 

 diseases. 



gyncecium, n., gin-e'sM-um (Gr. 

 gune, a female; oiJcos, a house), 

 in bot., the female organ of the 

 flowers ; the pistil. 



gynophore, n., gtfrc-o/or (Gr. gune, 

 a female ; phoreo, I bear), in bot. , 

 a stalk supporting the ovary ; in 

 zooL, the generative buds or 

 gonophores of Hydrozoa contain- 

 ing ova alone, and differing in 

 form from those which contain 

 spermatozoa. 



gynostegium, n., gm'o-stedj'z-um 

 (Gr. gune, a female, a pistil ; stego, 

 I cover), the staminal crown of 

 Asclepias. 



gynostemiutn, n., gin'-o-stem'Z'tim 

 (Gr. gune, a female, a pistil ; 

 stemon, a thread, a stamen), a 

 column in orchids bearing the 

 organs of reproduction ; the 

 united stamens and pistil of 

 orchids* 



gyrate, a.> jir'-dt (Gr. guros, L. 

 gyrus, a ring, a circle), winding 

 or going found as in a circle ; 

 turning in a circular manner : 

 gyration, n.,jir-d'shun, a turn- 

 ing or whirling round ; rotation 

 as in cells : gyri, n. plu., jir'-i, 

 in the cerebrum, the numerous 

 smooth and tortuous eminences 

 into which the grey matter of the 

 surface of the hemispheres is 

 moulded. 

 ! Gyrencephala, n. }>\\\. t ji/>Zn>sef* 



