Hyperanisogany 
Hypocotyl 
ment or development of the torus 
under the calyx, a syconium, 
Hyperanisog’amy (i7ép, above, dvicos, 
unequal, yduos, marriage), the 
female gamete, at first active, and 
much larger than the male gamete 
(Hartog) ; cf. Oocamy. 
hyperbor’ean, hyperbor’ eus (Bopéas, the 
north wind), northern. 
hyperchromat'ie (irép, above, xpwua- 
tixds, suited for colour), readily 
susceptible of taking colour, or in- 
tensified colouration ; Hyperd’romy 
(Spéuos, a course), when anadromous 
and catadromous venation occurs 
on one side of a Fern-frond (Prantl) ; 
hyperstomat’ic (+Stoma), having 
the stomata on the upper surface ; 
hypertroph'ie (rpo¢7, food), mor- 
bidly enlarged ; Hyper’trophy, an 
abnormal enlargement of an organ, 
presumably by excess of nourish- 
ment; Hyper’trophytes (gurov, a 
plant), a term employed by Wakker 
for those parasitic Fungi which 
cause hypertrophy in the tissues. 
Hy’pha (i¢y, a web), pl. Hy’phae, 
element of the thallus in Fungi, a 
cylindric thread-like branched body 
developing by apical growth and 
usually septate; Sieve ~, or 
Trum’pet ~, aspecial form found in 
Algae, bulging at each septum 
(F. W. Oliver); hy’phal, relating 
to hyphae; ~ Tis’sue, interwoven 
hyphae, constituting the tissues of 
the larger Fungi. 
Hyphas’ma (igacua, wu web), the 
thallus of Agarics, 
Hyphoe’ma (i¢7, a web), used by Minks 
for the hyphal layer in Lichens; 
Hyphid’ium, a term proposed by 
Minks for SpERMatTium ; hypho- 
d’‘romous, -mus (dpduos, a course), 
used when the veins are sunk in 
the substance of a leaf, and thus 
not readily visible; Hy’phopode, 
Hyphopod’ium (robs, rod0s, a foot), 
appendages on the mycelium of 
Meliola which bear the perithecia 
(Gaillard) ; hyphomyce’tous (uvxys, 
a mushroom), applied to Fungi 
bearing their spores on simple or 
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branched hyphae; Hyphomyce’tes 
are Fungi imperfecti ; Hyphostro’ma 
t(orpOpa, spread out), the my- 
celium of Fungi. 
Hyp’nocyst (Uvos, sleep, tarts, a bag 
or pouch), in Pediastreae, etc. , a dor- 
mant stage assumed when the con- 
ditions for growth are unfavourable; 
Hyp’note, an organism in a dormant 
state; hypnot‘ic, dormant, not dead, 
as in seeds; Hyp’noplasm (7Adoya, 
moulded), the protoplasm of a dor- 
mant individual, as of a seed, cf. 
N«EcROPLASM ; Hypno’sis, the state 
of dormant vitality shown by seeds 
whilst still retaining their power 
of germination (Escombe) ; Hyp’no- 
sperm (crépua, a seed), the winter 
state of the zygosperm of Hydro- 
dictyon ; Hypnosporan’gium (cropa, 
a seed, d-yyelov, a vessel), » sporan- 
gium containing resting spores; 
Hyp’nospore, a resting spore; 
Hypnothal’‘lus (@add\ds, a young 
branch), Chodat’s term for growth 
by cell-division from hypnocysts, 
as in Monostroma. 
hypoba’sal (70, under, Bdors, a ped- 
estal), behind the basal wall, em- 
ployed as regards the posterior half 
ofa proembryo ; ¢f. EPIBASAL; Hypo- 
blas’tus (8Nacros, a shoot), the 
fleshy cotyledon of grasses; Hypo- 
carp’ium (xap7és, fruit), an enlarged 
growth of the peduncle beneath the 
fruit, as in Anacardium; hypo- 
carpoge’an, -geus (xapmos, fruit, 
7, the earth), =HYPOGAEAN; hypo- 
carpog’ enous (yevvdw, I bring forth), 
the flowers and fruit produced 
underground (Pampaloni), cf. AM- 
PHICARPOGENOUS; Hy’pochil, Hypo- 
chil’ium, Hypochi'lus (xetdos, a lip), 
the basal portion of the labellum 
of Orchids; Hypochlor’in (xAdpos, 
light green), Pringsheim’s name for 
a constituent of chlorophyll cor- 
puscles, supposed to be the first 
visible product of constructive met- 
abolism; Hypochro’myl (xpapa, 
colour)=HypocHLorin; Hypocot’yl 
(korvAn, @ hollow), the axis of an 
embryo below the cotyledons, but 
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