Isotrophyte 
Karyosoma 
a mouth), the calyx and corolla the 
same size ; Isot‘rophyte (rpoph, food; 
gbrov, a plant), a parasitic Fungus 
whose influence is only chemical, 
with but slight changes in the 
host (Wakker); isot’ropous (rpd7ros, 
direction), equal torsion in develop- 
ment, as in valvate and contorted 
aestivation (K. Schumann). 
Isth’mus (/6uds, a neck of land), (1) 
the narrowed connection between 
half-cells of Desmids ; (2) the girdle 
of such Diatoms as Jsthmia. 
itera’to-prolif’erous (iteratus,repeated 
+proliferous) repeatedly bearing 
prolifications. 
ithyphyl'lus (/0vs, straight ; @vAXov, a 
leaf), straight and stiff-leaved. 
Jag’ gery, a coarse dark sugar from the 
coco-nut and other palms, which 
produces arrack by fermentation. 
Jal’apin, a constituent of the officinal 
Jalap, a purgative root, derived 
from Ipomoea Purga, Hayne. 
Jama‘icin, an alkaloid occurring in 
the cabbage bark-tree, Andira iner- 
mis, Kunth, a native of the West 
Indies. 
jaspid’eus, or iaspid’eus (Lat., from 
tasper, jasper), a mixture of many 
colours arranged in small spots. 
Je’terus, a mistake of Bischoff, copied 
by Lindley, for IctzRvs, vegetable 
jaundice. 
Joint, an articulation, as a node in 
grasses or other plants; joint’ed, 
articulated, falling apart at the 
joints. 
jonquil’leus (Mod. Lat.), the bright 
yellow of the Jonquil, Narcissus 
odorus, Linn. 
Ju’ba (Lat., a mane), a loose panicle, 
with diliquescent axis; juba’tus, 
maned. 
ju’gate (juga’tus, connected or yoked 
together), used in composition as 
conjugate, bijugate, etc. 
Ju/gum (Lat., a yoke), pl., Ju’ga; (1) 
a pair of leaflets ; (2) the ridges on 
the fruits of Umbelliferae. 
Juice, the liquid contents of any 
plant - tissue; ~ Ves‘sels, Hill’s 
term for vascular tissue ; juice’less, 
dry, exsuccous. 
jula’ceous, -ceus (julus, Mod. Lat., an 
amentum or spike, + aceous), bear- 
ing catkins, amentaceous; ju'liform 
(forma, shape), like a catkin; Ju’‘lus, 
an old term for catkin, or spike, 
such as in Acorus Calamus, Linn. 
june’old (juncus, a rush, eldos, re- 
semblance), junc’ous, jun’ceous, 
rush-like. 
Junctu’ra (Lat., a joint), an articula- 
tion or note. 
Jute, the fibre of Corchorus capsularis, 
Linn., and C. olitorius, Linn. 
Juvenes’cence (juvenesco, I grow 
young again) = REJUVENESCENCE. 
Juxtaposit’ion (juxta, close to 
positus, placed), the relative posi- 
tion in which organs are placed. 
K, for many words see also under 
the letter C. 
Kalid'‘ion, Kalid’ium; pl., Kalid'ia 
(kadléovy, from xadid, granary)= 
Cystrocarp. 
kamptod’romous = CAMPTODROMOUS. 
Karyoid (xdpvoy, a nut, eldos, like); 
minute spherical bodies attached 
to the chlorophyll plate of Con- 
jugatae and Desmids ; Karyog’amy 
(yduos, marriage), the union of 
gametonuclei, to form a zygote- 
nucleus (Maupas); Karyokine’sis 
(klynots, motion, I change) ; 
Schleicher’s term for the series of 
changes undergone by the nucleus 
in cell-division; ‘also spelled 
Caryocinesis” (Crozier); it is the 
indirect divisioa of Flemming; 
adj., karyokinet’ic; Karyol’ogy 
(Aéyos, discourse), the science of the 
nucleus and its development and 
vital history (Trow) ; Karyol’ysis 
(Avows, a loosing), the dissolution 
of the nucleus, in whole or part; 
adj., karyolyt/ic; Karyomito’sis 
(ulros, a thread or web) = MrrTosis ; 
Kar’yoplasm (m\doua, moulded), 
the more fluid protoplasm of the 
nucleus, between the nuclear 
threads; Karyoso’ma (capa, a 
body), a close mass of microsomes 
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