symphicarpous 
syncotyledonous 
a synonym of Synantherus and 
Syngenesius(Henslow); symphicar’- 
pous (xapros, fruit), with confluent 
fruits; symphiogenet/ic (yévos, a 
race), formed by union of previously 
separate elements ; symphyan’the- 
rous { = symphiantherous; Sym- 
phyllo’dium (gvA Aor, aleaf), the com- 
bined ovuliferous scales in the 
flower of certain Coniferae (Warm- 
ing); symphyl'lous, gamophyllous ; 
symphyogenet’ic =symphiogenetic ; 
symphyoste’monous (o7rjuwr, a 
stamen), having the stamens united. 
Sym’physis (cipzpvots, growing to- 
gether), (1) coalescence ; (2) fusion 
of parts (Bessey); Symphys‘ia is a 
synonym. 
symphyste’monous = symphyoste- 
monous. 
symphytan’therus = symphianther- 
us. 
symphytog’ynus (cvud¢uros, innate, 
yur7j, a woman), the calyx and 
pistil more or less adherent, the 
ovary being inferior ; symphyt‘ic, 
formed by fusion of several nuclei, 
as a gameto-nucleus (oogamete) of 
Peronosporeae or (isogamete) of 
Dasycladus (Hartog); symphy- 
tothe’lus (@y\7, « nipple) = sym- 
PHYTOGYNUS. 
Sym’‘plast (civ, with, r\acrds, formed), 
an assemblage of energids, as in 
Caulerpa prolifera, Lamour. ; Sym- 
plo’cium, or Symplo’kium (miéxw, I 
plait), old names for the sporangium 
of a Fern; Sym’pode, Sympod'ium 
(rots, 3od0s, a foot), a stem made 
up of a series of superposed 
branches, so as to imitate a simple 
axis; adj.sympod’ial ; ~ Dichot’omy, 
where at each forking, one branch 
continues to develop and the other 
aborts. 
syn (civ, with), adhesion or growing 
together ; cf. SyM; synac’mic 
(axuh, a point = prime of life), 
adj. of Synac’my, the stamens and 
pistils mature together, being the 
opposite of Hrrzracmy; Synan’- 
drium (dvyjp, dvdpos, a man), the 
cohesion of the anthers of each 
male flower in certain Aroideae ; 
Synan’dry, Morren’s term where 
stamens normally separated are 
soldered or united ; Synan’gia, pl. 
of Synan’gium (dyyelov, a vessel), 
an aggregated exannulate Fern 
sporangium forming a series of 
loculi, as in Marattia (J. Smith) ; 
adj. synan’gial; synanthe’ricus 
(dvOnpos, flowery), the growing 
together of anthers, as in Com- 
posites, syngenesious ; Synan’- 
therae, a name for Compositae ; 
adj. synan’therous; Synantherol’- 
ogist (Adyos, discourse), an expert in 
the study of Compositae ; Synan- 
the’rus, a flower with coalesced 
anthers; Synanthe’sis (av@qo1s, 
flowering), simultaneous anthesis, 
stamens and pistils ripe at the 
same time, synacmy; Synantho’dy 
(eldos, resemblance), the lateral 
adhesion of two flower-buds on the 
same stalk, or on two peduncles 
which have become fasciated ; Syn- 
an’thy (dv0os, a flower), Morren’s 
term for the adhesion of two or 
more flowers ; adj. synan’thic, syn- 
an'thous; Synanthrophy’tum (cvv, 
with, d@pd0s, crowded, gurov, a 
plant), a plant whose fruit is com- 
pounded of many carpels ; the word 
as cited by Henslow, seems to be 
an error for Necker’s group Syn- 
athrophytum; Synan’throse, asugar 
found in the roots and tubercles of 
certain Compositae. 
Synap’sis (cwdrrw, I join), the con- 
densation of the nuclear filament 
to one side of the nucleus previous 
to heterotypic mitosis. 
Synap’tase (cvvamrds, joined), the 
same substance as EMULSIN. 
Synarmoph’ytus (cuvapyocls, conjunc- 
tion, gurdv, a plant), gynandrous. 
Syn'carp, Syncar’pium (ovv, with, 
xapros, fruit), a multiple or fleshy 
aggregate fruit, as the mulberry, 
or Magnolia; syncar’pous, -pus, 
composed of two or more united 
carpels ; Syncar’py, the accidental 
adhesion of several fruits; syn- 
cotyle’donous, -neus (+ CoTYLEDON), 
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