Syncyte 
systematic 
with coalesced cotyledons; Syn’cyte, 
Syncyt’vum (kutls, a small box), a 
structure derived from the more or 
less complete absorption of the cell- 
walls, which places their lumina in 
direct contact. 
syned’ral, syned’rous, -drus (cvvedpos, 
of the same seat), growing on the 
angles. 
Syne’ma (cvv, with, vjua, a thread), 
(1) the column of monadelphous sta- 
mens, as in Malvaceae; (2) + that 
part of the column of an Orchid 
which represents the filament of 
the stamens (Lindley) ; Syner’gids, 
Syner'gidae (cvvepyos, an assistant), 
the two nuclei of the upper end 
of the embryo sac, which with the 
third (the oosphere) constitute the 
egg-apparatus. 
Syn’gamete (civ, with, + GAMETE), 
C. Macmillan’s expression for the 
cell which arises from the fusion 
of two gametes; cf. OospERM, 
ZYGOTE; Syngenes’ia (yéveo.s, be- 
ginping), a Linnean class, with 
owers having united anthers, 
Compositae ; syngenes’icus = syn- 
genes‘ious, syngenes’us, (1) with 
anthers cohering in a ring; (2) 
belonging to the order Compositae ; 
Syn’grammae (ypdupa, an outline), 
Diatoms with linear symmetry (O. 
Mueller); Synchor’ion + (xépior, 
foetal membrane), Mirbel’s name 
for CARCERULE; synoch’reate (+ 
OcrzA), having opposite united 
stipules which enclose the stem in 
a sheath ; synoe’cious (olkos,ahouse), 
having antheridia and archegonia in 
one inflorescence ; bryologists seem 
to prefer the form synoi’cous. 
Syn’onym (cuvwivumos, having the same 
name), a superseded or unused 
name; Synon’ymy, all that relates 
to synonyms. 
Synoph’thy, the corrected abbrevia- 
tion of ‘“‘Synophthal’my” (cvv, 
with, d@0adpos, an eye), see next; 
—Moquin-Tandon’s term for adhe- 
sion of (1) embryos ; (2) buds ; Syn- 
oph’ty (deriv., see last); Synoph’yty 
(Crozier), = SYNOPHTHY. 
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Synop’sis (ctvoyis, a glance), a con- 
densed description of a genus or 
other group of plants. 
synpet/alous (civ, with, wéradov, a 
flower leaf), = gamopetalous ; 
synorhi’zus (fifa, a root), having a 
radicle whose point is united to 
the albumen; synsep’alous, -lus 
(+ SEPALUM), gamosepalous, the 
sepals coalescent ; synsper’mous, 
adj. of Synsper’my (o7épya, a seed), 
the union of several seeds; syn- 
sporous (copa, a seed), “‘ pro- 
pagating by conjugations of cells, 
as in Algae” (Stormonth) ; syn- 
stigmat’icus (oriyua, a point), when 
a pollen-mass is furnished with a 
retinaculum by which it adheres to 
the stigma, as in Orchids. 
syntac’tic (cuvraxrixds, putting to- 
gether), used of irregularity which 
is zygomorphic (Pax). 
Syntag’ma, pl. Syntag’mata (op, 
with, rdyua, an array), Pfeffer’s 
term for bodies built up of Tac- 
maTA, themselves aggregations of 
MOLECULES ; syntep’alous (+ TEP- 
ALUM), the tepals united ; syntro- 
ph'icus (rpo¢}, food), epiphytic ; 
Syntroph’ism and Syntroph’y, the 
antagonistic symbiosis of Lichen 
with Lichen; Syn’trophs, ‘‘Lodgers” 
in Lichens; Synzyg’ia + ({vyds, a 
yoke), the point of contact of op- 
posite cotyledons, 
Sy’phon, = SIPHON. 
Syring’in, a substance occurring in 
Syringa, the Lilac; syringi’nus, 
lilac-coloured, a light purple. 
Syringoden’dron, used by palaeo- 
botanists for old or partially de- 
corticated sigillarian stems; the 
name was formerly generic. 
Systellophy’tum (cvoréA\w, I wrap 
closely, gurdv, a plant), when a 
persistent calyx appears to form 
part of the fruit. 
Sys’tem (cvornua, a composition), a 
scheme of classification; syste- 
matiic, systemat'icus, relating to 
system ; ~ Bot‘any, the study of 
plants in their mutual relationships 
and taxonomic arrangement. 
