Form 
(SUPPLEMENT) 
Geltonogamy 
assimilation before the basal por- 
tion is mature; Germ, ‘‘ Vorliuf- 
erspitze.”” 
Form, nearly thirty special terms 
are enumerated by O. Kuntze in 
his ‘‘Methodik der Speciesbe- 
schreibung,” pp. 15-17. 
Porma’tion, an assemblage of plants, 
either the same, or a given mix- 
ture; ASSOCIATION is also used, 
but both terms are somewhat 
loosely used. 
formicar’ian (formica, an ant), ap- 
plied by Beccari to those plants 
possessing saccharine fluids, thus 
attracting ants. 
Founda'tion, a literal rendering of 
the Germ. ‘‘ Anlage.” 
Front-cav'ity, the outer cavity of a 
stoma ; in Germ. ‘‘ Vorhof.” 
Fruit-bear’er, Potter’s term for 
CaRPOPHORE; ~ _ bodies, (1) 
zygotes which show subdivision 
into spores ;(2) sporophores; ~ 
-forms, forms or means of repro- 
duction of Fungi (Potter). 
Fru’tical, a small shrub with a soft- 
wooded stem, such as shrubby 
species of Geranium (J. Smith) ; 
fru‘ticose, (2) in Rubus, allied or 
belonging to the super-species R. 
JSruticosus, 
Fru’tlet, suggested for low tufted 
evergreen plants as Saxifrages 
(J. Smith). 
Fructifica’tion, dou’ble, 
fructification in Algae. 
fruticules’cent (/ruticulus, a small 
shrub, + escens), applied to a 
Lichen when somewhat shrubby 
(Crombie). 
fuma’goid, resembling Fumago. 
fumaria’ceous, pertaining to Fuma- 
ria, or its allies. 
Fun'dament, a suggested equivalent 
of the Germ. “‘ Anlage ” (Potter). 
Fun’go-li‘chens, Lindsay’s term for 
plants considered to be transi- 
tional forms between Fungi and 
Lichens. 
Funic’ulus, add, (3) used by W. 
Griffith for the suspensor of 
Gnetum. 
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Fu’sion, trip’le, Macdougal’s term for 
DOUBLE FERTILIZATION, 
Galvanotax'is (rdéts, order), arrange- 
ment induced by galvanic currents; 
collecting round the kathode. 
Game’tocyst (xicrts, « bag), the en- 
velope enclosing one or more 
gametes (Vuillemin); gameto- 
genic, gametog’enous (yévos, race, 
offspring), giving rise to gametes, 
sexual cells; Gam’etophyt = 
GAMETOPHYTE ; gametrop’ic 
(rporh, a turning), movements of 
organs before or after fertilization 
(Hansgirg); Gamob‘ium  (ydyos, 
marriage, Blos, life), H. Gibson’s 
term for the sexual generation of 
organisms which show alternation 
of generations (Parker), a game- 
tophyte; gamodes’mic, (decpds, a 
bond), or gamomeriste’lic (+ 
MERISTELE), lateral fusion of indi- 
vidual bundle sheaths (Jeffrey) ; 
Gam osperms (o7épua,a seed), plants 
having seeds without partheno- 
geneticembryos(MacMillan);Gam’- 
icae, Radlkofer’s term for Algae. 
Gang’lion, (2) the origin of the 
vascular bundles in dicotyledons ; 
ganglion’eous, used by Lindley for 
hairs which bear branchlets on 
their articulations, 
Gap, see LeaF-Gap. 
Gas-vac'uoles, special floating organs 
in certain Cyanophyceae, as Ana- 
baina (Kerner); Gasoplank’ton (+ 
PLANKTON), organisms which float 
by means of air vacuoles (Forel). 
Geitonemb’ryosperm (yelrwv, a neigh- 
bour, éuSpvov, foetus, oméppa, a 
seed), a plant with parthenogenetic 
embryo, fertilized by pollen from 
a different flower on the same 
stock; Geitonen’dosperm (évéoy, 
within), a plant with partheno- 
genetic endosperm, fertilized by 
pollen from a neighbouring flower 
on the same stock ; Geitonocar’py, 
kapwds, fruit), the production of 
fruit as the outcome of GErIToNoG- 
AMY; Geitonog’amy (yduos, mar- 
riage), fertilization between neigh- 
