Geitonosperm 
(SUPPLEMENT) 
Grandmother Axis 
bouring flowers (Kerner); Geit’o- 
nosperm, a plant whose embryos 
arise by geitonogamy, and are not 
parthenogenetic, three terms due 
to MacMillan. 
Gem’maecorm (gemma, a bud, + 
Coro), J. Smith’s term for a bud- 
corm, applied to herbaceous plants 
with a root-crown which increases 
by side-buds ; Gemma’tion, add, 
(3) budding, as in the multiplica- 
tion of yeast (Huxley) ; Gem- 
mid’ium = TETRASPORE. 
Genepist’asis (yévos, offspring, 
érloracts, a halt), graduated evolu- 
tion, by the persistence of certain 
individuals at a definite lower 
grade, the remainder advancing 
farther in modification (Eimer). 
Genic’ulum, (2) the junction of the 
articuli of Coralline Algae, which 
is destitute of crustation. 
Gennylang’ium (yevydw, I beget, iAn 
Mareria, dyyeov, a vessel) 
Radlkofer’s term for ANTHER; 
Gennylei’on (7a, = food) = ANTHER- 
IDIUM; Gennylozo’id ({Gov, an 
animal, los, resemblance) = 
SPERMATOZOON. 
gentia‘neous, resembling or akin to 
the genus Grentiana ; Gent/ianose, a 
sugar from Gentiana lutea, occur- 
ring with saccharose. 
Geob’ion (Glos, life), plant associations 
of the land, as distinct from water 
(Forel) ; Geocar’py (xaprés, fruit), 
the subterraneous ripening of 
fruits, which have developed from 
a flower above ground; Geoper- 
cep’tion GEOAESTHESIA ; ge0- 
ph’ilous, -ws (piAéw, I love), (2) land- 
loving, terrestrial; Geophy’ta 
(purdévy, a plant), land plants; 
Geophy’tia, land plant formations 
(Clements) ; geotac’tic, relating to 
GEoTAXIS ; Geot’ropism, la’teral, 
curving horizontally, as in twining 
stems (Macdougal). 
gerania’ceous, resembling or allied 
to Geranium. 
Germ-disc, ~ - fil’ament, ~ plants, 
stages in the life of Hepaticae. 
(Goebel). 
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gibbo’sus (Lat.) = GIBBEROSUS. 
Gigant/ism, unusual size ; opposed to 
NanisM, 
gin’glymoid § (ycyyAuuss, a hinge, 
eldos, resemblance), like a hinge 
(Heinig). 
ginkgoa’ceous, resembling the 
Maiden-hair tree, Gingko biloba. 
Gir'dle- band, the hoop, girdle or 
cingulum of a Diatom-frustule ; 
Gir’dle-view, the front or back 
view of a Diatom, in distinction to 
a lateral view. 
gla’cial, (glacies, ice), employed by 
MacMillan for  ‘‘ distinctively 
northern plants.” 
Glaucogonid’ium (yAavxos, bluish grey, 
+ GonipiuM), the bluish green 
gonidium of Lichens (Bornet). 
Glebe = GLEBA ; gle’bulose, possessing 
a gleba, or resembling it. 
gleocap’soid (el50s, resemblance), like 
the genus Gleocapsa. 
Gloe’ospores, -ae (yAola, glue, + 
Spor), plants having viscid seeds 
(Clements). 
glob’ulose, globulo’sus, a diminutive 
of GLOBOSE. 
glumose’, glumo’sus = GLUMACEOUS. 
glyco’sic, resembling the action of 
the enzyme GLUCOSE. 
glyphol’ecine (y\v¢w, I hollow out, 
Adxos dish), with wavy longitudinal 
canals or grooves (Heinig). 
Glu’tenin, a constituent of wheat 
gluten ; Glutencasein or ZymMom. 
Gnesiog’amy (yvijovos, legitimate, 
yduos, marriage), fertilization 
between different individuals of 
the same species. 
Gonian’gium, term proposed by 
A. Braun to include cystocarps 
and the scyphi of Hepaticae; 
gonid’ic, possessing gonidia (Lind- 
say); gonid’ioid (eldos, resem- 
blance), gonidium - like; Gon’'io- 
cyst (kvoris, a bag), a sporangium 
(A. Braun) ; Goniocyt’ium (xi7os, 
a hollow) = GonipaNciIum ; Gono- 
cys'tia = Gonocysts ; Gon’osphere 
(cpaipa, a sphere), a zoogonidium 
of Chytridiaceae (Nowakowski). 
Grandmother Ax’is, the primary axis 
