GLOSSARY. 811 
Hyatine (hyalos, Gr. glass). 
Transparent, resembling glass. 
Hypnosporaneium, Hypnosporanae (hypnos, Gr. sleep). 
Sporangium enclosing hypnospores. 
Hypnospore (hypnos, Gr. sleep + spore). : 
Spores which repose some time before germinating = 
“ resting spores,” 
Hypoeynous (hypo, Gr. under, + gyne, a woman). 
Seated beneath the female organ. 
Ip1o-anprosporous (idios, Gr. proper, + androspores). 
Neuter individuals, producingandrospores(in Hidogonium). 
IntERcaLaTED (inter-calare, L. to insert in the calendar). 
Interspersed, placed between others. 
INTERCELLULAR (?nter, L. between, + cellular). 
Between the cells. 
InrERSTITIAL (interstitium, L. a space between). 
Placed between. 
Isouatep (énsiéla, L. an island, through the Italian isola). 
Detached, placed by itself. 
IsosporE (isos, Gr. equal, + spora, a seed). 
Applied to spores which are all of one size, or kind, in 
the same plant. 
Lacuna (lacuna, L. a little hole). 
A depression, cavity, or intercellular space. 
LamE.La@ (lamelle, L. thin plates of metal). 
Thin plates or membranes parallel to each other. 
LamEosE (lamelle, L. thin plates of metal). 
Formed of layers or plates superimposed. 
Lusricous (lubricus, L. slippery). 
Slippery. 
Luyate (luna, L. the moon), 
Crescent-shaped. 
Macranprovus (macros, Gr. large, long, + aner, a man). 
Having elongated male plants. 
Macrocontpia (macros, Gr. large, long, + gonidia). 
Large gonidia, 
Marricay (matrix, L. the womb). 
Belonging to the matrix. 
Mesopuy.uic (mesos, Gr. middle, + phyllos, a leaf). 
In the middle of a leaf or frond. 
Mzsosporium, Mrsospore (mesos, Gr, middle, + spora, a spore). 
The middle membrane of the coat of a spore. 
Meracenzsis (meta, Gr. after, + génésis, origin). 
A kind of alternation of generations. 
Microgonip14 (micros, Gr. small, + gonidia). 
Small gonidia. 
Micropye (micros, Gr, small, + pylz, gate). 
The aperture in the skin of a seed which was the 
foramen in the ovule. A little sear, 
