Germ 
glandiform 
gametes in conjugation; ~-Plasm, 
the assumed original generative 
substance contained in the body 
of the parent from which new in- 
dividuals arise; cf Soma - PLASM 
(Weismann); ~ Pore, a pit on the 
surface of a spore-envelope through 
which a germ-tube makes its ap- 
pearance ; ~ Tube, a tubular pro- 
cess from a spore developing into 
a hypha, and then into a mycelium 
or promycelium. 
German’ic, Watson’s term for a type 
of distribution in Great Britain of 
those plants whose headquarters 
are in the eastern portions of the 
kingdom. 
Ger’men (Lat., a bud), (1) Linnaeus’s 
term for the ovary; (2) formerly 
used for the capsule of Mosses ; (3) 
by Pliny and later writers it signi- 
fied « bud generally; Ger’micide 
(-cida, a killer), an agent which 
causes the death of bacteria 
or spores ; cf. SPOROCIDE ; Germi- 
cul'ture (+ Cunturs), the practice 
of bacteriology; germinable (+ 
able), capable of germinating ; 
viable; ger’minal, relating to a 
bud; ~ Appara‘tus, = Eee- 
APPARATUS; ~ Cor’puscle = 
OGSPHERE; ~ Dot, of Diatoms, 
the centrosome (?); ~ Lid, a 
separable area of a pollen-grain, 
breaking away to permit a pollen- 
tube to issue; ~ Pro’cess ¢ a 
part belonging to or proceed- 
ing from an ovary (Lindley) ; 
~ Slit, a small break in the seed- 
coat of Scitamincae; ~ Ve’sicle, 
= OdsPHERE ; Germination, Ger- 
mina'tio, the first act of growth in 
a seed; sprouting; germ’inative 
Nu’cleus = NUCLEUS, GENERA- 
NATIVE. 
gerontogae’ous, -aeus (yépwr, yéporvTos, 
an old man, 7%, the earth), used of 
plants which are confined to the 
Old World. 
gib’ber (Lat., hump-backed), gib’bose, 
gib’bous, gibbero’sus, more convex in 
one place than another, a pouch- 
like enlargement of the base of an 
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organ, as of a calyx ; Gibbos’ity, 
Gubbos'itas, a swelling at the base of 
an organ. 
gigan’tic, gigan’teus (Lat., pertaining 
to giants), of unusual height. 
Gills, the plates or lamellae of an 
Agaric which bear the spores. 
gil’vus (Lat)., pale yellow, a term 
of confused application, sometimes 
reddish or even greyish. 
Ginger-beer ‘‘ plant,” an association 
of organisms which ferment a 
sweetened liquid into Ginger-Beer. 
Gir’dle, (1) the hoop or cingulum of 
Diatoms, that portion of the frus- 
tule which unites the valves; 
(2) also applied to a ring-like 
branch of the leaf-trace of Cycas ; 
Gird’ling, in cultivation, ringing. 
githagin’eus (Lindley) ; githagino’sus 
(Hayne), defined as greenish red, 
meaning red or purple streaks on a 
green ground, as the calyx of 
Githago. 
gla’brous, gla'ber (Lat., without hair), 
gla’brate, glahra‘tus, destitute of 
pubescence, by Bentham extended 
to mean also destitute of any 
roughness; glabres’cent, glabres'cens, 
becoming glabrous, or slightly so ; 
Gla’brism, the smoothness of nor- 
mally hairy parts ; glabrius’culus 
(Lat.), somewhat glabrous. 
gla‘diate, gladia’tus (gladzus, a sword) 
(1) flat, straight, or slightly curved, 
with acute apex and approximately 
parallel edges, ensiform; (2) 
ancipital. 
Gland (glans, glandis, an acorn); (1) 
an acorn, or acorn-like fruit; (2) a 
definite secreting structure on the 
surface, embedded, or ending a 
hair ; any protuberance of the like 
nature which may not secrete, as 
the warty swellings at the base of 
the leaf in the cherry and peach ; 
(3) in Orchids, see GLANDULA ; ~ of 
the Torus, see Lerat (Crozier) ; 
glandula’ceous, -ceus (+ aceous), 
the colour of a ripe acorn; raw 
sienna yellow ; glandif‘erous (fero, 
I bear), bearing or producing 
glands; gland’iform (forma, shape), 
