gular 
Gynecium 
gular (gua, the throat), pertaining 
to the throat (Crozier). 
Gum, (gummi, gum), a viscid secre- 
tion frequently extruded from 
stems, and hardening in the air; 
~ Ar’abic, derived from species of 
Acacia in tropical countries, dis- 
solving easily in water; ~ Cells, 
Germ. Kleberzellen, see O1L-CELLS ; 
~ Lac, excretion by insects, Car- 
teria Lacca, from various trees ; 
~ Pas’sage, an intercellular passage 
containing gum; ~ Res‘in, exuda- 
tion partaking of the nature of gum 
and resin; gummir’erous (/fero, I 
bear), producing gum; Gum’ming, 
a disease, known also as Gummo’sis, 
producing gum in excess. 
Gus’set, an intercellular space, at an 
angle where more than two cells 
meet (Crozier). 
Gut'ta-per’cha (gutia, a drop), a kind 
of chaoutchouc, said to be derived 
from Dichopsis Gutta, Benth. and 
Hook.f. ;gut’tate(gutta’tus,spotted), 
as to colour ; Gutta’tion the exuda- 
tion of drops of fluid; Gut’tifer 
(fero, I bear), a plant which pro- 
duces gum or resin (Crozier), adj. 
guttiferous; gut’tulate, resembling 
drops of oil or resin ; Gut’tule, used 
for drops of oil (?) contained in the 
capitate paraphyses of Fungi. 
gyalec'tiform (forma, shape), urceo- 
late, like the genus Gyalecta, now 
merged in Lecidea; gyalec’tine, and 
gyalec’toid (clos, like), are syn- 
onyms. 
gymnan’thous, -us (yuuves, naked, 
dvOos, a flower), naked-flowered ; 
Gymnax’ony (dfwv, an axle), Mor- 
ren’s term for the placenta 
protruding through the ovary; 
gymnoblas’tus (Sd\acrds, w bud), 
having the ovary superior; gym- 
nocar’picus, gymmocar’pous, -us 
(kapros, fruit), (1) naked fruited ; 
where the perianth does not ad- 
here to the outer integument ; (2) 
where the fruit is without pubes- 
cence (Henslow); (3) when the 
hymenium is exposed during the 
maturation of the spores; Gym- 
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nocid‘ium { (byxidioy, tubercle), 
Necker’s term for the swelling 
sometimes formed at the base of 
the capsule in Mosses, the apo- 
physis ; Gymnog’amae (ydjos, mar- 
riage), Ardissone’s term for Hetero- 
sporous and IsosporousCryptogama; 
Gym’nogen (yevydw, I bring forth), 
= GYMNOSPERM ; gymnog’ynous + 
(yuv}, a woman), having a naked 
ovary; Gymmnosper’mae (oc7épya, 
seed), Gymosper’mia,(1) the Linnean 
order Didynamia, plants baving 
four nutlets, taken for naked fruits, 
as Labiates ; (2) the modern order 
of naked-ovuled plants, as coni- 
fers; gymnosper’matous, relating 
to conifers and their allies, recent 
and fossil; gymnosper’mous, the 
ovules developed without the usual 
tegumentary pericarp, as in Coni- 
ferae ; opposed to Angiospermous ; 
Gymnosper’my, the state of bearing 
really or apparently naked fruit ; 
Gym’nospore, a naked spore, one 
not produced in a sporangium; 
gymnos’tomous (crdéua, a mouth), 
applied to the peristome of Mosses 
when destitute of teeth ; gymnote- 
trasper’mus + (re7pas, four, oréppa, 
seed), having a four-lobed ovary, as 
in Labiates, once considered to be 
naked; gymnotre’moid (rpjua, a 
hole, efdos, like), « bare open spot 
or space (Leighton). 
Gynae’ceum (yuvaixetov, the women’s 
house), the pistil or pistils of a 
flower ; the female portion as a 
whole. 
gynan’der (yuv7}, a woman, dv7jp, dvdpds, 
a man), gynan’drous, when the 
stamens are adnate to the pistil, as 
in Orchids, etc. ; Gynan’dria, a Lin- 
nean class, with gynandrous flowers; 
adj. gynan’drian; Gynan’drophore 
(gopéw, I carry), a column bearing 
stamens and pistils; gynandros- 
porous (copa, seed), dioecious 
forms of Oedogoniae in which the 
female plant produces androspores; 
gynan'therous, -uvs (+ ANTHER), 
used of stamens converted into 
pistils ; Gyne’cium = Gynazceum ; 
