homocentric 
Homoplasmy 
Homoeog’amy 
homoiochlamyd’eous 
~pus (xapros, fruit), having fruit 
of one kind only; homocen'tric 
(xévrpov = centre of a circle), con- 
centric (Crozier); homoceph’alic 
(xepady, a head), Delpino’s term 
for homogamy when the anthers 
fertilise the stigma of another 
flower of the same inflorescence ; 
homochlamyd’eous (xAauvs, a 
mantle), the perianth leaves all 
alike; Homochro’matism (xpéua, 
colour), constant as to the colour- 
ing of the flower ; homochro’mous, 
uniform in colour; homoclin‘ic, 
homocli‘nous (xAlvy, abed), used by 
Delpino for that kind of homo- 
gamy when the anthers fertilise 
the stigma of the same complete 
flower; homodrom’ic, homod’ro- 
mal, homod’romous, -mus (dpouos, 
a course), having the spirals all of 
the same direction; Homod’romy, 
uniformity in direction of spirals ; 
Homody’namous (dvvauuis, strength), 
equal in strength or vigour. 
(duos, like, yduos, 
marriage), the impregnation of an 
antipodal cell, instead of the 
oosphere as in Balanophora ; (Van 
Tieghem), Homoeo’sis (72s, dawn), 
Bateson’s term for Metamorphy, a 
variation by assumption by one 
member of a meristic series, of the 
form or character proper to others. 
homog’amous, -mus (60s, one and the 
same, ‘yayos, marriage), bearing one 
kind of flower; Homog’amy, simulta- 
neous ripeness of pollen and stigmas 
in a perfect flower; by Delpino 
divided into HOMOCEPHALIC ~, 
HOMOCLINIC ~, Or MONOECIOUS ~ ; 
homoge’neous, homoge’neal (yévos, 
race, kind), of the same kind or 
nature, uniform, opposed to hetero- 
geneous; Hom’ogone (yévos, off- 
spring), a plant bearing only one 
kind of flowers ; adj. homog’onous, 
Homog’ony, the state of uniform 
respective length of anthers and 
stigmas in perfect flowers ; homo- 
stylous; the opposite of Heter- 
ogony. 
(pos, like, 
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xAapws, a mantle), used by Engler 
and Prantl when the perianth is 
uniform ; homoiom’erous (sépos, a 
part), used of a Lichen thallus when 
the gonidia and hyphae are dis- 
tributed in about equal propor- 
tions ; Wallroth employed the word 
homoeom’eres from 6potopepiys. 
homol’ogous (oyuos, one and the same, 
doyos, discourse), of one type, 
constructed on the same plan, 
though varying in form and func- 
tion, as leaves and parts which 
answer morphologically to leaves ; 
~ Alternation of Generations, differ- 
entiation of generations which are 
fundamentally alike as regards 
descent, either in form or the 
character of their reproductive 
organs, cf, ANTITHETIC; Hom’o- 
logue, the equivalent of certain 
organs ; Homol’ogy, the identity of 
parts apparently different ; homo- 
m’alous (Crozier), homomal’lous, 
-lus (uaddos, a lock of wool), re- 
curved, arising from all sides but 
turned to one direction; homo- 
mer‘icus (uépos, a part) = HOMOI- 
OMEROUS; homomor’phous, -phus, 
homomor’phic, (uop¢7, form), uni- 
form in shape; Homomor’phy, 
uniformity, as when the disk and 
ray florets of Compositae are alike ; 
either normally or by conversion 
of the disk florets from tubular 
into ligulate florets; Hom’onym, 
Homon'ymon (8voua, aname), botani- 
cally, the same specific name in 
another genus of the same plant, 
as Myrtus bumifolia, Sw. is a 
Homonym as well as a Synonym 
of Hugenia buxifolia, Willd.; homo- 
om’erous=HOMOIOMEROUS; homo- 
pet/alous (7é7a\ov, a flower leaf), 
(1) all petals being alike; (2) the 
receptacle of Compositae when the 
florets are alike, as the Ligulatae ; 
homophy’adic, homophya'deus (v7, 
growth), applied to those species 
of Lquisetum, whose fertile and 
barren stems are similar in form; 
Homoplas’my (7A\doua, moulded), 
similar in form but not of similar 
