Hyperanisogany 
Hypocotyl 
ment or development of the torus 
under the calyx, a syconium. 
Hyperanisog’amy (imép, above, dvios, 
unequal, ydéuos, marriage), the 
female gamete, at first active, and 
much larger than the male gamete 
(Hartog) ; cf. Oogamy. 
hyperbor’ean, hyperbor’eus (Bopéas, the 
north wind), northern. 
hyperchromat’ic (irép, above, xpwua- 
ruxds, suited for colour), readily 
susceptible of taking colour, or in- 
tensified colouration ; Hyperd’romy 
(dpduos, a course), when anadromous 
and catadromous venation occurs 
on one side of a Fern-frond (Prantl) ; 
hyperstomat’ic (+Sroma), having 
the stomata on the upper surface ; 
hypertroph’ic (rpop7, food), mor- 
bidly enlarged ; Hyper’trophy, an 
abnormal enlargement of an organ, 
presumably by excess of nourish- 
ment; Hyper’trophytes (gurov, a 
plant), a term employed by Wakker 
for those parasitic Fungi which 
cause hypertrophy in the tissues. 
Hy’pha (v¢7, a web), pl. Hy’phae, 
element of the thallus in Fungi, a 
cylindric thread-like branched body 
developing by apical growth and 
usually septate; Sieve ~, or 
Trum’pet ~, aspecial form found in 
Algae, bulging at each septum 
(F. W. Oliver); hy’phal, relating 
to hyphae ; ~ Tis’sue, interwoven 
hyphae, constituting the tissues of 
the larger Fungi. 
Hyphas’ma (idacua, a web), the 
thallus of Agarics. 
Hyphe’ma (i¢7 a web), used by Minks 
for the hyphal layer in Lichens ; 
Hyphid'ium, a term proposed by 
Minks for SprRMatTium; hypho- 
d‘romous, -mus (dpduos, a course), 
used when the veins are sunk in 
the substance of a leaf, and thus 
not readily visible; Hy’phopode, 
Hyphopod'ium (ots, odds, a foot), 
appendages on the mycelium of 
Meliola which bear the perithecia 
(Gaillard); hyphomyce’tous (wins, 
a mushroom), applied to Fungi 
bearing their spores on simple or 
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branched hyphae; Hyphomyce’tes 
are Fungi imper/fecti ; Hyphostro’ma 
t(orpdua, spread out), the my- 
celium of Fungi. 
Hyp'nocyst (ivos, sleep, xtoris, a bag 
or pouch), in Pediastreae, etc. , a dor- 
mant stage assumed when the con- 
ditions for growth are unfavourable; 
Hyp’note, an organism in a dormant 
state; hypnot’ic, dormant, not dead, 
as in seeds; Hyp’noplasm (mAdcua, 
moulded), the protoplasm of a dor- 
mant individual, as of a seed, cf. 
NECROPLASM ; Hypno’sis, the state 
of dormant vitality shown by seeds 
whilst still retaining their power 
of germination (Escombe) ; Hyp’no- 
sperm (o7épua, a seed), the winter 
state of the zygosperm of Hydro- 
dictyon ; Hypnosporan’gium (c7opa, 
a seed, dyyetov, a vessel), a sporan- 
gium containing resting spores; 
Hyp’nospore, a _ resting spore; 
Hypnothal’lus (@addos, a young 
branch), Chodat’s term for growth 
by cell-division from hypnocysts, 
as in Monostroma. 
hypoba’sal (iro, under, Bats, a ped- 
estal), behind the basal wall, em- 
ployed as regards the posterior half 
of a proembr yo; cf. EPIBASAL ; Hypo- 
blas‘tus (BNaoros, a shoot), the 
fleshy cotyledon of grasses ; Hypo- 
carp‘ium (xap7os, fruit), an enlarged 
grwth of the peduncle beneath the 
fruit, as in Anacardium; bypo- 
carpoge’an, -geus (xapmos, fruit, 
yn, the earth), = HYPOGAEAN; hypo- 
carpog’ enous (yevydw, I bring forth), 
the flowers and fruit produced 
underground (Pampaloni), cf. am- 
PHICARPOGENOUS; Hy’pochil, Hypo- 
chil'ium, Hypochi’lus (xetdos, a hip), 
the basal portion of the labellum 
of Orchids; Hypochlor’in (x\&pos, 
light green), Pringsheim’s name for 
a constituent of chlorophyll cor- 
puscles, supposed to be the first 
visible product of constructive met- 
abolism; Hypochro’myl (xpédpa, 
colour)=HypocHLoRin; Hypocot’yl 
(korUAn, a hollow), the axis of an 
embryo below the cotyledons, but 
