Phyllomania 
Phytogelin 
ledons, green and leaf-like; Phyl- 
loma‘nia (uavia, madness), an ab- 
normal production of leaves ; Phyl’- 
lome, Phyllo'ma, (1) an assemblage 
of leaves, or of incipient leaves in 
a bud; (2) recently used for the 
leaf organ in a generic sense, po- 
tentially that which answers to a 
leaf, cf. CAULOME; epipel'tate ~, 
when the base of the expansion 
results from the growth of the 
upper surface of the primordial 
leaf, as in Cotyledon OUmbilicus, 
Linn., and Tropacolum majus, 
Linn. ; hypopel’tate ~, when the 
growth is from the under surface, 
as in the sepals of Viola (C. de 
Candolle) ; Phyllomor’phy (op7 
form) = PHYLLopy; Phylloph’agist 
(dayw, I eat), term proposed 
by Boulger, for plants which 
derive their sustenance by their 
leaves; Phyllophor, Phyl’lophore, 
Phylloph'orum (popéw, I carry), the 
budding summit of a stem on which 
leaves are developing, especially 
applied to palms ; phylloph’orous, 
producing leaves; Phyl’lophyte 
(purov, a plant) (1)=CoRMOPHYTE ; 
(2) a plant which draws its nourish- 
ment chiefly from its leaves (Boul- 
ger); Phyllop‘odes, pl. (ois, modds, 
a foot), dead leaves in Jsoétes ; 
Phyllopod'ium, a leaf regarded mor- 
phologically as an axis, branched 
or unbranched ; Phyllopto’sis 
(rrdéovs, fall), an unnatural fall of 
leaves ; Phyl'lorhize (fifa, a root), 
an organ intermediate between leaf 
and root, as the capillary leaves of 
many water plants (Clos); phyllo- 
sipho’nic (cigwr, a tube), having a 
tubular stele, interrupted at the 
insertion of leaves (Jeffrey) ; Phyl- 
losi‘phony, the state described ; 
Phyllota’onin (rdws, a peacock), 
Schunk’s word for a product of 
chlorophyll, resembling phyllocyan, 
but dull green in tint ; Phyllotax’y, 
Phyllotax'is (rds, arrangement), 
the mode in which the leaves are 
arranged with regard to the axis ; 
adj. phyllotac’tic ; Phylloxan’thin 
(+ Xantuiy), the yellow colouring 
matter of leaves, xanthophyll ; 
Phyl'lula (ovAa, a scar) $, the scar 
lett on a branch by the fall of a 
leaf. 
Phylog’eny (did\ov, a tribe, -yévos, 
lineage), ancestral history deduced 
from development; adj. phylo- 
genet’ic. 
phymaio’deus (diva, a growth or 
tumour, eldos, likeness), warted, 
verrucose. 
Physe’ma (gvonua, an inflation), (1) 
the frond of an aquatic Alga; (2) 
a branch of Chara (Lindley). 
physiolog’ic (pvcus, a natural produc- 
tion, Adyos, discourse), relating 
to physiology ; Physiol’ogy (veg’et- 
able), the science of the vital 
actions or functions of plants and 
their parts. 
Physo’des (¢ica, a bladder, eidos, like- 
ness), vesicles in Algae filled with 
liquid containing structures, for- 
merly called ‘‘mizrosomes” (Crato). 
Phytal’bumose(@vrov,aplant, + ALBU- 
MOSE), a proteid found in seeds, as 
of Abrus; Phytobiol’ogy (ios, life, 
doyos, discourse), the study of the 
vital functions in plants; Phy’to- 
blast (SAacrds, a bud or sprout), 
Baillon’s term for a cell in its first 
stage of development; Phytoce- 
cid’ia (xyits, or xyxldvov, a gall), 
galls produced by other plants 
(Lundstrém); Phy’tochemy (+ 
chem), the chemistry of vegetation 
and its products; Phy’tochlore 
(xAwpos, green) = CHLOROPHYLL ; 
Phy’tocyst («iors, a bag), Baillon’s 
expression for a cell with its walls, 
cf. PuytosLast; Phytoder’ma 
(dépua, askin), any fungous parasite 
growing on the skin; Phyto- 
derm’ata, pl., skin diseases caused 
by Fungi; Phytodoma’tia, pl. 
(dwudriov, a little house), shelters 
in which other plants live (Lund- 
strom); Phytoéro’sia, a misprint 
of Lindley’s for Puyrtorerosta ; 
Phytodynam'ics (dvvoyis, power), 
relating to the movements of 
plants (Sachs); Phytogel’in (gelo, 
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