Syncyte 
systematic 
with coalesced cotyledons; Syn'cyte, 
Syncyt'tum (xurls, a small box), a 
structure derived from the more or 
less complete absorption of the cell- 
walls, which places their lumina in 
direct contact. 
syned’ral, syned’rous, -drus (cvvedpos, 
of the same seat), growing on the 
angles. 
Syne’ma (odv, with, vjua, a thread), 
* (1) the column of monadelphous sta- 
mens, as in Malvaceae ; (2) + that 
part of the column of an Orchid 
which represents the filament of 
the stamens (Lindley) ; Syner’gids, 
Syner'gidae (cuvepyes, an assistant), 
the two nuclei of the upper end 
of the embryo sac, which with the 
third (the oosphere) constitute the 
egg-apparatus. 
Syn’gamete (ov, with, + GAMETE), 
C. Macmillan’s expression for the 
cell which arises from the fusion 
of two gametes; cf. OosPERM, 
ZYGOTE; Syngenes‘ia (yévecis, be- 
ginning), a Linnean class, with 
owers having united anthers, 
Compositae ; syngenes’icus = syn- 
genes‘ious, syngenes'us, (1) with 
anthers cohering in a ring; (2) 
belonging to the order Compositae ; 
Syn’grammae (ypéuuo, an outline), 
Diatoms with linear symmetry (0. 
Mueller); Synchor’ion + (xédpior, 
foetal membrane), Mirbel’s name 
for CARCERULE; synoch’reate (+ 
Ocrza), having opposite united 
stipules which enclose the stem in 
a sheath ; synoe’cious (olxos,a house), 
having antheridia and archegonia in 
one inflorescence ; bryologists seem 
to prefer the form synoi’cous. 
Syn’onym (cvvwrupos, having the same 
name), a superseded or unused 
name; Synonymy, all that relates 
to synonyms. 
Synoph’thy, the corrected abbrevia- 
tion of ‘‘Synophthal’my” (cdr, 
with, d¢@adpds, an eye), see next; 
—Moquin-Tandon’s term for adhe- 
sion of (1) embryos ; (2) buds ; Syn- 
oph’ty (deriv., see last); Synoph’yty 
(Crozier), = SYNOPHTHY. 
Synop’sis (cvvoyis, a glance), a con- 
densed description of a genus or 
other group of plants. 
synpet’alous (civ, with, méradov, a 
flower leaf), = gamopetalous ; 
synorhi’zus (fifa, a root), having a 
radicle whose point is united to 
the albumen; synsep’alous, -dus 
(+ SEPALUM), gamosepalous, the 
sepals coalescent ; synsper’mous, 
adj. of Synsper’my (c7épya, a seed), 
the union of several seeds; syn- 
spor’ous (copa, a seed), ‘‘ pro- 
pagating by conjugations of cells, 
as in Algae” (Stormonth); syn- 
stigmat’icus (orlyua, a point), when 
a pollen-mass is furnished with a 
retinaculum by which it adheres to 
the stigma, as in Orchids. 
syntac’tic (cuvraxrixds, putting to- 
gether), used of irregularity which 
is zygomorphic (Pax). 
Syntag’ma, pl. Syntag’mata (ovv, 
with, rdyua, an array), Pfeffer’s 
term for bodies built up of Tac- 
mata, themselves aggregations of 
MOLECULES ; syntep’alous (+ TEP- 
ALUM), the tepals united ; syntro- 
ph’icus (tpo¢y, food), epiphytic ; 
Syntroph’'ism and Syntroph’y, the 
antagonistic symbiosis of Lichen 
with Lichen; Syn’trophs, ‘‘Lodgers” 
in Lichens; Synzyg’ia + ({vyds, a 
yoke), the point of contact of op- 
posite cotyledons. 
Sy’phon, = SIPHON. 
Syring’in, a substance occurring in 
Syringa, the Lilac; syringi’nus, 
lilac-coloured, a light purple. 
Syringoden’dron, used by palaeo- 
botanists for old or partially de- 
corticated sigillarian stems; the 
name was formerly generic. 
Systellophy’tum (cvoréA\w, I wrap 
closely, gurév, a plant), when a 
persistent’ calyx appears to form 
part of the fruit. 
Sys'tem (cvoTnua, a composition), a 
scheme of classification; syste- 
mat‘ic, systemat'icus, relating to 
system ; ~ Bot/any, the study of 
plants in their mutual relationships 
and taxonomic arrangement. 
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