juncaceous 
(ADDITIONS) 
Meiostates 
tion of so-called species, usually 
regarded as mere varieties which 
are tolerably constant under culti- 
vation ; the name is derived from 
Alexis Jordan of Lyons. 
junca’ceous, junceous, rush-like. 
Karyas'ter (+ Aster), the spindle- 
figure of the nucleus; Karyochy- 
le’ma (xvAds, juice), proposed by 
Strasburger for ACHROMATIN. 
Kat’astates, pl. (crarés, a standing), 
intermediate products of katabo- 
lism, during the breaking down of 
protoplasm (Parker). 
Keel-pune’ta, pl., nodulated thicken- 
ings on one margin of the valves of 
Nitzschia (O’Meara). 
Knor’ria, formerly a genus of fossil 
plants, now used for lepidodendroid 
stems when their cortex has been 
stripped off to a considerable but 
variable depth (Scott). 
Knot-stage = SKEIN in nuclear divi- 
sion. 
labioscop’ic (+ Lapium, cxo7éw, I 
look), employed by Pfitzer for the 
condition of certain Orchids when 
the sepals are combined with an ex- 
tension of the axis, as in Drymoda. 
Laboulbenomyce’tes, Engler’s term 
for Laboulbeniaceae and _ their 
allies. 
lamina’rioid (eléos, resemblance), re- 
sembling or akin to the genus 
Laminaria. 
lecid’ioid (eldos, resemblance), lecidei- 
form. 
lepra‘rioid, resembling the former 
genus Lepraria. 
leptocen’tric (+ LzpromzE, centrum, 
the middle), when a _ vascular 
bundle has the leptome in the 
middle, with the hadrome round 
it (Haberlandt). 
leptoder’matous, leptodermous ; Lep- 
togonid’‘ium (+ GoniIpIUM) = 
MicRoGoONIDIUM ; Leptoxy’lem ( + 
Xyiem), the water - conducting 
tissue of the sporophyte of Mosses ; 
functional wood (Vaizey). 
Leucoso’mata, pl. = Lzvcosomzs. 
Li’briform, a tissue composed of 
LIBRIFORM cells (Tschirch). 
lichenic’olous (Lichen, colo, I inhabit), 
dwelling in or on a Lichen. 
Lig’ula, add, (6) the ovuliferous scale 
in Araucaria, united with the bract, 
and resembling the Ligule in Jsoétes 
(Potter). 
Limb, add (3) the margin of the leaf 
in Mosses when distinct in colour 
and cell-structure ; lim’bate, lim- 
ba’tus, having a margin of the kind 
stated. 
Limnoplank’ton (+ PxanxtTon), the 
floating vegetation of freshwater 
pools or streams. 
Lob’ule, add (3) a tongue-like struc- 
ture opposite the scutellum in 
grasses, the epiblast (Van Tieghem). 
Loc’oform (/ocus, a place, + Form), 
a form which differs from its 
nearest allies by peculiarities de- 
rived from the climate or soil 
(Kuntze); Locogreg’iform (grex, 
gregis, a flock), a secondary or 
tertiary Ramirorm (Kuntze). 
Lu’siform (/usus, a game), a new form, 
due to cultivation, which repro- 
duces itself by vegetable increase 
only, and not by seed (Kuntze). 
macrospor’oid (eléos, resemblance), 
resembling the genus Macrospo- 
rium, Fries ; Macrospor’ophore (+ 
SPOROPHORE), an organ supporting 
macrospores, 
mammil'liform (forma, shape), ap- 
plied to those papillate protuber- 
ances on a petal which give it a 
velvety appearance. 
Man‘tle-fibres, A. A. Lawson’s term 
for the fibres of the nuclear-spindle. 
marattia’ceous, akin to or resembling 
the genus Marattia. 
Med'ioform (medius, middle, + 
Form), an intermediate form not 
due to hybridity (Kuntze) ; Medio- 
loc’oform (/ocus, a place), a local 
MepioForm (Kuntze). 
Megaplan’ogamete (+  PLANoGA- 
METE), Brebner’s term for a large 
planogamete, presumably female. 
Mei‘ostates (uelwy, less, oraros, a 
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