Mycoma 
(ADDITIONS) 
parastemonal 
My’coma (yvJxys, a mushroom), the 
body of a Fungus (A. Braun); 
Mycomyce’tes, the higher Fungi. 
Myxogas’ters, an Anglicised form of 
Myxocastres; Myxophy’ceae 
(pixos, sea - weed), = SCHIZO- 
PHYCEAE; Myxothallophy’tae (+ 
THALLOPHYTE) = MYXOGASTRES, 
na‘creous (Fr., nacre, mother-of- 
pearl), with pearly lustre (Heinig). 
Nannan’der, u dwarf-male (Witt- 
rock), 
nau'tiloid (eldos, resemblance), like 
the shell of a nautilus (Heinig). 
navic’'ulaeform (forma, shape) = 
naviculoid. 
Neck, add, (5) the prolongation of 
the apex of the perithecium in 
Pyrenomycetes. 
Nee’dle, the stiff linear leaf of Coni- 
ferae ; doub’le ~, the specially 
metamorphosed leaf - organ of 
Sciadopitys. 
neu'trophile (¢iAéw, I love), a hybrid 
word for elements which do not 
take up either acid or basic stains, 
as hyalosomes. 
no’dal Plex’us, the net or transverse 
girdle of bundles which sometimes 
exists at a node. 
nostocha’ceous, resembling Nostoc or 
allied to it (Archer), 
No’viform, a CuLtirorM of recent 
origin (Kuntze). 
Nucleochyle’ma (xvAds, juice), Stras- 
burger’s term for the fluid which 
fills the spaces in the Linin. 
Nu’culane = NucuLanium. 
octinu’cleate (+ NucLEvs), having 
eight nuclei (Harper). 
odon’'toid ddo’s, dddvros, a tooth, 
eldos, resemblance), tooth - like, 
dentate (Heinig). . 
oedogonia’ceous, pertaining to Oedo- 
gonium or its allies. 
oligarch (dpi, origin), applied to a 
vascular cylinder, containing but 
few bundles (Crozier). 
Omphalo’dium, JKerner’s term for 
Hitum (1); om’phaloid (eldos, re- 
semblance), navel-like, umbilicate 
(Heinig). 
oogo’nial Tube, = NECK-CANAL. 
ooplas’mic, relating to the OoPLASM ; 
O’oplast, Kerner’s term for 
OosPHERE. 
0’6n, proposed as an equivalent of 
Eee (P. F. Myles). 
ophryd’eous, resembling or allied to 
the genus Ophrys. 
orchid’ean, = ORCHIDEOUS; Orchi- 
dol'ogy (Adyos, discourse), the study 
of Orchids. 
Or'igin, employed by Hartog to ex- 
press the German ‘‘ Anlage”; cf. 
FounpamMent, Incept, IncEprion, 
PrRiImMoRDIOUM, etc. 
orthosper’‘mous (o7épua, a seed), 
having seeds with endosperm 
grooved on the ventral side, as 
in Carum. 
Ova’rium, add, (2) = ARCHEGONIUM 
(H. Gibson). 
overly’ing, a suggested rendering of 
INcuBOUS (Potter). 
pachyder’matous, = PACHYDERMOUS. 
Palaeobot‘anist, a student or expert 
in fossil botany. 
Pal’‘mid, J. Smith’s term for Palms, 
Cycads and Tree-ferns of palm-like 
aspect. 
palmogloe’an, allied to Palmogloea, 
or resembling it (Archer). 
Parachro’matin (+ CHROMATIN), the 
same as LININ. 
Parachute’ ,sometimesapplied to fruits 
which are readily carried by wind, 
by means of membranous expan- 
sions or pappus, recalling the 
action of a parachute. 
paracotyle’donary, ( + CoTYLEDON), 
used of the axis, derived from the 
anterior inferior segment (quad- 
rant) of the oosphere of Marsilia 
(Vines) ; Par’acyst (xvoris, a bag), 
morphologically an antheridium, 
which is male in Pyronema ; para- 
ste‘monal (crjuwv, a filament = 
stamen), employed by Huxley for 
structures which arise from, or 
close to, the insertion of the fila- 
ments with the corolla, 
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