indusium's Usage Examples:

The species differ greatly in size and general appearance and in the character of the frond; the sori or groups of spore-cases (sporangia) are borne on the back of the leaf, are globose and naked, that is, are not covered with a membrane (indusium) (see fig.

The sorus is frequently protected by an outgrowth from the surface or margin of the leaf called the indusium.

The elongated receptacle of the marginal sori is surrounded by a basal cup-shaped indusium.

The sori, which are marginal, have a long receptacle, bearing the sporangia in basipetal succession, and are surrounded by a cup-shaped indusium.

Ovular characters determine the grouping in the Dicotyledons, van Tieghem supporting the view that the integument, the outer if there be two, is the lamina of a leaf of which the funicle is the petiole, whilst the nucellus is an outgrowth of this leaf, and the inner integument, if present, an indusium.

) 't7 ' each consisting of a single series of large sporangia covered by a coriaceous indusium, which is attached to the central part of the receptacle.

A woollen undergarment (subucula) was often worn by men; the women's under-tunic was of linen (indusium).

The sorus has a somewhat elongated receptacle, on which the sporangia arise basipetally; the indusium may be cup-shaped, bivalve or wanting.

When mature, the sporangia are raised above the margin of the indusium by the elongation of the receptacle, thus facilitating the dispersion of the spores.

Even if we admit van Tieghem's interpretation of the integuments to be correct, the diagnostic mark of his unitegminous and bitegminous groups is simply that of the absence or presence of an indusium, not a character of great value elsewhere, and, as we know, the number of the ovular coats is inconstant within the same family.

Synonyms:

covering, natural covering, sorus, cover,

Antonyms:

natural object, artifact, unmask, uncover, undress,