hymenoph1lite

[Eng. hymenophyllum; suff. -ite (q. v.).] Palæobot.: A genus of Carboniferous Ferns, resembling Sphenopteris, but with the margin of the frond lobed, each lobe with a single nervure. hy-měn-ô-phyl-lum, s. [Pref. hymeno-, and Gr. phyllon =aleaf.] Bot . The typical genus of the fern tribe, Hymeno phyllese (q.v.). The sori are marginal, axillary, or ter minal; the involucre free and small in the frond, two valved, or two-lipped, opening outward; capsules se ile on a columnar receptacle; ring complete, oblique. Seventy species are known, and the southern temperate them from the tropics IMG:content-1400.jpg:[blocks in formation] 2. Fig .: Of or pertaining to marriage. "Hers, in the bonds of hymenea, ruth." Cowper: Approach of Spring. (Trans.) B. As subst.: A marriage hymn or song. "For her white virgins hymeneals sing." Pope: Eloïsa to Abelard , 220.