Monogam 



monostromatic 



containing monocotyledons with 

 epigynous stamens ; Mon'ogam 

 (yd/jios, marriage), a plant with 

 simple flowers, but united anthers ; 

 Monogam'ia, a Linnean order in 

 the Composites with united an- 

 thers, but flowers free on the same 

 receptacle ; monogam'icus, Necker's 

 term for monogamous ; monog'e- 

 nous (7<^os, race, offspring), = EN- 

 DOGENOUS ; monogenet'ic Repro- 

 duc'tion, asexual reproduction ; 

 monog'enus, (1) monocotyledonous ; 

 (2) monot3^pic (Crozier, Diet. p. 18); 

 Mon'ograph (ypa<j)u, I write), a 

 systematic account of a particular 

 genus, order, or group ; Mon'ogyn 

 (yvvrj, a woman), a plant having a 

 single pistil in a flower ; Mono- 

 gyn'ia, a Linnean order, having a 

 solitary pistil or style, though it may 

 have many carpels ; monogyn'ian, 

 monog'ynous, -nus, possessing but 

 one pistil ; monogynae'cial (yvvai- 

 Kelov, women's quarters), simple 

 fruits resulting from the pistil of 

 one flower ; Monofrypogynla (viro, 

 under, yvv-f), a woman), a class in 

 Jussieu's system containing mono- 

 cotyledons with hypogenous sta- 

 mens ; monoi'cous (OIKOJ, a house), 

 used by bryologists for MONOE- 

 CIOUS. 



monolep'idus (fj.6i>os, one, XeTris, \eirldos, 

 a scale), one-scaled ; monol'obus 

 (XojSos, an ear-lobe), used by Spruce 

 for one-lobed ; monoloc'ular, inono- 

 locida'ris (loculus, a little place), 

 one-celled, unilocular, applied to 

 ovaries, etc.; monom'erous (^fpos, 

 a part), formed of a single mem- 

 ber, as the fruit may be of one 

 carpel ; monomorph'ous (/J.op<f>r), 

 shape), of one form only, not poly- 

 morphic (Bailey) ; monopet'alous, 

 -lus (irtraXov, a flower-leaf), (1) 

 literally one-petalled ; (2) gamo- 

 petalous, where the corolla is com- 

 posed of several petals laterally 

 united ; monophylet'ic (<t>v\Tj, a 

 tribe), originally descended from 

 one tribe, as opposed to polyphyle- 

 tic ; monophyl'lous -lus (<j)v\\ov, a 



leaf), (1) one-leaved, as an involu- 

 crum of a single piece ; (2) used of 

 a leaf-bud where a single leaf is 

 subtended by an investing stipule ; 

 (3) gamosepalous or gamopetalous ; 

 Mon'oplast (7rXa<rros, moulded), the 

 organic form-element of protoplasm, 

 which group into polyplasts ( Vbgfc) ; 

 Mon'opode, Monopod'ium (wovs, 

 Trodos, a foot), a stem of a single and 

 continuous axis ; adj. monopod'ial ; 

 monop'terous (irrepov, a wing), one- 

 winged ; monopyre'nus (irvpty, a 

 kernel), containing a single stone 

 or nutlet ; monosep'alous, -lus ( + 

 SEPALUM), gamosepalous, the seg- 

 ments of the calyx being united ; 

 monosiphon'ic (ai<t>uv, a tube), 

 applied to Algae consisting of 

 a continuous tube, an algal 

 filament of a single row of 

 cells ; Mono'sis, the isolation of 

 an organ from the rest ; Mon'o- 

 sperm (cnrepua, seed), a plant of 

 one seed only ; mouosperm'ous, 

 -mus, one-seeded ; monospi'rous 

 (ffTreipa, a twisted cord), Spruce's 

 term for that condition of the 

 elater in Hepaticae, which con- 

 sists of a single spiral ; Monospi'rus, 

 an elater of this kind ; mono- 

 sporan'giate (+ SPORANGIUM), ap- 

 plied to a flower with sporangia 

 borne on separate axis, as the 

 beech and oak ; further dis- 

 tinguished as mac'ro- or mi'cro- 

 sporangiate, as they bear sporangia 

 of the kind indicated ; Mon'ospore, 

 a special spore in Ectocarpus, by 

 Sauvageau considered to be a 

 GEMMA ; Monosporang'ium, used 

 by Sauvageau for the organ which 

 produces monospores ; monos'- 

 tachous (o-Tdxvs, a spike), arranged 

 in one spike ; monoste'lic (oTTjA?;, a 

 pillar), having a single axial cylin- 

 der of tissue, in which the vascular 

 tissue is developed ; Monoste'ly, 

 the state of having a single 

 stele ; adj. monoste'lous ; mono- 

 s'ticuous, chus (ffrixos, a row), in a 

 single vertical row ; monostro- 

 mat'ic (o-rpw^a, bed-covering), ap- 



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