pollinarius 



Polygamia 



poUina'rius (Lat., pertaining to fine 

 flour), pollino'sus, as though dusted 

 with pollen. 



pol'linate, to apply pollen to the 

 receptive surface of the female 

 organ ; pollinated, pollina'tus, 

 when a stigma is supplied with 

 pollen ; Pollina'tion, the placing of 

 the pollen on the stigma or stig- 

 matic surface; lateral ~ , cf. PLEURO- 

 TRIBAL ; over ~ , cf. NOTOTRIBAL ; 

 under ~, cf. STERNOTRIBAL ; pollin'- 

 ic Cham'ber = POLLEN-CHAMBER ; 

 Pollin'ium, pi. Pollin'ia, a body 

 composed of all the pollen-grains 

 of an anther-loculus, a pollen-mass ; 

 Polliniza'tion = POLLINATION ; Pol- 

 lino'dium, in Ascomycetes, a male 

 sexual organ which conjugates 

 with a female organ, directly or by 

 outgrowth ; Pol'linoids (eldos, re- 

 semblance), naked motionless 

 masses of protoplasm, spherical or 

 elongated, sometimes beaked, act- 

 ing in the place of antherozoids in 

 Florideae ; pollin'icus (pollen, fine 

 flour), composed of or bearing some 

 relation to pollen. 

 Pol'verine (Ital., polverino), calcined 



ash of a soda-yielding plant. 

 Polyadel'phia (71-0X1)9, many, d5eX0os, 

 a brother), a Linnean artificial 

 class with stamens grouped into 

 several brotherhoods or bundles ; 

 ad j . polyadelp'aous, polyadel'phian ; 

 polyad'enous (d<5V, a gland), with 

 many glands ; Polyan'dria (d.vrjp, 

 avBpos, a man), a Linnean class of 

 plants possessing many stamens in 

 each flower ; polyan'drian, polyan'- 

 drous, having an indefinite number 

 of stamens ; polyan'thous, -thus 

 (&v9os, a flower), having many 

 flowers, particularly if within the 

 same involucre ; polyari'nus (dpprjv, 

 male), Necker's term for POLYAN- 

 DROUS ; polyax'ial ( + AXIAL), used 

 of an inflorescence in which the 

 flowers are borne on secondary, ter- 

 tiary, etc., branches ; poly bias 'tus 

 (/3Xa.crTos, a bud), Koerber's term for 

 those Lichens which have polysep- 

 tate spores; polycam'arus(/ca/xapa,a 



vault) = POLYCARPIC ; polycarpel'- 

 lary ( + CARPELLUM), of many car- 

 pels, free or united ; polycar'pic, 

 polycar'picous (Kapiros, fruit), fruit- 

 ing many times, indefinitely ; used 

 by De Candolle to denote a peren- 

 nial herb; polycar'pous, -pus, (1) 

 = POLYCARPIC ; (2) of a flower in 

 which the gynaecium forms two or 

 more distinct ovaries ; cf. MONO- 

 CARPIC ; polyceph'alous,-h<s(/ce0aX?;, 

 a head), bearing many heads or 

 capitula ; polycepkali Pili, are hairs 

 divided at the end into several 

 arms ( Lindley ) ; polychlor'is, an 

 error for POLYCHORIS ; Polychor'ion 

 J Polychorion'ides, J Polychor'is 

 (xbpiov, foetal membrane), syno- 

 nyms for ETAERIO ; Polycnro'ite 

 (xp6<x, colour, complexion), the 

 yellow colouring matter of saffron ; 

 Pol'ychrome (xpw/ia, colour), a sub- 

 stance occurring in the bark of the 

 Horse-chestnut which gives rise 

 to varying colours ; Polyclad'ia, 

 Polyclad'y (/rXdSos, a branch), plica, 

 a supernumerary development of 

 branches and leaves ; adj. polycla- 

 d'ous ; Poiycoc'cous, -CMS (KOKKOS, a 

 kernel), having many cocci ; Poly- 

 clo'nus, Polyclo'ny (K\UV, a branch), 

 a synonym of POLYCLADIA ; Poly- 

 cotyle'don, pi. Polycotyle'dones ( + 

 COTYLEDON), a plant which has 

 several cotyledons ; adj.polycotyle'- 

 donous ; Polycotyle'dony, an in- 

 creased number of the cotyledons, 

 more than two ; polycy'clic (KIJK\OS, 

 a circle), when the members of a 

 series, such as a calyx, or corolla, 

 are in several circles ; polycys'tic 

 (/fJcms, a bag) composed of several 

 cells (Baillon) ; polydel'phous = 

 POLYADELPHOUS (Crozier) ; poly- 

 em'bryonate ( + EMBRYO), having 

 more than one embryo in a 

 seed ; Polyem'bryony, the pro- 

 duction of more than a single 

 embryo in an ovule ; adj. poly- 

 em'bryon'ic ; polyflor'ous, -rus (fios, 

 floris, a flower), a barbarism for 



MULTIFLOROUS Ol 1 POLYANTHOUS ; 



Polygam'ia, a Linnean class con- 



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