polygamian 



polystomous 



taining plants with polygamous 

 flowers ; polygam'ian = POLYGAM- 

 OUS ; polyg'amous (yd^os, mar- 

 riage), with hermaphrodite and 

 unisexual flowers on the same, 

 or on different individuals of 

 the same species ; Polyg'amy, the 

 condition described ; polyg'amo- 

 dioe'cious, dioeciously polygamous 

 (Crozier) ; Polyg'eny (yivos, race) 

 Huxley's term for POLYPHYLESIS ; 

 polygon'atus (y6w, a knee), where 

 the stem has many knots ; 

 polyg'onus (yuvia, an angle), 

 multangular ; polygynae'cial (yvv- 

 atKeTov, the women's house), having 

 multiple fruits formed by the united 

 pistils of many flowers; polygyn'ous, 

 polygyn'icus (yvv^a woman), having 

 many distinct styles ; Polygyn'ia, a 

 Linnean order of plants so consti- 

 tuted ; Polyg'yny = POLYGAMY ; 

 polygy'rus (yvpos,a, circle), in several 

 whorls or circles. 



Polyhed'ron, pi. Polyhed'ra (7ro\ve5pov, 

 a solid of many bases), a stage in 

 the growth of Hydrodictyon, when 

 the hypnosperm or resting spore 

 breaks up into several megazoo- 

 spores which put out horn-like ap- 

 pendages ; these polyhedra break 

 up into zoospores. 



polylep'idus (7roXi/s, many, \e-n-is, 

 ye-n-idos, a scale), having many 

 scales ; polym'erous, -r-us (nepos, a 

 part), with numerous members to 

 each series or cycle ; polymor'phic, 

 polymorphous, -phus (/n.op<prj, a 

 change), with several or various 

 forms ; variable as to habit ; 

 Polymor'phy, the existence of more 

 than one form of the same organ 

 on a plant ; polyneur'is (vevpls, a 

 sinew), where the veins of a leaf, 

 especially the secondary veins, are 

 numerous ; polyoi'cous (or/cos, a 

 house), a combination of (a) AU- 



TOICOUS, (6) HETEROICOUS, or (c) 



SYNOICOUS, with DIOICOUS Mosses ; 

 polyovula'tus (+ OVULUM), fur- 

 nished with many ovules ; poly- 

 pet'alous, -lus (+' PETAL), having 

 several distinct petals ; Pcl'ypliore, 



Polyphor'ium (<poptu, I carry), a 

 torus with many pistils, as of a 

 strawberry ; Polyphyle'sis ( + PIIYL- 

 ETIC), descent from more than one 

 line of descent ; adj. polyphylet'ic ; 

 Polyphylog'eny ( + PHYLOGENY), 

 lineage through several lines ; poly- 

 phyl'lous ((pvXXov, a leaf), having 

 many leaves ; Pol'yphyll, an increase 

 in the normal number of organs 

 in a whorl ; Pol'yplast (TrXaoros, 

 moulded), a group of mono- 

 plasts which are the organic 

 elements of protoplasm (Vogt). 



polyp'orous, relating to the fungus 

 genus Polyporus. 



polyrhi'zal, polyrhi'zous (71-0X1)5, many, 

 pi'fa, a root), (1) having numerous 

 rootlets ; (2) where parasites have 

 many distinct rootlets apart from 

 their haustoria ; Polysar'ca (cmp , 

 o-ap/v-os, flesh), an unnatural growth 

 due to excess of nutriment ; Poly- 

 se'cus (ffTJKos, a stall), Desvaux's 

 term for an ETAERIO as in Mag- 

 nolia; polysep'alous, -lm ( + SEPAL), 

 with many distinct sepals ; poly- 

 si'phonous (cri^wy, a tube), applied 

 to a filament of several coherent 

 longitudinal rows of cells ; pol'y- 

 sperm, polysper'mal, polysper'- 

 mous, -mus (airepfj-a, a seed), when 

 a pericarp has numerous seeds ; 

 Pol'yspore (crtropa, a seed), a multi- 

 cellular spore composed of ME- 

 RISPOBES (Bennett & Murray) ; 

 polyspor'ous, containing many 

 spores, used of Cryptogams, as in 

 asci when more than four or 

 eight spores occur; polys'tachous 

 (Crozier) = polystach'yous (a-rdxvs, 

 a spike), having many spikes ; 

 polyste'lic, polyste'lous ( + STELE), 

 with more than one plerome strand 

 at the growing point, so that the 

 stem has more than one stele, as 

 in Gunnera ; Polyste'ly, the con- 

 dition specified ; polyste'monous, 

 nus (<rrrifj.wv, a filament), having 

 many stamens, polyandrous ; poly- 

 stig'mus ( + STIGMA) with many 

 carpels, each originating a stigma ; 

 polys'tomous, -mus (o-rd/xa a 



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