Malicorium 



raarginate 



to be the most frequent of organic 

 acids in cell-sap. 



Malicor'ium (Lat.), the rind of the 

 pomegranate. 



malig'nantOedem'a, disease in animals 

 resembling anthrax, and like that, 

 caused by a bacillus. 



Mal'leolus (Lat., a small hammer), a 

 layer ; a shoot bent into the ground 

 and half - divided at the bend, 

 whence it emits roots. 



mallococ'cus (,uaXX6s, a lock of wool, 

 ic6KKos, a berry), downy fruited. 



Malpighia'cei Pi'li, hairs attached by 

 their middle, frequent in the order 

 Malpighiaceae ; Malpig'hian Cells, 

 those which compose the outer 

 layer of the seed in Malpighiaceae, 

 with a "luminous line" composed 

 of Lignin. 



Malt'ase or Malt'in, a ferment found 

 in all germinating cereals, and of 

 greater activity than diastase (Du- 

 brunfaut) ; Malt'ing, germinating 

 seeds of barley until the radicle 

 (acrospire) is produced, and then 

 checking the further germination 

 by means of heat ; Maltodex'trin, a 

 body intermediate in properties be- 

 tween maltose and dextrin ; Malt'- 

 ose, a sugar formed by the action of 

 diastase on starch. 



malva'ceous, resembling or belonging 

 to the order Malvaceae. 



Mamil'la (Lat. a nipple or teat) = 

 MAMMILLA. 



Mamelon' (Fr.), ov'ular~, the papilla 

 which precedes the formation of 

 the nucellus in Cycas (Treub). 



mam'miform (mamma, a breast, 

 forma, shape), breast - shaped, 

 conical with rounded apex. 



Mammilla (Lat.), a nipple or pro- 

 jection ; used for granular promin- 

 ences on pollen-grains ; mam'millar, 

 mammilla' ris, mam'inillate, mam- 

 milla'tus, having teat-shaped pro- 

 esses. 



mam'mose(mam?rjo'sMS,full-breasted), 



having breast-like protuberances. 

 man'cus (Lat. maimed), deficient or 



wanting, 

 man'icate, manica'tus (Lat. long- 



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sleeved), applied to pubescence 

 so dense and interwoven that it 

 may be stripped off, "like a 

 sleeve." 



Man'na, the hardened exudation from 

 various trees, as from Fraxinus 

 Ornus, Linn. ; Man'nite, a sweet 

 substance in the sap of the same 

 tree ; Man'nitose, sugar from the 

 pith of ash, oak and elder ; Man'- 

 nose, a sugar resulting from the 

 hydrolysis of cellulose. 



Manom'eter (/j,avos, rare, scanty ; 

 fjLe'rpov, a measure), apparatus to 

 measure the pressure of gas or 

 liquid. 



Man'tle, used by Grew for ocrea. 

 Man'tle - Cells, tapetal cells ; <- 

 Lay'er, a layer of tapetal cells ; 

 <- Leaf, Goebel's term for the 

 prostrate, half-enveloping barren 

 frond, as in Platycerium alcicorne, 

 Desv., as distinct from the fertile 

 frond. 



Manu'brium (Lat. a handle), a cell 

 which projects inward from the 

 centre of the shields in the globule 

 of Cliara. 



man'y-head'ed, with many distinct 

 buds on the crown of a root. 



mar'bled, stained with irregular 

 streaks of colour. 



marces'cent, marces'cens (Lat. wither- 

 ing), withering without falling off; 

 mar'cidus (Lat.), withered, shrunk. 



Mar'cor (Lat. decay), welting, flac- 

 cidity caused by want of water. 



Margel'la (dim. of margo, a border), 

 the elliptic ring round a stoma 

 formed by the guard-cells. 



Mar'gin, Mar'go, the edge or boun- 

 dary line of a body ; mar'ginal, mar- 

 gina'lis, placed upon or attached 

 to the edge ; ~ Grow 'ing- point, 

 in a flattened member when the 

 marginal cells remain embryonic 

 and capable of growth ; <~ Ov'ule, 

 an ovule borne on the margin of a 

 carpel ; ~ Veil, a membrane en- 

 closing the hymenium in the young 

 stage of Agarics, the Velum par tiale ; 

 mar'ginate, margina'tus, margina'- 

 rius, broad-brimmed,f urnished with 



