312 GLOSSARY. 



MOBILE (molrilis, L. movable). 



Movable. 

 MONILIFORM, (monile, L. necklace, + forma, shape). 



Necklace-shaped, contracted at regular intervals. 

 MONOICOUS, MONOZCIOUS, (monos, Gr. one, + oikos, a house). 



With male and female organs on the same plant. 

 MULTICELLULAR (inultus, L. many, -f cellula, a little cell). 



Composed of many cells. 

 MULTILOCULAR (inultus, L. many, + loculus, a little place). 



Containing many cells or cavities. 

 MULTI-PARTITE (multus, L. many, + partite). 



Divided into many parts. 

 NANANDROUS (nanos, Gr. a dwarf, + aner, a man). 



Having short or dwarf male plants. 

 NODULOSE (nodulus, L. a little knot). 



Knotted, or with swollen joints. 

 NUCLEUS (nucleus, L. a kernel). 



The central germ around which a cell is formed. Small 

 spherical bodies contained within spores or other cells. 

 OBCORDATE (ob, L, inversely + cor, the heart). 



Inversely heart-shaped. 

 OCTONATE (octo, Gr. eight). 



Eight together. 

 OLEAGINOUS (oleaginus, L. of an olive tree). 



Oily, or resembling oil. 

 OOGONIUM (pon, Gr. egg, + gonos, seed). 



A kind of ovarian sac containing spores which, when 

 liberated, are called oospores. 

 OOSPORE (pon, Gr. an egg, + spora, a seed). 



Spores produced in an ovarian sac. 

 OPERCULUM (pperculum, L. a cover or lid). 



The lid or cover of a capsule. 

 PARENCHYMA (parenchyma, Gr. anything poured in beside). 



Compressed or hexagonal cellular tissue. 

 PARENCHYMATOUS (parenchyma, Gr.). 



Resembling the cellular tissue termed " parenchyma." 

 PARIETAL (paries, L. a wall). 



Growing by, or to, the wall. 

 PARTHENOGENESIS (parthenos, Gr. virgin, _|_ genesis, origin). 



Production of fertile seeds without sexual impregnation. 

 PARTHENOGONIDIA (parthenos, Gr, a virgin, + gonidia). 



Gonidia produced without fecundation. 

 PATENT (pateo, L. I am open). 



Spreading. 

 PECTINATE (pccten, L. a comb). 



Pinnatifid, with narrow close segments, like the tooth of 

 a comb. 



PEDICELLATE (pediculus, L. a little foot). 

 Having a foot, or stem. 



