Magnetotropism 



Maunitose 



upon responsive particles in a plant 



(Pfetfer). 



Magno-carice'ta, pi. {ynagnuf, great), 



associations of tall-growing species 



of Car ex. 



Maio'8is=MEiosis ; maiot'ie=raeiotic. 



Ma'jor Quad'rat, Clementa's term for a 



square of four quadrats. 

 Mak'roflora ( + Flora), applied by 

 Levier and Soniniier to the luxuriant 

 vegetation of some of the valleys in 

 the Caucasus. 

 Malacog'amy {/xaAaKia = moliusca ; 

 ydfios, marriage), used in eases of 

 Malacophilae (</)tAeaj, I love), plants 

 which are fertilized by snails or 

 slugs ; adj. malacoph'ilous. 

 mal'acoid {/xa\ax^s, soft ; dSos, like) 

 mucilaginous; maiacophyU'ous {(pv\- 

 \ov, a leaf), with soft or fleshy 

 leaves. 

 male, a plant or flower which bears 

 stamens or their analogues ; -^ Cell, 

 the smaller of two unequal gametes ; 

 ^ Flow'ers, staminate flowers ; -^ 

 Or'gans, those structures which, in 

 fertilization, are concerned, as the 

 stamens, antheridia, etc. ; '^ Pro- 

 thariium, one wiiich bears antheridia 

 only ; -' Sys'teni, all that part 

 of the flower which belongs to the 

 stamen. 

 malic {maliau, an apple), pertaining 

 to apples, as -^ Ac'id, which is said 

 to be the most frequent of organic 

 acids in cell-sap. 

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



pomegi'anate. 

 malig^nant Oedem'a, disease in animals 

 resembling antlirax, and like that, 

 caused by a bacillus. 

 Mallee' Scrub, a slirub-steppe largely 

 composed of Eucalyptus about the 

 height of a man. 

 Harieolus (Lat., a small hammer), a 

 layer ; a shoot bent into the ground 

 and half-divided at the bend, 

 whence it emits roots. 

 mallococ''cu8, {/xawSs, a lock of wool ; 



k6kkos, a berry), downy fruited. 

 Malpighia'oei Pi'li, hairs attached by 

 their middle, frequent in the order 

 Malpighiaceae ; malpighia'ceous, re- 



lating to Malpighiaceae, as the 

 peculiar hairs of many species ; Mal- 

 pig'hian Cells, those which compose 

 the outer layer of the seed in Mal- 

 pighiaceae, 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 between 

 maltose and dextrin ; Malt'ose, a 

 sugar formed by the action of 

 diastase on starch. 



malva'ceous, resembling or belonging 

 to the order Malvaceae. 



Mamelon' (Fr., iiipple), the floral axis 

 (Treub) ; ov'ular '~ , the papilla 

 which precedes the formation of 

 the nucellus in Cycas (Treub). 



Mamilla (Lat., a nipple or teat) = 

 Mammilla. 



Mam'miform("iajji/ua, abreast; forma, 

 shape), breast-shafied, conical with 

 rounded apex. 



Mammiria (Lat.), a nipple or projec- 

 tion ; used for granular prominences 

 on pollen-grains ; mam'millar, mam- 

 milla'ris, mam'millate, mammilla'- 

 tus, having teat-shaped processes ; 

 manuniriiform {forma, shape), ap- 

 plied to those papillate protuber- 

 ances on a ])etal which give it a 

 velvety appearance. 



mam'mose {mammo'sus, full-breasted), 

 having breast-like protuberances. 



man'cus (Lat., maimed), deficient or 

 wanting. 



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

 sleeved), applied to pubescence t-o 

 dense and interwoven that it may 

 be stripped ofl", "like a sleeve." 



Man'na, the hardened exudation from 

 vahous trees, as from Fraxiniis 

 Onius, Linn.; Man'nan, a Uenii- 

 cellulose ; Man'nite, a sweet sub- 

 stance in the sap of the tree men- 

 tibned ; Man'nitose, sugar from 

 the pith of ash, oak and elder ; 



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