Microtype 



Miophylly 



a type), the type of a Microspecies ; 

 Microzoogloe'a (C'^ov, an animal ; 

 yXoihs, a sticky substance), a stage 

 of Schizomycetes when they are 

 immersed in a gelatinous envelope ; 

 Microzoogonid'ium (+ Gonidium), 

 a motile form of microgonidium ; 

 microzooph'ilous (+ zoophilous), 

 ^>ollinated by insects and other 

 small animals (Hansgirg); microzo- 

 oph'obous {<p6kos, fear), repelling 

 the visits of insects or other small 

 animals (Hansgirg); Microzo'ospore 

 {a-nopa, seed), (1) a motile spore, 

 Small in size compared -with others 

 of the same species, (2) employed by 

 Dodel for Gametozoospore; Micro- 

 zo'oid {fUos, resemblance), a small 

 motile reproductive cell in some 

 unicellular Algae, as Sphcuirella 

 (Hazen); Mi'crozyme (C'^i"^) yeast), 

 B^champ's name fur microbes and 

 small ferments. 



Micti'um {fiiKrhv, mixture), a mixed 

 formation (Clements). 



mid, intermediate ; used by H. C. 

 Watson for ^ -agrarian, and '^ 

 -arctic zones of vegetation ; ~ Er'ror, 

 see Deviation ; -- Bace, an inter- 

 mediate capable of being improved 

 by artificial selection (de Vries). 



Mid'body, a translation of the Genn. 

 ' ' Zwischenkorper, ' ' probably the 

 homologue of the cell plate in the 

 higher plants (Timberlake). 



mid'dle, central ; ~ Lameria, the mem- 

 brane or primary septum between 

 any two cells ; -^ Lam'ina, in a 

 lignified cell-wall, the portion be- 

 tween the ~' Lamella and inner 

 lamina ; ~ Lobe, see Lobe, Middle. 



Mid'rib, the princi2)al nerve in a leaf. 



Mid'suminer Growth, a second start 

 into giowth after ceasing ; it does 

 not occur in all trees. 



Mi'grant {migrans, wandering), a 

 plant that is migi-ating or invading 

 (Clements) ; Migra'tion {migratio, 

 change of habitation), (1) movement 

 of plants by invasion, becoming 

 denizens of places in which they 

 are not native ; (2) the passage of a 



nucleus from a vegetative to a fertile 



cell in Phragmidium, etc. ; '^ Cir'cle, 

 a circle emjiloyed to measure migra- 

 tion (Clements) ; mi'gratory, passing 

 or migrating. 



mih'i (Dat. sing, of ego, I), as an 

 authority it means the particular 

 form accepted as the true one by 

 the author using it. 



Mik'rofiora = MiciiOFLORA. 



Mil'dew, a disease in i)lants caused 

 by the attack of the conidial form 

 of Erysipheae ; frequently used in 

 a popular sense for any small 

 parasitic Fungus. 



milia'rius {milium, millet), minute 

 glandular spots on the epiderm ; 

 Henslow spells it " niiliaris " ; Mili- 

 ary Glands = Stomata. 



Milk, an opaque white juice ; the 

 latex ; ~ Sac, laticiferous vessels 

 in some species of Acer ; '^ Sap = 

 Latex (Crozier) ■~ Ves'sels, latici- 

 ferous vessels. 



mill-sail shape, molendinaceous. 



mimetic {fxijxririKhs, imitative), used 

 of organs oi plants which resemble 

 each other in extcnial appearance, 

 but not in characteristic structure ; 

 Mimicry, resemblance to some 

 other species, usually serving as 

 protective, 



Mi'motype {fu/xos, an imitator ; rviros, 

 a type), forms distantly resembling 

 each other, ful filling similar func- 

 tions, and thus representing each 

 other in different floras. 



miniate, minia'tus (Lat., coloured 

 with cinnabar), the colour of red 

 lead ; more orange and duller than 

 vermilion. 



minimal {minimus, least), (1) in the 

 least degree ; (2) the lowest con- 

 dition at which a phenomenon can 

 exist ; Minimum, Law of the, growth 

 proportioned to the quantity of the 

 nutrient constituent present in least 

 amount, v.'hich regulates the total 

 a.saiiniUition. 



Minus ( — ), used of spores Avhose nuclei 

 are presumably female (Blakeslee). 



minu'te, minu'tus (Lat., small), vciy 

 small, inconspicuous. 



Miophylly = Meiophylly (Crozier). 



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