monoohlamydeous 



monolobuB 



floral envelopes ; monocUamyd'eous, 



-deus, having only one kind of 

 perianth ; monochro'mic {xpup-a, 

 colour), of one tint, unicolorous ; 

 monochron'ic [xp^^o^y time), arising 

 but once (Clements) ; monocli'nouB, 

 -nns, monoclin'ian {kXivt], a bed), 

 (1) hermaphrodite, having both 

 stamens and pistils in the same 

 flo^^*»r; (2) applied to the capitula 

 of Composites which have only 

 hermaphrodite florets ; the condition 

 is Mon'ocliny ; xnonocor'mic {Kopfihs, 

 a trunk), expressive of those trees 

 which have one main axis bearing 

 lateral branches of bilateral sti-uc- 

 ture (A. H. Burtt) ; Monocotyle'- 

 don {KOTv\r)d(bv, a liollow), a plant 

 having but one cotyledon or seed- 

 lobe ; Monocot'ylae was suggested 

 by L. Ward as a shortened term ; 

 monocotyle'donous, with a single 

 seed-lobe, as grasses and palms ; 

 monocot'ylous = monocotyledon- 

 ous ; monocy'clic {kvkKos, a circle), 

 (1) when the members of a floral 

 series are in one whorl, as the calyx, 

 corolla, etc. ; (2) annual plants ; 

 the state is Monocy'cly I monocys'tic 

 {K^ffros, a cavity), of one cell or 

 cavity ; monodes'mic {S«rnhs, a 

 bond), possessing a single vascular 

 bundle or meristele"; used of petioles 

 (Scott) ; monodichlamyd'eotis (5<, 

 twice ; x^^M^^j ^ mantle), having 

 either one or both sets of floral 

 envelopes ; monody'namous {5vvanis, 

 power), with one stamen much 

 longer than the others ; Honoe'oia 

 {oIkos, a house), a Linnean class 

 characterized by having flowers with 

 the sexes separate, but on the 

 same plant ; monoe'cious, -cms, 

 the stamens and pistils in separate 

 flowers, but borne on the same in- 

 dividual ; -- Homog'amy, fertiliza- 

 tion from another inflorescence of 

 the same plant (Delpino) ; monoec'- 

 iausly polyg'amous, having hemi- 

 aphrodite and unisexual flowers 

 on the same specimen ; Monoe'cism, 

 the state of possessing monoecious 

 flowers ; Monoepigyn'ia {M, upon ; 



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yvv^f, a woman), a class in Jussieu's 

 system containing monocotyledons 

 with epigynous stamens ; Mouoen'- 

 ergid {epepyhs, active), used of a 

 protoplast possessing a single nucleus 

 (Faull) ; Mon'ogam {yd/xos, mar- 

 riage), a plant with simple flowers, 

 but united anthers ; Monogam'ia, a 

 Linnean order in the Composites 

 with united anthers, but flowers free 

 on the same receptacle ; monogam'- 

 icuB, Necker's term for monogamous ; 

 Monogen'esig {yhea-is, beginning), 

 non- sexual reproduction ; adj. mono- 

 genet'ic; -^ Reproduc'tion, asexual 

 reproduction ; monogenodiff'erent, 

 used of hybrids in which the gametes 

 diflfer from each other in one single 

 point (Johannsen) ; monog'enoua 

 {yfvos, race, oflspring), =* Endogen- 

 ous ; monog'enni, (1) raonocotyle- 

 donous ; (2) monotypic (Crozier, 

 Diet. p. 18) ; Monog'ony {y6vos, 

 offspring), means the same ; Mon'- 

 ograph (ypdcpu, I write), a system- 

 atic account of a particular genus, 

 order, or group ; Mon'ogyn (yw^, 

 a woman), a plant having a single 

 pistil in a flower ; Monogyn'ia, a 

 Linnean order, having a solitary 

 pistil or style, though it may have 

 many carpels ; monogyn'ian, mo- 

 nog'ynous, -mis, possessing but one 

 pistil ; mouogynae'cial {ywaiKfloVf 

 women's quarters), simple fruits 

 resulting from the pistil of one 

 flower ; Monohy'brid ( + Hybrid), 

 a cross from parents which differ 

 by one character only (De Vries) ; 

 Monohypogyn'ia {virh, under ; yw^, 

 a woman), a class in Jussieu's s^'stem 

 containing monocotyledons with 

 hypogenous stamens ; monoicodi- 

 mor'phic ( -f dimorphic), cleisto- 

 gamic ; monoi'cous {oIkos, a house), 

 used by bryologists for monoecious ; 

 monokar'ic {K&pvov, a nut), having 

 a single nucleus (Pirotta) ; mono- 

 lep'idus (Xeiris, AeTTiSos, a scale), 

 one-scaled ; Monole'psis (Atjij/js, a 

 receiving), false hybridism, where 

 the characters of one parent only 

 are transmitted (Bateson) ; monor* 



