polyadenous 



Polygamia 



ad'enous {iiS^v, a gland), with many 

 glands ; Poryam, a, phylogenetic 

 transition form (Correns) ; Polyan'- 

 dria {aphp, avSphs, a man), a Linnean 

 class of plants possessing many 

 stamens in each flower ; polyan'- 

 drian, polyan'drous, having an in- 

 dei&nite number of stamens ; Poly- 

 an'dry, the state of having many 

 stamens ; polyan'thous, -thus {&ydos, 

 a flower), having many flowers, par- 

 ticularly if within the same invo- 

 lucre; poly'arch {apxh, beginning), 

 when a stele possesses many pro- 

 toxylem groups ; polyari'nus {ippv^, 

 male), Necker's term for polyan- 

 DROUs ; Polyas'ter (4- Aster), when 

 several centres exist in a cell, united 

 by spindles (Hartog) ; poliax'ial ( + 

 axial), used of an inflorescence in 

 which the flowers are borne on 

 secondary, tertiary, etc., branches ; 

 polyblas'tus {fiXaarhs, a bud), Koer- 

 ber's term for those Lichens which 

 have polyseptate sf)ores ; polycam'- 

 arus {Ka/xdpa, a vault) = polycarp- 

 ic ; polycarpel'lary (Carpellum), 

 of many carpels, free or united ; 

 polycar'pic, polycar'picous {Kapirhs, 

 fruit), fruiting many times, inde- 

 finitely ; used by De Candolle to de- 

 note a perennial herb ; polycar'pous, 

 •pics, (1) = POLYCARPIC ; (2) of a 

 flower in which the gynaecium forms 

 two or more distinct ovaries ; cf. 

 MONOCARPic ; polyceph'alous, -hrs 

 {K€<pa\^, a head), bearing many 

 heads or capitula ; polycephali Pili, 

 are, hairs divided at the end into 

 several arms (Lindley) ; polychlor'is, 

 an error for POLYcnoms ; Polychor'- 

 ion I Polychorion'ides J, Polichor'is 

 (x^piou, foetal membrane), synonyms 

 for Etaerio ; Polychro'ite ixp^a, 

 colour, complexion), the yellow 

 colouring matter of saffion ; Poly- 

 cliro'matism(xp'^M«) colour), variation 

 of colour or tint in the same corolla 

 (Lindraan) ; adj. poly chro mafic, 

 having various colours in the same 

 organ ; Pol'y chrome, a substance 

 occurring in the bark of the Horse- 

 chestnut which gives rise to varying 



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colours ; polychron'ic (xpopos, time), 

 arising at two or more times 

 (Clements) ; polycillate (+ciliate) 

 having numerous cilia ; Polyclad'ia, 

 Polyclad'y {KXdSos, a branch), plica, 

 -a supernumerary development of 

 branches and leaves ; adj. polycla- 

 d'ous ; Polyclo'nus, Polyclo'ny 

 {kXwv, a branch), a synonym of 

 Polycladia ; polycoc'cous, -ciis 

 {k6kkos, a kernel), having many 

 cocci ; polycorm'ic (Kop/xhs, a trunk), 

 expressive of such trees as the fasti- 

 giate Irish yew, which has a number 

 of erect radial axes (A. H. Burtt) ; 

 Polycotyle'don, pi. Polycotyle'dones 

 (-{-Cotyledon), a plant which has 

 several cotyledons, or when the seed 

 leaves are so divided as to appear 

 many; adj. polycotyle'donous;Poly- 

 cotyle'dony, an increased number of 

 the cotyledons, more than two; 

 polycy'clic {Kvfc\os, a circle), when 

 the members of a -series, such as a 

 calyx, or corolla, are in several 

 circles ; Polycy'cly, the condition of 

 a stem which possesses accessory 

 vascular strands besides the prin- 

 cipal cylinder (Tansley) ; polycys'tic 

 {kvcttis, a bag), composed of several 

 cells (Baillon); Polycyst'in, pig- 

 ment from Polycystis Flos-agum, 

 allied to carotin (Zopf); polydel'- 

 phous = POLYADELPHOUS (Crozier) ; 

 polyde'mic (StJ/^os, district) occurring 

 in more than one formation or natural 

 district (Clements) ; Poryderm 

 {Sepfia, skin), a tissue composed of 

 endodermal and parenchymatous 

 cells, forming the endermous layers 

 of the central cylinders (Mylius); 

 polyemtryonate ( -{- Embryo), 

 having more than one embryo in a 

 seed ; Polyem'bryony, the production 

 of more than a single embryo in an 

 ovule ; adj. polyembryon'ic ; poly- 

 er'gic, from polyergid'ic {<lpyov, 

 work), used by G'>ebcl of the V'as- 

 culares; polyflor'ons, -rus {dos, 

 floriff, a flower), a l)arbarisin for 

 multiflorous or polyanthous ; 

 F(riygam'ia, a Linnean class contain- 

 ing plants with polygamous flowers ; 



