monolobus 



monotopio 



obus {\o$hs, an ear-lobe), used by 

 Spruce for one-lobed ; monoloc''- 

 ular, iiionolocula'ris {loculics, a little 

 place), one celled, unilocular, applied 

 to ovaries, etc. ; Monomer'istele ( + 

 Meiustele), a single out-going leaf- 

 trace (Brebner); monom'erous (yuepos, 

 a part), formed of a single member, as 

 a fruit which may be of one carpel ; 

 monomorph'ous [ixop<p)), shape), of 

 one form only, not polymorphic 

 (Bailey) ; monopet'alous, -his (ircro- 

 Kov, a flower-leaf), (1) literally one- 

 petalled ; (2) gamopetalous, where 

 the corolla is composed of several 

 petals laterally united ; monoph'- 

 agous {(piyos, a glutton), applied to 

 a Fungus confined to a single species 

 as its host ; monophylet'ic [<pv\)), a 

 tribe), originally descended from one 

 tribe, as opposed to polyphyletic ; 

 monophyrius, -lus {<pv\\ov, a leaf), 

 (1) one-leaved, as an involucrum of 

 a single piece ; (2) used of a leaf- 

 bud where a single leaf is subtended 

 by an investing stipule ; (3) gamo- 

 sepalous or gamopetalous ; Mon'- 

 oplast {irXaarhs, moulded),, the 

 organic form element of protoplasm, 

 which group into polyplasts ( Vogt) ; 

 adj. monoplast'ic ; Mon'opode, Mano- 

 pod'ium (ttoCs, TToZhs, a foot), a stem 

 of a single and continuous axis ; adj. 

 monopod'ial ; monop'terous {irTephv, 

 a wing), one-winged; monopyre'nus 

 {iTvp-qv, a kernel), containing a single 

 stone or nutlet ; monosep'alous, -lus 

 ( -f Sepalum), gamosepalous, the 

 segments of the calyx being united ; 

 monosiplion''ic [alcpuv, a . tube), ap- 

 plied to Algae consisting of a con- 

 tinuous tube, an algal filament of 

 a single row of cells ; monosi'phon- 

 ous {crl<pcci', a tube), consisting of a 

 single tube, as some Algae ; niono- 

 siphonic ; Mono'sis, the isolation of 

 an organ from the rest ; Mon'osomes, 

 pi. ((Twfia, a body), used by Gates 

 for aberrant chromosomes which pass 

 undivided into one of the daughter- 

 nuclei; Mon'ospenu {(nrepfia, seed), 

 a plant of one seed only ; mono- 

 sperm'ous, -mics, one-seeded ; mono- 



spi'rous {(Ttrtipa, a twisted cord), 

 Spruce's term for that condition of 

 the elater in Hepaticae, which con- 

 sists of a single spiral ; Monospi'rus, 

 an elater of this kind ; monospo- 

 ran'giate ( + Spoiiancium), (1) 

 unisexual ; (2) applied to a flower 

 with sporangia borne on separate 

 axes, as the beech and oak ; (3) 

 having one sporangium ; further 

 distinguished as mac'ro- or mi'cro- 

 sporangiate, as they bear sporangia 

 of the kind indicated ; Monospo- 

 rang'ium, used by Sauvageau for 

 the organ which produces mono- 

 spores ; Mon'ospore, a special spore 

 in Ectocarpus, by Sauvageau con- 

 sidered to be a Gemma ; monos'- 

 tachous {(TTaxvs, a spike), arranged 

 in one spike ; monoBte'lic (o-t^Atj, 

 a pillar) ; monoste'lous, having but 

 one stele or central cylinder of vas- 

 cular tissue ; Monoste'ly, the state 

 of having a single stele ; monos''- 

 tichous, -chiis {(TTLXos, a row), (1) in 

 a single vertical row ; (2) applied to 

 bacteria arranged in one row or 

 chain (C. Jones) ; monostromat'io 

 (<TTpw^a, bed-covering), consisting of 

 a single layer ; applied to the leaves 

 of Mosses and the thallus of Algae 

 when so composed ; cf. distromatic; 

 monosty'lous, -lus ( -^ Stylus), hav- 

 ing a single style. 



Mono'sy {ij.6vu>(tis, deserted), Morren's 

 term for the abnormal isolation of 

 jmrts due to (a) Adesmy or {b) 

 Dialysis. 



monosymmet'rical {ij.6uos, one; (tv/jl- 

 /j.€Tpos, proportionate), used of a 

 flower which can be bisected in one 

 plane only ; zygomorphic ; mono- 

 thalam'ic, monothal'amous {BaKa/xos, 

 a bed-chamber), (1) applied to apo- 

 thecia consisting of a single chamber ; 

 (2) when galls consist of only one 

 interior chamber ; monothal'mic, 

 derived from a single flower, as most 

 fruits (Crozier) ; monotIie''cal {9r]KT), 

 a case), having a single loculus or 

 cell ; monot'ocous, -cus {t6kos, child- 

 birth), fruiting once only, as annuals 

 and biennials, monocarpic ; mono- 



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