Monothalamous OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 



Multifarious 



flower of the pea; zygomor- 

 phous. Compare Symmet- 



KICAL and PoLYSYMMETRICAL. 



M6N0THAlAM0US, unilocular; 

 applied to galls and rarely 

 (Tuckerman) to the apothecia 

 of lichens. 



MdNOTHAL'MfC, derived from a 

 single flower, as ordinary fruits. 

 Compare Polythalmic. 



MdNOTYP'IC, said of a genus 

 which contains but one spe- 

 cies, or of the species itself in 

 such a case. 



MON'STER, a plant or animal 

 having any marked abnormal 

 development in form; mon- 

 strosi ty . See Sport an d Tera- 

 tology. 



M6NSTR6S'f TY, see Monster. 



MONSTROUS, developed in a re- 

 markably abnormal manner. 

 The term has no reference to 

 size, 



M6P HEADED, said of a tree 

 without a leader and with an 

 unusually large number of 

 small branches. 



MORPHOGENESIS, the produc- 

 tion of morphological char- 

 acters. 



M6RPH6L'66y, the science of the 

 homologies and metamorpho- 

 ses of members. It treats, 

 for example, of the different 

 forms which leaves assume in 

 different plants, and in the 

 same plant to serve different 

 purposes. 



MtiS CHATE, having an odor like 

 that of musk. 



MOTHER-CELL, one from which 

 another is derived. 



MOTHER-STAR, a stage of karyo- 

 kinesis in which the nuclear 

 threads lie in the equator of 

 the nucleus, usually in the 

 form of loops, with their free 

 ends pointing away from the 



centre; monaster; nuclear disk; 

 nuclear plate; equatorial plate. 



MdT'TLED, covered with par- 

 tially confluent dots, or with 

 blotches of varying intensity. 

 Applied mainly to fruits. 



MOUN'TAiNOUS, see Alpes- 



TRINE. 

 MOVEMENTS OF VARIATION 



(Peffer), see Allassotonic 

 Movements. 



MtJCED'iNOu-S, mould-like. 



MU'CIlA<jE, dissolved vegetable 

 jelly; any slimy vegetable 

 product. 



MUCILAGINOUS, slimy, or yield- 

 ing mucilage; mucous. 



MU'COUS, see Mucilaginous. 



MU CRO, a short sharp point, 



MU'CRONATE, terminating ab- 

 ruptly in a short stiff point. 



MUCR&N'ULATE, diminutive of 

 Mucronate; ending abruptly 

 in a minute stiff point. 



MULE, see Hybrid. The term 

 Mule is by some restricted to 

 genus-hybrids and by others 

 to sterile hybrids of any ori- 

 gin. The term is now useless 

 in botany. 



MULTAN'GULAR, having more 

 than four angles; polygonal. 



MULTI-, a Latin prefix denoting 

 many. 



MULTtglP'lTAL, many-headed; 



applied to a root or root-stock 



from which several stems arise. 

 MULTICdS'TATE, having many 



ribs proceeding from the base 



of the leaf. 



MULTlCUS'PlDATE, having many 



cusps or points. 

 MULTlDllN'TATE, having many 



teeth. 



MULTlFA'RfotfS, (1) diversified, 

 or composed of many diverse 

 parts; (2) arranged in many 

 ranks or rows. 



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