mihl 



monangic 



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

 authority it means the particular 

 form accepted as the true one by 

 the author using it. 



Mil'dew, a disease in plants 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 " miliaris " ; Mil'i- 

 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 (fiufMfriK&s, imitative), used 

 of organs or plants which resemble 

 each other in external appearance, 

 but not in characteristic structure ; 

 Mim'icry, resemblance to some 

 other species, usually serving as 

 protective. 



miniate, minia'tus (Lat. coloured 

 with cinnabar), the colour of red 

 lead ; more orange and duller than 

 vermillion. 



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

 small, inconspicuous. 



Miophyriy = MEiopHYLLY (Crozier). 



mioste'monous = MEIOSTEMONOUS. 



Mischom'any (M^XOS, a pedicel, pavta, 

 madness), increase in the number 

 of pedicels, as in Rhus Cotinus, 

 Linn. , Muscari comosum, Mill. , etc. 



mis'tus, mix'tus (Lat.) cross-bred. 



Mit'om (ytur6w, I weave), Flemming's 

 term for the network of threads of 

 protoplasm. 



Mito'sis (JJ,ITOS, a thread or web), 

 Flemming's term for nuclear di- 

 vision ; Karyokinesis of Schleicher ; 

 adj. mito'sic, mito'tic. 



Mi'tra (fj-trpa, a head-dress), (1) the 

 galea of a corolla ; (2) the thick 

 rounded pileus of some Fungi ; 

 mi'triform, mitriform'is (forma, 

 shape), mitre-shaped ; ~ Calyp'tra, 

 one which is entire at the 

 (Hooker). 



mixed (mixtus) For'est, one composed 

 of various kinds, growing inter- 

 mingled ; ~ Inflores'cence, one in 

 which partial inflorescence develop 

 differently from the main axis, as 

 centrifugal and centripetal to- 

 gether ; -~ Ves'sels, those having 

 thickenings of more than one 

 description, as annular and spiral 

 (Crozier) ; mixotroph'ic (rpocpij. 

 food), half-saprophytic (Pfeffer) ; 

 mixtiner'vius J (Lat.) having veins 

 of various sizes. 



mni'oid, resembling the Moss genus 

 Mnium. 



mo'bile, mo'bilis (Lat.), easily moved, 

 moveable or versatile; Mobility, 

 power of movement, cf. MOTILITY. 



Mock-plums, abnormal growths known 

 also as BAG-PLUMS. 



modioliformls (modiolus, a small 

 measure, nave of a wheel, etc., 

 forma, shape), like the nave of a 

 wheel, depressed, with narrow 

 orifice, as the ripe fruit of Gaul- 

 theria. 



Mol'ecule (molecula, a small mass), 

 an aggregation of atoms, hence the 

 ultimate particle of a chemical 

 compound; cf. PLEON, MICELLA; 

 adj. molec'ular. 



molendina'ceous, -ceus, -a'ris (Lat. 

 pertaining to a mill), furnished 

 with large, wing-like expansions. 



Moline'tum, a plant association com- 

 posed of Molinia caertdea, Moench 

 (Warming). 



mol'lis (Lat.), soft, usually meaning 

 pubescent. 



molyb'deus,molyb'dos(^6Xuj85os,lead), 

 lead-coloured ; sad, neutral grey. 



Mon- (fjibvos, one), in Greek com- 

 pounds = one ; Monadel'phia (<ide\- 

 0os, brother), a Linnean Class in 

 which the anthers are united by 

 their filaments into a single brother- 

 hood ; adj. monaderphian, mona- 

 del'phous ; monan'der, Necker's 

 term for monan'drian, monan'drous 

 (dvrjp, dvSpbs, a man), with one 

 stamen ; Monan'dria, a Linnean 

 class, with one-stamened flowers; 

 monan'gic 



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