pollinarius 



Polygamla 



poUina'rius (Lat., pertaining to fine 

 flour), pollino'sus, as though dusted 

 with pollen. 



pol'linate, to apply pollen to the 

 receptive surface of the female 

 organ ; pollinated, pollina'tus, 

 when a stigma is supplied with 

 pollen ; Pollina'tion, the placing of 

 the pollen on the stigma or stig- 

 matic surface; lateral ~ , cf. PLEURO- 

 TRIBAL ; over ~ , cf. NOTOTRIBAL ; 

 under ~, cf. STERNOTRIBAL ; pollin'- 

 ic Cham'ber = POLLEN- CHAMBER ; 

 Pollin'ium, pi. Pollin'ia, a body 

 composed of all the pollen-grains 

 of an anther-loculus, a pollen-mass ; 

 Polliniza'tion = POLLINATION ; Pol- 

 lino' dium, in Ascomycetes, 'a male 

 sexual organ which conjugates 

 with a female organ, directly or by 

 outgrowth ; Pol'linoids (efSos, re- 

 semblance), naked motionless 

 masses of protoplasm, spherical or 

 elongated, sometimes beaked, act- 

 ing in the place of antherozoids in 

 Florideae ; pollin'icus (pollen, fine 

 flour), composed of or bearing some 

 relation to pollen. 



Pol'verine (ItaL, polverino), calcined 

 ash of a soda-yielding plant. 



Polyadel'pliia (7ro\i>y, many, d5e\0os, 

 a brother), a Linnean artificial 

 class with stamens grouped into 

 several brotherhoods or bundles ; 

 adj . polyadelp' nous, polyadel'phian ; 

 polyad'enous (ad^v, a gland), with 

 many glands ; Polyan'dria (avrip, 

 avdpos, a man), a Linnean class of 

 plants possessing many stamens in 

 each flower ; polyan'drian, polyan'- 

 drous, having an indefinite number 

 of stamens ; polyan'thous, -thus 

 (fades, a flower), having many 

 flowers, particularly if within the 

 same involucre ; polyari'nus (Appyv, 

 male), Necker's term for POLYAN- 

 DROUS ; polyax'ial ( + AXIAL), used 

 of an inflorescence in which the 

 flowers are borne on secondary, ter- 

 tiary, etc., branches ; polyblas'tus 

 (/3\a<rros, a bud), Koerber's term for 

 those Lichens which have polysep- 

 tate spores; polycam'arus (/ca/ta/m, a 



vault) = POLYCARPIC ; polycarpel'- 

 lary ( + CARPELLUM), of many car- 

 pels, free or united ; polycar'pic, 

 polycar'picous (icapiros, fruit), fruit- 

 ing many times, indefinitely ; used 

 by De Candolle to denote a peren- 

 nial herb ; polycar'pous, -pus, (1) 

 = POLYCARPIC; (2) of a flower in 

 which the gynaecium forms two or 

 more distinct ovaries ; cf. MONO- 

 CARPIC ; poryceph'alous,-ws(Ke0aXi}, 

 a head), bearing many heads or 

 capitula ; polycephali Pili, are hairs 

 divided at the end into several 

 arms ( Lindley ) ; polychlor'is, an 

 error for POLYCHORIS ; Polychor'ion 

 Polychorion'ides, J Polychor'is 

 (xfyiov, foetal membrane), syno- 

 nyms for ETAERIO ; Polychro'ite 

 (xp6a, colour, complexion), the 

 yellow colouring matter of saffron ; 

 Pol'ychnmie (xpu>/j,a, colour), a sub- 

 stance occurring in the bark of the 

 Horse-chestnut which gives rise 

 to varying colours ; Polyclad'ia, 

 Polyclad'y ( /rXdSos, a branch), plica, 

 a supernumerary development of 

 branches and leaves ; adj. polycla- 

 d'ous ; polycoc'cous, -cus (/c6/c/cos, a 

 kernel), having many cocci ; Poly- 

 clo'nus, Polyclo'ny (K\&V, a branch), 

 a synonym of POLYCLADIA ; Poly- 

 cotyle'don, pi. Polycotyle'dones ( + 

 COTYLEDON), a plant which has 

 several cotyledons ; adj.polycotyle'- 

 donous ; Polycotyle'dony, an in- 

 creased number of the cotyledons, 

 more than two ; polycy'cllc (/cikXos, 

 a circle), when the members of a 

 series, such as a calyx, or corolla, 

 are in several circles ; polycys'tic 

 (KvVris, a bag) composed of several 

 cells (Baillon) ; polydel'phous = 

 POLYADELPHOUS (Crozier) ; poly- 

 em'bryonate ( + EMBRYO), having 

 more than one embryo in a 

 seed ; Polyem'bryony, the pro- 

 duction of more than a single 

 embryo in an ovule ; adj. poly- 

 em'bryon'ic ; polyflor'ous, -rus (flos, 

 floris, a flower), a barbarism for 



MULTIFLOROUS Or POLYANTHOUB ; 



Polygam'ia, a Linnean class con- 



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