Metaxylem 



(SUPPLEMENT) 



Monandry 



organisms (Jones) ; Metaxylem 

 ( + XYLEM), the central wood as 

 distinguished from the peripheral 

 xylem-strands (Scott). 

 Microaplan'ospore ( + APLANOSPORE), 

 non-motile spores of small size, 

 possibly due to unfavourable sur- 

 roundings (Thaxter) ; Microbac- 

 ter'ia, pi. ( + BACTERIUM), minute 

 bacteria ; Microbiol'ogy (+ BIO- 

 LOGY), used by Duclaux for the 

 biology of bacteria and enzymes ; 

 Microchlor'oplast( + CHLOROPLAST), 

 chlorophyll granules in Tillandsia 

 of minute size, constituting MEGA- 

 CHLOROPLASTS (Billings) ; Micro- 

 conid'ia ( + CONIDIA), conidia of 

 small size found in fungi on sugar- 

 cane, Saccharum ; Microfun'gi ( + 

 FUNGUS), Microli'chens ( + Lichen) ; 

 Micropar'asites ( + PARASITE), 

 minute organisms belonging to 

 their respective categories ; Mi'- 

 cron, a micromillimetre ; micro - 

 phyllous ((f>v\\ov, a leaf), small 

 leaved ; Mic'rophyte, (2) used by 

 Schimper for the smallest Algae, 

 as Diatoms; Microphytol'ogy ( + 

 PHYTOLOGY), used chiefly of bac- 

 teriology, but also applied to any 

 branch which is entirely dependent 

 on microscopic research ; micro- 

 py'lar, relating to the MICROPYLE ; 

 ~ Scar, the spot on the ripe 

 seed occupied by the micropyle 

 (Kerner) ; micropylif erous (fe.ro, I 

 bear) Tube = EXOSTOME ; Micro - 

 spor'ophore (+ SPOROPHORE), an 

 organ which bears MICROSPORES ; 

 microtliermoph'ilus (0tX^w, I love), 

 dwelling in boreal regions ; Micro- 

 thermophy'ta (<t>vrbv, a plant), 

 boreal plants [note the distinction 

 from MICROTHERMS, p. 159] ; Mi- 

 crothermophy'tia, boreal plant for- 

 mations (Clements) ; microtrich'al, 

 microtrich'ous (dpi, rptxbs, hair), 

 used of pubescence when so minute 

 as to be observable only under the 

 microscope, but sometimes per- 

 ceptible to the touch (Williams) ; 

 microzooph'ilous ( + ZOOPHILOUS), 

 pollinated by insects and other 



small animals (Hansgirg) ; Mik'ro- 

 flora ( + FLORA), the alpine flora, 

 especially when massed and small 

 in size (Freshfield). 



Mid'body, a translation of the Germ. 

 "Zwischenkorper," probably the 

 homologue of the cell-plate in the 

 higher plants (Timberlake). 



Migration (migratio, change of habi- 

 tation), movement of plants by 

 invasion, becoming denizens of 

 places in which they are not native. 



Mist'oform (mistus, mixed, + FORM), 

 a hybrid or cross from forms which 

 themselves have varied from the 

 original; Mistoproliform (proles, 

 offspring), fertile hybrids of MISTO- 

 FORMS (Kuntze). 



Mix'ie (/Atfis, a mingling), Maire's 

 term for the fusion of two similar 

 nuclei ; the product he terms 

 Mix'ote ; Mix'otroph (rpocftrj, food), 

 applied to any plant whose insuffi- 

 cient chlorophyll contents does 

 not ensure a proper assimilation 

 (Pfeffer). 



Mne'mon (/wi^wv, unforgetting), 

 Coutagne's term for the elemen- 

 tary factors of heredity. 



mni'oid, add, (2) used by E. New- 

 man as resembling any kind of 

 Moss. 



Modification Forms, inconstant varia- 

 tions due to alteration in external 

 conditions (Hedlund). 



Monacrorhi'zae (&KPOS, at the end, 

 pifa, a root), plants whose roots 

 are derived from a single mother- 

 cell, as most vascular cryptogams, 

 except Lycopodium and Isoetes(Va,n 

 Tieghem) ; adj. monac'rornize ; mo- 

 nax'ial (+ AXIAL), applied to a 

 nuclear spindle of one axis, but 

 not necessarily ending in fixed 

 points (Hof) ; moner'gic, an abbre- 

 viation of monergid'ic, consisting 

 of one energid, that is, one unit or 

 nucleus (Goebel) ; Mon'ad, occa- 

 sionally used for ZOOSPORE ; mon- 

 an'dreous, having but one perfect 

 stamen, as most orchids (S. Moore) ; 

 Monan'dry, the condition in ques- 

 tion. 



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