(SUPPLEMENT) 



mon'eroid, like the genus Monera 

 in which the protoplasm forms 

 the whole structureless body of 

 the fully developed organism, 

 which is devoid of a nucleus ; a 

 presumed protistoid body. 



monocarp'ean = MONOCARPIC ; mono- 

 cor'mic (/co/>/Aos,a trunk), expressive 

 of those trees which have one main 

 axis bearing lateral branches of bi- 

 lateral structure (A. H. Burtt) ; 

 monocot'ylous = MONOCOTYLEDO- 

 NOUS ; monocys'tic(/ci;<rTos, a cavity), 

 of one cell or cavity ; monodes'mic 

 (5ecr/x.6s, a bond), possessing a single 

 vascular bundle or meristele ; used 

 of petioles (Scott) ; Monogen'esis 

 (-yepecrts, beginning), non-sexual re- 

 production ; adj. monogenet'ic ; 

 Monog'ony (yovos, offspring), means 

 the same ; Monohy'Drid( + HYBRID), 

 a cross from parents which differ 

 by one character only (De Vries) ; 

 monokar'ic (xdpvov, a nut), having 

 a single nucleus (Pirotta) ; Mono- 

 le'psis (Aiji/'ts, a receiving), false 

 hybridism, where the characters of 

 one parent only are transmitted 

 (Bateson) ; monosi'phonous (vtywv, 

 a tube), consisting of a single tube 

 as some Algae ; monosiphonic ; 

 monosporang / iate( + SPORANGIUM), 

 having one sporangium ; niono- 

 ste'lic, with but one stele or central 

 cylinder of vascular tissue ; mono- 

 stich'ous (orixos, a row), bacteria 

 arranged in one row or chain 

 (Jones) ; monostromat'ic ( + 

 STROMA), consisting of a single 

 layer ) cf. DISTROMATIO ; mono- 

 trophic (rpo(j>ri, food), nutrition 

 confined to one species ; cf. POLY- 

 TROPHIC. 



mori'nus, Hayne's term for mulberry 

 black ; the deep purple of the ripe 

 fruit of Morus niyra. 



morphog'enous Ir'ritants, external 

 factors requisite for inception of 

 propagation (Herbst). 



mosaic (Fr. mosaique, from late Lat. 

 musaicus, tessellated work), applied 

 to hybrids which display patches 

 of varying character (Bateson). 



Mos'sing, covering decorticat 

 trunks with moss, to induce tl 

 production of renewed bark in 

 Cinchona culture. 



Mu'cilage Cells, cells whose content 

 are gum or similar secretions. 



mu'coid (mucus, secretion, e!5os, 

 semblance), a secretion resembling 

 that formed by the mucous mem- 

 brane of animals. 



Mu'corine, mucedinous, resembling 

 the genus Mucor ; Mucormyco'sis 

 (+ MYCOSIS), any disease in ani- 

 mals due to Mucorine Fungi 

 (Barthelot). 



Mu'cro, used by Arthur and Holway 

 for MICRO-MILLIMETRE ( = fj.) ; cf. 

 MICRON. 



Mueller's Bodies, <~ Corpus'cles, 

 metamorphosed glands found in 

 certain myrmecophilous plants, 

 serving as food-bodies for ants 

 (Schimper). 



multinu' clear, multinu'cleate ( + 

 NUCLEUS), having many nuclei. 



Murno'nian (Momonia, or Mumonia), 

 relating to the province of Munster. 



muscarlan, Beccari's term when 

 flowers attract flies by a putrid 

 stench (Praeger). 



Muta'tion (mutatio, a changing), De 

 Vries's term for "species" derived 

 by progressive changes in several 

 generations of seedlings ; Mu'tant, 

 Henslow's name for a "species" 

 so raised. 



Myeelia'tion, taking on the aspect or 

 form of MYCELIUM (A. S. Wilson) ; 

 myce'lioid (ddos, resemblance), re- 

 sembling a mycelium (Archer). 



Mychogamla (TO*S> inmost), self 

 or direct fertilization, as opposed 

 to HERCOOAMY (Clements). 



My'coma (/J-vKrjs, a mushroom), the 

 body of a Fungus (A. Braun) ; 

 Mycomyce'tes, the higher Fungi ; 

 Mycoph'thorous (00J/)os, destruc 

 tion), a Fungus parasitic on anothe 

 Fungus, as Hypocrea fun< 

 (Rutland) ; My'coplasm (w\d<r/i 

 moulded), an assumed property 

 the protoplasm of parasitic Fungi 

 remaining latent in the seed of tl 



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