Monogam 
monostromatic 
containing monocotyledons with 
epigynous stamens; Mon‘ogam 
(yauos, marriage), a plant with 
simple flowers, but united anthers ; 
Monogam’ia, a Linnean order in 
the Composites with united an- 
thors, but flowers free on the same 
receptacle; monogam’icus, Necker’s 
term for monogamous; monog’e- 
nous (yévos, race, offspring), = EN- 
DOGENOUS ; monogenet/ic Repro- 
duc’tion, asexual reproduction ; 
monog’enus, (1) monocotyledonous ; 
(2) monotypic (Crozier, Dict. p. 18); 
Mon’ograph (ypagw, I write), a 
systematic account of a particular 
genus, order, or group; Mon’ogyn 
(yur}, @ woman), a plant having a 
single pistil in a tlower; Mono- 
gyn’ia, a Linnean order, having a 
solitary pistil or style,thoughit may 
have many carpels; monogyn‘ian, 
monog’ynous, -nus, possessing but 
one pistil; monogynae’cial (yuvat- 
ketov, women’s quarters), simple 
fruits resulting from the pistil of 
one flower; Monohypogyn’ia (i7o0, 
under, yvwv7, a woman), a class in 
Jussieu’s system containing mono- 
cotyledons with hypogenous sta- 
mens; monoi'cous (ofxos, a house), 
used by bryologists for MONoE- 
cious. 
monolep‘idus (.6vos, one, Aemls, Aerldos, 
a scale), one-scaled; monol’obus 
(AoBes, an ear-lobe), used by Spruce 
for one-lobed ; monoloe’ular, mono- 
locula’ris (loculus, a little place), 
one-celled, unilocular, applied to 
ovaries, etc.; monom’erous (Epos, 
a part), formed of a single mem- 
ber, as the fruit may be of one 
carpel; monomorph’ous (pop¢7, 
shape), of one form only, not poly- 
morphic (Bailey) ; monopet’alous, 
-lus (aéradov, a flower-leaf), (1) 
literally one-petalled ; (2) gamo- 
petalous, where the corolla is com- 
posed of several petals laterally 
united ; monophylet’ic (pvAy, a 
tribe), originally descended from 
one tribe, as opposed to polyphyle- 
tie; monophyl'lous -lus (¢UdAov, a 
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leaf), (1) one-leaved, as an involu- 
crum of a single piece ; (2) used of 
a leaf-bud where a single leaf is 
subtended by an investing stipule ; 
(3) gamosepalous or gamopetalous ; 
Mon’oplast (7Aaoros, moulded), the 
organic form-elementof protoplasm, 
which group into polyplasts (Vogt) ; 
Mon’opode, Monopod’ium (mois, 
mo6os, & foot), a stem of a single and 
continuous axis ; adj. monopod’ial ; 
monop’terous (rrepoy, a wing), one- 
winged; monopyre’nus (rupiv, a 
kernel), containing a single stone 
or nutlet ; monosep‘alous, -2us (+ 
SEPALUM), gamosepalous, the seg- 
ments of the calyx being united ; 
monosiphon'ic (ci¢wy, a tube), 
applied to Algae consisting of 
a continuous tube, an algal 
filament of a single row of 
cells; Mono‘sis, the isolation of 
an organ from the rest; Mon’o- 
sperm (orépua, seed), a plant of 
one seed only; monosperm’ous, 
-mus, one-seeded ; monospi’rous 
(cmelpa, « twisted cord), Spruce’s 
term for that condition of the 
elater in Hepaticae, which con- 
sists of a single spiral; Monospi’rus, 
an elater of this kind; mono- 
sporan’giate (+ SPoRANGIUM), ap- 
plied to a flower with sporangia 
borne on separate axis, as the 
beech and oak; further dis- 
tinguished as mac’ro- or mi‘cro- 
sporangiate, as they bear sporangia 
of the kind indicated ; Mon’ospore, 
a special spore in Ectocarpus, by 
Sauvageau considered to be a 
GEMMA; Monosporang’ium, used 
by Sauvageau for the organ which 
produces monospores; monos’- 
tachous (crdxus, a spike), arranged 
in one spike ; monoste’lic (or#\7, 
pillar), having a single axial cylin- 
der of tissue, in which the vascular 
tissue is developed; Monoste’ly, 
the state of having a single 
stele; adj. monoste’lous; mono- 
s'tichous, chus (orlyos, a row), ina 
single vertical row; monostro- 
matic (crpdua, bed-covering), ap- 
