pollinarius 
Polygamia 
pollina’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; pol'linated, 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, pl. 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 (eldos, re- 
semblance), naked motionless 
masges 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’phia (7ro\’s, many, ddeddos, 
a brother), a Linnean artificial 
class with stamens grouped into 
several brotherhoods or bundles; 
adj. polyadelp’hous, polyadel’phian; 
polyad’enous (adn, a gland), with 
many glands; Polyan’dria (dv7p, 
avépos, @ 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 
(4v00s, a flower), having many 
flowers, particularly if within the 
same involucre ; polyari’nus (dppyy, 
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 
(Bares, a bud), Koerber’s term for 
those Lichens which have polysep- 
tate spores; polycam’arus (kaydpa, a 
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vault) = POLYCARPIC ; polycarpel’- 
lary (+ CaRPELLUM), of many car- 
pels, free or united ; polycar’pic, 
polycar’picous (kapmos, 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; ¢f. MONO- 
CARPIC; polyceph’alous, -Jus(kepady, 
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, { Polychor’is 
(xépiov, foetal membrane), syno- 
nyms for Erarrio ; Polychro‘ite 
(xp6a, colour, complexion), the 
yellow colouring matter of saffron ; 
Pol’ychrome (xpéa, colour), a sub- 
stance occurring in the bark of the 
Horse-chestnut which gives rise 
to varying colours; Polyclad’ia, 
Polyclad’y (kAddos, a branch), plica, 
a supernumerary development of 
branches and leaves; adj. polycla- 
d’ous ; polycoc’cous, -cus (kékkos, a 
kernel), having many cocci; Poly- 
clo’nus, Polyclo’ny (xAwv, a branch), 
a synonym of PoLycLapiA; Poly- 
cotyle’don, pl. Polycotyle’dones (+ 
CotyLepon), a plant which has 
several cotyledons ; adj.polycotyle’- 
donous; Polycotyle’dony, an in- 
creased number of the cotyledons, 
more than two; polycy’clic (xvx)os, 
a circle), when the members of a 
series, such as a calyx, or corolla, 
are in several circles; polycys’tic 
(kvorts, a bag) composed of several 
cells (Baillon); polydel’phous = 
POLYADELPHOUS (Crozier); poly- 
em’bryonate ( + EmsBryo), 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 POLYANTHOUS; 
Polygam’ia, a Linnean class con- 
