Pollinide 
SUPPLEMENT) 
Potamophy’ta 
wards the base of 
(Pirotta and Longo). 
Pol'linide, a single antheridial cor- 
puscle (Sirodot). 
Folyan’dry, the state of having many 
stamens; pol’yarch (dpyy, begin- 
ning), when a stele possesses many 
protoxylem groups; Polycyst‘in, 
pigment from Polycystis Flos-aque, 
allied to carotin (Zopf). 
polycorm’ic (xopyos, a trunk), ex- 
pressive of such trees as the 
fastigiate Irish yew, which has 
a number of erect radial axes 
(A. H. Burtt); Polycotyle’dons 
(+CotyLeDons), when the seed 
leaves are so divided as to appear 
many; polyer’gic, shortened from 
polyergid'ic (épyov, work), used by 
Goebel of the Vasculares; Poly- 
gen’esis (yéveos, origin), Clements’s 
term for PoLyPHyLzsis, multiple 
origin. 
polygona’ceous, allied to, or re- 
sembling the genus Polygonum; 
Polygone’'tum, a plant association 
of that genus (Clements). 
polykar’ic (xdpvov, a nut) = multi- 
nucleate. 
polyplas‘tic, applied to septate 
spores; Pol’yplast, add, (2) the 
multicellular stage of the embryo, 
before the differentiation of cell- 
layers or organs in Mosses, Ferns, 
etc. (Parker) ; adj. polyplas’tic, see 
also PoLyBLASTIC. 
polypodia’ceous, allied to or re- 
sembling the genus Polypod- 
ium. 
pol’'yspored = poLYSPOROUS. 
polyst‘ichous (modvorcyos, in many 
lines), when leaves are borne in 
many series, as the leaf-scars in 
Caulopteris. 
polytax’ic (rdéis, order), « character 
varying in a discontinuous manner 
(Coutagne); polytop’ic (ré7os, a 
place) applied to species supposed 
to be of independent origin in 
more than one place. 
polytricha’ceous, resembling or akin 
to Polytrichum; polytricho’sus, 
employed by Nillson, when the 
the ovule 
ground under heather is carpeted 
with mosses. 
polytroph’ic (rpopy, food), obtaining 
food from a wide area of selection 
(Jones). 
poma’ceus 
(Hayne). 
Pont’ium (mévros, tlie sea), a deep sea 
formation; pontoph’ilus (dew, I 
love), dwelling in the deep sea; 
Pontophy’ta (gurov, a plant), deep 
sea plants (Clements). 
pooc’ola (76a, grass, meadow ; colo, I 
inhabit), pooph’ilus (gidéw, I love), 
living in grass meadows; Poophy’ta 
(gurov, a plant), meadow plants 
(Clements). 
popu'leus, the blackish-green of 
poplar leaves, Populus nigra. 
porca'tus (porca, a ridge), ridged; 
employed by Lemaire. 
Pore, (4) an opening in the prickles 
of Victoria regia ; Pores, bor’dered, 
in Sphagnum, the opening sur- 
rounded by a distinct thickened 
ring ; Por’oids (eldos, resemblance), 
small circular dots in the cell-wall 
of Diatoms resembling pores (0. 
MU usr) 
postcarpotrop’ic (+ CaRporTRorIc), 
curvature of the pedunc'e at the 
maturation of fruit to help in 
disseminati-n. 
Pos’teriform (posterus, last, + Form), 
the late derivative of an ancestral 
form (Kuntze). 
Postflora’tion (/flos, flower), persist- 
ence of the floral envelopes after 
flowering (Lindman); Post-Phyl’- 
lome (@vAAov, a leaf), Potonié’s 
term for leaves; Post-Spor’ophyll 
(+ SPoROPHYLL); Post-Troph’o- 
phyll (+ TROPHOPHYLL); Post- 
Trophospor’ophyll( + SporoPHYLL); 
similar refinements by the same 
author; refer to SPOROPHYLL, etc. 
Potam’ium (7orapos, a river), a river 
formation ; potamoph'ilus (d¢iAéw, 
I love), river-loving (Clements) ; 
Potamoplank’ton (+ PLANKTON), 
the floating vegetation of inland 
waters; Potamophy’ta (gurov, a 
plant), river plants (Clements). 
(Lat.), apple - green 
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