312 GLOSSARY. 
MosieE (mobilis, L. movable). 
Movable. 
Moniuirorm, (monile, L. necklace, + forma, shape). 
Necklace-shaped, contracted at regular intervals. 
Monoicous, Monascious, (monos, Gr. one, + otkos, a house). 
With male and female organs on the same plant. 
MULTICELLULAR (multus, L. many, + cedlula, a little cell). 
Composed of many cells. 
Mouttinocunar (mulius, L. many, + loculus, a little place). 
Containing many cells or cavities. 
Motri-partitE (multus, L. many, + partite). 
Divided into many parts. 
Nananprovs (nanos, Gr. a dwarf, + aner, a man). 
Having short or dwarf male plants. 
Nopoxoss (nodilus, L. a little knot). 
Knotted, or with swollen joints. 
Nucievs (nucleus, L. a kernel). 
The central germ around which acell is formed. Small 
spherical bodies contained within spores or other cells. 
OscorpatE (06, L. inversely + cor, the heart). 
Inversely heart-shaped. 
OctowaTE (octo, Gr. eight). 
Eight together. 
Oueaainovs (oleaginus, L. of an olive tree). 
Oily, or resembling oil. 
Odaonium (06n, Gr. egg, + génos, seed). 
A kind of ovarian sac containing spores which, when 
liberated, are called oospores. 
OosporE (odn, Gr. an egg, + spora, a seed). 
Spores produced in an ovarian sac. 
OprrcuLum (opercilum, L. a cover or lid). 
The lid or cover of a capsule. 
ParEncayMa (parenchyma, Gr. anything poured in beside). 
Compressed or hexagonal cellular tissue. 
ParENCHYMATOUS (parenchyma, Gr.). 
Resembling the cellular tissue termed ‘ parenchyma.” 
Parieta (paries, L. a wall). 
Growing by, or to, the wall. 
ParTHENOGENESIS (parthenos, Gr. virgin, 4 genesis, origin). 
Production of fertile seeds without sexual impregnation. 
PaRTHENOGONIDIA (parthenos, Gr, a virgin, + gonidia). 
Gonidia produced without fecundation. 
Patent (pateo, L. I am open). 
Spreading. 
PrctinateE (pecten, L. a comb). 
Pinnatifid, with narrow close segments, like the tooth of 
a comb. 
PeEpicE.uatE (pediculus, L. a little foot). 
Having a foot, or stem. 
