mihi 
monangic 
mih’i (Dat., sing of ego, 1), as an 
authority it means the particular 
form accepted as the true one by 
the author using it. 
Mil’dew, a disease in plants caused 
by the attack of the conidial form 
of Erysipheae ; frequently used in 
a popular sense for any small 
parasitic fungus. 
milia’rius (miliwm, millet), minute 
glandular spots on the epiderm ; 
Henslow spells it ‘‘ miliaris” ; Mil’i- 
ary Glands=StTomata. 
Milk, an opaque white juice; the 
latex; ~ Sac, laticiferous vessels 
in some species of Acer; ~ Sap= 
Latex (Crozier) ;~ Vessels, latici- 
ferous vessels, 
mill-sail shape, molendinaceous. 
mimetic (uiunrixds, imitative), used 
of organs or plants which resemble 
each other in external appearance, 
but not in characteristic structure ; 
Mim’icry, resemblance to some 
other species, usually serving as 
protective. 
min‘iate, minia/tus (Lat. coloured 
with cinnabar), the colour of red 
lead ; more orange and duller than 
vermillion. 
minu’te, minutus (Lat. small), very 
small, inconspicuous. 
Miophyl’ly = MriopuHy.Lyy (Crozier). 
mioste’monous = MEIOSTEMONOUS. 
Mischom‘any (uloxvos, a pedicel, wavia, 
madness), increase in the number 
of pedicels, as in Rhus Cotinus, 
Linn., Muscari comosum, Mill., ete. 
mis’tus, mix’tus (Lat.) cross-bred. 
Mit’om (476, I weave), Flemming’s 
term for the network of threads of 
protoplasm. 
Mito’sis (ulros, a thread or web), 
Flemming’s term for nuclear di- 
vision ; Karyokinesis of Schleicher ; 
adj. mito’sic, mito’tic. 
Mi’tra (uirpa, a head-dress), (1) the 
galea of a corolla; (2) the thick 
rounded pileus of some Fungi ; 
mi'triform, mitriform’is (forma, 
shape), mitre-shaped ; ~ Calyp’tra, 
one which is entire at the base 
(Hooker), 
mixed (mzxtus) For’est, one composed 
of various kinds, growing  inter- 
mingled; ~ Inflores‘cence, one in 
which partial inflorescence develop 
differently from the main axis, as 
centrifugal and centripetal to- 
gether; ~ Ves’sels, those having 
thickenings of more than one 
description, as annular and spiral 
(Crozier) ; mixotroph’ic  (rpody. 
food), half-saprophytic (Pfeffer) ; 
mixtiner’vius + (Lat.) having veins 
of various sizes. 
mni’oid, resembling the Moss genus 
Ifnium. 
mo’bile, mo’bilis (Lat.), easily moved, 
moveable or versatile; Mobil’ity, 
power of movement, cf. Mortttiry. 
Mock-plums,abnormalgrowths known 
also as BAG-PLUMS. 
modioliform’is (modiolus, a small 
measure, nave of a wheel, etc., 
forma, shape), like the nave of a 
wheel, depressed, with narrow 
orifice, as the ripe fruit of Gaul- 
theria. 
Mol’ecule (molecula, a small mass), 
an aggregation of atoms, hence the 
ultimate particle of a chemical 
compound; ¢f. PLEon, Micra; 
adj. molec’ular. 
molendina’ceous, -ceus, -a’ris (Lat. 
pertaining to a mill), furnished 
with large, wing-like expansions. 
Moline’tum, a plant association com- 
posed of Molinia caerulea, Moench 
(Warming). 
mol'lis (Lat.), soft, usually meaning 
pubescent. : 
molyb’deus,molyb’dos (ué\vBdos,lead), 
lead-coloured ; sad, neutral grey. 
Mon- (uédvos, one), in Greek com- 
pounds = one; Monadel’phia (dd5e,- 
gos, brother), a Linnean Class in 
which the anthers are united by 
their filaments into a single brother- 
hood; adj. monadel’phian, mona- 
del’phous; monan’der, Necker’s 
term for monan’drian, monan’drous 
(dvhyp, dvdpds, a man), with one 
stamen; Monan’dria, a Linnean 
class, with one-stamened flowers; 
monan’gic (ayyelov, a vessel), 
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