Mould 
multiparous 
Mould, i a to microscopic sapro- 
phytic fungi, such as Mucor and 
its allies. 
Move’able, the same as motilis, (1) 
used of a versatile anther whose 
attachment is slight, there- 
fore apt to be moved by wind or 
slight shock; (2) with colours, 
“shot” or changeable (Henslow) ; 
(3) the annulus of an Agaric when 
it detaches itself from the stipes 
and remains free. 
Move’ment, motion, continuous or 
transient; ~ of Varia’tion, see 
ALLASOTONIC. 
Mox’a (native name), the woolly 
leaves of Artemisia Moxa, DC. 
Mu’cedin (mucedus, mouldy), a tough 
viscous body associated with gluten 
in vegetable gelatin (Goodale) ; 
muce’dinous, musty, mouldy. 
mu ‘cic (mucus, nasal secretion), re- 
lating to gum; Mu’cilage (Fr.), 
vegetable gelatine belonging to the 
amylose group of carbohydrates ; 
~ Canal’; ~ Cavity, space caused 
by the breaking down of the cell- 
wall of neighbouring cells; ~ Slit, 
an opening on the under surface of 
the thallus in Anthoceroteae, like 
a stoma without guard-cells, lead- 
ing into a cavity filled with gum ; 
mucilag’inous, slimy, composed of 
mucilage ; Mu’cine, a constituent 
of wheat-gluten which is soluble 
in water ; Muco-cel’lulose (+ CELLU- 
LOSE), alluded to under CELLULOSES. 
Mu’corin, an albuminoid substance 
occurring in species of Afucor 
(De Bary); mucorin’eous, resem- 
bling the Mucorineae. 
mucous, muco’sus (Lat.), slimy, cf. 
Mucws. 
Mu’‘cro (Lat. a sharp point), a sharp 
terminal point ; Mucro’na { = 
Mvcro (Lindley) ; mu’‘cronate, 
mucronatus, possessing a short and 
straight point, as some leaves; 
Mucrona’tion=Mvuoro ; mucronu- 
Ja‘tus (Lat.), dim. of mucronate, 
Mu’cus (Lat. nasal secretion), gum- 
like matter soluble in water; mu’- 
cous, mucilaginous. 
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Mu’‘darin, a substance occurring in 
the bark of the ‘‘mudar,” Calo- 
tropis gigantea, Dryand., and C, 
procera, Dryand. 
Mueller’s Corpus’cles, ovoid or pear- 
shaped bodies in Cecropia adeno- 
pus, Mart., which form a velvety 
coating on the under side of the 
base of the petiole; they are util- 
ised as food by ants. 
Mule, in botany, means cross-bred, a 
hybrid. 
multang’ular, multanguar'is, mul- 
angus (multus, many, angulus, 
an angle), many-angled ; multicap’- 
sular (capsula, a small box), having 
many capsules; muilticil’iate (cilium, 
an eyelash), with many cilia; mul'ti- 
ceps, multicip’ital (caput, a head), 
with many heads; it refers to the 
crown of a single root), multicos’- 
tate (costa, a rib), many-ribbed ; 
the ribs running from the base of 
a leaf towards its apex ; multiden’- 
tate (dentatus, toothed), with many 
teeth; multidigita’to - pinna’tus, 
having many secondary petioles 
with digitate-pinnate arrangement 
(Henslow). 
multifarious, multifar'ius (Lat. mani- 
fold), miultifa’riam (Lat. many- 
ranked), many-ranked, as leaves in 
vertical ranks. 
multif’erous, -rus (multifer, bearing 
much), often bearing, fruitful. 
mul'tifid, multif’idus (Lat.), cleft into 
many lobes or segments. 
multiflor’ous, -rus (multus, many, flos, 
floris, a flower), many-flowered ; 
multifolia’tus (folium, a leaf), 
many -leaved ; multiju’gate, mut- 
tijuga‘tus, multiju’gus (jugum, a 
yoke), having many pairs or 
jugae ; multilat’eral (/atus, a 
side), many-sided, having several 
flattened surfaces ; multiloc’ular, 
multilocula’ris (loculus, a little 
place), many-celled, as an ovary; 
~ Spore = SPoRIDESM ; Multilo- 
cula’res, compound spores; mul- 
tinu’cleate (+NucLEus), having 
more than one nucleus to a cell; 
multip‘arous (pario, I bring forth), 
