M o b il e {mohilis, L. m o v a b l e ) .
Movable.
M o n il if o r m , (monile, L. n e c k la c e , + forma, s h a p e ) .
Necklace-shaped, contracted at regular intervals.
M on o io o d s , M o n oe c io u s , {monos, Gr. one, -f oikos, a bouse).
Witb male aud female organs on the same plant.
M u l t io e l l u l a r (multus, L. many, -t- cellula, a little cell).
Composed of many cells.
M u l t il o o u l a r {multus, L. many, -f loculus, a little place).
Containing many cells or cavities.
M u l t i - p a r t it e {multus, L. m a n y , - f p a r t i t e ) .
Divided into many parts.
N an an d ro u s (nanos, Gr. a dwarf, + aner, a man).
Having short or dwarf male plants.
N o d u l o s e (nodulus, L. a l i t t l e k n o t ) .
Knotted, or with swollen joints.
N u c l e u s {nucleus, L'. a k e r n e l ) .
The central germ around whicb a cell is formed. Small
spherical bodies contained within spores or other cells.
O b o o r d a t e {oh, L , inversely - f cor, the heart).
Inversely heart-shaped.
O c t o n a t e (octo, Gr. e i g h t ) .
E ig h t together.
O l e a g in o u s (oleaginus, L. of an olive tree ).
Oily, or resembling oil.
O o g o n ium {om, Gr. e g g , - f gonos, s e e d ) .
A kind of ovarian sac containing spores whicb, wben
liberated, are called oospores.
O o s p o r e {oon, Gr. an egg, + spora, a seed).
Spores produced in an ovarian sac.
O p e r c u l u m (operculum, L. a c o v e r o r l id ) .
The lid or cover of a capsule.
P a r e n c h y m a (parenchyma, Gr. a n y t h in g poured in b e s id e ) .
Compressed or hexagonal cellular tissue.
P a r b n o h ym a t o u s (parenchyma, Gr.).
Resembling the cellular tissue termed “ parenchyma.”
P a r ie t a l (paries, L. a wall).
Growing by, or to, the wall.
P a r t h e n o g e n e s i s (parthenos, Gr. virgin, 4- genesis, origin).
Production of fertile seeds without sexual impregnation.
P a r t h e n o g o n id ia (parthenos, Gr, a virgin, 4- gonidia).
Gonidia produced without fecundation.
P a t e n t (pateo, L. I am o p e n ) .
Spreading.
P ectinate (pecten, L. a comb).
Pinnatifid, with narrow close segments, like the tooth of
a comb.
P e d ic e l l a t e (pediculus, L. a l i t t l e f o o t ) .
Having a foot, or stem.
P e n t a h e d r ic a l (pente, Gr. five, 4- hedron, a side).
Having five sides.
P b r io a r p iu m (peri, Gr. around, 4- carpos, a fruit).
Covering or tegument of fruit.
P e r i d e r m , P e r i d e r m i c (peri, Gr. around, 4- derma, skin).
The enclosing membrane.
P e r i p h e r a l [peri, Gr. around, 4- phero, to carry).
The outer portion of a circle.
P i l i f e r o u s (pihis, L. a hair, 4- fero, I bear).
Bearing hairs, hairy.
P l ic a t e (plica, L. a plait).
Folded, or plaited.
P l um o se (pluma, L. a feather).
Feathery, or like a feather.
P o l y m o r p h i sm , P o l y m o r p h i c , (polus, Gr. many, 4- morphos,
form).
Having many forms.
P r im o r d ia l (primordium, L. beginning).
Original, existing from the beginning.
P r o t h a l l u s (pro, Gr. before, 4- thallus, a frond).
The false thallus first formed on germination of a
spore.
P s e u d o - b r a n c h e s (pseudos, Gr. false, 4- branches).
False branches, or resembling branches.
P s b u d o - e a m o s k (pseudos, Gr. false, 4- ramus, a branch).
Having false branches.
P y r i f o r m (pyrvs, L. a pear, 4- forma, form).
Pear-shaped.
Q u a d r i - r a d i a t e (quadrum, L. four-square, 4- radiate).
With four radii, or rays.
Q u a t b e n a t b (quater, L. four times).
Arranged in fours.
R am u lu s (diminutive of ramus, L . a branch).
A small, or secondary branch.
R e n i f o rm (renes, L. the kidneys, 4- forma, shape).
Kidney-shaped.
R e p l ic a t e (re, L. back, 4- plico, I fold).
Folded back.
R e s t in g - s p o r e . A spore which becomes quiescent, or rests for
a period, more or less long, before germination.
R h iz o id (rhiea, Gr. a root, -f eidos, resemblance.)
Resembling, or analogous to, a root.
R o s t r a t e (rostrum, L . a beak).
Terminating with a beak.
S a c c a t e (saccus, L. a sac).
In the form of a bag.
S o a la r ifo rm (scala, L. a ladder, -f forma, shape).
Barred or crossed like tbe steps of a ladder.