pole mon i aceæ

pl. [Mod. Latin pole mon i (um); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -ace a.] Botany: Phlox worts; an order of Perigynous Exogens, alliance Solan a les. Herbaceous plants, sometimes climbing; calyx five-parted, persistent, sometimes irregular; corolla nearly or quite regu lar, five-lobed; stamens five; ovary superior, three celled, few or many-seeded; fruit capsular. Found in America, Europe, . Known genera 17, species 104. ( Lindley .)