superfluous polygamy

Bot.: The term applied when in a composite flower the florets of the disc are hermaphrodite and bear seeds, and the flowers of the ray, which are only female, do so likewise, so that the latter appear superfluous. Linnæus ranked the plants thus constituted under Polygam i a super flu a , which he made an order of the cla Syngenesía. sū-per-in-cum-ben-çỹ, * sū-per-in-cum super investiture sū-per-in-dūçe', v. t. [Pref. super-, and Eng. induce (q.v.).] To bring in or upon as an addition to something. "No new order under another name should be s iperin. duced."-Fuller: Worthies; Barks hire. sü-per-in-düçe-měnt, s. [Pref. super-, and Eng. inducement (q. v.).] 1. The act of superinducing; superinduction. "The superinducement of greater perfections and nobler qualities destroys nothing of the e ence or perfections that were there before." - Locke : Human Understanding, bk. iv., ch. iii. 2. Something superinduced or brought in as an addition. "Corrupted with many human super inducements."Wilkins: Nat . Religion , bk. i., ch. xii. sū-per-In-duc-tion, s . [Pref. super- , and Eng. induction (q. v.).) The act of superinducing. "Mr. Locke's superinduction of the faculty of thinking."-War burton: Divine Legation , bk. ix., note A. *sū-per-in-füşe', v . t . [Pref. super- , and Eng. infuse (q. v.).] To infuse over. sü-për-In-jěc-tion, s. [Pref. super-, and Eng. injection (q.v.).] An injection succeeding another. *sū-per-in-scribe', v . t . [Pref. super- , and Eng. inscribe (q. v.).] To inscribe over or outside another inscription. "It was put into an envelope addre ed to M. Floquet, President of the Chamber, and super inscribed in another envelope to the Secretary-General of the Parliament." London Daily Telegraph. *sū-per-in-spěct', v . t . [Pref. super- , and Eng. inspect (q. v.).] To oversee; to superintend by inspection. sü-per-in-sti-tü'-tion, s. [Pref. super-, and Eng. institution (q. v.).] Law : One institution upon another; as if A be instituted and admitted to a benefice upon a title, and B be instituted and admitted by the present a tion of another. ( Bailey.)