myriophllum

[Gr. myrios =innumer able, and phyllon =a leaf.] Bot.: Water-milfoil; a genus of Haloragacese, tribe Halo ragee. The flowers are monoecious, the males having an inferior calyx of four leaves, with four and four eight stamens; the females a four-lobed calyx with four se ile stigmas, fruit consisting of four se ile, sub-globose, one-celled carpels, at last separating. Found in most countries. Known species, fifteen. myr-i-o-ra-ma, subst . [Pref. myrio-, and Gr. horama a view. A sort of landscape picture made of a number of separate sections which are capable of being a ociated in various ways so as to form distinct scenes. myr-i-o-scope, s . [Pref. myrio- , and Gr. skopeō =to see. A variation of the kaleidoscope, and, like the latter, depending upon the multiplication of images which coalesce in such manner as to form a geometrical pattern. A square box has a sight hole in front, and at the rear are two plane mirrors which are arranged at a suitable angle. On horizontal rollers is a piece of embroidered silk or other ornate fabric, which is moved by means of a crankhandle on one of the rollers. This causes a pretty display when the ornamental figures are multiplied and thrown into geometrical apposition. The top of the box is of oiled muslin or other translucent material which admits sufficient light.