ambisporangiate 



amphicarpogenous 



I bring forth), producing two kinds, 

 as when a bud contains both flowers 

 and leaves, as the Horse-chestnut ; 

 ambisporangiate (+ SPORA>GIUM), 

 hermaphrodite flowers, otherwise 

 macro- and micro-sporangiate, that 

 is, bearing ovules and pollen-sacs. 



Amb'itus (Lat. a going round), the 

 outline of a figure, as of a leaf. 



amtleocar'pus (a/*/3X6w, to be abortive, 

 /capTros, fruit), wheu most of the 

 ovules abort, a few only becoming 

 perfect seeds. 



ambros'lacus (dfj-fipoa-ios, divine food), 

 possessing a strong scent of 

 Amhiosia; fragrant. 



Ambula'crum (Lat.), a walk in a 

 botanic garden. 



ameliorating (Fr., amelioration, an 

 improvement) ~ Plants, those 

 bacteria which cause nodules on 

 the roots of Leguminosse. 



Am'ent, Ament'um (Lat. a strap), a 

 catkin, a spike of flowers usually 

 bracteate, and frequently deciduous ; 

 amenta' ceous, -ceus ( + ceus) ament'i- 

 form (forma, shape), amentif ' erous 

 (fero, I bear), catkin-bearing ; cat- 

 kin-like ; Ament'ula (diminutive) 

 the so-called catkins of the male 

 inflorescence in Sphagnum. 



ameris'tic (a, not, pepta-ros, divisible) 

 ~ Ferns, are those whose prothalli 

 being insufficiently provided with 

 nutriment aredestitute of meristem, 

 and produce antheridia only. 



amethyst'eus, amethyst'inus (Lat.), 

 the colour of amethyst, violet. 



ametoe'cious (a, not, ^era, with, after, 

 olKos, house), a parasite which does 

 not change its host ; the reverse of 



METOECIOUS. 



Am/ides (Am[-monia] + ide) certain 

 substances occurring in plants, 

 soluble in water, diffusible, cry- 

 stallizable, not coagulating on 

 boiling ; those of common occur- 

 rence are Asparagin, Leucin, and 

 Ty rosin ; Amid'ulin, soluble starch, 

 existing in small quantity in ord- 

 inary starch-grains. 



Ami'doplast (TrAacrros, modelled), an 

 error for AMYLOPLAST. 



Amito'sis (a, without, /XI'TOS, a web), 

 defined as degenerate mitosis, 

 when nuclear division takes place 

 directly without the phenomena 

 of karyokinesis ; adj. amito'tic. 



Am'modytes (a/x/xos, sand, dvu, I sink 

 in), living in sandy places ; ammo- 

 ph'ilous, -lus ((pi\eu, I love), sand- 

 loving. 



Ammo'uia (Ammon, the Libyan 

 Jupiter, first found near his 

 temple), a pungent gas ; the so- 

 called volatile alkali. 



Am'nion, Am'nios (a/wios, foetal mem- 

 brane), a viscous fluid which sur- 

 rounds certain ovules in an early 

 stage; amniot'ic Sac, = EMBRYO- SAC. 



amoe'boid (d/xot/3cuos, interchanging), 

 applied to the jelly-like plasmodium 

 of Myxogastres when in motion, 

 resembling an Amoe'ba, a protean- 

 shaped rhizopod ; Amoeboid'eae, 

 used by Gobi for the lowest forms 

 of plant -life which are destitute of 

 chlorophyll. 



amorph'ous, amorph'us (a, without, 

 fJLop(pj], form), shapeless, the form 

 not regular or definite ; Amorph'- 

 ophyte ((pvrbv, a plant), a plant with 

 anomalous flowers. 



Ampbanth'ium J (d/u0i, around, &i>8os, 

 flower), the dilated receptacle of 

 an inflorescence, as in Dorstenia ; 

 clinanthium ; Am'phiaster (dffrrjp, a 

 star), the combined nuclear-spindle 

 and cytasters ; also for the com- 

 bined cytasters only (Crozier) ; 

 amphibious (/3i'os, life), growing on 

 dry land or in water equally well ; 

 ~ Alterna'tion, the adaptation of 

 organism, originally of aquatic 

 habit, to subaerial conditions ; 

 amphib'ryous, -yus (fipvv, to 

 sprout), growing by increase over 

 the whole surface ; Amphib'rya, 

 Endlicher's name for Monocotyle- 

 dons ; amphicarplc, -pous, -pus 

 (Kapwbs, fruit), possessing two kinds 

 of fruit, differing in character or 

 time of ripening ; Amphicarp'ium, 

 an archegonium persisting as a 

 fruit-envelope, after fertilization ; 

 amphicarpog'enous (jewdw, I bring 



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