Anophyta 



Anthochlorin 



8p6/j.os, a course), venation which 

 cannot be assigned to any special 

 order (Prantl). 



Anophy'ta, An'ophytes (acw, upward, 

 <pvr6i>, plant), = Bryophyta. 



An'sae (ansa, a handle), the partial 

 leaf stalks of a compound leaf ; an'- 

 sulate, coiled at the apex and then 

 bent over in a loop, as the shoots in 

 some Cucurbitaceae (Crozier). 



Ant-plants, plants utilized by ants for 

 habitation ; see MYRMECOPHILOUS 

 plants. 



antagonist 'ic (avrayuvicrTTis, adversary) 

 Symbio'sis, where the symbionts 

 are not mutually helpful or neutral, 

 but hurtful, at least on the part of 

 one. 



An'techamber, (ante, before), the space 

 immediately below the guard-cells 

 of a stoma ; antemarg'inal (margo, 

 edge) used of sori which are a little 

 within the margin ; anteme'dius J 

 (medius, middle) standing before the 

 middle of another body, opposite. 



Anten'na (Lat. sail-yard) Darwin's 

 term for the slender process of the 

 rostellum in Catasetum, borrowed 

 from entomology ; antennaeform'is 

 (forma, shape) used of the fruit of 

 Ammi majus, Linn., the two styles 

 suggesting the antennae of insects. 



anteplacen'tal (ante, before, + PLA- 

 CENTA) in front of the placentae ; 

 cf. INTERPLACENTAL ; Anteposit'ion 

 (pono, positum, placed) = SUPER- 

 POSITION. 



ante'rior (Lat. that before) (1) of time, 

 previous ; (2) of place, position in 

 front, or turned away from the 

 axes. 



an'tero-poste'rior (Lat. later), median. 



Anthe'la (a-vOfaiov, a little flower), the 

 panicle of Juncus, where the lateral 

 axes exceed the main axis. 



Anth'emy, Anthe'mia (dv0{/j.ov, flower- 

 pattern), a flower-cluster of any 

 kind. 



An'ther, Anthe'ra (avOypos, flowering). 

 (1) that portion of a stamen which 

 contains the pollen, usually bilocu- 

 lar, and sessile, or attached to a fila- 

 ment ; (2) an old term in Fungi, for 



the Antheridium ; <~ Cap, ~ Case, in 

 Orchids, the outer deciduous case 

 or bag, which is virtually the anther 

 minus the pollinia; ~ Dust = POLLEN; 

 <- Lobes, the cells which contain the 

 pollen ; ~ Wings, the horny, lateral 

 expansions of the anther-lobes in 

 Asclepiadeae : antnerif'erous, -rw.s 

 (fero, I bear), anther-bearing ; an'- 

 tnerless, destitute of anthers, female 

 or neuter flowers ; antherog'enous, 

 -nus (yevvau, I beget), applied to 

 double flowers arising from the 

 transformation of anthers (De Can- 

 dolle); an'theroid (eldos, like) anther- 

 like ; Antheroma'nia (mania, mad- 

 ness) an inordinate development of 

 anthers. 



An'therid, Antherid'ium (avQ-qpos, 

 flowering, eZSos, resemblance) ; (1) 

 the male sexual organ in Crypto- 

 gams, the analogue of the anther in 

 Phanerogams ; (2) in Hymenomy- 

 cetes, an old term for CYSTIDIUM ; 

 Antheridan'gia (ayyeiov, a vessel), 

 microspores of Marsilea and allied 

 plants ; Antherid'iophore (<op<?w, I 

 bear), a unisexual gametophore, 

 bearing antheridia only, a special- 

 ised branch in Sphagnum and 

 Hepaticae. 



Antherophyl'ly (avdypos, flowering, 

 <pu\\ov, a leaf), the virescence 

 and phyllomorphy of anthers ; 

 Antherosporan'gium (cnropa, a seed, 

 ayyttov, a vessel), a synonym for 

 MICROSPORANGIUM ; Antherozo'a 

 Antherozo'ids (fuoi>, an animal, 

 eldos, resemblance), male motile 

 cells provided with cilia, produced 

 in antheridia. 



Anthe'sis (&v Brian, flowering), the 

 expansion of the flower, the time 

 when fertilization takes place. 



Anthesmol'ysis J (&v0os, a flower, 

 \vcris, a loosing), the metamor- 

 phosis of inflorescence (Lindley) ; 

 Anthes'mus J an inflorescence ; 

 anthocarp'ous, -pus (Kap-n-fa, fruit), 

 fruits with accessories, sometimes 

 termed pseudocarps, as the Straw- 

 berry or Pineapple ; Anthochlor'in 

 ws, pale green), the yellow 



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