Arthrosterigmata 



aseptate 



formation ; Arthrosterig'niata 

 (ffTypiy/jLa, -aros, a prop.), jointed 

 sterigmata in some Lichens, made 

 up of rows of cells from which 

 spores are abstricted. 



Article, Artic'uius (Lat.), a joint; 

 artic'ulated, articula'tus, jointed, 

 separating freely by a clean scar, 

 as in leaf -fall ; Articula'tion, a joint, 

 popularly applied to the nodes of 

 grasses. 



Artifact (ars, art, factus, made), a 

 substance not naturally existing, 

 but resulting from laboratory treat- 

 ment ; artificial, arti/icia' Us (Lat., 

 according to rules of art) applied to 

 any scheme of classification which 

 is based on one set of characters, as 

 opposed to a natural scheme, which 

 takes all characters into account. 



artiphyll'ous, -lus (apn, forthwith, 

 ipij\\ov, leaf), used of nodes which 

 bear manifest buds. 



arundina'ceous, arundina'ceus, reed- 

 like, having a culm like tall grasses ; 

 arundin'eous, reedy, abounding in 

 reeds. 



arven'sis (arva, arable land), applied 

 to plants of cultivated land, espec- 

 ially of ploughed fields. 



Asafoet'ida (aza. Persian for mastic, 

 foetidus, stinking), a gum-resin, 

 yielded by Ferula Narthex, Boiss., 

 and other allied Umbelliferae, of a 

 persistent alliaceous odour and 

 taste. 



As'arine, a crystallised substance from 

 Asarum europaeum, Linn., resemb- 

 ling camphor. 



Ascell'us (1) diminutive of Ascus ; (2) 

 the spores of certain Fungi (Lindley). 



ascend'ent, -ens, ascen'ding ; (1) 

 directed upwards, as the stem ; the 

 ascending axis is oblique at first, 

 then erect ; (2) opposed to descend- 

 ing. 



-ascens, a suffix, denotes a tendency 

 towards something, as ciner-ascens, 

 becoming ash-coloured, cinereus. 



ascidia'tus (Lat.), furnished with 

 ASCIDIA ; Ascidlum (aa-icidiov, a little 

 pitcher), pi. Ascidla, (1) the pitcher 

 of Nepenthes etc., the metamor- 



phosed lamina of the leaf, become 

 tubular, usually with a lid, which 

 isa developmentot theapical portion 

 of the leaf ; (2) the asci of certain 

 Fungi ; ascidlform (forma, shape), 

 pitcher-shaped. 



asciferous (atr/tos, a wine-skin, fero, I 

 bear), bearing asci ; ascig'erous 

 (gero, I produce) = ASCIFEROUS ; 

 As'cocarp (Kapiros, fruit), the 

 sporocarp of Ascomycetes produc- 

 ing asci and ascospores ; its three 

 kinds are termed APOTHECIUM, 

 PERITHECIUM and CLEISTOGABP ; 

 As'cocysts (KVffris, a bag), erect sac- 

 like secreting cells on the creeping 

 filaments of Ascocydu* ; ascog'enous 

 (yewdu, I bring forth), producing 

 asci, asciferous ; As'cogone, 

 Ascogo'nium (yovri, race), a syno- 

 nym of ARCHICARP. 



Ascoli'chenes, Lichens producing 

 asci. 



Asc'oma (do-xos? a wine-skin) Wall- 

 roth's term for Receptacle and 

 Hymenium of Fungi ; Ascomyce'tes 

 (fj.vKr)s, fungus), Sachs's name for 

 a large group of Fungi, forming 

 ascospores and stylospores. 



Ascop'ora (deriv.?) sporangia of certain 

 Fungi (Lindley). 



Asc'ophore (dtr/cos, wine-skin ; (poptu, I 

 carry), the ascus-bearing hyphae 

 within an ascocarp ; ascoph'orous 

 ascus-bearing ; Ascoph'yses (0uw, I 

 make grow), the hyphae which con- 

 stitute the asoogenous cushion in 

 Chaetomium ; As'cospore (a-n-opct, a 

 seed), a spore produced by an ascus, 

 sometimes termed sporidium or 

 sporule ; As'cus, pi. As'ci (pr. as'si), 

 a large cell, usually the swollen end 

 of a hyphal branch, in the ascocarp 

 of which normally eight spores are 

 developed ; -~Appara'tus, a portion 

 of the sporocarp, comprising the 

 asci and the ascogenous cells ; ~ 

 suffulto'rius, Corda's term for BAS- 

 IDIUM. 



ascy'phous (a, without, (TKV<POS, a 

 beaker) without SCYPHI ; asep'tate 

 (septum, an enclosure), without 

 partitions or cross-divisions ; asep'- 



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