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NOTE. The derivations here given are strictly supplementary to 

 those in the main alfhabet. 



Ab'last, the entire suppression of an 

 organ, as distinct from ABORTION, 

 in which it remains rudimentary 

 or partially developed (Eichler). 



abys'sal (a/3u<ro-os, bottomless), applied 

 to organisms existing in the depths 

 of the ocean (Warming). 



accessorial, specially applied to 

 those branches of Pithophora aris- 

 ing from near the base of the 

 mother-cell (Wittrock) ; acces'sory 

 Indu'sium, when the margin of a 

 fern-frond is inflexedover thesorus. 



Acclima'tion (ac ad, to, clima, 

 climate), used by L. H. Bailey for 

 the natural process of becoming 

 inured to a climate at first harm- 

 ful ; Acclimatiza'tion, is preferred 

 for scientific use, especially when 

 denoting human action in inuring 

 plants to a strange climate. 



accu'ment (Heinig) = AccuMBENT. 



a'cer, used by some authors instead 

 of the generally adopted a'cris, 

 (1) sharp, pointed ; (2) acrid, as 

 in Ranunculus acris, Linn. 



acera'ceous, relating to the genus 

 Acer, or its allies. 



achlorophylla'ceous (a = without + 

 CHLOKOPHYLLACEOUS), destitute of 

 chlorophyll. 



acic'ular, phase of Bacterium Termo, 

 Cohn, is when it becomes needle- 

 shaped. 



Ac'orin, a glucoside from Acorus 

 Calamus, Linn., which is used in 

 perfumery. 



acqui'red (acquiro, I add to), used of 

 those characters which arise in the 



life-time of the organism as the 

 result of the environment, in dis- 

 tinction to hereditary characters. 



Acran'tni, pi. (a/cpos, uppermost, 

 dvBos, a flower), employed by W. 

 Wilson to denote terminal inflores- 

 cences in Mosses. 



Acrocecid'ium (+CECIDIUM), a de- 

 formity of the terminal bud, due 

 to gall-insects ; Acrochlamyd'eae 

 (x\a/j.vs, a tunic), a term proposed 

 by Hoeck for all haplostemonous 

 Gamopetalae exclusive of Cucur- 

 bitaceae, but inclusive of Umbel- 

 liferae ; a group considered by him 

 to stand at the head of Dicoty- 

 ledons ; Acroconid'ium ( + CON- 

 IDIUM), used of those conidia which 

 successively mature and break 

 away from the apex of the con- 

 idiophore (A. Fischer). 



actinod'romous (8p6/j.os, a course), 

 when veins are palmately or 

 radially arranged, as in Acer ; 

 Actinomor'phy (/j.op<pr], a change), 

 an ACTINOMORPHIC arrangement. 



adap'tive modifications are those 

 which obviously fit an organism to 

 exist in given environments, and 

 perhaps produced by the latter. 



ad'ligant, al'ligant (Heinig) ; cf. 



ADLIGANS. 



Aecid'iolum, in Uredineae, a small 

 form and usually a later develop- 

 ment of the Aecidium-sisige ; a 

 spermogonium. 



Aegagrop'ilae, pi. (diyaypos, a wild 

 goat, TR/\OS, felt), Lagerheim's term 

 for those marine Algae which are 



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