aereus 



(ADDITIONS) 



anchoraeform 



more or less spherical, and freely 

 driven about in the sea. 



ae'reus (Lit.), copper-coloured, or 

 bronzed. 



A'erobe, a suggested abbreviation of 

 AEROBIUM ; aeropn'ilous (</>tAew, I 

 love), Beijerinck's term for essen- 

 tially aerobiotic organisms ; cf. 

 MICROAEROPHILOUS. 



Aestiva'ria, the summer quarters of 

 pl-tnts in botanic gardens. 



afo'liate (a, without, folium, a leaf), 

 leafless ; a hybrid word for APHYL- 

 LOUS. 



Agamob'ium (/Si'os, life), H. Gibson's 

 term for the asexual generation 

 in organisms showing alternation 

 of generations ; the sporophyte ; 

 Agamonoe'cia ( + MONOECIA), used 

 by Engler and Prantl for those 

 plants which have hermaphrodite 

 and barren flowers in the same in- 

 florescence, as Viburnum Opulus, 

 Linn. 



Agrostol'ogist, an expert or writer on 

 grasses. 



agricultural species, so-called, are 

 constant forms or varieties of cul- 

 tivated plants, as maize, wheat, 

 etc. 



Albica'tion, becoming blanched or 

 variegated with white. 



al'goid (elSos, resemblance), like an 

 Alga ; Al'go - li'cnenes, Lindsay's 

 term for certain transitional forms 

 between Algae and Lichens. 



Al'iquote (aliquot; some in numbers), 

 the constant of temperatures for a 

 given event in the life-cycle of an 

 organism ; the sum - temperature 

 of the event divided by the total 

 sum - temperature of the year 

 (Linsser). 



altsrnipet'alous (weraXov, a flower 

 leaf), applied to stamens alternat- 

 ing with the petals ; alterni- 

 sep'alous (+ SEPALUM), used of 

 petals alternating with the sepals. 



Am'ber, the English name of SUC- 

 CINITE. 



Ambro'sia, the mycelial or oidial 

 stage of a Fungus, probably of I 

 some Ascomycete, found in the bur- I 



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rows of some beetles in fruit-trees, 

 and believed to be used as food. 



Amentiflo'rae (flos, floris, a flower), 

 wind - fertilized, catkin - bearing 

 plants, as the hazel or willow 

 (Delpino). 



am'inoid (elSos, resemblance), used by 

 Kerner for those scents which 

 have an amine as their foundation, 

 and diffuse into the air, such as 

 the hawthorn and elder. 



Am'pelid (a/xTreXos, a vine), used by 

 J. Smith for any climbing plant ; 

 Ampelog'raphist (ypd<f>u, I write), 

 a writer on vines. 



ainphicoe'lous (KOI\OS, hollow), con- 

 cave on both sides (Heinig). 



amphicri'bral (cribrum, a sieve), ap- 

 plied to a hadrocentric bundle 

 (Haberlandt) ; Amphigea'esis (yeve- 

 <ris, beginning) ; Ampnig'ony (yovos, 

 offspring), sexual reproduction 

 (Haeckel); Amphigon'ium,Kerner's 

 term for ARCHEGONIUM ; amphisto- 

 mat'ic ( + STOMA), with stomataon 

 both upper and lower leaf -surfaces ; 

 amphitroph'ic, relating to AM PHI- 

 TROPHY ;amphiva'sal(t'asa, vessels), 

 used of a leptocentric bundle 

 (Haberlandt). 



anaeret'icus (av, without, cu'pertKos, 

 power of choosing), applied by C. 

 Schimper to an abnormal arrange- 

 ment of the leaves in single rows 

 on the axis, as happens in torsion, 

 etc. 



androdynam'ic, = ANDRODYNAMOUS. 



Anast'ates, pi. (dvaffTaros, removed), 

 the products of anabolic or 

 ascending conversion of food- 

 material into protoplasm (Parker). 



Anataximorph'osis (av, without, rats, 

 order, /j.op<pr), change), Gubler's term 

 for teratologic changes which are in 

 conformity with the normal order ; 

 anatyp'ic (TUTTOS, a type), applied to 

 an anomaly which conforms to the 

 general law of the organism ; Ana- 

 ty'pose, an anomaly of the kind 

 specified (Gubler). 



anchor'aeform (anchora, an anchor, 

 forma, shape), with two limbs, as in 

 the petals of Ankyropetalum, Fenzl. 



