1 6 ACTINOLEPIS 



Actinolepis DC. (Eriophyllum Lag. p.p.). Compos. (6). 9 West U.S. 



Actinomeris Nutt. Compositae (5). 3 Atl. U.S. 



Actinomorphic (fl.), radially symmetrical, or symmetrical about any 

 plane passing through the centre (includes cases like most Sympetalae, 

 where there are only two carpels and more of other whorls). 



Actinophloeus Becc. (Drymophloeus Zipp. p.p.). Palmae (iv. i). 

 i New Guinea. 



Actinopnora Wall. (Schoutenia Korth. BH.). Tiliaceae. 3 trop. As. 



Actinopnyllum Ruiz et Pav. =Sciadophyllum P. Br. BH. = Schefflera 

 Forst. (Aral.). 



Actinorhytis Wendl. et Drude. Palmae (iv. i)- i Malaya. 



Actinoschoenus Benth. Cyperaceae (n). 3 China, Ceylon, Madag. 



Actinostemma Griff. Cucurbitaceae (i). 6 Ind. to Japan. 



Actinostemon Mart, ex Klotzsch. Euphorbiaceae (A. n. 7). 30 

 trop. Am. 



Actinostrobus Miq. Coniferae (Pinaceae 4; see C. for generic 

 characters). 2 S.W. Austr. 



Actinotus Labill. Umbelliferae (i. i). 15 Austr. (flannel flower^. 



Actium (Cl.), rocky sea-shore formation. 



Actoplanes K. Schum. Marantaceae. 2 Malaya. 



Aculeate, Aculeatus (Latin), prickly. 



Acuminate, tapering to a point in hollow curves. 



Acura Hill. Compositae. Nomen. 



Acute, tapering to a sharp point in straight lines. 



Acutifolius (Lat.), with acute leaf. 



Acyclic, not in whorls. 



Ad- (Lat. pref.), to; -axial (side), the side towards the axis; -hesion, 

 concrescence (q-v. ) of dissimilar organs, e.g. C and A; -justment 

 (Cl.), functional response to stimuli ; -nascens (Lat.), growing upon 

 something ; -pressed, appressed ; -verse, facing the main axis. 



-ad (Cl.), suffix denoting an ecad. 



Ada Lindl. Orchidaceae (n. 19). 2 Colombia. Cult. 



Adactylus Rolfe (Apostasia Blume p.p.). Orchidaceae (i. i ). 3 trop. As. 



Adamia Wall. = Dichroa Lour. (Saxifrag. ). 



Adam's needle, Yucca. 



Adansonia L. Bombacaceae (i). 10 palaeotrop. A. digitata L. is the 

 baobab. Its height is not great, but the trunk may reach 30 feet in 

 thickness. Fr. woody. (See Card. Chr. 1900, 57.) 



Adaphus Neck. Inc. sed. ( = Laurus Tourn. ?). 



Adaptable (CL), able to originate ecads. 



Adaptation, adjustment to conditions of life. 



Adder's tongue, Ophioglossmn. 



Addisonia Rusby. Compositae (2). i Bolivia. 



Adelia L. Euphorbiaceae (A. n. 2). 15 W.I., Colombia. 



Adelia P. Br. = Forestiera Poir (Olea.). 



Adeliopsis Benth. Menispermaceae. i N.E. Austr. 



Adelmeria Ridl. (Elmeria Ridl.). Zingiberaceae. 2 Phil. Is. 



Adelobotrys DC. Melastomaceae (i). 15 trop. Am., W.I. 



Adelodypsis Becc. (Dypsis Nor. p.p.). Palmae (iv. i). 2 Madag. 



Adelonema Schott \Homalonema p.p. BH.). Araceae (v). i Amazon, 



Adelonenga Becc. (Nenga p.p.). Palmae (iv. i). 2 New Guinea. 



