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GLOSSARY. 



ACHROMATIC (a, Gr. without, -f chromos, colour). 



Colourless. 

 ACICULAR (acus, L. a needle). 



Needle -shaped. 

 ACUMINATE (acumen, L. a point). 



Tapering to a point. 

 ^ERUGINOUS (cemgo, L. rust of copper). 



Of the colour of verdigris blue green. 

 AGAMO-HYPNOSPORES (agamos, Gr. unmarried, -f hypnospores). 



Neutrally formed resting spores. 

 AGAMOSPORE (agamos, Gr. unmarried, -f spore). 



Spore formed neutrally without fecundation. 

 AGAMOSPOROUS (agamos, Gr. unmarried, -f spore). 



Bearing spores without fecundation. 

 ALTERNATE (alternus, L. one after another). 



Two organs so placed as not to be opposite to each other. 

 AMCEBOID (amoeba, -f eidos, resemblance). 



Resembling an Amoeba. 

 AMORPHOUS (a, Gr. without, + morphos, form). 



Without definite form. 

 AMYLACEOUS (amylon, Gr. flour). 



Resembling starch. 

 ANASTOMOSE (anastomo, Gr. to furnish with a mouth, to bring 



to a mouth). 



The opening of one vessel into- another, applied to 



threads or tubes which become confluent, and form an 



irregular network. 

 ANDROGONIDIA (aner, Gr. a man, + gonidia). 



Peculiar zoogonidia produced by female plants from 



which male plants are developed. 

 ANDROSPORANGIUM (aner, Gr. a man, -f sporangium). 



Sporangium enclosing spores of male plants, or andro- 



spores. 



