AziB 



baculiferous 



vers'al '^ , the axis which lies in the 

 transversal plane of Diatoms, cutting 

 the pervalvar axis. 



Axog'ainy(S|cD»', axis; ydfios, niarriage), 

 plants bearing sexual organs on 

 the leafy stem ; adj. axogam'ic ; 

 Axophy'ta {(pvrhv, a plant = Cormo- 

 PHYTA ; plants having an axis, that 

 is, stem and root ; axosperm'ous 

 (ffrrfpfia, seed), with axile placenta- 

 tion of ovules. 



aio'nal (o, not ; C^vr], girdle), C. Mac- 

 Millan's term for Plant-associations 

 which show no well-marked radial 

 symmetry ; Azote' {&Cootos, ungirt), 

 Lavoisier's name for nitrogen, still 

 used in Frerich works ; azo'tised, 

 compounded with nitrogen ; Azo'to- 

 bacte'ria (+ Bacteria), applied to 

 bacteria capable of changing ele- 

 mentary into combined nitrogen 

 (Lipman) ; Azotifica'tion, the process 

 itself. 



az'ure, azu'reus (lato Lat., sky-blue), 

 blue as the sky. 



Aiy'gosperm (a, not ; (vyhs, a yoke ; 

 ffirfpij.a, seed), a synonym of Azy'- 

 gospore (rnropo, seed), the growth 

 of a gamete direct without conjuga- 

 tion, a parthenogenetic spore ; pi. 

 Azy'gosporeB, — ae ( + Spore), the 

 spores of Phycomycetes (Saccardo) y 

 az'ygous, unpaired, as a leaflet which 

 is not matched on the opposite side 

 of the rhachis. 



Bac'ca (Lat.), a berry, a succulent 

 fruit with seeds immersed in the 

 pulp, as the Gooseberry ; ~ cor- 

 tioa'ta, berry with a rind ; the term 

 has been applied to the ovary ; ~ 

 sicc'a,^ succulent while unripe, dry 

 when mature; ~ spu'riajj any 

 fleshy fruit which is not a true 

 berry, as raspberry and strawberry ; 

 bac'cate, bacca'tus, berried; "se- 

 mina baccata," seeds having a 

 pulpy skin, as in Cycas ; Baccau- 

 lar'is, Baccaular'ius, t (deriv. ?), 

 Desvaux'a name for Carcerule ; 

 Baccau'sus = K paerio ; Bacce'tum, 

 Dumortier's term for Syncarp ; 

 bacciferous, hac'ci/er, {fe.ro, I 



bear), berry-bearing, the fruit a 

 berry, usually applied when the 

 normal fruit of the genus is 

 otherwise ; bac'ciform, hacciform'ls 

 {forma, shape), like a berry in shape. 

 Baciirus, pi. Baciiri {bacillum, ^ 

 staff), (1) X young bulb; (2) the 

 frustules of certain Diatomaceae, 

 as Bacillaria ; (3) rod-shaped Bac- 

 teria ; bac'illar, hncilla'ris, bacil'li- 

 form {forma, shape), rod- or club- 

 shaped. 

 Back, that side which is turned from 

 the part or substratum to which 

 an organ is attached ; the dorsal 

 surface ; Back-cav'ity, the inner 

 cavity of a stoma ; in Germ. 

 "Hinterhof." 

 Bacte'rium, pi. Bacte'ria {0aKT-npiov, a 

 small stall^, Cohn's name for low 

 forms of organic life, multiplying 

 by lission, Schizomycetes ; see also, 

 Ammono-, Azoto-, Ferri-, Proteo-, 

 SULPHO- Bactkkia, with their re- 

 duction forms having De- prelixed 

 (Lipman) ; bacteria'ceous, relating 

 to bacteria ; bacterici'dal {-cida = 

 killer), germicidal, destructive: of 

 bacteria ; Bacte'rio-pur'purin, the 

 purple colouring-matter of some 

 bacteria ; Bacte'rioblast {^Xacrhs, 

 a bud), applied by Winkler to 

 gelatinous bodies, homogeneous at 

 first, then in succession finely-, and 

 coarsely-granular, at last becoming 

 detached bacteria ; bac'teroid (elSos, 

 resemblance), resembling bacteria ; 

 ~ Tissue, applied to the root- 

 tubercles of various plants ; Bac'- 

 teroids or Bacter'ioids, organisms 

 found -in nitrifying tubercles on the 

 roots of plants, especially Legu- 

 minosae, attributed to the action of 

 bacteria ; Bacteriorogist {\6yo5, 

 discourse), a person versed in the 

 knowledge of bacteria ; Bacteriol'- 

 Ogy {\6yos, discourse), the science 

 of the life-history of bacteria ; Bac- 

 terio'sis, disease due to the attack 

 of bacteria ; Bacteriotox'in (-f 

 I Toxin), any substance poisonous 



or harmful to bacteria. 

 ! bacalif eroas {haculnm, a staff ; fcro, 



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