autoicous 



Auxesis 



ing modifications occur ; cla'do — 

 (/cAaSos, a branch), the male inflor- 

 escence on a proper branch ; go'nio- 

 '-' {y6vo5, offspring), the male inflor- 

 escence bud-like and axillary on a 

 female branch ; rhiz — (^fC«> a root), 

 the male branch very short, cohering 

 to the female by a rhizoid ; Au- 

 tol'ysis {\^(ris, a loosing), chemical 

 changes in dead cells in which 

 microbial decomposition is excluded ; 

 adj. autol3rt'ic. 



automat'ic {avrSixaros, self-moving), 

 spontaneous movement of certain 

 parts, as the leaflets of DesDwdium 

 gyrans, DC. 



Automix'is {avros, self ; fu^is, a mix- 

 ing) ; self-fertili;cation (Hartmann) ; 

 Automorpho'sis (+ Mokphosis) = 

 Mutation ; autonas'tic (vao-ros, 

 pressed close), relating to Autonas'- 

 tism, curvature of an organ not 

 attributable to any outside force. 



autonom'ic, auton'omous {avr6uoiJ.os, 

 independent), used of plants which 

 are perfect and complete in them- 

 selves, and not simply phases of 

 other forms. 



autonyctitrop'ic (avrbs, self; vv^, 

 vvKThs, night ; rpoir);, a turn), spon- 

 taneously assuming the position 

 usual during the night ; autopelag'ic 

 {v4\ayos, the sea), applied to plank- 

 ton which lives continuously on the 

 surface (Forel) ; Autoph'agy {(pdyo, 

 I eat), employed by Dangeard to 

 express complete fusion of gametes ; 

 recip'rocal ~, or eex'ual '~, sexu- 

 ality in primitive forms of Algae, — 

 further diff"erentiated into, Proto- 

 GAMY, HoLOGAMY, and Merogamy ; 

 Autophyllog'eny {(pvWoy, a leaf ; 

 yfvos, offspring), the production of 

 a leaf upon the blade of another ; 

 Aut'ophyte {(purhv, plant), a plant 

 not dependent on himms, as opposed 

 to Saprophyte ; adj. autophyt'ic ; 

 Aut'oplast {irXaa-Ths, moulded), (1) a 

 synonym of chlorophyll granule ; 

 (2) occasionally employed for Plas- 

 TiD ; autopot'amic (iroTo/ib*, a river), 

 applied to Algae which have become 

 adapted to living in streams ; a modi- 



fied form of tychopotamic plankton 

 (Zimmer) ; Autop'sia {His, sight), 

 actual inspection of the plant or phe- 

 nomenon in question ; Aut'ospenn 

 {anepfia, a seed), a plant whose em- 

 bryo arises through autogamy (Mac- 

 Millan) ; autosymbion'tic ( -H Sym- 

 biont), used of cephalodia having 

 similar commensals (Bitter) ; auto- 

 tem'nous {Tefivo}, I cut), capable of 

 spontaneous division, as cells in 

 growing tissue ; autotroph'ic [rpocp^, 

 food), (1) applied to plants which 

 can collect their own nutriment, non- 

 parasitic ; (2) digesting reserves of 

 food-material (Keeble and Gamble) ; 

 Autot'ropism, the same as Rkcti- 

 PETALITY, the tendency of an organ 

 to grow in a straight line ; autos'- 

 enous (le'poy, a host or guest) = 

 ATiTOECious ; Autox'eny, the autoe- 

 cious condition ; Autox'idators 

 (o|i;s, sharp), cell-subst-ances, which 

 at a low temperature and with 

 absorption of molecular oxygen, can 

 be oxidized by decomposing water ; 

 Autoxida'tion, the phenomenon in 

 question ; autoxidi'zable, the pro- 

 perty of readily undergoing this 

 transformation. 

 SiVitxiai'nsA autumna'lis (Lat. ), belong- 

 ing to autumn ; flowering at that 

 season ; ~ Wood, wood formed at 

 the close of the growing season and 

 notable for its smaller cells ; '~ Xan'- 

 thophyll ( -f Xanthophyll), the 

 autumnal colouring-matter of leaves 

 (Tswett). 

 Auxan'agram, another spelling of 



Auxanaguammf. 

 Auxan'agrammes, pi. {av^dvw, I in- 

 crease ; aua, up ; ypd/j.ij.a, an outline), 

 bactcrian fields of increase, marked 

 by greater development' within the 

 diffusion area of the nutrient sub- 

 stance (Beyerinck) ; Auxanom'eter 

 [jxiTpov, measure), apparatus for 

 measuring increase of growth in 

 plants. 

 Auxe'Bis {ai)^-n<ns, growth), (1) dilata- 

 tion or increase in the valves of 

 Diatoms, etc. ; (2) ne^v formation 

 of organs (Czapek) ; (3) predominance 



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