Atomogynia 



auricular 



name for the Angiospermia of 

 Linnaeus. 



Atracten'chyma I {&TpaKTos, a spindle ; 

 fyx^H-^y t^*t poured in), i)rosen- 

 chyma, a tissue of fusiform cells. 



atramenta'rius {atr amentum , inky 

 fluid), inky ; black. 



atrate', atra'tous, atra'tii^ (garbed in 

 black) ; defined by Heinig as " turn- 

 ing black " ; blackened, as in some 

 species of Car ex, the apex of the 

 glumes being darkened ; atric'olor 

 {color, colour), inky-black. 



Atriplice'tum, an association of 

 species of Airiplex, with Suaeda 

 and similar p ants (Warming). 



at'ropal, preferably at'ropous (o, not ; 

 rpoT^, a turn), a synonym of ortho- 

 TROPOUS ; applied to the ovule. 



atroph'ic (o, without ; rpocpr], nourish- 

 ment) = a pi.astic ; At'rophy {Tpo<pii; 

 nourishment), wasting away, abor- 

 tion or degeneration of organs ; At'ro- 

 phytes {<{>vrhv, a plant), those Fungi 

 which cause atrophy of important 

 organs of the host-plant. 



At'ropine, a poisonous alkaloid ob- 

 tained from Atropa Bclladonna,Lmn. 



atro-purpu'reus (Lat.), black-purple, 

 the colour of Sweet Scabious, 

 ifcabiosa atropurpurea, Linn. ; '^ 

 -violaceus (Lat. ), very dark violet ; 

 ~ -vixens, <-' -viridi8(L9t.), dark or 

 blackish green ; a'trous, dead black 

 (Heinig). 



Attach'ment-disc, the holdfast or basal 

 hapteron of an Alga. 



atten'uate, atienua'tus (Lat., thinned), 

 narrowed, tapered. 



Attire', Grew's term for stamens and 

 pistils. 



Attrao'tion-spheres, the same as At- 

 trac'tive-spheres, Centrosphe res, 

 or Tinoleucites ; ~ Glands of Ne- 

 penthes, situated within the ascidia, 

 to tempt insects farther down the 

 tube (Macfarlane). 



-a'tus, a suffix indicating the presence 

 of an organ, thus : foli-atus, having 

 leaves. 



atyp'ic (a, not ; tuitoj, a type), (1) not 

 typical, departing from the type ; 

 (2) allotypic Mitosls. 



auc'tus (Lat., increased) ; (1) enlarged 

 after flowering, accrescent; (2) 

 augmented by an addition. 



aucupa'rious {aiccupari, to catch 

 birds), " attracting birds " (Heinig), 

 employed in bird-snaring. 



Augment-Cells, a modification of an 

 auxospore in Diatoms, after divi- 

 sion becoming transformed into 

 daughter-cells, and the starting- 

 points of new generations ; Aug' 

 menta'tion, increase beyond the 

 normal number of parts. 



aulacocar'pous {ai\ai, a furrow ; 

 Kapir6s, fruit), with furrowed fruit, 

 sulcate (Heinig). 



A'Ulae'um J (Lat., a curtain), used occa- 

 sionally for Corolla by Linnaeus. 



Au'laz-galls, galls which resemble 

 stone-fruits produced by gall- wasps 

 of the genus Aulax, especially- on 

 I,abiatae (Kemer). 



Aulog'amae {av\hs, a tube ; ydfios, 

 marriage), employed by Ardissone 

 for Muscineae. 



Aul'ophyte (auA)?, abode ; ipurhv, a 

 plant), one plant living in the 

 cavity of another for shelter only, 

 not parasitic ; the German is 

 ' ' Raumparasit. " 



aurantia'ceoos auran'tiacus, auran'- , 

 tills (Lat. ), (1) orange-coloured ; (2) 

 like the Orange, Citrus Aurantium, 

 or the order to which it belongs. 



Auran'tium (Lat., an orange), a succu- 

 lent superior fruit with a rough 

 rind, such as the Orange. 



aura'tus (Lat., gilt), metallic yellow, 

 shot with gold ; Au'rea {aureus, 

 golden), a plant deficient in chloro- 

 phyll ; au'reus (Lat, golden), glow- 

 ing yellow, not metallic. 



Aur'icle, Auric' ula {L&t. , ear-lap), (1) 

 a small lobe or ear, an appendage to 

 the leaf, as in Sage, or the Orange ; 

 (2) the lobule, or minor lobe of the 

 leaf of Hepaticae, often balloon- 

 shaped ; (3) formerly and erroneously- 

 used for Amphigastria ; (4) a small 

 lobe or special patch of cells at the 

 basal angle of the leaf in Mosses ; 

 auric'ular, axiricula'ris, auricled ; 

 '*' Cells, the cells in the leaf 



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