Aseoearp 



asperulous 



three kinds are termed Apothecium, 

 Perithecium and Cleistocarp ; 

 As'cooyst (Kiic-ris, a cavity), a large 

 hyaline empty cell with a thick wall, 

 by some authors termed a para- 

 physis, occurring in Myrionenia and 

 allied genera (Sauvageau) ; asco- 

 gen'ie, ascog'enous {yevos, offspring), 

 producing asci, asclferous ; asco- 

 go'niai, relates to an As'cogone, or 

 Asoogo'niam {yov)\, race), (1) a 

 synonym of Archicarp ; (2) a 

 portion of an Archicarp, the con- 

 tents taking part in forming asco- 

 genous hyphae = reproductive cells 

 containing female nuclei (V. Black- 

 man) ; Ascoli'chenes, Lichens pro- 

 ducing asci ; Asc'oma, Wallroth's 

 term for Receptacle and Hymenium 

 of Fungi ; Ascomyce'tee {ti^Ky\s, 

 fungus), Sachs's name for a large 

 group of Fungi, forming ascospores 

 and stylospores. 



Asoop'ora, an error (?) for the next. 



Asc'ophore, {kcrKhsy a bag ; <pop4w, 

 I cany), the ascus-bearing hyphae 

 within an ascocarp ; ascoph'orous 

 ascus-bearing ; Ascoph'yBes (4>ua», I 

 make grow), the hyphae vhich con- 

 stitute the ascogenous cushion in 

 Chaetomium; As'cospore {(rvopa, a 

 seed), a spore produced by an ascus, 

 sometimes termed sporidium or 

 sporule ; A8'cus,jpl. As'ci (pr. as'si), 

 a large cell, usually the swollen end 

 of a hvphal branch, in the ascocarp 

 of which normally eight spores are 

 developed ; '^ Appara'tus, a portion 

 of the sporocarp, comprising the 

 asci and the ascogenous cells ; -^ 

 suffalto'rius, Corda's term for Bas- 



IDIUM. 



asoy^phoni (o, without ; <TKv<pos, a 

 beaker), without Scyphi ; asep'tate 

 {septunif an enclosure), without 

 partitions or cross-divisions ; asep'- 

 tic {<rr)imK6s, putrefying), not 

 liable to become rotten ; asez'nal 

 {sexualis, pertaining to sex), destitute 

 of male or female organs ; neuter ; 

 <^ Genera 'tion, in alternation, that 

 generation which produces spores 

 asexually, but is itself the product 



of a sexual act ; thus, in Ferns, the 

 full-grown form is the asexual form 

 or sporophyte, the prothallus the 

 sexual form or gametophyte. 



Ash, the mineral residue of plants after 

 complete combustion. 



Ash-Oak^ wood association, woodland 

 having a quantity of ash- trees with 

 oak usually co-dominant ; Ash 'wood 

 association, the ash dominant, 

 characteristic of limestone hills in 

 Yorkshire and Derbyshire. 



Asim'ina = Assiminum. 



Asiphon'ogam (a, privative -f Sipho- 

 nogam), a plant fertilized by an- 

 therozoids ; a cryptogam ; asomat'ic 

 {awixa, body), having only embryonal 

 parts (Pfetfer) ; Asomat'ophyte 

 {ipvrov, a plant), plants without 

 permanent tissues. 



Aspar'agi {affvdpayos, asparagus), for- 

 merly used for TuRiONES or suckers, 

 young shoots emerging from the 

 rootstock under ground, and at first 

 bearing scales only, as in Asparagus ; 

 Aspar'agin, a commonly occurring 

 amide, which was first obtained 

 from Asparagus officinalis, Linn., 

 hence its name ; asparag'inoas, ap- 

 plied to plants whose young shoots 

 are eaten as asparagus. 



As'pect {aspecUis, sight, view), "the 

 seasonal impress of a formation, e. g. 

 the spring aspect " (Clements). 



as'per (Lat., rough), as'perate, as'- 

 perous, rough with hairs or points. 



aspergiirifonu, asperyilliform'is {as- 

 pergillum, Mod. Lat., holy-water 

 brush ; fornia, shape), tufted, brush- 

 shaped as the stigmas of grasses. 



Aspergill'in, pigment of the spores of 

 Aspergillus niger, Van Tiegh. , now 

 known as Sterigmatocystis nigra, Sacc. 



asperifo'liate, asperifo'lius (asper, 

 rough ; folium, leaf), rough-leaved, 

 as Borrago officinalis, Linn. ; As- 

 per'ity {asperitas), roughness. 



asper m'ous (o, without ; airfpfia, seed), 

 seedless. 



as'peroas {asper, rough), scabrous, 

 harsh to the touch ; asper'ulous, 

 dightly rough with little points 

 (Braithwaite). 



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