arenicolous 



Arrhizoblastus 



arenic'olous (arena, sand ; coh, I in- 

 habit), growing in sand or sandy 

 places ; Arenoph'ilae {<f>i\4a>, I love), 

 sand-loving" plants. 



Are'ola(Lat., aiminutive of Area), (1) 

 a space marked out on a surface ; 

 (2) a small cell or cavity ; (3) a 

 tessellation in the thallus of some 

 Lichens ; (4) a lumen in the sporan- 

 gium of Achlya due to the influx of 

 water (Harper) ; are'olar, are'olate, 

 areola' 'tus, marked with areolae, 

 divided into distinct spaces ; Areola'- 

 tion, in Mosses, the arrangement 

 of the cells. 



arg'entate, argent' eus (Lat. , silvery), 

 silvery as to tint and lustre ; 

 argenta'tuB (Lat.), silvered. 



argilla^ceous, ^ceus (Lat.), clayey, 

 growing in clay, or clay-colourea ; 

 argil'licole (-f colo, I inhabit), 

 dwelling on clay ; argillo'suB (Lat.), 

 living in clayey places. 



Ar'ginin (deriv. ?), a proteid peculiar 

 to the Coniferae, occurring in their 

 seeds and etiolated seedlings. 



arg'os, in Greek compounds = white ; 

 in Latin, Candidas. 



Argotaz'is (d/>7J>s, passive; r&^is, order), 

 passive movements due to surface- 

 tension (Pfetfer). 



argute', argu'tus (Lat.)} sharp, as 

 argute' -sen-a'tus, sharply-serrate. 



arg'yros, in Greek compounds = sil- 

 very ; Lat. , argenteus. 



arhi'zal, arhi'ztis = arrhi'zal, etc. 



Arlcine, an alkaloid from cinchona 

 bark, obtained from Arica, in Chili. 



arieti'nous (arieti'mis, pertaining to 

 a ram), like a ram's head (Heinig). 



A'ril, AriU'us (Fr., arille), (1) an ex- 

 pansion of the funicle, arising from 

 the placenta, and enveloping the 

 seed ; mace is the aril of the nutmeg ; 

 (2) used by J. E. Smith for the utricle 

 of Carex ; ar'illate, arilla'tus, pos- 

 sessed of an aril ; arilliform'is ^ 

 (/orwa,. shape), bag-shaped; A'ril- 

 lode, Arillo'dium, a false aril, a coat 

 of the seed, and not arising from the 

 placenta ; aririoid (e/5os, resem- 

 blance), like an aril. 



ari'nas [ipp-qv, male), Necker's suffix 



to words enumerating stamens, in- 

 stead of the Linnean -androus. 



Aris'ta (Lat.), an awn, the beard of 

 corn ; arist'ate, arista'tus, awned ; 

 aris'tulate, aristula'tas, bearing a 

 small awn. 



arigtolochia'ceous, resembling the 

 genus Aristolochia, Tourn. 



aristosty'lous {apiarfphs, left ; o-tCAos, 

 a pillar), applied to a flower with an 

 exserted style bent towards the left. 



Arm-parisade (-f- Palisade), cells 

 having protrusions Which amalga- 

 mate with each other in the palisade - 

 tissue ; -' -por'tion, of two-armed 

 hairs ; ~ -tis'sue, elements having 

 the shape of the letter H (Haber- 

 landt). , 



Arma (Lat.), Ar'mature, any kind of 

 defence, as prickles or thorns ; 

 armed, bearing thorns or similar 

 defences. 



armenia'ceous, armen'iacus, (1) apricot- 

 coloured, a dull orange, named from 

 Prunus Arnieniaca, Linn. ; (2) a 

 native of Armenia. 



Armill'a (Lat., bracelet), the frill of 

 the stipe of Agarics left attached 

 on the expansion of the pileus ; at 

 first it forms a covering of the 

 hymenium ; ar'millate, consisting of 

 rings or circles ; ar'millary, like a 

 bracelet (Heinig). 



Amat'to, also written Amotto and 

 Annotto, the red colouring matter 

 from the pulp of the fruit of Bixa 

 Orelluna, Linn. 



aroid'eous, relating to the family 

 Aroideae. 



Aro'ma ^Lat., spice), the perfume of 

 a plant ; aromat'ic, -cics, possessing 

 a s])icy smell or taste. 



arrect', arrcct'us (Lat., set upright), 

 stiftly erect. 



Arrest' {arrestare, Late Lat., to stop), 

 employed by Goebcl to include 

 AnouriON and Sui'PRESsion; sporal 

 — , see Spokal Aurest. 



arrhi'zal, arrhi'zous, arrhizvs (a, with- 

 out ; ^fC«. ^ root), rootless, want- 

 ing true roots ; Arrhizoblas'tus t 

 (^Aoffrbs, a germ), an embryo which 

 has no radicle. 



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