Apothecinm 



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liar to lichens, and usually cup- 

 shaped "Shields"; (2) bowl-shaped 

 fructifications in Pezizaceae ; Ap- 

 otherxnotax'is ( -f- Thermotaxis), 

 insensibility to the influence of 

 temperature ; Apothigmotax'is ( + 

 Thigmotaxis), irritability induced 

 by contact with a solid body 

 (Rothert); apotroplc, used of the as- 

 cending axis (White); Apot'ropism = 

 Apogeotropism; apot'ropous (rpos-)?, 

 a turning), used of an anatropoua 

 ovule with the raphe ventral ; apo- 

 typ'ic {tvttos, a type), an anomalous 

 .departure from the general law of 

 development ; Ap'otype, a supple- 

 mentary type, aiding the completion 

 of descriptions ; c/. Hypotype ; 

 Apoty'pose, an abnormality in de- 

 velopment (Gubler). 

 Appen'dage, Appen'diz (liat. , an addi*^ 

 tion), (1) a part added to another, 

 as leaves are appendages to the stem ; 

 (2) a name given to processes of any 

 kind, especially those of the peri- 

 thecia of fungi ; (3) in the plural the 

 term Appen^dices wm formerly ap- 

 plied to suckers, such as the offsets 

 of the pineapple, 

 appen'dent, appen'dtna {appetido, I 

 hang by), when the hilum is 

 directed towards the upper part of 

 the seed, which is sessile, or nearly 

 so, on the placenta, as in stone- 

 fruits. 

 appendio'ulate, appendiciila'tus {ap- 

 pcndicitla, a small appendage), (1) 

 furnished with appendages ; (2) the 

 pileus of an agaric, when portions of 

 the secondaiy veil remain attached 

 to the margin of the pileus ; appen-' 

 dic'ular Eidgea, on guard-cells of 

 cei-tain Rhizophoreae, dividing the 

 front cavity into two compartments ; 

 appen'dieled, having wnall append- 

 ages. 

 Appendic'alam +, diminutive of Ap- 

 pendix. 

 appense' {appen' »us, weighed), being 

 hung up as a hat is upon a peg, an 

 approach to pendulous (Lindley in 

 Loudon, Encyc. PI. 1095). 

 ap'planate, applana'tus {ad, to ; plan- 



atiiSf made flat), flattened out or 

 horizontally expanded. 

 Ap'ple, a^eshy, inferior, plurilocular, 

 two to five-seeded fruit, technically 

 styled a Pome. 



applica^tns (Lat., applicaii'ous, close 

 to, or attached), applied face to face, 

 without folding. 



ap'posite, appos'ifus (Lat., applied to), 

 when similar parts are placea close to 

 or side by side ; appoaifo'liar [folium, 

 leaf), an error for oppoaitifolioufl ; 

 Apposition, side by side or close to ; 

 <~ Theory, of the growth of the cell- 

 wall, as due to repeated dispoiation 

 of layera of substance on the internal 

 surface of the original cell-wall. 



appress'ed, appress'us, {ad, to ; pressiis, 

 kept under), lying flat for the whole 

 length of the organ ; Appres'sori, 

 organs of attachment of germinating 

 filaments of parasite to host ; Ap- 

 presBor'ia, pi. , Frank's term for the 

 exterior organs of attachment of para- 

 sitic Fungi, as distinct from the 

 Haustoria or absorbing organs. 



approximate, approximatus {ad, to ; 

 proximo, I approach), drawn close 

 together, but not united. 



Aprica'rium {apricus, lying open), the 

 summer habitation of plants in 

 botanic gardens, for exposure to sun 

 and air ; apri'cns (Lat. ), living in 

 open sunny places. 



ap'terous, -rus (a, without ; wrtphp, a 

 wing), wingless, used of petioles, 

 seeds, and the like ; apyr«'aiii 

 {irvpifv, seed), applied to fruit which 

 is seedless, as cultivated varieties of 

 the pineapple, orange, or grape. 



Aqaar'inm (Lat., relating to water), a 

 tank for aquatics in botanic gardens. 



aqaat'ic, aqitat'icus {aqua, water), 

 living in water ; aqwxt'Uii, has been 

 defined as living undw: water ; the 

 first category would include LeTima 

 and Typha, the second, Cerato- 

 phyllum, Chara, etc. 



aq'aeons aq'xuxLs, aqua' sits (Lat., 

 watery), (1) indicates some colour- 

 less structure, hyaline ; (2) having 

 much water in the tissues ; aq'neom 

 Tissue, consists of one or more layers 



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