Axmalas 



Anthelia 



forming a frill upon the stipe after 

 the expansion of the pileus ; (3) 

 in Mosses, the ring of cells between 

 the base of the peristome or orifice 

 of the capsule and the operculum ; 

 (4) in Diatoms, used by W. Smith 

 for a compressed rim of silex 

 within the frnstules of such genera 

 as Rhabdoiiema, Kiitz.; (5) in Eijui- 

 setaceae, the imperfectly developed 

 foliar sheath below the fruit spike ; 

 (6) the fleshy rim of the corolla in 

 Asclepiads, as the genus Stapelia ; 

 '^ in'ferus, -^ mo' bills, as defined in 

 1 ; '-' su'perus, = Armilla. 

 anod'al, anod'ic (dvo, up ; iJbj, a wa,y), 

 iu the upward direction following 

 the genetic spiral, 

 an'oderm {h.v^ without ; 5«pjua skin), 

 destitute of covering membrane or 

 cuticle. 

 anom'alous lus (o, not ; 8/xo\<{s, 

 equal), unlike its allies in certain 

 points, contrary to rule ; anomaloe^- 

 cious + {(Ako%^ a house), = polygam- 

 ous ; ^om'aly, variation from 

 normal character. 

 Anomod'romy (dvo/tos, without law ; 

 SpSfios, a course), venation which 

 cannot be assigned to any special 

 order (Prantl). 

 Anophy'ta, An'ophytes (ovcb, upward ; 



<l>vrhv, plant), = Bryophyta. 

 An'sae (ansa, a handle), the partial 

 leaf stalks of a compound leaf ; an'- 

 sulate, coiled at the apex and then 

 bent over in a loop, as the shoots in 

 some Cucurbitaceae (Crozier). 

 Ant-ep'iphytes (+ Ei'Ipiiyte), certain 

 plants cultivated by ants (Ule) ; 

 ^ -guards, (1) ants attracted by 

 nectaries on involucral bracts ; 

 (2) some Compositae which guard 

 the flowers from predatory beetles 

 (Kerner) ; -- -plants, plants utilized 

 by ants for habitation ; see myrme- 

 copiiiLOUS plants, 

 antagonist'ic (cn/TayMyKTr^s, adversary) 

 Symbio'sis, where the symbionts 

 are not mutually helpful or neutral, 

 but hurtful, at least on the part of 

 one. 

 Ante-cau'lome {ante, before, ^+ Cau 



LOME), Potonie's term for the theor- 

 etic plant possessing an axis ; An^te- 

 chamber, the space immediately 

 below the guard-cells of a stoma ; 

 antedimor'phic (+ i>imorphic), the 

 condition of a species previous to 

 its attaining Dimorphism, as Viola, 

 supposed to be at one time trinior- 

 phic (S. Moore) ; An'teform (forma, 

 shape), an original form which has 

 died out, but has given rise to modi- 

 fied offspring (Kuntze) ; antemarg'- 

 inal (margo, edge), used of sori which 

 area little within the margin ; ante- 

 me'dixis * (mediics, middle), standing 

 before the middle of another body, 

 opposite. 

 Anten'na (Lat., sail- yard), Darwin's 

 term for the slender process of the 

 rostellum in Catasetuvi, borrowed 

 from entomology ; antennaeform'is 

 X {forma, shape), used of the fruit 

 of Ammi majiis, Linn., the two 

 styles suggesting the antennae of 

 insects. 

 Ante-phyll'ome {ante, before, -j- Phyl- 

 lome), the theoretic leaf ; cf. Post- 

 PHYLLOME(Potonie) ; anteplacen'tal 

 (-{- Placenta), in front of the 

 placentae ; cf. iNTEUPLACENrAL ; 

 Anteposit'ion {pono,posittcm,, placed) 

 = Superposition. 

 aiite'rior(Lat., that before), (1) of time, 

 previous ; (2) of place, position in 

 front, or turned away from the 

 axis, 

 an'tero-poste'rior (Lat., later), median. 

 Ante-spor'ophyll {ante, before, -f-Spouo- 

 phyll), the primitive structure of 

 the s]»ore-bearing organ (Potonie) ; 

 Ante-tropVophyll{-f Tkophophyll) ; 

 the ancestral form of the leaf 

 (Potoni^) ; Ante-trophospcr'ophyll, 

 the ancestral leaf-like organ, pos- 

 sessing the function of leaf and 

 sporophyll (Potonie). 

 Anthe'la {av6-h\ioy, a little flower), the 

 panicle of JunciLS, where the lateral 

 axes exceed the main axis. 

 Anthe'lia or Anthelie'tum, an arctic 

 alpine association with Anthelia as 

 a constituent ; Snow-flush vege- 

 tation. 



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