Anabices 



Anaphyte 



as Lycopodium, Lichens, and Hepa- 

 tics. 



anaboric {ava, up ; fio\^, a throw, 

 stroke) ; adj. of" Anab'olism, con- 

 structive metabolism of the proto- 

 plasm, the building up of more 

 complex from simpler substances ; 

 " Baustoffwechsel " of the Germans ; 

 Anab'olite, any product of construc- 

 tive metabolism in the plant ; cf. 

 Katabolite. 



Anacamp'yla + {KafiiruXos, bent), 

 lacerations of the epidermal layer 

 as in some Agarics. 



anacanth'ous {av, without ; JknavBa, a 

 thorn), ^vithout thorns or spines. 



anacardia'ceous, resembling Anacar- 

 dium, Linn., as to arrangement of 

 fruit, etc. 



Anachore'sis {ayaxi!>pv<Tt5, a going 

 back), retrograde metamorphosis of 

 an organ or whorl. 



Anaclinot'ropism {ava, up ; k\Iuij, a 

 bed ; rpoir^. a turning), positive 

 clinotropism, that is, having the 

 direction of growth oblique or hori- 

 zontal. 



anacrog'ynous (ov, not ; &Kpos, apex ; 

 yvv^, woman), said of Hepatics in 

 which archegonia do not arise at the 

 extremity of the shoot, which con- 

 tinues to grow ; cf. acrogynous. 



anad'romous {ava, up ; SpS/xos, a course), 

 in venation, that in which the first 

 set of nerves in eacli segment of the 

 frond is given oH' on the upper side 

 of the midrib towards the apex, as 

 in Aspidium, Asplcvium, etc. 



anaeret'icus {av, without ; alperiKhs, 

 power of choosing), applied by C. 

 Sciiimper to an al)nornial arrange- 

 ment of the leaves in single rows on 

 the axis, as happens in torsion, etc. ; 

 Anaero'be, Anaerob'ium, pi. Anae- 

 rob'ia {a^p, air ; 0ios, lile), an organ- 

 i.sni able to live in the absence 

 oi free oxygen, as many bacteria ; 

 fac'ultative ~', organisms which 

 can live as Anaerobes ; ob'ligate '^ , 

 tiiose which can exist or thrive 

 only in the absence of free oxygen ; 

 anaerob''ian, -b'ious, -bic, anaero 

 biot'ic, adj. ; Anaerobi'ont (o, with- 



out ; d^p, air ; filos, life), a plant 

 independent of free oxygen for re- 

 spiration ; Anaerobio'sis, the state of 

 living without oxygen ; anaerob'ic 

 Energe'sis, the disruptive process 

 without air. by which energy is 

 released (Barnes) ; Anae^rophyte 

 {(pvrhv, plant), a plant which does 

 not need a direct supply of air. 



Anarogy (01/0X07^0, proportion), (1) re- 

 semblance in certain points, as in 

 form not function, or function not 

 form, as the tendrils of the Pea, 

 ISmilax, or Vine; (2) "that resem- 

 blance of stnictures which depends 

 upon similarity of function " (Dar- 

 win) ; anarogous, resembling, but 

 not homologous ; An'alogues, struc- 

 tures corresponding to previous 

 definition. 



Anarysis {ava\vais, releasing), (1) the 

 examination of a plant to deter- 

 mine its affinities and position ; (2) 

 the details of the flower, etc., on a 

 botanic di awing. 



anametad'^romoas {ava, up, -f Meta- 

 DROMOus), in the venation of Ferns, 

 when the weaker pinnules are ana- 

 dromous, and the stronger are cata- 

 dromous ; Anamor'phose (Goebel), 

 Anamorph'ism (Crozicr), = Ana- 

 morpJi'osism, Anamorpho'sis 

 {fiSpcpcocris, a shaping), (1) a gradual 

 change of form in a group of plants 

 in geologic time ; (2) a similar change 

 in a group now existing ; (3) a strik- 

 ing change in form, the result of 

 changed conditions of growth 

 (Crozicr). 



anandrar'ious, -rru.<?, anan'drous {av, 

 not ; avijp, avSphs, a man), having 

 no stamens, but with floral en- 

 velopes and pistils ; anantb'erous, 

 Ananthe'rum {avd-npos, flowering), 

 applied to filaments destitute of 

 anthers. 



ananth'ous, -thus {avdos, a flower), 

 wanting the flower ; An'aphase, 

 Anapb'asis {<pdais, appearance), the 

 formation ol daughter-nuclei in 

 karyokinesis, following the Meta- 

 PHAsis ; An'aphyte {<pvrhv, plant), 

 the potential independence of every 



19 



