Agaric Acid 



Aiphyllophyta 



Agaric Acid {Agarictis, Toum., a 

 genus of Fungi), found in Polyponis 

 officinalis, Ft. ; agaricic'ola (colo, 

 I inhabit), applied to a parasite on 

 Hymenomycetous Fungi ; J, 8. 

 Henslow prints it as agaric 'olus. 



agendas X (a, without ; yevos, sex, 

 race) = neuter ; a'genas, used of 

 cellular Cryptogams, " which are 

 enlarged by the addition of new 

 parts." 



ageotrop'ic ( + geotropic), negatively 

 geotropic. 



Agged'nla (derived by Necker from 

 ayyei^iov, a little vessel), the spor- 

 angium of Mosses, and of Picccinia. 



Ag'geres (Lat.), banks or rockwork 

 in botanic gardens. 



agglom^erate, agglom^erated, agglom- 

 era'tus (Lat., crowded together), 

 collected into a head, as the flowers 

 of Scabious. 



agglu'tinate {agglutino, I glue), glued 

 together, as the pollen-masses of 

 Asclepiads or Orchids ; accrete. 



ag'gregate, ag'gregated, aggrega'tus 

 (Lat., assembled), collected to- 

 gether, as the flowers of Cuscuta ; 

 ~ Flowers, those gathered into a 

 head, as Dipxacus, but not as in 

 Compositae, which are capitulate ; 

 '^Fruits, collection of separate 

 carpels produced by one flower, 

 the product of a polycarpellary 

 apocarpous gynaeceum ; -' Spe'cies, 

 a super-species, which may be com- 

 pounded of more than one true 

 species ; Aggrega'tion, (1) condensa- 

 tion of cell-contents under some 

 stimulus ; (2) the coming together of 

 plants into gi-oups (Clements). 



Ag'rad {ayphs, a field), a cultivated 

 plant (Clements). 



agrarian {agrar'ius, pertaining to 

 the field). H. C. Watson's term for 

 the cultivable portion of Great 

 Britain ; <*' Begion, divided into three 

 '~ Zones, the super-, mid-, and infer- 

 agrarian zones. 



agrest'al {agrestis, belonging to the 

 field) ; (1) Watson's term for plants 

 growing in arable ground ; (2) rural 

 generally. 



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Agric'ola (Lat., a rustic), a native or 

 country dweller. 



agricalt'aral Bot'any {agricuUura, 

 husbandry), that part of economic 

 botany which relates to fiirni plants ; 

 agricnlt'ural Spe'cies, so-called, are 

 constant forms or varieties of cul- 

 tivated plants, as maize, wheat, etc. 



Agri'nm (ayphs, a field), "a culture 

 formation " ; Agroc'ola (Clements) 

 = Agricola, a native of the fields ; 

 agroph'ilus, "dwelling in grain 

 fields" ; Agrophy'ta, "culture 

 plants" (Clements). 



Agropyre'tum, a formation of Agropp- 

 rum grasses. 



Agrostog'rapliy(47f)a><rTJs,grass;7pa^, 

 writing), the description of grasses ; 

 Agrostorogist, an expert or writer 

 on grasses ; Agrostol'ogy {\6yoSt 

 discourse), the botany of grasses. 



agyna'rius J (a, without ; yw^, a 

 woman) ; agyn'icus ; (1) sai I of 

 stamens which are free from the 

 ovary ; (2) pistils wanting, desti- 

 tute of pistils ; ag'ynous. monstrous 

 flowers with pistils missing. 



aheliotrop'ic (a, not ; ifiKios, the sun -; 

 rpuTri], a turn), neutral to light, 

 neither attracted to nor repelled by 

 it ; more correctly Apheliotropic. 



aianth'ous (del, ever ; &vdos, a flower), 

 (1) constantly flowering; (2) ever- 

 lasting flowers, as Helichrysum. 



Aigiali'am {aiytaKhs, seashore), a 

 beach-plant formation ; aigialo- 

 ph'ilas (<pi\4ci}, I love), beach- 

 loving ; Aigialophy'ta {(pvrhv, a 

 plant), beach or strand plants 

 (Clements). 



Ai'gret (Fr;, Aigrette, tuft of feathers), 

 the pappus of Compositae ; Eng- 

 lished by T. Martyn as E'gret. 



aiina, in Greek compounds = blood - 

 coloured ; properly heema (from 

 aJ/ia, blood). 



aiophyl'lus {ali}v, eternity ; <pv\Kov, 

 a leaf), evergreen. 



Aiphyll'ium {afl<pv\\os, evergreen), an 

 evergreen forest formation ; aiphyl- 

 lophllus {<pt\€c,}, I love), growing 

 in such forests ; Aiphyllophy'ta 

 {<pvrhv, a plant), plants forming 



