Aeiotda 



Acroohlamydeae 



like continuation of the rhachilla 

 of a grass ; Acic'ulae, tooth-like 

 processes of the hyinenium of 

 certain Hjrmenomycetous Fungi ; 

 acio'ular, adcula'ris, (1) slender 

 or needle-shaped, (2) a phase of 

 Bacterium Termo, Cohn, when it 

 becomes needle-shaped ; -^ Crystals, 

 needle-shaped crystals ; '-- Fi'bres, 

 fibrous cells or raphidines, occurring 

 in Acanthaceae ; aoic'alate, acicu- 

 Wtus, aciciUi'niM, superficially 

 marked as if scratched with a pin ; 

 acieu'liform {forma, shape), needle- 

 like. 

 acido'tuB (oLKthwrhs, pointed), when 

 branches or organs end in a spine 

 or hard point. 

 Ancles (Lat., edge), the edge or angle 



of certain, stems. 

 ac'iform {acus, a needle ; forma, 



shape) = ACicuLAR. 

 acina'ceous {acinus, a grape seed + 



ACEOUS), full of kernels. 

 acinac'ifolias {acinaces, a scimitar ; 

 folium, a leaf), a fleshy leaf, curved 

 like a scimitar ; acinac'iform, acina- 

 ciform'is, scimitar- shaped. 

 acina'rias {acinus, a grape-seed), when 

 a stem is covered with vesicles 

 resembling grape-seeds ; Ac'ine, 

 Ac'inus, a single member of such 

 fruits, as the raspberry ; a drupel ; 

 formerly used for a bunch of fruit, 

 as of grapes; Acinoden'drnB {S4v5pov, 

 a tree), a plant whose fruit is in 

 bunches ; ac'inose, acino'sus, like 

 gi-apes, or of granular bodies resemb- 

 ling them. 

 ftciphyl'lus {a.K^, a point ; <pv\\ov, 

 a leaf), a linear and pointed 

 leaf. 

 Aola'dinm (a, without ; K\dSos, a 

 branch), in Hieracium, the peduncle 

 of the terminal flower- head ; Acly- 

 throphy'tnm {KkfWpov (?), a door, 

 <pvThy, a plant), plants whose seeds 

 are supposed to be naked, without a 

 pericarp ; acond'yloBe, acond'yloas 

 {K6ySv\os, a knuckle or finger-joint), 

 said of plants which have no joints 

 or nodes. 

 Aooni'tin, the alkaloid derived from 



monkshood, Ac&niium Napellus, 

 Linn. 

 Ac'orln, a glucoside from Acorus 

 Calamus, Linn., which is used in 

 perfumery. 

 Alcorn, the fruit of the oak. 

 Ac'osporeB, -ae {b.K^, point, -+- Spore), 

 plants having awned seeds, as 

 gi'asses (Clements). 

 Acotyle'don (a, without ; 'KorvKtiSijav, 

 used for seed-lobe), a plant desti- 

 tute of cotyledons or seed-lobes ; 

 Cryptogams and such plants as 

 Cupula ; adj. acotyle'donouB, a- 

 cotyledo'neus. 

 aoqui'red {acqv,iro, I acquire), used of 

 those characters which arise in the 

 life-time of the organism as the 

 result of the environment, in dis- 

 tinction to hereditary chai-acters. 

 acramphib'ryouB {&Kpos, apex ; a/xtpl, 

 on both sides ; fipvw, to bud), plants 

 producing lateral as well as apical 

 buds ; Acramphib'rya, a division 

 proposed by Endiicher to embrace 

 Dicotyledons and Gymnosperms ; 

 Acran'dry {av^p, auSphs, a man), 

 when antheridia occupy the apex of 

 a shoot in Bryophytes ; adj. acran'- 

 drous ; Acran'thi, pi. [ivdos, a 

 flower), employed by W. Wilson to 

 denote terminal inflorescences in 

 Mosses. 

 acris, cf acer. 



Acroblaste'ais (6,Kpos, apex ; fiKaa-rhs, a 

 bud), when the germ-tube of Lichens 

 proceeds from an end of the spore ; 

 acroblas'tic, Celakovsky's term for 

 the branch of an inflorescence 

 which arises fi-ora a terminal bud ; 

 Acrob'rya {fipvw, to bud), plants 

 growing at the point only, as all 

 Acrogens having a distinct axis ; adj. 

 acrob'ryous; acrocarp'ouB {/copirbs, 

 fruit), terminal fruited ; a main 

 division of Mosses ; Acrocecid'iam 

 (-|- Cecidium), a deformity of the 

 terminal bud, due to gall-insects ; 

 Acrochlamyd'eae {xf^afivs, a tunic), 

 a term proposed by Hoeck for all 

 haplostemonous Gamopetalae exclu- 

 sive of Cunurbitaceae, but inclusive 

 of Umbelliferae ; a group con- 



