APPENDIX II. 



Accrescent, continuing to grow ; enlarged. 



Achene, a dry 1-seeded carpel of an apocarpous fruit, e.g., 

 the pips of a strawberry. 



Achlamydeous, without covering, a term applied to a 

 flower devoid of any perianth. 



Acicular, needle-like, long slender and rigid. 



Acropetal, with the youngest organs nearest to the apex. 



Aculeate, prickly, usually applied to somewhat carved 

 prickles like those of a rose and which are not morpho- 

 logically branches. 



Acuminate, ending in a tapering apex. 



Acyclic, not arranged in whorls. A term applied to the 

 parts of a flower when these are arranged spirally on the axis. 



-adelphous, combined in groups. 



Adherent, when the members of a flower become united 

 in the course of growth to the members in a different whorl 

 and of a different character, e.g., when the stamens become 

 united to the corolla. Cp. coherent. 



Adhesion, the state of being adherent. 



Adnate, see adherent. Adnate anthers, see Anthers. 



Adventitious, not arising in the regular order from the 

 growing apices but subsequently and irregularly. 



Albumen, a general name for the nutritive tissue stored 

 up in a seed outside the embryo, whether endosperm or peris- 

 perm. Albuminous, containing albumen. 



Alternate, the position of lateral members on an axis when 

 neither opposite nor whorled. 



Amphitropous, said of an ovule which is curved round so 

 that one end approximates to the other. Funicle dorsally 

 attached. 



Anatropous, an atropous ovule is an ovule inverted on the 

 funicle or stalk in such a way that though the nucellus 



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