Acropetal 



A DICTIONARY 



Adnate 



other female organs. Compare 

 Anacrogynous. 



ACR&P'ETAL, produced In suc- 

 cession toward the apex; in 

 the direction of the summit; 

 basifugal; centripetal (when 

 applied to the order of in flores- 

 cence only). Compare Basip- 



ETAL. 



ACBdSCdF Ic, facing the apex. 

 Compare Basiscopic. 



AC'ROSPIRE, an old name for 

 the plumule of a grain in ger- 

 mination. 



ACRdSPORE, a spore borne at 

 the summit of a filament. 



ACTlNOMOR'PHiC, regular and 

 poly symmetrical, as the 

 flowers of radish, i.e., capable 

 of bisection in two or more 

 planes into similar halves. 

 Compare Zygomorphic. 



ACTIN6m6R'PHOTJS, see Actino- 



MORPHIC. 



ACTIVE, in a growing condition; 

 opposed to Dormant. 



ACtJ'LEATE, having prickles; 

 prickle-pointed; aculeated. 



AcU'LEOlATE, having small or 

 few prickles. 



ActJ'LEtJS (pi. Aculel), see 

 Prickle. 



ActJ'MlNATE, ending in a pro- 

 longed tapering point. 



ACtJ'MlNOSE, having a sharp or 

 tapering point; somewhat acu- 

 minate. (Hare.) 



ActJMtN'tJLATE, having a small 

 acuminate point. 



ACUTE', ending in a distinct 

 angle, but not prolonged. 



ACYC'L*C, having all the organs 

 of a flower in a continuous 

 spiral. Compare Hemicyclic 

 and Cyclic. 



AdAPTA'TION, the modification 

 of a plant to better fit it for 

 surrounding conditions, or of 



an organ for a particular func- 

 tion; accommodation. Com- 

 pare Metamorphosis. 



ADEX'PHlA, (pi. Adel'phiffi), a col- 

 lection of stamens united by 

 their filaments. Compare 

 Phalanx. 



ADEL'PHOUS, having the stamens 

 united by their filaments in an 

 adelphia or bundle. 



Ad£N'If6RM, gland-shaped; 

 adenoid. 



AdEN'OPHORE, a stalk support- 

 ing a gland. 



ADENdPH'dROUS, gland-bear- 

 ing. 



ADENdPHYL'LOtJS, having on 

 the leaves glands, or gland-like 

 spots or tubercles. 



ADEN6P'6D0US, having glands 

 or gland- like tubercles on the 

 petioles. 



ADENOSE', gland-like, or bearing 

 glands; adenoid; adenous. 



AD'ENOUS, see Adenose. 



AD'ESMY, the separation of parts 

 usually joined. Coin pare 

 Chorisis, Dialysis, Fission. 



ADGLtJ'TlNATE, see Aggluti- 

 nate. 



ADHERENT, attached or grow- 

 ing to an organ or body of a 

 different nature, as the calyx 

 to the ovary. The parts may 

 or may not have grown together 

 from the first. Compare Cohe- 

 rent and Adnate. 



ADHE'§ION, the sticking or 

 growing together of organs of 

 a different nature, as a leaf to 

 the stem. It implies a union of 

 parts which in most other 

 plants or in a younger state of 

 the same plant are separate. 



ADNAs'gENT, growing to or upon 

 something else; as, "moss is 

 an adnascent plant." 



AD'NATE, said of parts of a dif- 



