Albumen Crystals OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 



Ambigenus 



adjoining the embryo, endo 

 sperm or perisperm. 

 ALBtJ'MEN CRYSTALS, see 

 Crystalloids. 



ALBU'MINOID. an organic sub 

 stance containing nitrogen in 

 its composition, as protoplasm; 

 proteid. 



ALBUMINOUS, furnished with 

 albumen. 



ALBURNOtJS, having, consist- 

 ing of, or pertaining to, albur- 

 num. 



ALBURNUM, sap-wood; a some 

 what distinct, usually lighter 

 colored, outer zoue of wood in 

 many exogenous trees and 

 shrubs. 



ALECTO'RfolD, filiform, like the 

 thallus of the genus Alectoria 

 in lichens. 



ALEU'RONE, proteine-grains 

 which replace starch in tne 

 cotyledons or albumen of cer- 

 tain oily seeds. 



ALG6L'6g1T, the part of botany 

 relating to algae. 



AllF EROUS, having wings. 



AL'lFORM, wing-shaped. 



ALiG'EROUS, see Aliferous. 



ALLAN'TOId, sausage-shaped; 

 botuliform; narrowly oblong; 

 cylindrical with somewhat 

 hemispherical terminations. 



AllAss6t6nIc movements, 



a term applied by Vries to the 

 movements of mature orgaus.as 

 the sleep of plants; movements 

 of variation. Compare Auxo- 

 tonic Movements. 



ALLIACEOUS, having the odor 

 or oth'er qualities of the genus 

 Allium, which includes the 

 onion and garlic. 



AlLi'ANgE, see Cohort. 



ALL6G'AM0US, habitually cross- 

 fertilized. 



All6G'AMY, cross- fertilization. 

 Compare Autogamy. 



ALLdT'RdPiSM, appearance un- 

 der an unusual form. 



ALPES' TRINE, growing on high 

 mountains below the timber 

 line, or on the tops of inferior 

 mountains; mountainous. 



ALPHIT6m6R'PHOUS, resem- 

 bling bailey meal said of cer- 

 tain fungi (Rare.) 



AL PINE, growing on mountains 

 above the timber-line. 



ALTERNATE, applied to leaves, 

 indicates one at a node; ap 

 plied to parts of the flower, in 

 dicates that the members of 

 one whorl are placed opposite 

 the intervals between the mem- 

 bers of the next whorl. 



ALTER'NATEL* - P f N' N A T E, 

 pinnate with the pinnae or leaf 

 lets alternating on opposite 

 sides of the rachis. 



Alternation of genera- 

 tions, the growth of reproduc- 

 tive bodies into structures dif- 

 fering from that on which they 

 were produced, to return after 

 one or more generations to the 

 original stage or form. Thus, 

 the spore of ferns produces a 

 small prothallus, and upon this 

 sexual bodies are borne which 

 after fertilization reproduce 

 the origiual fern-plant. See 

 Metagenesis. 



ALUTA'gEOUS, of a pale brown 

 color; resembling soft tanned 

 skin in color or texture. 

 (Rare.) 



AL'VEdLATE, deeply pitted so 

 as to resemble honey-comb, 

 like the receptacle of many 

 Compositae; faveolate; favose. 



AMBIG'ENUS, having the outer 

 surface of the perianth resem- 

 bling a calyx and the inner 

 surface a corolla. 



