Amphora 



OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 



Anamorphism 



Am'PH6rA. the lower division 



of a pyxis. 

 AMPLiiC'TANT, embracing or 



clasping, as tendrils, or the 



sheath of grasses. 



AMPL£x'ICAUL, partially sur- 

 rounding or clasping the stem, 

 as the base of many leaves. 

 Compare Sheathing and Per- 

 foliate. 



AmpLIATED, enlarged, or mod- 

 erately dilated. 



AMPUL'LA, see Bladder. 



AmpULLA'CEOUS, inflated, and 

 swelling *out toward the base 

 like a bladder or short flask. 

 Compare Lageniform. 



AmyG'DALINE, pertaining to or 

 resembling the almond. 



Amylaceous, pertaining to, 



composed of, or resembling 

 starch. 



AMYLOGEN'ESIS, starch-forma- 

 tion. 



AMYLOG^N'IC, starch-forming. 

 Applied to chlorophyll-gran- 

 ules and similar bodies which 

 originate starch. 



AM'YLOID, a colloid substance 

 having nearly the properties 

 of boiled starch which is found 

 in many sea-weeds and in the 

 seeds of the bean, the almond, 

 etc. 



AMYLdLYT'iC, pertaining to the 

 transformation of starch into 

 other substances, as amylotytic 

 diastase. 



AM'YLUM, starch. 



AMYLUM BODIES, see Pyre- 



NOIDS. 



AMYLUM STAR, see Starch- 

 star. 



AN'ABIX (pi. Anab'ices), a stem 

 like that of many ferns, etc., 

 which continually dies below 

 and grows above. (Rare.) 



AnAbOL'IC, applied by Geddes 



to the series of ascending meta- 

 bolic changes in protoplasm 

 by which food is assimilated. 

 Compare Katabolic. See 

 Assimilation. 



AnAcAn'XHOUS, without spines. 



ANACRdG'YNOUS, applied in 

 Jungermanuieae by Leitgeb to 

 forms in which the archegonia 

 do not arise upon or near the 

 apex of the shoot, which there- 

 fore usually continues to grow 

 after their formation. Com- 

 pare ACROGYNOUS. 



AnAERO'BIA (sing. AnaBrobium), 

 organisms unable to live or 

 thrive in the presence of free 

 oxygen. Applied to certain 

 bacteria. Compare Aerobia. 



AnAEROB'IC, see Anaerobiotic. 



ANAERdBldT'lC, being unable 

 to live in contact with air or 

 free oxygen, as some bacteria, 

 or capable of living in an at- 

 mosphere destitute of oxygen; 

 anaerobious; anaerobic. 



ANAEROB'iOtJS, see Anaerobi- 

 otic. 



ANAE'RtiPHYTE, a plant which 

 does not need a direct supply 

 of air. 



AN'ALdGUE, an organ or body 

 resembling or having the func- 

 tion of another with which it 

 is compared. 



AnAL'6GY, resemblance in cer- 

 tain respects, as in general 

 appearance or function. Ap- 

 plied to organs or to classes of 

 plants. Compare Affinity, 

 Homology, and Morphology. 



AnAL'YSIS, the systematic ex- 

 amination of a plant prelimi- 

 nary to determining its position 

 in the classification. Compare 

 Determination. 



ANAMORPHISM, see Anamor- 

 phosis. 



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