Anamorphosis 



A DICTIONARY 



Androus 



ANAMORPHOSIS, (1) a gradual 

 change of form (generally 

 ascending) traced in a group 

 of plants the members of which 

 have succeeded each other in 

 point of geological time; (2) a 

 similar gradation of form be- 

 tween the members of a group 

 now existing; (3) a remarkable 

 or profound alteration of form 

 resulting immediately from a 

 change in the conditions of 

 growth. 



AnAN'DROTJS, without stamens. 

 ANANTHEROtJS, without an- 

 thers. 

 ANAN'THERflrM (obs.), see Sta- 



MINOOIUM. 



ANAN'THOtJS, without flowers. 



AN'APHA§E§, Strasburger's term 

 for the phenomena of karyoki- 

 nesis following the metaphases 

 (which see) up to the formation 

 of the resting daughter nuclei. 



AN'APLAST, see Leucoplast. 



ANASTOMOSE, to communicate 

 or unite with one another, as 

 the veins of leaves. 



ANASTOMOSIS (pi. Anastomo- 

 sef), the inosculation or junc- 

 tion of similar parts, often 

 forming a network, as in the 

 veins of leaves. 



AnAT'6m¥, VEGETABLE, see 

 Vegetable Anatomy. 



ANAT'ROPOtfS, applied to an 

 ovule or seed which grows so 

 that the funiculus coheres to 

 and forms a raphe along its 

 whole length, bringing the hi- 

 lum near the foramen and the 

 chalaza at the apparent apex, 

 as in Liliaceae; anatropal. 



ANQIP'lTAL, flattened and two- 

 edged, as the stem of Panicum 

 anceps; ancipitous. 



ANglP'lTOtfS, see Ancipital. 



ANDROcLIN'IUM, see Clinan- 

 drium. 



ANDRdDKE'glOUS, having per- 

 fect flowers on one set of 

 plants and staminate flowers 

 on another set, but no indi- 

 viduals with pistillate flowers. 

 Compare Andromonosctous 

 and Gynodkecious. See Po- 

 lygamous. 



ANDR(E'§ltfM, the stamens of a 

 flower taken together. 



ANDRtiGdNlD'itfM, see Andro- 



SPORE. 



ANDR06'YNAL, see Androgy- 

 nous. 



ANDROG'tNiSM, the change 

 from a dioecious to a monoe- 

 cious condition. 



ANDR6<tYN0US, monoecious 

 with the staminate and pistil- 

 late flowers in the same inflo- 

 rescence. Said mainly of the 

 heads of certain Composite. 

 Compare Polygamous. 



ANDRdMdNffi'CIOtJS. having 

 staminate and perfect flowers 

 on the same plant, but no pis- 

 tillate flowers. Compare An- 

 drodicecious. See Polyga- 

 mous. 



ANDR6PET'AL0tS, said of flow- 

 ers which have become double 

 by the conversion of petals into 

 stamens. (Rare.) 



AN'DRCPHORE, a column of 

 united filaments, supporting 

 the anthers; stamineal column. 



ANDROPH'ORUM, see Andro- 



PIIORE. 



ANDRdSPORAN'GltfM, a sporan- 

 gium containing androspores. 



AN'DRdSPORE, a kind of asexual- 

 ly produced zoogonidium or 

 swarm-pore in (Edogonieae 

 which develops into small 

 male plants called "dwarf 

 males;" androgonidium. 



AN'DROtfS, pertaining to sta- 

 mens; male. 



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