Anthesis 



OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 



Apical Cell 



ANTHE'SIS, the time or act of 

 flowering; florescence. 



ANTH6cAR'P0US FRUIT, gener- 

 ally used for Collective fruit, 

 but more properly for Acces- 

 sory fruit. 



ANTHdCLiN IfJM, see Clinan- 



THIUM, 



ANTHO'DIUM, the capitulum or 

 head of flowers in Compositse 

 (popularly called a flower). 

 Compare Clinanthium. 



AN'THOID, resembling a flower. 



AN TH6LITE, a fossil flower. 



ANTHdL'YSiS, a retrograde met- 

 amorphosis of a flower by 

 ■which normally united or con- 

 tiguous parts are separated; 

 solution of a flower. The 

 parts of the altered flower may 

 or may not be changed in char- 

 acter. 



AN'THOPHORE, a stalk or inter- 

 node sometimes developed be- 

 tween the calyx and corolla, 

 as in Sileue. 



ANTHtiTAX'IS, the arrangement 

 of flowers in an inflorescence; 

 anthotaxy. 



AN'THOTAXY, see Anthotax- 

 is. 



ANTlCLi'NAL, said of cell-walls 

 or any lines when perpendicu- 

 lar to the outer surface. Com- 

 pare Periclinal. 



ANTI'COUS, facing anteriorly. 



ANTlD R6MAL, twisted or coiled 

 in an opposite direction to that 

 with which it is compared, as 

 when the leaf - spiral of a 

 branch turns in the opposite 

 direction from that of the 

 stem; antidromous. Compare 

 Homodromous and Heterod- 



ROMOTJS. 



ANTlD'R6M0tJS, see Antidro- 



MAL. 



AntID'RCMY, having the course 



of a spiral reversed from the 

 usual direction. 



ANTIMYCOT'IC, see Fungici- 

 dal. 



Antipathetic, said of plants 



which do not unite readily 

 when grafted. 



ANTlPEDUN'CULAR, situated 

 opposite to a peduncle. 



ANTlPfiT'ALOtJS, situated oppo- 

 site to a petal, i.e., directly be- 

 tween the petal and the axis; 

 antepetalous. 



ANTIPODAL CELLS, a group of 

 four cells at the lower end of 

 the embryo-sac, one of which, 

 destitute of a wall, is the lower 

 polar nucleus. Compare Egg- 

 apparatus. 



ANTlsJiP'TiC, preventing putre- 

 faction. 



ANTlT'R6PAL, see Antitro- 

 pous. 



ANTlT'RdPOUS, having the rad- 

 icle of the embryo directed 

 away from the hilum, as in 

 orthotropous seeds. 



ANTIZYMOT'IC, preventing or 

 checking fermentation. 



ANTR6RSE', directed upward 

 or forward. Compare Anti- 

 cous. 



APERlSPER'MlC, see Exalbumi- 

 nous. 



APET'ALOUS, destitute of corol- 

 la. 



A'PEX (pi. Apexes or Ap'Ices), 

 the extremity opposite the 

 point of attachment. 



APHELlOTRdP'IC, turning from 

 the sun; negatively heliotrop- 

 ic. 



APHYL'LOTJS, without leaves. 



APHYL'LY, the abnormal sup- 

 pression of leaves. • 



AP'ICAL CELL, the generating 

 cell of a growing point. 



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