Apical Cone 



A DICTIONARY 



Aquatic 



AP'ICAL CONE, see Ptjnctum 

 Vegetationis. 



ApICUXATE, terminated by an 

 abrupt short acute point. 



ApICULATED, see Apiculate. 



APlC'ULtS (pi. Apic'ull), a small 

 acute point. 



APLAN OSPORE, applied by Wille 

 to non - motile reproductive 

 cells formed by rejuvenescence 

 in Conjugate* and some other 

 green algae. 



APLAS'TiC, not capable of being 

 organized, or converted into 

 animal or vegetable tissue. 



APdcAR'POtte, having the car- 

 pels separate or easily sepa- 

 rable, as in Ranunculus; dialy- 

 carpous. 



APdG'AMir, habitual non-sexual 

 reproduction, especially vege- 

 tative reproduction where 

 sexual reproduction usually 

 occurs, as in the budding of a 

 prothallus in ferns. Compare 

 Parthenogenesis and Vege- 

 tive Apogamy. 



Ap6GE6TR6p1C, growing away 

 from the earth, as ordinary 

 stems. 



APdPflT'ALOtfS, having the pet 

 als of the corolla unattached 

 to each other; eleutheropetal- 

 ous; polypetalous. 



APdPHtX'LOtJS, sometimes used 

 for aposepalous, especially iu 

 flowers having but one perianth 

 whorl. 



APdPH'tSATE, having an apoph- 

 ysis. 



APOPHYSIS, an enlargement of 

 the seta below the theca in cer- 

 tain mosses; a thickening on 

 the scales of the cones of cer- 

 tain pines; any irregular swell- 

 ing. 



APdSEP'ALOtiS, having the leaves 

 of the calyx unattached to each 

 other. 



APOS'TAsIS, a term applied by 

 Engelmanu to the separation 

 of organs by an unusual exten- 

 sion of the internodes; solu- 

 tion. Compare Dialysis. 



Ap6s'TR6PHE, the collection of 

 the protoplasm and chlorophyll 

 grains along the side walls of 

 a cell instead of the outer sur- 

 face — often caused by cold or 

 excess or deficiency of light. 

 When caused by deficiency of 

 light, as at night, it is called 

 "negative apostrophe"; when 

 caused by too bright a light, 

 "positive apostrophe." Com- 

 pare Epistrophe and Sys- 



TROPHE. 



APdTHE'CltfM (pi. Apothecia), 

 the ascocarp in lichens. See 

 Discocarp, Shield, and Peri- 

 thecium. 



APPflND'AGE, any superadded 

 or subordinate part; as hairs, 

 prickles, leaves, etc., upon a 

 stem. 



APPENDIC'ULATE, having an 

 unusual appendage or append- 

 ages, as a winged petiole, or 

 spurred corolla. 



AP'PLANATE, flattened out or 

 horizontally expanded. Com- 

 pare Explanate and Com- 



PLANATE. 



AP'PlicATlVE, see Condupli- 



CATE. 



AP'PO§lTE, close together; side 

 by side. 



APPRISED', lying close, as 

 leaves to a stem; ad pressed. 



APPROXIMATE, close together 

 but not united. Compare Re- 

 mote. 



AFTEROtfS, having no dilated 

 appendage or wing. Com- 

 pare Alate. 



AQUATIC, growing in water or 

 wet soil. See Palustrine. 



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