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Andro-dlcswous, flowers staminate on one plant, perfect on another. 

 Androgynous, having both staminate and pistillate flowers in the same cluster. 

 Androphore, a column of united stamens, as in a Mallow. 

 Androus, or Ander, andra, andrum, Greek in compounds for male, or stamens. 

 Anemophilous, wind-loving, said of wind-fertilizable flowers, 113. 

 Anfractuose, bent hither and thither as the anthers of the Squash, &c. 

 Angiospermce, Angiospermous, with seeds formed in an ovary or pericarp, 109. 

 Angular divergence of leaves, 69. 



Anisos, unequal. Anisomerous, parts unequal in number. Anisopetalous, with un- 

 equal petals. Anisophyllous, the leaves unequal in the pairs. 

 Annual (plant), flowering and fruiting the year it is raised from the seed, and then 



dying, 37. 



Annular, in the form of a ring^or forming a circle. 

 Annulate, marked by rings ; or furnished with an 

 Annulus, or ring, like that of the spore-case of most Ferns. In Mosses it is a ring 



of cells placed between the mouth of the spore-case and the lid in many species. 

 Annotinous, yearly, or in yearly growths. 

 Anterior, in the blossom, is the part next the bract, i. e. external; while the 



posterior side is that next the axis of inflorescence. Thus, in the Pea, &c., the 



keel is anterior, and the standard posterior, 96. 

 Anthela, an open paniculate cyme. 



Anther, the essential part of the stamen, which contains the pollen, 14, 80, 101. 

 Antheridium (plural antheridia), the organ in Cryptogams which answers to tha 



anther of Flowering Plants, 150. 

 Anthenferous, anther-bearing. 



Anthesis, the period or the act of the expansion of a flower. 

 Anthocarpus (fruits), 118. 



Anthophore, a stipe between calyx and corolla, 113. 

 Anthos, Greek for flower ; in composition, Monanthotu, one-flowered, &o 

 Anticous, same as anterior. 

 Antrorse, directed upwards or forwards. 

 Apetaloua, destitute of petals, 86. 

 Aphyllous, leafless. 



Apical, belonging to the apex or point. 

 Apiculate, pointleted; tipped with a small point. 



Apocarpous (pistils), when the several pistils of the same flower are separate. 

 Apophysis, any irregular swelling ; the enlargement at the base of the spore-case 01 



the Umbrella-Moss. 



Apothecium, the fructification of Lichens, 171. 



Appendage, any superadded part. Appendiculate, provided with appendages. 

 Appressed, close pressed to the stem, &c. 

 Apricus, growing in dry and sunny places. 

 Apterous, wingless. 

 Aquatic (Aquatilis), living or growing in water ; applied to plants whether growing 



under water, or with all but the base raised out of it. 



Arachnoid, Araneose, cobwebby; clothed with, or consisting of, soft downy fibres. 

 Arboreous, Arborescent, tree-like, in size or form, 39. 

 Arboretum, a collection of trees. 

 Archegonium (plural archegonia), the organ in Mosses, &c., which is analogous to 



the pistil of Flowering Plants. 

 Arcuate, bent or curved like a bow. 

 Arenose (Arenarius), growing in sand. 

 Areolate, marked out into little spaces or areolat. 

 Argenteous, or Argentate, silverylike. 

 Argillose, growing in clay. 



Argos, Greek for pure white \ Aryophyllous or Argyrophytlous, whit-Ieaved, &Q, 

 Argutus, aeutely dentate. 



