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GLOSSARY. 



to a stem. The spur of a Larkspur is 

 analogous to one of the five spurs of 

 Columbine, but not homologous with 

 it; for the first is a sepal, and the 

 second a petal. 



Anandrous. Destitute of stamens. 



Anantherous (-us). Destitute of anthers. 



Ananthous (-us). Flowerless. 



Anastomdsis. The connection of veins, 

 &c., by cross-veins, forming reticu- 

 lation. 



Andtropous (-us), wrongly Anatropal. 

 The reversed ovule, with micropyle 

 close by the side of the hilum, and 

 chalaza at the opposite end; 279. 



Anceps, Engl. Ancipital. Botanically 

 always used in the sense of two- 

 edged. 



Ander, andra, andrum. In Greek com- 

 pounds, the male. 



Andro-dicecious. With flowers on one 

 plant hermaphrodite, and on another 

 staminate only ; 191. 



Andraecium. The stamens of a flower 

 collectively ; 165, 249. 



Androgynous (-us). Said of an inflores- 

 cence composed of both male and 

 female flowers. 



Androphore (Andrdphorum). A sup- 

 port or column on which stamens are 

 raised. 



Androus. See Ander. 



Anemophilous. Literally wind-loving. 

 Said of flowers which are fecundated 

 by wind-borne pollen ; 217. 



Anfractuosus. Abruptly bent hither and 

 thither, as the stamens of Cucur- 

 bita. 



Angiocarpous (-us). When a fruit is 

 covered by some envelope. 



Angiospermia. A Linnsean artificial 

 order; 337. 



Angiospermous, Angiospermce, Angio- 

 sperms. Plants with seeds borne in a 

 pericarp; 259. 



Angular Divergence of leaves ; 123. 



Anisomerous (-us). Unequal in number 

 in the different circles of the flower; 

 unsymmetrical. 



Anisopetalous (-us). With unequal petals. 



Anisophyllous (-us). Unequal-leaved; 

 i. e., the two leaves of a pair unequal. 



Anisostemonous (-M.I). When the sta- 

 mens are not of the number of the 

 petals. 



Annotinus. A year old, or in yearly 

 growths. 



Annual (Annuus). Of only one year's 

 duration; 30. 



Annular (-aris). In the form of a ring; 



or marked transversely by rings. 



The latter more properly. 

 Annulate (-atus). Marked with rings. 

 Annulus. A ring, such as that with 



which the sporangia of some Ferns 



and Mosses are furnished. 

 Anophytes (Anophyta). Name of group 



comprising Mosses, &c. 

 Anteposition Same as Superposition; 



179, 195. 

 Anterior, as to position, denotes the front 



side, or averse from the axis of inflo- 

 rescence; 160. 

 Anthela. A deliquescent and paniculate 



cyme, with median ramification, and 



the lateral axes overtopping the 



central, as in Juncus tenuis, &c. 



May be either a Drepanium or a Rhi- 



pidium. 

 Anthemy, Anthemia. A flower-cluster 



of any kind ; 144. 

 Anther (Anthera). The polliniferous 



part of a stamen; 165, 251. 

 Antheridium. An analogue of the an- 

 ther in Cryptogams. 

 Antheri/'erous (-us). Anther-bearing. 

 Anthesis. The time at which a flower 



is perfected and opens; or the act of 



expansion of a flower. 

 Anthocarpous(-us),Anthocarpmm. Fruits 



in which some organ exterior to the 



pericarp is concerned ; 300. 

 Anthoclinium. Name of a receptacle of 



inflorescence, such as that of Com- 



Anthodium. A name for the head of 

 flowers (or so-called compound flowers) 

 of Composite; 147. 



Antholysis. A retrograde metamor- 

 phosis of a flower, in which normally 

 ^ combined parts are separated. 



Anthophore (Anthdphorum). The stipe 

 when developed between calyx and 

 corolla; 212. 



Anthus or Anthos. A flower, in Greek 

 compounds. 



Anticous (Anticus). Facing anteriorly ; 

 253. 



Antitropous (-us), less properly Antitro- 

 pal. Said of an embryo with radicle 

 pointing to the end of the seed oppo- 

 site the hilum; 312. 



Antrorse. Directed upward or forward. 



Apetalous (-us). Having no petals ; 190. 



Apex. Besides its ordinary meaning, 

 the top of a thing, it was once the 

 technical name of an anther; 166. 



Aphyllous (-us). Leafless. 



