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idntherous : without anthers. Andnthous : destitute of flowers ; flowerless. 

 dstomosing : forming a net-work (anastomosis), as the veins of leaves. 



opous or Andtropal ovules or seeds ; p. 123, fig. 273. 

 Incfpital (anceps) : two-edged, as the stem of Blue-eyed Grass. 

 Androecium : a name for the stamens taken together. 

 Androgynous : having both staminate and pistillate flowers in the same cluster 



or inflorescence, as many species of Carex. 

 Androphore : a column of united stamens, as in a Mallow ; or the support on 



which stamens are raised. 



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

 Angiosp&mce, Angiospe'nnous Plants : with their seeds formed in an ovary or peri- 

 carp, p. 183. 



Angular divergence of leaves, p. 72. 

 Animal (plant) : flowering and fruiting the year it is raised from the seed, and 



then dying, p. 21. 



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

 * Innvlate : marked by rings ; or furnished with an 

 Annulus, or ring, like that of the spore-case of most Ferns (Manual Bot. N. 



States, plate 9, fig. 2) r in Mosses it is a ring of cells placed between the 



mouth of the spore-case and the lid, in many species. 

 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. 



Anther: the essential part of the stamen, which contains the pollen; p. 86, 113. 

 Antheridium (plural antheridia) : the organ in Mosses, &c. which answers to 



the anther of Flowering plants. 

 Antherife'rous : anther-bearing. 



Anthe'sis : the period or the act of the expansion of a flower. 

 Anthocdrpoits (fruits) : same as multiple fruits; p. 133. 

 Anticous : same as anterior. 

 Antrdrse: directed upwards or forwards. 

 Ape'talous: destitute of petals; p. 90, fig. 179. 

 Aphyllous : destitute of leaves, at least of foliage. 

 Apical : belonging to the apex or point. 

 Apiculate : pointletted ; tipped with a short and abrupt point. 

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



as in a Buttercup, Sedum (fig. 168), c. 



Apophysis : any irregular swelling ; the enlargement at the base of the spore- 

 case of the Umbrella-Moss (Manual, plate 4), &c. 

 Appendage : any superadded part. 

 Appendtculate : provided with appendages. 

 Appressed : where branches are close pressed to the stem, or leaves to the 



branch, &c. 

 Apterous : wingless. 

 Aquatic : living or growing in water ; applied to plants whether growing under 



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



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

 Arboreous, Arborescent : tree-like, in size or form ; p. 36. 

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