USED IN NATURAL HISTORY. 



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has hitieito been considered as 

 the fertilizing organ. It is innate, 

 when attached to the filament by 

 its base ; adnate, when attached 

 by its back, and versatile, when it 

 is attached to the filament by a 

 single point of the connective, 

 from which it lightly swings. 



AJTTHERIDI'DIA. Little anthers. 



ANTHERI'DIUM. A mass of pollen. 



AKTHKRI 'FERGUS. Bearing anthers. 



AN'THEROID. Resembling anthers. 



ANTHOCA'RPOUS. fr. gr. anthos, a 

 flower; karpos, fruit. Applied to 

 multiple fruits formed by masses 

 of inflorescence ^in a state of ad- 

 hesion, as the pine-apple. 



ANTHOPHT'LLITE. fr. gr. anthos, a 



flower ; phullon, a leaf, 

 sive mineral. 



A mas- 



ANTHOPHO'RA. Plur. anthophorae ; 

 fr. gr. anthos, a flower ; phero, I 

 bear. Name of a genus of hy- 

 menopterous insects. Applied 

 also to insects whose habits are 

 analogous to bees. 



ANTHOZO'A. fr. gr. anthos, a flower ; 

 ZOOM, an animal. A class of po- 

 lyps. 



A'NTHRACITE. fr.gr. anthrax, char- 

 coal. Mineral charcoal. A kind 

 of stone-coal difficult to inflame. 



A'NTHRACITI'FEROUS. fr. lat. an- 

 thracite, fero, I bear. Containing 

 anthracite. 



A'WTHRACOTHE'RIUM. fr. gr. an- 

 thrax, a coal ; therion, a beast. A 

 fossil pachyderm, found in lignite 

 and coal of the tertiary strata. 



A'NTHBOPOMO'RPHOUS. fr.gr. anthro- 

 pos, man ; morphe, form. Having 

 a form resembling man. 



AN'THUS. Lat. Name of the Tit- 

 lark or Meadow-lark. 



ANTICLI'NAL AXIS. ~) fr. gr. anti, 



ANTICLINAL LINE, j against; kli- 

 nein, to incline. An imaginary 

 line towards which strata, dip- 

 ping in opposite directions, rise, 

 (p. 160, Book viii.) 



ANTIQ.UATED. In conchology, lon- 

 gitudinally furrowed, but inter- 



rupted by transverse furrows, a.$ 

 if the shell had acquired ne\v 

 growth at each furrow. 



ANTIQ.UA'TUS. Lat. Antiquated, 

 out of date, abolished. 



ANTLER. fr. fr. andouiller properly 

 the first branch of a stag's horns; 

 but it is applied to all the brancnes. 



A'NTLIA. Lat. a pump. The spiral 

 organ of butterflies, and allied in- 

 sects, by which they pump up 

 the juices of plants. 



A'NUS. The outlet or inferior open- 

 ing of the intestines. 



A'ORTA fr. gr. aorte, a vessel. The 

 great primary artery which con- 

 veys blood to all parts of the 

 body. 



AOR'TIC. Belonging to the aorta. 



A'PATITE. A mineral ; phosphate 

 of lime. 



APERTURE. The mouth or opening 

 of a shell. 



APETA'LEJE. fr. gr. a, without; pe- 

 talon, petal. Systematic name of 

 a group of plants. 



APE'TALOUS. Applied to flowers 

 that have a calyx and no corolla, 

 or neither. 



A'PEX. The top, summit, or end. 

 When applied to a leaf, it is the 

 point most remote from the base. 

 The tip or point of the spire of a 

 shell. In botany, the apex of a 

 seed is the extremity opposite to 

 the base; the apex of a fruit is 

 the part where the remains of the 

 style are found. 



APHANI'PTERA. fr. gr. aphanes. ob- 

 scure ; pteron, wing. The flea- 

 tribe. 



A'PHANITE. fr. gr. aphanes, indis- 

 cernible. A greenstone rock con- 

 taining amphibole as its principal 

 ingredient; it is so named be- 

 cause its constituents are indis~ 

 cernible. 



A'PHID;E. Lat. Plant-lice. 



A'PHIS. Lat. Plant-louse. 



APHTHOUS. In botany, resembling 

 something covered with little ul- 

 cers. 



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