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



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



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



Ancipital (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 ou 



which stamens are raised. 



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

 AngiosptfrauR, Angiospermous Plants: with their seeds formed in an ovary or peri- 

 carp, p. 183. 



Angular diceiyence of leaves, p. 72. 

 Annual (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. 

 Annulate : 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) : 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 anther idia) : the organ in Mosses, &c. which answers to 



the anther of Flowering plants. 

 Antheriferous : anther-bearing. 



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

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

 Anticous: same as anterior. 

 Antro'rse: directed upwards or forwards. 

 Apelalons: 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. 



Aptfp/iysis: any irregular swelling; the enlargement at the base of the spore- 

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

 Appendage any superadded part. 

 Appendiculate : provided with appendages. 

 Appressed: where branches are close pressed to tha- 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. 

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



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