GL.OS3A.iiY AND IXDICX. 



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Amyloid, 55. 



Amyridacem, 407. 



Anacardiaeeaj, 406. 



Analogy: resemblance in certain re- 

 spects. As distinguished from af- 

 Jinitg it means resemblance in cer- 

 tain respects only, not in the whole 

 plan of stiuci ure. Thus a Ranun- 

 culus is analogous to a Potcntilla, 

 hut there is no near affinity or re- 

 lationship between the two. And 

 the tendiil of a Pea, that of a Smi- 

 lax, and that of the Grape- Vine are 

 analogues, i e. are analogous oigans, 

 but are not homologies'; for the (iist 

 answers to a leaf, the second to 

 stipules, and the third to a stem 

 The spur of a Larkspur (fig 398) 

 is analogous to one of the live spurs 

 of Columbine (fig 6-16), but not 

 homologous with it, for the first is 

 a sepal, and the second a petal. 



Andndious: destitute of stamens. 



Andntkerous ; destitute of anthers. 



Avanthous: without flowers. 



Anastomosing : connected by cross 

 branches into a network, as the 

 veins of animals, and the so-called 

 veins of reticulated leaves, 49, 54. 



AndtrofiO'JS, or andti opal, seeds or ovules, 

 299, fig. 529. 



Anclpital: with two edges, as the stem 

 of Sisyrinchiuin anceps. 



Andraci um : the stamens of a flower, 

 taken as a whole, 223. 



And i dggnoiis : bcai ing both stamens and 

 pistils in separate flowers of the 

 , same inflorescence. 



Andiophore: a column of united stamens, 

 or any support on which the sta- 

 mens are raised 



Andions, in woids of Greek derivation, 

 refers to the stamens : see dmn- 

 , dious, &c. 



AndiosjOies, 335 



Anfrdrtuose or an ft acinous : abruptly bent 

 hither and thither, as the stamens 

 of Melon, fig. 467. 



Angiospcrmia, 515. 



Augiospe'rmous ( Angiosperma?, Angio- 

 sperms) : producing seeds in a peri- 

 carp, 371, 375. 



Angostura bark, 406. 



Angular divergence of leaves, 135. 



Anise, 426. 



Antsoineious (flower) : of unequal num- 

 ber in the different circles ; unsym- 

 metrical. 



Anisop/njdous : unequal-leaved, as when 

 the two leaves of the same pair arc 

 of unequal size. 



Anisos'.tmono :s : when the number of 



the stamens is different from that 

 of the petals. 

 Annual: lasting not above one year or 

 one season, 83. 



Annular : in the form of a ring. 



Annular duels, 46 



Annulate: marked with rings or circu- 

 . lar transverse lines. 



Annulus: the ring of the spoic-casc of 

 true Perns, 501, fig. Ii89 : that of 

 the mouth of the spoie-case or cap- 

 sule of Mosses, 503, fig. 1G04. 



Anonaccaj, 382. 



Ano/i/ii/tes (top-growing plants, of the 

 same meaning as Acrogcns ?), 370, 

 502. 



Anfeposition, 248. 



Antei for: as to position in the flow- 

 er, on the side next the biact, 237. 



Anther : the pollen-bearing part of a sta- 

 men, 223, 281. 



Anthoidium (pluial, anther idia), 334, 

 5U2. 



A nthei ifci ous : anther-bearing. 



A'nthesis: the time whcii the flowcropens 

 and pei forms its functions, or the 

 act of expansion in a flower, 271. 



Anthocui pons fruits, 318. 



Anthoccrotea!, 504. 



Antlwdntm : a technical name for the 

 capituluin or head of flowers of a 

 plant of the order Compositn:. 



Antlio/i/sis : the retrograde mctamorpho- 

 , sis of a flower. 



Anthophore: the stalk orintemodc which 

 is sometimes developed between the 

 calvx and the corolla, as in Silene, 

 , 267, fig 432. 



Ant icons: anterior, or facing foi wards. 



Antitiupous, or an til) opal: (reversed;) 

 applied to the embryo, it means one 

 with the radicle pointing away 

 fiom the hilum, as in fig 600 and 

 fig. 606. 



AntrO'se: directed upwards or forwards. 



Ape'lalous : destitute of petals or corolla, 

 260. 



Aphyllous: destitute of leaves, at least 

 , in the form of foliage 



Apical: relating to the apex. 



Apiculate : terminating in an abrupt 

 shoit point or tip. 



Apocarpous pistils : those not united into 

 one body or compound pistil, 290. 



Apocynacea;, 4 57. 



Apophysis ■■ any irregular enlargement, 

 like that of the spore-case of Splacli- 

 num and some other Mosses, 503 



Apothecivm: the shield or shield-shaped 

 fructification of most Lichens, 506. 



Append! c, appendage: any superadded 

 part. 



