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^Eterio. A form of aggregate fruit; 300. 

 ^Etheogamia, ^Ethogamous, 340. 

 Affinity. True and near relationship; 



m, 330. 

 Agamous or Agamic. Destitute of sexes. 



Agglomerate. ( Hea P ed or cl T ded 



Aggregate^), mto a dense cluster, 

 I but not cohering. 



Aggregate Fruits. Those formed of 

 aggregate carpels of the same flower; 

 298, 301. 



Agrestis. Growing in fields. 



Air-plants. Plants unconnected with the 

 ground; 35. 



Akene, Akenium. See Achsenium. 



Ala (pi. alee). A wing. Also the side 

 petals of a papilionaceous corolla; 

 185. Has also been used in the sense 

 of axilla. 



Alabdstrum. A flower-bud ; 40. 



Alar (Alaris). From ala in the sense of 

 axilla, therefore axillary or in the forks. 



Alate (-atus). Winged. 



Albescens, Albicans. Whitened, whitish, 

 or hoary. 



Albumen of the seed. Any deposit of 

 nutritive material within the seed- 

 coats, and not in the embryo ; 14, 309. 



Albuminous or Albuminose (Albuminosus). 

 Said of seeds provided with albumen ; 

 13, 309. 



Alburnum. Sapwood; the newer wood 

 of an exogenous stem ; 80. 



Albus. White. 



Allagostemonous. With stamens alterna- 

 tively inserted on the torus and on the 

 petals. 



Alliaceous (-eus). Having the smell of 

 garlic. 



Alliance. Synonym of Cohort; 326. 



Allogamy. Fecundation of the ovules of 

 a flower by other than its own pollen ; 

 cross fertilization, 216. 



Alpestrine (Alpestris). Growing on 

 mountains below an alpine region 

 or one unwooded from cold. 



Alpine (-inus). Growing on the higher 

 parts of the Alps, or (by extension of 

 meaning) on other mountains above 

 the limits of trees. 



Alternate (Altirnus). One after an- 

 other; as of leaves placed singly 

 instead of in pairs (opposite) or in 

 whorls. Also, standing before inter- 

 vals ; as stamens alternate with petals 

 instead of before them; 6, 119. 

 Alternative (-ivus). In aestivation, with 

 an inner whorl alternating with an 

 outer one; 134, 136. 



Alv^olate(-atus). Honeycombed; having 

 deep angular cavities (Alveoli) sepa- 

 rated by thin partitions, as the recep- 

 tacle of cotton-thistle. 



Ambitus. The ray or circumference of 

 a head, &c. 



Ament (Amentum). A catkin, or pe- 

 culiar scaly spike ; 150. 



Amentaceous (-eus). Bearing catkins, or 

 catkin-like. 



Amorphous (-us). Shapeless; of in- 

 definite form. 



Amphanthium. One of the (needless) 

 names coined for a dilated receptacle 

 of inflorescence. 



Amphibrya. Equivalent to Monocotyle- 

 dones; 341. 



Amphicarpous (-us). Producing two 

 kinds of fruit. 



Amphigamous Cryptogams, 340. 



Amphigastria. Peculiar leaves (of He- > 

 paticse) imitating stipules. 



Amphisarca. A hard-rinded berry, or 

 fruit succulent within and woody or 

 crustaceous without, as a calibash. 



Amphispermium. Link's name for a 

 one-seeded pericarp which is con- 

 formed to the seed ; an akene. 



Amphitropous (-us), wrongly Amphi- 

 tropal. Turned both ways; applied 

 to an ovule with hilum intermediate 

 between micropyle and chalaza ; 279. 



Amphora. A pitcher; and the lower 

 part of a pyxis. 



Amplectens, Amplexans, Amplexus. Em- 

 bracing, clasping. 



Amplexicaul (-aulis). Clasping a stem, 

 as does the base of certain leaves. 



Ampliate (-atus). Enlarged or dilated. 



Ampulla. A bladder or flask-shaped 

 organ, as of Utricularia. 



Ampullaceous (-us), or Amputtaform. 

 In the form of a bladder or short flask. 



Amylaceous (-eus). Resembling or com- 

 posed of starch, or Amylum. 



Amyloid. Analogous to starch. 



Analogy (Analogia). Likeness in cer- 

 tain respects. As distinguished from 

 affinity, it means resemblance in cer- 

 tain respects only, not in the plan of 

 structure. Thus, a Ranunculus is 

 analogous to a Potentilla, but there 

 is no near affinity or relationship be- 

 tween the two. And the tendril of a 

 Pea, that of a Smilax, and that of 

 the Grape-vine are analogues ; i. e., are 

 analogous organs, but are not homo- 

 logues ; for the first answers to a leaf, 

 the second to stipules, and the third 



