Alburnitag 



Alloolysis 



Albur'nitas (alburnum, sap-wood), a 

 disease in trees, a tendency to 

 remain soft like the recent wood ; 

 albur'nous, relating to the sap- 

 wood ; Albur / num, the outermost 

 and youngest portion of the wood, 

 still permeable by fluids. 



al'bus (Lat.), dead white, without 

 lustre. 



alcohol'ic Fermenta'tion, see FERMEN- 

 TATION. 



alector'ioid (Alectoria, Ach., eI5os, 

 resemblance), filamentous, as the 

 thallus of the genus after which it 

 is named. 



alepido'tus, J (a, not, Xe7ri5wr6s, scaly), 

 destitute of scurf or scales. 



Aleu'ron,or Aleu'rone (&\evpot>, wheaten 

 flour), proteid granules of globulins 

 and peptones, present in seeds, 

 ^Lay'er, a special peripheric layer 

 in most seeds, especially in grasses ; 

 adj., aleuron'ic. 



Alex'ine (AX#, I ward off), a sub- 

 stance hypothetically assumed to 

 be formed by plants for protection 

 against bacteria ; antitoxine. 



Al'gae (alga, seaweed), chlorophyll- 

 containing Thallophytes, which 

 usually grow immersed in water, 

 fresh or marine ; known popu- 

 larly as "Seaweeds," or "Water- 

 weeds" ; al'gal, relating to Algae ; ~ 

 -Layer, the green band of gonidia in 

 the thallus of heteromerous lichens, 

 also styled -Zone ; algi'nus re- 

 sembling a thread-like Alga ; Al'gist 

 = Algol' ogist, a student of Algae ; 

 al'gous = ALGAL; Algol'ogy, (X6yos, 

 discourse), the science of Algae ; 

 Algs, F. von Mueller's word for 

 Algae. 



A'nen, used by H. C. Watson for 

 introduced plants which have be- 

 come naturalised in Britain. 



alif erous (ala, a wing ; fero, I bear), 

 having wings; al'lform (forma, 

 shape), wing-shaped ; alig'erous 

 (gero, I bear) = ALIFEROUS (Crozier). 



alig'ular (a from, ligula, strap), 

 Russow's term for that leaf -face in 

 Selaginella which is turned away 

 from the ligule and stem. 



Alimo'nia t (Lat. nourishment) = 

 ascending sap. 



-alis, Latin termination indicative of 

 belonging to ; thus radic-alis, be- 

 longing to the root, radix. 



alisma'ceous (Alis'ma, Dill. , -f ceous), 

 belonging to the order Alismaceae, 

 of which the genus named is the type. 



Aliz'arine (Fr. Alizari, madder-root), 

 the colouring matter of the root of 

 madder, Rubia tinctoria, Linn. 



Alkachlor'opnyll (Alkali + CHLORO- 

 PHYLL), a presumed constituent of 

 chlorophyll, produced by the 

 action of an alkali ; alkales'cent, of 

 the nature of an alkali ; Alk'aloids 

 (elSos, resemblance), general term 

 for the organic bases in many 

 plants, markedly medicinal or 

 poisonous, as Morphia, Strychnia. 



allagophyll'ous (dXXayrj, a change, 

 (ftvXXov, a leaf), alternate-leaved ; 

 allagoste'mon, allagostem'onous, 

 when stamens are attached alter- 

 nately to the petals and the torus. 



allanto'dioid, applied to ferns which 

 resemble the genus Allantodia, 

 R. Br. in habit or fructification. 



allant'oid (dXXas, a sausage, eZSos, 

 form), sausage-shaped. 



allassoton'ic (dXXd(r<roj, to vary, r<Ws, 

 turgescence), movements of mature 

 organs, caused by augmentation of 

 turgor with diminution of volume. 



allia'ceous, -ceus (allium, garlic, + 

 aceus), having the smell of garlic or 

 onions; allia'rius (Lat.) is a 

 synonym. 



Alli'ance, a group of Orders, now 

 usually styled COHORT. 



Alliga'tor (alligo, I bind) = FULCRUM. 



alloch'rous, (dXXos, another, xpoa, 

 complexion), changing from one 

 colour to another ; Allocar'py 

 (Kapiros fruit), fruiting from cross- 

 fertilized flowers ; Allog'amy (ydftos, 

 marriage), cross-fertilization ; sub- 

 divided into GEITONOGAMY, from 

 another flower on the same plant, 

 and KENOGAMY, from another 

 plant of the same species ; adj. 

 allog'amous. 



Allool'ysis (aXXoios, different, 



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