Anophyta 



Anthocmorm 



s, a course), venation which 

 cannot be assigned to any special 

 order (Prantl). 



Anophy'ta, An'opnytes (ai>d>, upward, 

 <f>vTov, plant), =Bryophyta. 



An'sae (ansa, a handle), the partial 

 leaf stalks of a compound leaf ; an'- 

 sulate, coiled at the apex and then 

 bent over in a loop, as the shoots in 

 some Cucurbitaceae (Crozier). 



Ant-plants, plants utilized by ants for 

 habitation ; see MYRMECOPHILOUS 

 plants. 



antagonistic (dvraywvicrT^, ad versary ) 

 Symbio'sis, where the symbionts 

 are not mutually helpful or neutral, 

 but hurtful, at least on the part of 

 one. 



An'techamtoer, (ante, before), the space 

 immediately below the guard-cells 

 of a stoma ; antemarg'inal (margo, 

 edge) used of sori which are a little 

 within the margin ; anteme'dius 

 (medius, middle) standing before the 

 middle of another body, opposite. 



Anten'na (Lat. sail-yard) Darwin's 

 term for the slender process of the 

 rostellum in Catasetum, borrowed 

 from entomology ; antennaeform'is 

 J (forma, shape) used of the fruit of 

 Ammi majus, Linn., the two styles 

 suggesting the antennae of insects. 



anteplacen'tal (ante, before, + PLA- 

 CENTA) in front of the placentae ; 

 cf. INTERPLACENTAL ; Anteposit'ion 

 (pono, positum, placed) = SUPER- 

 POSITION. 



ante'rior (Lat. that before) (1) of time, 



Erevious ; (2) of place, position in 

 ront, or turned away from the 

 axis. 



an'tero-poste'rior (Lat. later), median. 



Anthe'la (foe-jXiov, a little flower), the 

 panicle of Juncus, where the lateral 

 axes exceed the main axis. 



Anth'emy, Anthe'mia (avOtfiov, flower- 

 pattern), a flower- cluster of any 

 kind. 



An'ther, Anthe'ra (avdripos, flowering). 

 (1) that portion of a stamen which 

 contains the pollen, usually bilocu- 

 lar, and sessile, or attached to a fila- 

 ment; (2) an old term in Fungi, for 



the Antheridium ; ~ Cap, ^ Case, in 

 Orchids, the outer deciduous case 

 or bag, which is virtually the anther 

 minus the pollin ia ; ~ Dust = POLLEN ; 

 ~ Lobes, the cells which contain the 

 pollen ; ~ Wings, the horny, lateral 

 expansions of the anther-lobes in 

 Asclepiadeae : antherif erous, -rus 

 (fero, I bear), anther-bearing ; an'- 

 therless, destitute of anthers, female 

 or neuter flowers ; anther og'e nous. 

 nus (yevvdw, I beget), applied to 

 double flowers arising from the 

 transformation of anthers (De Can- 

 dolle); an'tneroid(er5os,like) anther- 

 like ; Antheroma'nia (mania, mad- 

 ness) an inordinate development of 

 anthers. 



An'therid, Antherid'ium (dvdrjpos, 

 flowering, eZSos, resemblance) ; (1) 

 the male sexual organ in Crypto- 

 gams, the analogue of the anther in 

 Phanerogams ; (2) in Hymenomy- 

 cetes, an old term for CYSTIDIUM ; 

 Antheridan'gia (dyye'iov, a vessel), 

 microspores of Marsilea and allied 

 plants ; Antherid'iophore (<op^w, I 

 bear), a unisexual gametophore, 

 bearing antheridia only, a special- 

 ised branch in Sphagnum and 

 Hepaticae. 



Antherophyl'ly (avdypos, flowering, 

 <j)v\\ov, a leaf), the virescence 

 and phyllomorphy of anthers ; 

 Antherosporan'gium (<nropa, a seed, 

 dyyeiov, a vessel), a synonym for 

 MICROSPORANGIUM ; Antherozo'a 

 Antherozo'ids (&ov, an animal, 

 elSos, resemblance), male motile 

 cells provided with cilia, produced 

 in antheridia. 



Anthe'sis (averts, flowering), the 

 expansion of the flower, the time 

 when fertilization takes place. 



Anthesmol'ysis I (&vdos, a flower, 

 Xtf<m, a loosing), the metamor- 

 phosis of inflorescence (Lindley) ; 

 Anthes'mus J an inflorescence ; 

 anthocarp'ous, -pus (icapirfc, fruit), 

 fruits with accessories, sometimes 

 termed pseudocarps, as the Straw- 

 berry or Pineapple ; Anthochlor'in 

 pale green), the yellow 



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