antisepaious 



Aphyily 



by division of the primary nucleus, 

 when surrounded by protoplasm 

 and finally cell walls ; antlsep'alous 

 (sepalum, calyx-leaf), opposite to, or 

 upon a sepal, that is, not alternate 

 with it ; antisep'tic (o-^Tm/cds, put- 

 refying), preventing putrefaction. 



Antisperm'y (dvrl, against, <rirtp/ji.a, 

 a seed), Delpino's term for the 

 coalescence of the fertile divisions 

 of the phyllome into a single fertile 

 body opposed and superposed to the 

 sterile division, in Phanerogams ; in 

 Pteridophytes he terms this pheno- 

 menon Antisporan'gism(<T7ro/>a, seed, 

 tiyyelov, vessel). 



antithetic (avrldew, opposition), in 

 alternation of generations op- 

 posed to homologous, implying that 

 the two generations are different in 

 origin. 



antit'ropal,antit'ropous, -pus^poir^, a 

 turn), a synonym of Orthotropal as 

 applied to ovules; Antitoxin (TO&KOV, 

 poison), a substance secreted by 

 the plant to protect itself against 

 harmful bacteria ; adj. antitox'ic ; 

 antizym'ic, antizymot'ic (&M, 

 yeast), preventing fermentation. 



an'trorse, antror'sus (antero-, before, 

 versus, turned towards), directed 

 upwards, opposed to RETRORSE. 



Ant'rum + (Lat. a cave) = POMUM. 



apag'ynus:}:(<27ra, once, 71^77, woman), 

 monocarpic. 



Apan'dry (diro, without, ditty, dvdpos, 

 man), M'Nab's term for fusion of the 

 antheridium with the oogonium ; 

 also applied to the pollen-tube. 



aparapn'ysate (a, without, irapct, near, 

 0tfo/icu, I am born), destitute of 

 paraphyses ; aperisperm'ic, aperi- 

 sperma'tus (+ Perisperm) = exal- 

 buminous. 



Aper'tio (Lat. unfolding) =ANTHESIS. 



Apertu'ra (Lat. opening), (1) formerly 

 used of the dehiscence of anthers ; 

 (2) the ostiole of certain Fungi ; 

 apert'us (Lat. opened), exposed, 

 naked. 



Apet'alae (a, without, irtraXov, a 

 flower leaf), plants wanting petals 

 or corolla; apet'alous, -lus, apet'- 



alose, without petals, or with a 

 single perianth, as in Clematis, 

 where the coloured sepals simulate 

 petals ; Apet' alousness, being with- 

 out petals. 



A'pex J pi. A'pices (Lat. summit) (1) 

 an old name for Anther ; (2) the 

 ostiole of Fungi (Lindley) ; (3) the 

 growing point of a stem or root 

 (4) the tip of an organ. 



Aphan'isis (d<f>dvi<ns, disappearance), 

 suppression of parts. 



Aphan'eri, pi. (a, not, (ftavepos, mani- 

 fest), organisms which are not vis- 

 ible without the aids of reagents 

 (Maggi). 



Aphanocy'clae (tycuH^, unseen, Kfa\os, 

 a circle), Sachs's name for certain 

 plants where the whorls are not very 

 manifest, as Nymphaeaceae. 



Apheliot'ropism (d?ro, from, ^Xtos, the 

 Sun, rpoiTT], a turning), turning away 

 from the light, negative heliotrop- 

 ism, as in roots ; adj . apheliotrop'ic. 



Aphleb'ia (a, without, 0Xe^, 0Xej8os, 

 vein), used generically by C. Presl, 

 but by Solms-Laubach for anom- 

 alous pinnae on the rhachis of 

 certain fossil ferns, and the existing 

 Hemitelia capensis, R. Br. 



Aphotis'tes $ (a, without, ^wrto-TTjs, 

 one who gives light), a plant 

 growing in the absence of light, 

 as a Truffle. 



aphotomet'ric (a, not, $wy, 0wros, 

 light, (jLcrpov, measure), applied by 

 Strasburger to phototactic zoo- 

 spores, which constantly turn the 

 same extremity to the light j 



Opposed to PHOTOMETRIC. 



Aph'rostase J (a0pds, froth, <rra<ris, 

 standing), cellular tissue. 



Aph'thae (d00cu, ulcerations in the 

 mouth), the disease known as 

 Thrush, ascribed to Saccharomyces 

 albicans, Reess ; Apthaphy'tes 

 (<f)VTov, plant), the Fungi mentioned 

 above as causing the disease. 



Aphyll'ae (a, without, <f>t\\ov, leaf), 

 Lindley's term for THALLOPHYTES ; 

 aphyll'ous, -Ins, aphyU'ose, wanting 

 leaves; Aph'ylly, suppression of 

 leaves. 



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