SUPPLEMENT 



NOTE. The derivations here given are strictly supplementary to 

 those in the main alphabet. 



Ab'last, the entire suppression of an 

 organ, as distinct from ABORTION, 

 in which it remains rudimentary 

 or partially developed (Eichler). 



afoys'sal(ai;<r0-os, bottomless), applied 

 to organisms existing in the depths 

 of the ocean (Warming). 



Acaroph'ily (</>iX^w, I love), mutual ad- 

 vantages between plants and mites ; 

 adj., acaroph'ilous. 



acarpotrop'ic (+ CARPOTROPIC), not 

 throwing off its fruits. 



accessorial, specially applied to 

 those branches of Pithophora aris- 

 ing from near the base of the 

 mother-cell (Wittrock) ; acces'sory 

 Indu'sium, when the margin of a 

 fern-frond is inflexedover thesorus. 



Acclima'tion (ac = ad, to, clima, 

 climate), used by L. H. Bailey for 

 the natural process of becoming 

 inured to a climate at first harm- 

 ful ; Acclimatization, is preferred 

 for scientific use, especially when 

 denoting human action in inuring 

 plants to a strange climate. 



accu'ment (Heinig)=AccuMBENT. 



a'cer, used by some authors instead 

 of the generally adopted a'cris, 

 (1) sharp, pointed; (2) acrid, as 

 in Ranuncitius acris, Linn. 



acera'ceous, relating to the genus 

 Acer, or its allies. 



achlorophylla'ceous (a = without, + 

 CHLOROPHYLLACEOUS), destitute of 

 chlorophyll. 



Achro'ocyst (*i5<ms, a cavity), Arbau- 

 mont's term for cells of the terminal 

 meristem, which have clear con- 

 tents; cf. CYANOCYST. 



acic'ular, phase of Bacterium Termo, 

 Cohn, is when it becomes needle- 

 shaped. 



Acla'dium (a, privative, /c\<f5os, a 

 branch), in Hieracium, the pe- 

 duncle of the terminal flower-head. 



Ac'orin, a glucoside from Acorus 

 Calamus, Linn., which is used in 

 perfumery. 



Ac'ospores, -ae (&KTJ, point, + SPORE), 

 plants having awned seeds, as 

 grasses (Clements). 



acqui'red (acquiro, I add to), used of 

 those characters which arise in the 

 life-time of the organism as the 

 result of the environment, in dis- 

 tinction to hereditary characters. 



Acran'thi, pi. (a/cpos, uppermost, 

 Avdos, a flower), employed by W. 

 Wilson to denote terminal inflores- 

 cences in Mosses. 



Acrocecid'ium (+CECIDIUM), a de- 

 formity of the terminal bud, due 

 to gall-insects ; Acrochlamyd'eae 

 (xXafu>s, a tunic), a term proposed 

 by Hoeck for all haplostemonous 

 Gamopetalae exclusive of Cucur- 

 bitaceae, but inclusive of Umbel- 

 liferae ; a group considered by him 

 to stand at the head of Dicoty- 

 ledons ; Acroconid'ium ( + CON- 

 IDIUM), used of those conidia which 

 successively mature and break 

 away from the apex of the con- 

 idiophore (A. Fischer); acroph'- 

 ilus (0tX<:w, I love), dwelling in 

 the alpine region ; Acrophy'ta, 

 (0vrop, a plant), alpine plants ; 

 Acrophyt'ia, alpine plant forma- 

 tions (Clements). 



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