Aorose 



(SUPPLEMENT) 



agamotroplc 



Ac'rose = FRUCTOSE. 



actinod'romous (dpojws, a course), 

 when veins are palmately or 

 radially arranged, as in Acer ; 

 Actinomor'phy (/xop0^, a change), 

 an ACTINOMORPHIC arrangement ; 

 Acti'nostele ( + STELE), the stele of 

 most roots and certain stems, con- 

 sisting of alternating or radial 

 groups of xylem and phloem 

 within a pericycle (Brebner). 



Act'ium, pi. Act'ia (d/cr^, rocky coast), 

 a rocky seashore plant formation ; 

 actoph'ilus (<f>i\4u, I love), grow- 

 ing on the seashore; Actophy'ta, 

 plants of the rocky shore 

 (Clements). 



adap'tive modifications are those 

 which obviously fit an organism to 

 exist in given environments, and 

 perhaps produced by the latter; 

 ~Ra'ces, morphologically identical, 

 but differing physiologically ; cf. 

 BIOLOGIC RACES. 



Adelogam'icae, (dSeXos, unknown, 

 yd/Acts, marriage), Radlkofer's term 

 for Fungi and Lichens ; adelosi- 

 phon'ic (atyuv, a tube), applied to 

 a DICTYOSTELE when complex, and 

 ceasing to be tubular (Brebner). 



Adelphopn/agy (d5eX0ds, a brother, 

 <f>ayos, a glutton), the union of two 

 gametes of the same sex (Giard) ; 

 Adelphog'amy (y&fios, marriage), 

 fertilization between neighbouring 

 plants of the same species. 



Ade'nocyst (/cutms, a cavity), the mem- 

 brane of a cell or cells surround- 

 ing a gland (Vuillemin). 



ad'ligant, al'ligant (Heinig) ; cf. 



ADLIGANS. 



aecid'ial, relating to or resembling 

 the form-genus Aecidium; Aecid'- 

 iolum, in Uredineae, a small form 

 and usually a later development 

 of the Aecidium-at&ge ; a spermo- 

 gonium. 



Aegagropi'lae, pi. (dlyaypos, a wild 

 goat, TiXos, felt), Lagerheim's term 

 for those marine Algae which are 

 more or less spherical, and freely 

 driven about in the sea. 



aeloph'ilous (&e\\a, storm - wind, 



0tX6o, I love), applied to plants 

 disseminated by wind. 



aeo'lian (al6\ot, shifting), used of 

 sandy soils liable to rapid removal 

 by wind (Clements). 



ae'reus (Lat.), copper-coloured, or 

 bronzed. 



A'erobe, a suggested abbreviation of 

 AEROBIUM ; aero'bic, pertaining to 

 such organisms ; aeroph'ilous 

 (0tXew, I Love), Beyerinck's term 

 for essentially aerobiotic organ- 

 isms ; cf. MICROAEROPHILOUS. 



Aeromorpho'sis (/j,6p<pu<ris, a shaping), 

 changes in water plants induced 

 by growth in air (Herbst) ; Ae'ro- 

 pyle (TTJ^XT;, a gate), a pore at the 

 base of the pod in certain Legumi- 

 nosae, as Faba vulgaris (A. H. 

 Church). 



Aesthe'sla (afo-^^ats, perception), the 

 apparent perception on the part of 

 a root (Czapek). 



Aestiva'ria, the summer quarters of 

 plants in botanic gardens. 



afo'liate (a, without, folium, a leaf), 

 leafless ; a hybrid word for APHYL- 

 LOUS. 



Agamandroe'cism ( + ANDROECiuM),in 

 Compositae, having male and 

 neuter flowers in the same indi- 

 vidual ; Agamob'ium (plos, life), H. 

 Gibson's term for the asexual 

 generation in organisms showing 

 alternation of generations ; the 

 sporophyte ; Agamogynae'cism 

 ( + GYNAECEUM), in Compositae, 

 having female and neuter flowers 

 in the same individual; Agamo- 

 gynomonoe'cism, the presence of 

 neuter, female, and perfect 

 flowers in the same individual ; 

 Againohermaph'roditism ( + HER- 

 MAPHRODITE), with hermaphrodite 

 and neuter flowers in the same 

 plant ; Agamonoe'cia ( + MONOE- 

 CIA), used by Engler and Prantl for 

 those plants which have herma- 

 phrodite and barren flowers in the 

 same inflorescence, as Viburnum 

 opulus, Linn. ; agamotroplc, ap- 

 plied to flowers which remain open 

 without closing. 



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