aruncoid 



(SUPPLEMENT) 



aurantiaceous 



arun'coid (eZSos, like), resembling 

 Spiraea aruncus. 



As'arin, the bitter principle of Asara- 

 bacca, Asarum europaeum, Linn. 



asclepiad'eous, like the genus As- 

 clepias or its allies, as to structure ; 

 Asclepiadol'ogy (\6yos, discourse), 

 the science, or a treating of the 

 order of Asclepiadeae (Schlechter). 



As'cocyst (/ci5<ms, a cavity), a large 

 hyaline empty cell with a thick 

 wall, by some authors termed a 

 paraphysis, occurring in Myrionema 

 and allied genera (Sauvageau) ; asco- 

 gon'ial, relating to an ASCOGONIUM ; 

 ascogen'ic, ascog'enous (ytvos, off- 

 spring), producing ASCI. 



Asiphon'ogam (a, privative + SIPHO- 

 NOGAM), a plant fertilized by 

 antherozoids ; a cryptogam. 



asper'ulous, slightly rough with little 

 points (Braithwaite). 



Asphyxia (&<r<f>vt-la, without a pulse), 

 in plants, insensibility brought on 

 by suspension of respiration due 

 to absence of oxygen (Dutrochet). 



Aspide'tum, Ganong's term for a bog- 

 marsh plant-association of Carex 

 and Aspidium, whence the name. 



Aspidia'ria, formerly the name of a 

 genus of fossils, now applied to a 

 lepidodendroid stem when the cor- 

 tex has been stripped off (Scott), 



assim'ilative, conducing to ASSIMILA- 

 TION ; "- Fil'aments, sterile hairs 

 which grow intermixed with the 

 sporangia of such Algae as Ecto- 

 carpus. 



astera'ceous, allied to the group of 

 Compositae of which the genus 

 Aster is the type. 



aster'iate (Heinig) = ASTEROID. 



Asterid'ia, pi. (idioi> = diminutive), 

 spinous or stellate bodies occurring 

 in the cells of Conjugatae, possibly 

 some parasitic form (Archer) ; As- 

 terospliae'ria, pi. (o-0cupa, a sphere), 

 a synonym of the same. 



Astigmat'icae, Knuth's term for wind- 

 fertilized plants which do not pos- 

 sess stigmas, such as Gymnosperms. 



astrag'aloid (ao-rpdyaXos, a knuckle- 

 bone, elSoy, resemblance), (1) dice- 



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shaped (Heinig) ; (2) having affinity 

 with the genus Astragalus. 



As'trophe, or As' trophy (a,not, ffrpo^rj, 

 a turning), negative EPISTROPHE 

 (S. Moore); Asym/metry ( + SYM- 

 METRY), term extended by Goebel 

 to express the dissimilarity of 

 lateral halves and leaflets, irre- 

 spective of the entire leaf ; Asyn'- 

 gamy (<ri>v, together, ydftos, mar- 

 riage), the natural prevention of 

 cross-pollination by the respective 

 plants or species flowering at differ- 

 ent times (Kerner) ; asynthet'ic 

 (fftivderos, compounded) Gonid'ia, 

 free Lichen gonidia, occurring on 

 the outsideof the thallus (Koerber). 



Atact'ostele (ara/cros, out of order, + 

 STELE), Brebner's term for the 

 monostele of Monocotyledons, hav- 

 ing scattered vascular bundles 

 imbedded in conjunctive ground - 

 tissue ; also in Dicotyledons when 

 the meri steles are not in a single 

 ring. 



atavistic (atavus, an ancestor), revert- 

 ing to an older type of structure ; 

 At'avist, applied to a plant show- 

 ing that tendency. 



ataxonom'ic(a, not + TAxoNOMic), any 

 part of botany which is not con- 

 cerned with systematic work. 



at'omate ( + ATOM), "sprinkled with 

 atoms " (Stevenson). 



atrate'. at ra' tons, given by Heinig as 

 "turning black"; a'trous, dead 

 black (Heinig). 



Attachment -disc, the holdfast or 

 basal hapteron of an Alga. 



atyp'ic (a, not, TU'TTOS, a type), not 

 typical, departing^ from the type. 



aucupa'rious (aucupari, to catch 

 birds), "attracting birds " (Heinig). 



aulacocar'pous (a5Xa, a furrow, 

 xapTTos, fruit), with furrowed fruit, 

 sulcate (Heinig). 



Au'lax-galls, galls which resemble 

 stone-fruits produced by gall- 

 wasps of the genus Aidax, espe- 

 cially on Labiatae (Kerner). 



aurantia'ceous, like the orange, 

 Aurantium, or the order to which 

 it belongs (Heinig). 



