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Ampullaceous : swelling out like a bottle or bladder. 



Amylaceous: composed of starch, or starch-like. 



Anantherous : without anthers Ananthous : destitute of flowers ; 



flowerless. 



Anastomosing : forming a net- work (anastomosis], as the veins of leaves. 

 Anatropous or Anatropal ovules or seeds 



Ancipital (anceps) : two-edged, as the stem of Blue-eyed Grass. 

 Andrcecium : a name for the stamens taken together. 

 Androgynous : having both staminate and pistillate flowers in the same 



cluster or inflorescence, as many species of Carex. 



Androphore : a column of united stamens, as in a Mallow ; or the sup- 

 port on which stamens are raised. 



Anfractuose : bent hither and thither, as the anthers of the squash, etc. 

 Angiospermce ', Angiospermous Plants : with their seeds formed in an 



ovary or pericarp. 

 Angular, divergence of leaves. 

 Annual (p'ant) : flowering and fruiting the year it is raised from the 



seed, and then dying. 



Annular: in the form of a ring, or forming a circle. 

 Annulate : marked by rings or furnished with an 

 Annulus, or ring, like that of the spore-case of most Ferns ; in Mosses it 



is a ring of cells placed between the mouth of the spore-case and the 



lid, in many species. 

 Antetior, in the blossom, is the part next the bract, i. e. external : while 



the posterior side is that next the axis of inflorescence. Thus, in the 



Pea, etc., the keel is anterior, and the standard posterior. 

 Anther : the essential part of the stamen, which contains the pollen. 

 Antheridium : (plural antheridia] : the organ in Mosses, etc. which 



answers to the anther of Flowering Plants. 

 Antherifei ous : anther-bearing. 



Anlhesis : the period or the act of the expansion of a flower. 

 Anthocarpous (fruits) ; same as multiple fruits. 

 Anticous : same as anterior 

 Antrorse ; directed upwards or forwards. 

 Apetalous : destitute of petals. 

 Aphyllous : destitute of leaves, at least of foliage. 

 Apical : belonging to the apex or point. 



Apiculate : pointletted ; tipped with a short and abrupt point. 

 Apocarpous (pistils) : when the several pistils of the same flower are 



separate, as in a Buttercup, Sedum, etc. 

 Apophysis : any irregular swelling ; the enlargement at the base of the 



spore-case of the Umbrella-Moss. 

 Appendage : any superadded part. 

 Appendiculate : provided with appendages. 



