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ANOMALiE Gemma [ex a pr'iv. l^ «^«Aof, 

 aqualif] irregular, as in the Abies, Pinus, 

 Taxus, &c. oppofed to Oppofttiva, and Alterna- 

 tivee. 



ANTHERA [from Av^®-, fios, a flower^ 

 that part of the Stamen which is fixed on the 

 top of the Filamenium, within the Corolla ; it 

 contains the Pollen, or fine duft, which, when 

 mature, it emits for the impregnation of the 

 plant, according to Linnaeus. Anthera are ei- 

 ther dijVinSia, connate ; locul'i, or apertura. 

 The Apex of Ray, Tournef. & Rivin. Capfula 

 Jlaminis, of Malpigh. 



APERTURA, an aperture ; the minute 

 opening in fome fpecies of Antherts. 



APETALUS Flos [a, priv. Sc petalum]. Ha- 

 ving no corolla. Stamineus, Ray ; Incompletus,- 

 Vaillant; IniperfeSJus, 8c Capillaceus, other Bo- 

 tanifts ; exemplified in the Lepidium ruderale. 



APEX Folii [dift. ab apiendo, i. e. Uganda'} 

 the top or fummit ; the upper extremity of the 

 leaf oppofite to the bajis. A leaf, refpecling 

 its apex, may be truncatum, pramorfum, retufum, 

 emarg'fnatum^ obtufum^ acuium, acuminatum, or 

 clrrhofum. 



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