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Apocarpous: when carpels of a gynsecium are separate, as in 



Banunculns. 

 Apotheevittn v the reproductive part or sporocarp of a Lichen. 

 Appeidage, or Appendix: a part which is added ; a projection. 

 Appendiaulate : having an appendage. 

 Aj^ressed : close pressed ; as leaves, etc., to the stem. 

 Apterovs : destitute of wings. 

 Aqtuitic : growing in water. 



Arachnoid : like a spider's web ; clothed with soft fibres. 

 Arbor: tree 



Arboreous : like a tree ; dendritic. 

 Arborescent : almost a tree ; growing into a tree. ' 

 Arboretum : a place in which a collection of trees is cultivated. 

 Archegonium : the flask-shaped reproductive organ of Mosses, Ferns, 



etc., corresponding in function to a pistil. 

 Arcuate : carved like a bow. 



Areolate : having small spaces, or areolae marked out. 

 Areolation : small spaces bounded by veins of leaves, or cell-walls, etc. 

 Argentate : resembling silver. 

 AriUate : having an aril. 



ArU : a fleshy growth (like a third integument) more or less cover- 

 ing the seed. 

 Arista : awn ; beard of Wheat, Barley, etc. 

 Aristaie : having an awn or long bristle. 

 Articulated : jointed ; having joints or articulations. 

 Artificial classification: that which is based on one or a few 



characters regardless of affinity. 

 Aseus: the cell or sac in which the spores arise in some Fungi 



(Asoomycetes). 

 Assi/mMaMon : conversion of inorganic into organic matter. 

 Assurgent : ascending or rising obliquely. 

 Astichous : not in rows. 

 Atropoua : orthotropous ; not bent. 

 Attenuate : long drawn out. 



Auricle : an appendage, or expansion somewhat ear-shaped. 

 Awieidate : having ear-like appendages. 

 Autogamy : close-fertilization, or the fertilization of the ovules by 



the pollen of the same flower. ■ 



^ Awtoyiwe : the spore resulting from copulation in Desmids, and by 



which the individual is increased in size. 

 Awn: beard of Wheat, Barley, Grasses, etc. (AristaO 

 Axil :- the angle formed by the leaf and stem. 

 Axilkm/ : in the axil ; belonging to the axil. 

 Axis: the root and stem; a central organ to which others are 



attached ; central line. 



Baccate : like a berry ; pulpy like a berry^ 

 Bamner : the upper petal of a Papilionaceous corolla (vexillum). 

 Barbed: having a barb or double hook; with projecting hooks or 

 prickles. 



