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Ampulla'oeous, Ampulla'obus, Ampul- 

 LiEFOEMis — Having the form of a 'flask. 



AMTG'DALoro — Almond-like. 



Amtla'oeocs — Of the nature of flour — 

 starch grains. 



Am'tlum: — Grains — starch grains. 



ANa;sTHE'Tio — Capahle of rendering insen- 

 sible, as preparations of the foliage of 

 Erythroxylon Coca. 



Anal'ogt — Resemblance to a thing in form 

 but not in function, or in function but 

 not in form. Corresponding with a 

 thing in many points, but differing in 

 more, or in points of more importance. 

 Thus, the flowers of Potentilla and 

 Banunoulus are analogous. 



Anasae'ca — A disease in plants termed 

 • dropsy, arising from a superabundance 

 of fluids in their tissue. 



Anastomo'sis — Where branches of vascular 

 tissue re-utiite, as in the retisulations 

 formed by the nerves or veins of many 

 leaves. 



Ana'tkopous, Anateopus — Inverted. 

 When the chalaza is at the apex of the 

 ovule and the foramen next to its base, 

 the axis remaining straight. In this, 

 one of the most frequent forms of the 

 ovule, the chalaza is connected with 

 the base by a cord, called the raphe, 

 adhering to one side of the ovule, and 

 becoming more or less incorporated 

 with its coats, as the ovule enlarges 

 into a seed. ^ 



Anoi'pital {Anceps, two-edged)^Flattened 

 or compressed, with two edges more or 

 less sharp. (See the scapes of Gym- 

 nostachyg anceps, a common indigenous 

 grass-like plant. ) 



ANDEiE'ciUM — The male organs collectively. 



Andeogyna'bis — Double flowers in which 

 both stamens and pistils have become 

 petaloid. , 



Andbogoni'dia — Peculiar zoogonidia pro- 

 duced by female plants, from which 

 male plants are developed. 



Andeog'tnous, Andkogtnus — When ap- 

 plied to a flower is synonymous with 

 hermaphrodite. Also a spike or head 

 of flowers when male and female 

 flowers are mixed in it. 



Andeopbtala'eius — Double flowers in 

 which the stamens have become peta- 

 loid, the pistils remaining unchanged. 



Andeo'spoeangium— Sporangium enclosing 

 spores of male plants, or androspores. 



Andeo'spoeb — A special kind of zoospores 

 produced in cells, which originate the 

 dwarf males in CEdogonium. 



Andbous — In the composition of words 

 derived from the Greek, refers to the 

 stamens. Thus, MoNANDEOCS signifies 

 having one stamen. 



Anpbac'tous, Anfeactuosus— Applied to 

 anthers like those of cucumber plants, 

 which are so winding as to present sinu- 

 osities. (See also the anthers of the 

 Kapok tree, Briodendronanfractuosum. ) 



Anqiospebms', or Angiobpee'mocs plants 

 — Those having the seed enclosed in a 

 pericarp. 



Angu'stus — Narrow. Angcstissimo — 

 Divided ; divided into the very 

 narrowest laciniEe, (See narrow foliage 



of Dracosna angustifolia, a small tree of 



North Queensland.) 

 Anisa'tus — Partaking of the scent of Anise, 



as lUicium anisatiim, the Star Anise. 

 AnISOMB'EOUS or trNSTMMETEIOAL — 



Strictly speaking, applied to flowers 

 when any one of the whorls has a 

 different number of parts from any 

 other; but when the pistils alone are 

 reduced in number, the flower is still 

 frequently called symmetrical or 

 isomerous, if the calyx, corolla, and 

 stamenal whorl have all the same num- 

 ber of parts. 



Anisophy'llds— Where one leaf of two 

 placed oppositely is much larger than 

 the other. (See Sirobilanthes (Gold- 

 fussia) anisophylla.) 



Annot'ini — Shoots of the past year — Anno- 

 TINUS — Bearingtheflowers or fruitupon 

 those shoots. 



An'nual, Annoti'nus, Annua'lis — Applied 

 to a plant signfies that it produces 

 seed and dies within the same year in 

 which it first germinated. An anneal 

 leaf is one which falls in the autumn, 

 as contradistinguished from an ever- 

 green which lasts throughout the 

 winter. 



An'nulae, Annula'eis, Annula'eius — 

 Applied to any organ or set of 's)rgans 

 disposed in a circle, and resembling a 

 ring. 



Ano'malous, Ano'malus — Where a plantis 

 very unlike the great majority of those 

 to which it is most nearly allied, as 

 Apophyllwm anomalum, unlike other 

 Capparideous plants. 



Ante'bioe (front) and PosTEBiOE (back) — 

 Often used for lower and upper respec- 

 tively. 



An'thee — That part of the male organ 

 containing the pollen or impregnating 

 substance. It is most frequently 

 formed of two distinct -cells, and is 

 very variously shaped, and generally 

 attached towards the summit of the 

 filament, though it is sometimes 

 sessile or without one. When the 

 attachment is at its b^se the anther is 

 said to be terminal, when by the middle 

 of the back it is horizontal. The cells 

 usually burst by a longitudinal slip to 

 emit the 7>ollen, but in some cases this 

 escapes through pores only, i The 

 anther of Maranta and Cwrma is reduced 

 to one cell by the other being entirely 

 suppressed. In Laurinese the anthers 

 have been said to burst by valves, 

 because, instead of dehiscing by a 

 central line, the whole face of the cell 

 separates from the anther, and curls 

 backwards, adhering to it only at the 

 apex, to which it is, as it were, hinged. 



An'thelmin'tio — Capable of killing worms. 

 The root of Pomegranate has been used. 



Anthee'idia — Certain reproductive organs, 

 supposed to be analogous to anthers, or 

 fecundative. 

 An'thesis — Signifies the period of flowering. 



ANTi'sooEBD'Tic-Efiicacious against scurvy. 

 A common property of Crucifei-Ee. Anti- 

 septic — Efficacious against putrefac- 

 tion. 



