Alburnitas 
Alldolysis 
Albur’nitas (albwrnum, sap-wood), a 
disease im trees, a tendency to 
remain soft like the recent wood ; 
albur’nous, relating to the sap- 
wood; Albur’num, the outermost 
and youngest portion of the wood, 
still permeable by fluids. 
al’bus (Lat.), dead white, without 
lustre. 
alcohol’ic Fermenta’tion, sce FERMEN- 
TATION. 
alector’ioid (Alectoria, Ach., eldos, 
resemblance), filamentous, as the 
thallus of the genus after which it 
is named. 
alepido’tus, t (a, not, Aercdwrds, scaly), 
destitute of scurf or scales. 
Aleu’ron, or Aleu’rone (d\evpor, wheaten 
flour), proteid granules of globulins 
and peptones, present in seeds, 
~Lay’er, a special peripheric layer 
in most seeds, especially in grasses ; 
adj., aleuron’ic. 
Alex’ine (4\éfw, I ward off), a sub- 
stance hypothetically assumed to 
be formed by plants for protection 
against bacteria; antitoxine. 
Algae (alga, seaweed), chlorophyll- 
containing Thallophytes, which 
usually grow immersed in water, 
fresh or marine; known popu- 
larly as ‘‘Seaweeds,” or ‘‘ Water- 
weeds”’; al’gal, relating to Algae; ~ 
-Layer, the green band of gonidia in 
the thallus of heteromerous lichens, 
also styled ~ -Zone ; algi’nus { re- 
sembling a thread-like Alga; Al’gist | 
=Algol’ogist, a student of Algae; 
al’gous=ALGAL; Algol’ogy, (Adyos, 
discourse), the science of Algae; 
Algs, F. von Mueller’s word for 
Algae. 
A’lien, used by H. C, Watson for 
introduced plants which have be- 
come naturalised in Britain. 
alif’erous (ala, w wing ; fero, I bear), 
having wings; aliform (forma, 
shape), wing-shaped; alig’erous 
(gero, I bear) = ALIFEROUS (Crozier). 
alig’ular (a from, ligula, strap), 
Russow’s term for that leaf-face in 
Selaginella which is turned away 
from the ligule and stem. 
Alimo’nia + (Lat. nourishment)= 
ascending sap. 
-alis, Latin termination indicative of 
belonging to; thus radic-alis, be- 
longing to the root, radix. 
alisma’ceous (Alis’ma, Dill., + ceous), 
belonging to the order Alismaceae, 
of which the genus named is the type. 
Aliz’arine (Fr. Alizari, madder-root), 
the colouring matter of the root of 
madder, Rubia tinctoria, Linn. 
Alkachlor’ophyll (Alkali+CHLoRo- 
PHYLL), a presumed constituent of 
chlorophyll, produced by the 
action of an alkali; alkales’cent, of 
the nature of an alkali; Alk’aloids 
(eléos, resemblance), general term 
for the organic bases in many 
plants, markedly medicinal or 
poisonous, as Morphia, Strychnia. 
allagophyll’ous (d\\ayy, a change, 
ptrddov, a leaf), alternate-leaved ; 
allagoste’mon, allagostem’onous, 
when stamens are attached alter- 
nately to the petals and the torus. 
allanto’dioid, applied to ferns which 
resemble the genus Allantodia, 
R. Br. in habit or fructification. 
allant’oid (dA\G@s, a sausage, eldos, 
form), sausage-shaped. 
allassoton'ic (4\\doow, to vary, Tévos, 
turgescence), movements of mature 
organs, caused by augmentation of 
turgor with diminution of volume. 
allia’ceous, -ceus (allium, garlic, + 
aceus), having the smell of garlic or 
onions; allia’rius (Lat.) is a 
synonym, 
Alii‘ance, a group of Orders, now 
usually styled Conort. 
Alliga’tor (adligo, I bind) =Fuicrum. 
alloch’rous, (dé\\os, another, xpéa, 
complexion), changing from one 
colour to another; Allocar’py 
(kapres fruit), fruiting from cross- 
fertilized flowers; Allog’amy (ydj.os, 
marriage), cross-fertilization ; sub- 
divided into Grrtonocamy, from 
another flower on the same plant, 
and Kernogamy, from another 
plant of the same species ; aj. 
allog’amous. 
Alléol’ysis (dAdotos, different, Avors, 
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