ageotropic 
(SUPPLEMENT) 
alveolar 
ageotrop’ic (+ GEOTROPIC), negatively 
geotropic. 
agricult’‘ural species, so-called, are 
constant forms or varieties of cul- 
tivated plants, as maize, wheat, 
ete. 
Ag’rium (d-ypds, a field), ‘‘a culture 
formation”; agroph’ilus, ‘‘dwell- 
ing in grain fields”; Agrophy’ta, 
‘culture plants” (Clements) ; 
agroc’olus (Clements) = AGRICOLA 
(Lat., a rustic), » native of the 
fields. 
Agrostol’ogist, an expert or writer on 
grasses. 
aianth’ous (del, ever, dvdos, a flower), 
(1) constantly flowering ; (2) ever- 
lasting flowers, as Helichrysum. 
Aigial‘ium (alyadces, seashore), a 
beach-plant formation ; aigialo- 
ph‘ilus (¢iAéw, I love), beach- 
loving; Aigialophy’ta (gurdv, a 
plant), beach or strand plants 
(Clements). 
Aiphyll’ium (deipuddos, evergreen), an 
evergreen forest formation ; aiphyl- 
loph’ilus (¢:Aéw, I love), growing 
in such forests; Aiphyllophy’ta 
(purov, a plant), plants forming 
evergreen forests (Clements) ; 
Aiphy’tia, ultimate or fixed forma- 
tions (Clements). 
Aithal’ium (dedadys, an evergreen 
thicket), a formation of evergreen 
thickets; aithaloph’ilus (giAéw, I 
love), plants delighting in such 
habitats; Aithalophy’ta (durdv, a 
plant), plants composing such for- 
mations (Clements). 
Aitomorpho’sis (alrios, causing, 
pbppwots, change), change in shape 
caused by external factors (Pfeffer). 
Akla’dium = ACLADIUM. 
Albica’tion, becoming blanched or 
variegated with white. 
Al’bumen, recently restricted by Van 
Tieghem to the result of the de- 
velopment of the TRoPHIME, the 
central nucleus of the embryo-sac. 
Ale’tophytes (a\jr7s, vagrant, piror, 
a plant), ruderal or wayside plasts 
(Clements). 
al’goid (elé0s, resemblance), like an 
297 
Alga; Al’go-li‘chenes, Lindsay’s 
term for certain transitional forms 
between Algae and Lichens. 
Al’iquote (aliquot, some in numbers), 
the constant of temperatures for a 
given event in the life-cycle of an 
organism ; the sum-temperature of 
the event divided by the total 
sum -temperature of the year 
(Linsser). 
Allautogam’ia (d\dos, other, atrds, 
self, yduos, marriage), unusual 
method of pollination (Clements). 
Alle‘lomorph (dAd7jAws, mutually, 
Hopdy, shape), applied to ‘ unit- 
characters existing in antagonistic 
pairs” (Bateson); cf. HyPaLLELo- 
MORPH ; adj. allelomor’phic; Alle- 
lomor’phism, the condition in 
question. 
Al'losperm (c7épua, a seed), an 
embryo arising through ALLOGAMY 
(MacMillan); Al’/lospore (+ Spora), 
a spore which gives rise ultimately 
to a gametophyte (Radlkofer) ; 
Allot’rophy (rpo¢i, nourishment), 
when plants are not in a condi- 
tion to assimilate CO, (Pfeffer) ; 
(2) the condition of flowers of 
low adaptation to insect visitors 
(Loew). 
alsina’ceous, add, (2) belonging to, 
or resembling the group of plants 
of which Alsine is the typical 
genus. 
Al’sium (d)\oos, a grove), a grove 
formation ; alsoph’ilus (giAéw, I 
love), grove-loving plants; Also- 
phy'ta (g¢urdv, a plant), grove 
plants (Clements) ; alsoc’olus (Cle- 
ments) = alsoc’ola, dwelling in 
groves. 
alterna’rioid (eldos, likeness), re- 
sembling the genus Alternaria. 
alternipet’alous (méradov, a flower 
leaf), applied to stamens alternat- 
ing with the petals; alterni- 
sep’alous (+SEPALUM), used of 
petals alternating with the sepals. 
al’veolar (alveolus, a small hollow) 
Theory, applied to Biitschli’s 
theory of protoplasm as a foam- 
like substance. 
