anteplacental 
(SUPPLEMENT) 
aphotistic 
(Potonié); anteplacen’tal (+ P1a- 
cENTA), in front of the placentas, 
not betweenthem ; Ante-spor’ophyll 
(+ SPoROPHYLL), the primitive 
structure of the spore-bearing organ 
(Potonié) ; Ante - troph’ophyll 
(+ TROPHOPHYLL); the ancestral 
form of the leaf (Potonié) ; Ante- 
trophospor’ophyll, the ancestral 
leaf-like organ, possessing the 
function of leaf and sporophyll 
(Potonié). 
An’ther, add, (2) also used by Lin- 
naeus for the seta and capsule of 
Mosses, as in Bryum. 
antherid’ial, antherid’ic, pertaining 
toantheridia) ; ~ -Cell, the product 
of a prothallial cell, which divides 
into the GENERATIVE CELL, and 
the STaLK-CELL. 
An’therocyst (xiéoris, a bladder), 
(1) Caruel’s term for ANTHERIDIUM, 
(2) restricted by Vuillemin to a 
unicellular structure devoloping 
antherozoids. 
Anthobiol’ogy (+ Brotocy), Hans- 
girg’s term for the life-history of 
the flower; An’thocarp, <Antho- 
carp'ium, a fruit formed by the 
union of the floral organs or part 
of them, with the fruit itself, 
as in Nyctagineae. 
anthoc’erotoid (eldos, resemblance), re- 
sembling the hepatic genus An- 
thoceros. 
Anthog’amae (yduos, marriage), 
Trevisan’s term to include Bryo- 
phytes and Characeae; An’tho- 
phyte (¢urdv, a plant), a flowering 
plant, a Phanerogam;  Antho- 
phae’in (¢a.3s, brown, swarthy), the 
colouring of the black spots on the 
corolla of Vicia Faba (Moebius) ; 
Anthosper’mae (o7épua, a seed), a 
division of plants intermediate 
between Angiospermae and Gym- 
nospermae (Williams); antho- 
tropic (rporh, a turning), em- 
ployed by Hansgirg for any curva- 
ture of the peduncle during flower- 
ing ; Anthoxan’thin, add, (2) used 
by Frank as a synonym of CaRo- 
TIN ; Anthozy’mase (+ZyYMAssz), an 
enzyme found by Béchamp in the 
petals of flowers. 
Anthrop’ochore (dy 6pw7ros, man, xwpls, 
asunder), used by Rikli to denote 
plants which are introduced in- 
voluntarily by the agency of man. 
Anti-cen’tral (dv7l, against), em- 
ployed by Praeger for plants whose 
distribution tends towards the 
coasts, avoiding the centre of the 
island ; Antichem’ism (+CHEM), 
Cope’s term to denote the pro- 
toplasm-producing energy, as anta- 
gonizing chemical force. 
Anticipatory Inheritance, suggested 
by Boulger for what has since been 
called Precocity. 
An’ticlines, anticlinal walls or planes. 
anti’cous, add, (2) occasionally em- 
ployed for introrse, as applied to 
anthers. 
antid’romous, twining in diverse 
directions ; Antip’athy, the quality 
shown by antipathetic plants ; 
antipet’alous (7éradov, a flower- 
leaf); the same as OPPOSITIPETA- 
LOUS; antisep’alous (+ SEPALUM) ; a 
shorter word for OPPOSITISEPALOUS, 
antitrop’ic (rpowh, a turning), sug- 
gested by A. Gray for twining 
against the sun, that is, sin- 
istrorse ; anti-ulto’nian (+ ULto- 
NIAN), used by Praeger for plants 
whose distribution is least in the 
province of Ulster. 
anu’cleate (a, without, +NUCLEUS), 
non-nucleate, 
ap-, apo-, prefix of negation 
(Rothert) ; Apaérotax’is (aér, air, 
rds, order), used by Rothert for 
negative stimulus by oxygen, in 
the case of anaerobic organisms ; 
Apan’dry, add, (2) the loss of func- 
tion in the male organs; aperis- 
perm’ic (+PERISPERM), without 
albumen (Heinig). 
apertiflo’rous (flos, floris, a flower), 
Boulger’s term for CHASMOGAMIC. 
Apet’aly, the condition of wanting 
petals ; cf. APETALOUSNESS. 
apho’tic, aphotis’tic, growing without 
light, as abyssal organisms may do; 
cf. APHOTISTES. 
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