Aphototaxis 
(SUPPLEMENT) 
Apotypose 
Aphototaxi’s( + PHotoraxis),the con- 
dition of organisms which are un- 
affected by the stimulus of light ; 
adj. aphototac’tic ; Aphototrop’ism 
(+PuHotorroPism), turning away 
from light; Aphyli’ae, (2) plants 
having only rudimentary leaves or 
none (Schimper). 
Aphydrotax’is (dzro, from, vdwp, water, 
rags, order), repulsion from water. 
aphyllop’odous (zrovs, zodds, a foot), 
the stem of Hieracium when leafy, 
and without a basal rosette of leaves. 
apic’ifixed (apex, top, jfixus, 
fastened), descriptive of a sus- 
pended anther (Groom). 
Aplanogametan’gium (d-yyelov, a ves- 
sel), the organ which gives rise to 
aplanogametes. 
aplolepid’eous (Aemls, a scale), applied 
to those Mosses having a single row 
of teeth or scales in the peri- 
stome. 
apobat/ic (aroBalyw, I depart), re- 
pulsive; cf sTROPHIC. 
Apochemotax’is (+ CHEMOTAXIS), 
ae Sly attraction due to chemical 
influence ; repulsion ; adj. apoche- 
motac’tic. 
apocyna’ceous, apocyn’eous, relating 
to or resembling the genus A pocy- 
num or its allies. 
apocyt‘ial, of the nature of an Apo- 
OYTIUM, an habitually plurinucleate 
mass of protoplasm, cell-division 
remaining in abeyance; Apogal- 
vanotax'is (+ GALVANOTAXIS, rdéts, 
order), negative GALVANOTROPISM ; 
apogam'ic, apogamous ; Apog’amy, 
add, (2) independently framed by 
Romanes to express “‘ indiscrimin- 
ate isolation”; Apoge’otaxis (77, 
the earth, rdéis, order), negative 
GEOTAXIS; apogeoesthet‘ic (alc6n- 
rixds, perceptible), when the 
young hypocotyl bends upwards 
(Czapek) ; Apogesta’tion, (geatatio, 
a bearing), defined by 
Wilson as ‘‘the gestation of the 
germ of one plant in the tissue of a 
wholly different plant away from 
the generating system;” apo’lar 
(a, privative, wédos, a pivot), ap- 
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plied by Bertrand and Cornaille, 
to indeterminate fibrovascular 
masses without tracheae, in Ferns ; 
Apophototax’is (+ PHorotTaxis),the 
action of light causing no definite 
arrangement of organisms or 
chlorophyll granules ; adj. apopho- 
totac’tic ; Ap’ophytes, pl. (pUrov, a 
plant), (1) Boulger’s term for 
Lichens; (2) Rikli’sterm for autoch- 
thonous plants which follow cultiva- 
tion ; apoplasmo’dial (+ Pxasmo- 
DIUM), and apoplaztog’amous (+ 
PLasTOoGAMY),said of the Acrasieae, 
as differing from the Myxogastres 
by the non-fusion of their cytoplas- 
tic elements (Hartog); ap’oschist 
(cxtoTds, split), used of a gamete 
in which cell-division does not 
occur, but the cell directly assumes 
the behaviour of a gamete (Hartog); 
Aposmotax’is (+ OsmoTaxis), the 
repulsive influence of certain solu- 
tions on organisms; Ap’osperms 
(orépya), a seed), plants defined 
by MacMillan as integrated sepa- 
rately from the placenta: cf. 
SYNSPERMS ; apostroph’‘ic, relating 
to APOSTROPHY ; ~ In’terval, the 
space on the PHotrum capable of 
apostrophizing chlorophyll granules 
(S. Moore); also termed Apostro- 
ph'ion ; Apostrophiza’tion, the act 
of chlorophyll granules in taking 
up the position of AposTROPHE ; 
Apotaximorpho’sis (rdécs, order, 
poppy, shape), Gubler’s term for 
any teratologic change which seems 
antagonistic to the normal laws 
governing the organism ; Apother- 
motax’‘is (+ THERMOTAXIS), in- 
sensibility to the influence of 
temperature. 
Apothigmotax’is (+ THIcMoTAXxIs), 
irritability induced by contact with 
asolid body (Rothert); apot’ropous 
(rporh, a turning), used of an ana- 
tropous ovule with the raphe 
ventral; apotyp’ic (rvmos, a type) 
an anomalous departure from the 
general law of development; 
Apoty’pose, an abnormality of the 
kind specified (Gubler). 
