aruncoid 
(SUPPLEMENT) 
aurantiaceous 
arun’coid (cldos, like), resembling 
Spiraea aruncus. 
As’arin, the bitter principle of Asara- 
bacea, Asarum europaeum, Linn. 
asclepiad’eous, like the genus As- 
clepias or its allies, as to structure ; 
Asclepiadol’ogy (Adyos, discourse), 
the science, or a treating of the 
order of Asclepiadeae (Schlechter). 
As’cocyst (xtcris, a cavity), a large 
hyaline empty cell with a thick 
wall, by some authors termed a 
paraphysis, occurring in Myrionema 
and allied genera (Sauvageau); asco- 
gon’ial, relating to an AscogonIuM; 
ascogen‘ic, ascog’enous (~évos, off- 
spring), producing Asct. 
Asiphon’ogam (a, privative + SrpHo- 
noGaM), a plant fertilized by 
antherozoids ; a cryptogam. 
asper’ulous, slightly rough with little 
points (Braithwaite). 
Asphyx’ia (dogvéla, without a pulse), 
in plants, insensibility brought on 
by suspension of respiration due 
to absence of oxygen (Dutrochet). 
Aspide’tum, Ganong’s term for a bog- 
marsh plant-association of Carex 
and Aspidium, whence the name. 
Aspidia’ria, formerly the name of a 
genus of fossils, now applied to a 
lepidodendroid stem when the cor- 
tex has been stripped off (Scott), 
assim’ilative, conducing to ASSIMILA- 
TION; ~ Fil’‘aments, sterile hairs 
which grow intermixed with the 
sporangia of such Algae as Ecto- 
carpus. 
astera’ceous, allied to the group of 
Compositae of which the genus 
Aster is the type. 
aster'iate (Heinig) = asTEROID. 
Asterid’ia, pl. (dor = diminutive), 
spinous or stellate bodies occurring 
in the cells of Conjugatae, possibly 
some parasitic form (Archer) ; As- 
terosphae’ria, pl. (c@aipa, a sphere), 
a synonym of the same. 
Astigmat’icae, Knuth’s term for wind- 
fertilized plants which do not pos- 
sess stigmas, such as Gymnosperms. 
astrag’aloid (acrpd-yahos, a knuckle- 
bone, eldos, resemblance), (1) dice- 
shaped (Heinig) ; (2) having affinity 
with the genus Astragalus. 
As’trophe, or As trophy (a,not, orpopi, 
a turning), negative EpistRoPHE 
(S. Moore); Asym’metry (+Sym- 
METRY), term extended by Goebel 
to express the dissimilarity of 
lateral halves and leaflets, irre- 
spective of the entire leaf; Asyn’- 
gamy (ovv, together, ydyos, mar- 
riage), the natural prevention of 
cross-pollination by the respective 
plants or species flowering at differ- 
ent times (Kerner); asynthet'ic 
(ctvGeros, compounded) Gonid’ia, 
free Lichen gonidia, occurring on 
the outsideof the thallus (Koerber). 
Atact’ostele (draxros, out of order, + 
STELE), Brebner’s term for the 
monostele of Monocotyledons, hav- 
ing scattered vascular bundles 
imbedded in conjunctive ground- 
tissue; also in Dicotyledons when 
the meristeles are not in a single 
ring. 
atavist’ic (atavus, an ancestor), revert- 
ing to an older type of structure ; 
At/avist, applied to w plant show- 
ing that tendency. 
ataxonom’ic(a, not-+ TAXONOMIC), any 
part of botany which is not con- 
cerned with systematic work. 
at/omate (+ATom), ‘‘sprinkled with 
atoms” (Stevenson). 
atrate’, atra’tous, given by Heinig as 
‘“‘turning black”; a/trous, dead 
black (Heinig). 
Attach’ment-disc, the holdfast or 
basal hapteron of an Alga, 
atyp’ic (a, not, ruzos, a type), not 
typical, departing from the type. 
aucupa’‘rious (aucupari, to catch 
birds), ‘‘ attracting birds” (Heinig). 
aulacocar’pous (ai\af, a furrow, 
xaptos, truit), with furrowed fruit, 
sulcate (Heinig). 
Au'lax-galls, galls which resemble 
stone-fruits produced by gall- 
wasps of the genus Avrdax, espe- 
cially on Labiatae (Kerner). 
aurantia’ceous, like the orange, 
Aurantium, or the order to which 
it belongs (Heinig). 
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