Artbrosterigmata 
aseptate 
formation ; Arthrosterig’mata 
(ornpryya, -aros, & prop.), jointed 
sterigmata in some Lichens, made 
up of rows of cells from which 
spores are abstricted. 
Article, Artic’ulus (Lat.), a joint; 
articulated, articula‘tus, jointed, 
separating freely by a clean scar, 
as in leaf-fall ; Articula’tion, a joint, 
popularly applied to the nodes of 
grasses. 
Art‘ifact (ars, art, factus, made), a 
substance not naturally existing, 
but resulting from laboratory treat- 
ment; artificial, artificia'lis (Lat., 
according to rules of art) applied to 
any scheme of classification which 
is based on one set of characters, as 
opposed to a natural scheme, which 
takes all characters into account. 
artiphyll’ous, -lus (dp7., forthwith, 
pddov, leaf), used of nodes which 
bear manifest buds. 
arundina’ceous, arundina’ceus, reed- 
like, having a culm like tall grasses ; 
arundin’eous, reedy, abounding in 
reeds. 
arven'sis (arva, arable land), applied 
to plants of cultivated land, espec- 
ially of ploughed fields. 
Asafoet’ida (aza, Persian for mastic, 
foetidus, stinking), a gum-resin, 
yielded by Ferula Narthex, Boiss., 
and other allied Umbelliferae, of a 
persistent alliaceous odour and 
taste. 
As‘arine, a crystallised substance from 
Asarum europaeum, Linn., resemb- 
ling camphor. 
Ascell‘us (1) diminutive of Ascus; (2) 
thespores of certain Fungi (Lindley). 
ascend’ent, -ens, ascen’ding; (1) 
directed upwards, as the stem; the 
ascending axis is oblique at first, 
then erect ; (2) opposed to descend- 
ing. 
-ascens, a suffix, denotes a tendency 
towards something, as ciner-ascens, 
becoming ash-coloured, cinereus. 
ascidia'tus (Lat.), furnished with 
Ascrp1a ; Ascid’ium (dcxtdcov, a little 
pitcher), pl. Ascid’ia, (1) the pitcher 
of Nepenthes etc., the metamor- 
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phosed lamina of the leaf, become 
tubular, usually with » lid, which 
isa developmentof theapical portion 
of the leaf; (2) the asci of certain 
Fungi ; ascid’iform (forma, shape), 
pitcher-shaped. 
ascif erous (doxés, a wine-skin, fero, I 
bear), bearing asci; ascig’erous 
(gero, I produce) =ASCIFEROUS ; 
As’cocarp (kxapmos, fruit), the 
sporocarp of Ascomycetes produc- 
ing asci and ascospores ; its three 
kinds are termed APOTHECIUM, 
PERITHECIUM and CLEISTOCARP ; 
As’cocysts (xvioris, a bag), erect sac- 
like secreting cells on the creeping 
filaments of A scocyclus ; ascog’enous 
(yervaw, I bring forth), producing 
asci, asciferous ; As’cogone, 
Ascogo’nium (yovh, race), a syno- 
nym of ARCHICARP. 
Ascoli’chenes, lLichens 
asci. 
Asc’oma (doxos? a wine-skin) Wall- 
roth’s term for Receptacle and 
Hymenium of Fungi; Ascomyce’tes 
(uixns, fungus), Sachs’s name for 
alarge group of Fungi, forming 
ascospores and stylospores. 
Ascop’ora (deriv.?) sporangia of certain 
Fungi (Lindley). 
Ase/ophore (doxés, wine-skin ; dopéw, I 
carry), the ascus-bearing hyphae 
within an ascocarp ; ascoph’orous 
ascus-bearing ; Ascoph’yses (d¢vw, I 
make grow), the hyphae which con- 
stitute the ascogenous cushion in 
Chaetomium ; As’cospore (copa, a 
seed), a spore produced by an ascus, 
sometimes termed sporidium or 
sporule ; As’cus, pl. As’ci (pr. as’si), 
a large cell, usually the swollen end 
of a hyphal branch, in the ascocarp 
of which normally eight spores are 
developed ; ~ Appara’tus, a portion 
of the sporocarp, comprising the 
asci and the ascogenous cells; ~ 
suffulto’rius, Corda’s term for Bas- 
IDIUM. 
ascy’phous (a, without, cxidos, a 
beaker) without ScypuHi; asep’tate 
(septum, an enclosure), without 
partitions or cross-divisions ; asep’- 
producing 
