Aurantium 
autoxidizable 
Auran’tium (Lat., an orange), a succu- 
lent superior fruit with a rough 
rind, such as the Orange. 
aura‘tus (Lat. gilt), metallic yellow, 
shot with gold ; au’reus (Lat. gold- 
en), glowing yellow, not metallic. 
Aur’icle, Awric’ula (Lat. ear-lap), (1) 
a small lobe or ear, an appendage 
to the leaf, as in Sage, or the 
Orange ; (2) the lobule, or minor 
lobe of the leaf of Hepaticae, often 
balloon-shaped ; (3) formerly and 
erroneously used forAMPHIGASTRIA; 
(4) a small lobe or special patch of 
cells at the basal angle of the leaf 
in Mosses ; auric’ular, auricula’ris, 
auricled; ~ Cells, the cells in the 
leaf described above (4), also termed 
alar cells. 
auriform (auris, the ear), ear-shaped 
(Crozier). 
auror’eus (Lat.), the colour of dawn, 
rosy or golden. 
austere’ (auste’rus, harsh), astringent 
to the taste, as a sloe. 
austra’lis (Lat. southern), occasionally 
applied to plants which are natives 
of warmer countries, even if not 
from the southern hemisphere. 
Aut/oblast (a’ros, self, BAacros, a 
bud), a free and independent ‘‘ Bio- 
blast’’ (Schlater) ; Autocarp’ian, 
autocarp'ic, autocarpea’nus (kapros, 
fruit), (1) a superior fruit, not ad- 
herent to the pericarp ; (2) see next ; 
Autocarp’y, the fruiting of a self- 
fertilized flower, the product of 
autogamy; adj. autocarp’ous ; 
autoe’cious (olkos, a house), ap- 
plied to a parasite which runs its 
whole course on a single host of a 
particular species; this state of 
things is Autoe’cism ; autoi’cous, in 
Bryophytes, the male and female 
inflorescences on the same plant ; 
the following modifications occur ; 
Cla’do- ~ («Addos, a branch) the male 
inflorescence on a proper branch ; 
go’nio- ~ (yévos, offspring), the male 
inflorescence bud-like and axillary 
on a female branch ; rhiz- ~ (plfa, a 
root), the male branch very short, 
eohering to the female by a rhizoid ; 
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Autog’amous (yduos, marriage), 
self-fertilization; Autog’amy, when 
a flower is fertilized by its own 
pollen; Autogen’esis (yéveois, be- 
ginning), a synonym of Spon- 
TANEOUS GENERATION ; auto- 
genetic Fertilization = self - pol- 
lination ; autog’enous (yévos, race), 
self-derived, used of diseases, etc., 
which have their origin within 
the organism; autog’enus, term 
proposed in place of monotypic, 
to show that the genus contains 
but a single species (Crozier). 
automat’ic, (a’rouaros, self-moving), 
spontaneous movement of certain 
parts, as the leaflets of Desmodium 
gyrans, DC. 
autonom'ic, auton’omous, (avrdvopos, 
independent), used of plants which 
are perfect and complete in them- 
selves, and not simply phases of 
other forms. 
autonyctitrop’ic (a’ros, self, vvé, 
vuxtos, night, tpo?, a turn), spon- 
taneously assuming the position 
usual during the night; Auto- 
phyllog’eny (@vAdov, leaf, yéveois, 
beginning), the growth of one leaf 
from another, as from a nerve; 
Aut’ophyte (¢urov, plant), aplantnot 
dependent on humus, as opposed to 
SaPROPHYTE ; Aut’/oplast (7)\ac7os, 
moulded), a synonym of chloro- 
phyll granule; Autop’sia (dys, 
sight), actual inspection of the 
plant or phenomenon in question ; 
autotroph’ic (rpo¢7, food), existing 
without aid of commensalism ; auto- 
tem’nous (réuvw, I cut), capable of 
spontaneous division, as cells in 
growing tissue ; autox’enous (f€vos, 
a host or guest) = AUTOECIOUS ; 
Autox’eny, the autoecious condi- 
tion; Autox’idators (dts, sharp), 
cell - substances, which at a low 
temperature, and with absorp- 
tion of molecular oxygen, can be 
oxidised by decomposing water ; 
Autoxida’tion, the phenomenon 
in question; autoxidi’zable, the 
property of readily undergoing 
this transformation. 
