Anophyta 
Anthochlorin 
Spéuos, a course), venation which 
cannot be assigned to any special 
order (Prantl). 
Anophy’ta, An’ophytes (dy, upward, 
gurov, plant), = Bryophyta. 
An’sae (ansa, a handle), the partial 
leaf stalks of a compound leaf ; an’- 
sulate, coiled at the apex and then 
bent over in a loop, as the shoots in 
some Cucurbitaceae (Crozier). 
Ant-plants, plants utilized by ants for 
habitation ; see MYRMECOPHILOUS 
plants. 
antagonist’ic (avraywroris,adversary) 
Symbio’sis, where the symbionts 
are not mutually helpful or neutral, 
but hurtful, at least on the part of 
one. 
An‘techamber, (ante, before), the space 
immediately below the guard-cells 
of a stoma; antemarg’inal (margo, 
edge) used of sori which are a little 
within the margin; anteme’dius + 
(medius, middle) standing before the 
middle of another body, opposite. 
Anten’na (Lat. sail-yard) Darwin’s 
term for the slender process of the 
rostellum in Catasetum, borrowed 
from entomology ; antennaeform’is 
t (forma, shape) used of the fruit of 
Ammi majus, Linn., the two styles 
suggesting the antennae of insects. 
anteplacen’tal (ante, before, + Pua- 
CENTA) in front of the placentae ; 
cf. INTERPLACENTAL ; Anteposit’ion 
(pono, positum, placed) = SuPER- 
POSITION. 
ante’rior (Lat. that before) (1) of time, 
previous; (2) of place, position in 
front, or turned away from the 
axes. 
an’tero-poste’rior (Lat. later), median. 
Anthe'la (av67\ov, a little flower), the 
panicle of Juncus, where the lateral 
axes exceed the main axis. 
Anth’emy, Anthe’mia (dv@éuov, flower- 
pattern), a flower-cluster of any 
kind. 
An’ther, Anthe’ra (dvOpos, flowering). 
(1) that portion of a stamen which 
contains the pollen, usually bilocu- 
lar, and sessile, or attached to a fila- 
ment; (2) an old term in Fungi, for 
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the Antheridium ;~ Cap, ~ Case, in 
Orchids, the outer deciduous case 
or bag, which is virtually the anther 
minus the pollinia; ~ Dust = PoLLEn; 
~ Lobes, the cells which contain the 
pollen ; ~ Wings, the horny, lateral 
expansions of the anther-lobes in 
Asclepiadeae : antherif’erous, -rus 
(fero, I bear), anther-bearing ; an’- 
therless, destitute of anthers, female 
or neuter flowers ; antherog’enous, 
-nus (yervaw, I beget), applied to 
double flowers arising from the 
transformation of anthers (De Can- 
dolle); an’theroid (eidos, like) anther- 
like; Antheroma/nia (mania, mad- 
ness) an inordinate development of 
anthers. 
An’therid, Antherid’ium  (dv6xpos, 
flowering, eldos, resemblance) ; (1) 
the male sexual organ in Crypto- 
gams, the analogue of the anther in 
Phanerogams ; (2) in Hymenomy- 
cetes, an old term for CyrstIDIUM ; 
Antheridan’gia (dyyeiov, a vessel), 
microspores of Marsilea and allied 
plants ; Antherid’iophore (¢opéw, I 
bear), a unisexual gametophore, 
bearing antheridia only, a special- 
ised branch in Sphagnum and 
Hepaticae. 
Antherophyl'ly (dv@ypos, flowering, 
gudrov, a leaf), the virescence 
and phyllomorphy of anthers ; 
Antherosporan’gium (c7opa, a seed, 
ayyetov, a vessel), « synonym for 
MicRosPpoRANGIUM; Antherozo’a 
Antherozo’ids ({Goy, an animal, 
eldos, resemblance), male motile 
cells provided with cilia, produced 
in antheridia. 
Anthe’sis (dvOyo.s, flowering), the 
expansion of the flower, the time 
when fertilization takes place. 
Anthesmol’ysis + (dévdos, a flower, 
ddats, a loosing), the metamor- 
phosis of inflorescence (Lindley) ; 
Anthes’mus + an inflorescence ; 
anthocarp’ous, -pus (kapzds, fruit), 
fruits with accessories, sometimes 
termed pseudocarps, as the Straw- 
berry or Pineapple; Anthochlor’in 
(xAwpos, pale green), the yellow 
