amylogenic 
anametadromous 
amylogen’ic (yevvdw, I bring forth), 
producing starch ; ~ Bodies, Lrvo- 
OPLASTIDS; Amylohy’drolist (Udwp, 
water, Avois, a loosing), an enzyme 
which transforms starch by hydro- 
lysis ; Amylohydrol’ysis, the act in 
question ; am’yloid (eléos, resem- 
blance), analogous to starch; 
Amyloleu’cites (Aevxds, white), plas- 
tids producing starch - granules ; 
Amylol’ysis (Avovs, a loosing), trans- 
formation of starch into other 
bodies, as sugar; amylolyt‘ic 
En’zyme, an unorganised ferment, 
which breaks up the starch cell- 
contents into dextrin and sugar ; 
Amy’lome, a term applied to xylem- 
parenchyma, when it contains 
starch ; Amy’lon, Amy’lum, in com- 
position=SrTarcu ; Amy’lum-Bod’y, 
a rounded body in a chlorophyll 
band or plate, which is a centre of 
starch formation ;~Cen’tres, Stras- 
burger’s term for PYRENOIDS; 
~Grains, or ~Gran’ules, the lamin- 
ated bodies which are formed of 
starch as reserve material in plant- 
cells ;~Star, a tuber-like organ in 
Chara stelligera, Bauer, which is 
closely packedwith starch, it consists 
of an isolated subterranean node ; 
Am'yloplast (wAacrds, moulded)= 
Levcoprastip, a colourless granule 
of protoplasm, which generates a 
starch - granule ; amyloplast’ic, 
starch-forming ; Am’yloses (Amyl, 
a chemical term+ose), a group of 
substances of which cellulose and 
starch are the commonest, 
An/abix, pl. Anab’ices ( dvafiow, I 
revive), those vegetative parts of 
Cryptogams which perish below, 
but vegetate above, as Lycopodium, 
Lichens, and Hepatics. 
anabolic (dvd, up, Bory, a throw, 
stroke), adj. of Anab’olism, con- 
structive metabolism of the proto- 
plasm, the building up of more 
complex from simpler substances ; 
“‘Baustoffwechsel ” of the Germans. 
Anacamp’yla + (dvaxdurrw, I bend 
back), lacerations of the epidermal 
layer as in some Agarics. 
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anacanth'ous (av, without, dxavéa, a 
thorn), without thorns or spines. 
anacardia’ceous, resembling Anacar- 
dium, Linn., as to arrangement of 
fruit, etc. 
Anachore’sis (dvaxwpyos, a going 
back), retrograde metamorphosis of 
an organ or whorl. 
anacrog’ynous (av, not, dxpos, apex, 
uv, woman), said of Hepatics in 
which archegonia do not arise at 
the extremity of the shoot, which 
continues to grow ; cf. ACROGYNOUS. 
anad'romous (dvd, up, dpduos, a 
course), in venation, that in which 
the first set of nerves in each 
segment of the frond is given off 
on the upper side of the midrib 
towards the apex, as in Aspidium, 
Asplenium, ete. 
Anaéro’be, Anaéro’bium, pl. Anaéro’bia 
(avy, without, ap, air, Bios, life), an 
organism able to live in the absence 
of free oxygen, as many bacteria; 
fac’ultative ~, organisms which can 
live as Anaérobes; ob’ligate ~ , those 
which can exist or thrive only in 
the absence of free oxygen. 
anaéro’bian, -bious, -bic, anaérobio’tic, 
adj.; Anaérobio’sis, the state of 
living without oxygen; Anaé’ro- 
phyte (gurdv, plant), a plant which 
does not need a direct supply of 
air. 
Analogy (dvadoyla, proportion), re- 
semblance in certain points, as in 
form not function, or function not 
form, as the tendrils of the Pea, 
Smilax, or Vine; ‘‘that resem- 
blance of structures which depends 
upon similarity of function” (Dar- 
win); anal’ogous, resembling, but 
not homologous ; An’alogues, struc- 
tures corresponding to previous 
definition. 
Analysis (dvdAvows, releasing), (1) the 
examination of a plant to deter- 
mine its affinities and position ; (2) 
the details of the flower, etc., ona 
botanic drawing. 
anametad’romous (ava, up, + Meta- 
DROMUUS), in the venation of Ferns, 
when the weaker pinnules are ana- 
