Alburnitas 
Alldolysis 
Albur’nitas (alburnum, sap-wood), a 
disease in trees, a tendency to 
remain soft like the recent wood ; 
albur’nous, relating to the sap- 
wood; Albur’num, the outermost 
and youngest portion of the wood, 
still permeable by fluids. 
al’bus (Lat.), dead white, without 
lustre. 
alcohol'ic Fermenta’tion, see FERMEN- 
TATION. 
alector’ioid (Alectoria, Ach., eldos, 
resemblance), filamentous, as the 
thallus of the genus after which it 
is named. 
alepido’tus, t (a, not, \erdwrds, scaly), 
destitute of scurf or scales. 
Aleu’ron, or Aleu’rone (dAevpov, wheaten 
flour), proteid granules of globulins 
and peptones, present in seeds, 
~Lay’er, a special peripheric layer 
in most seeds, especially in grasses ; 
adj., aleuron’ic. 
Alex’ine (dAéfw, I ward off), a sub- 
stance hypothetically assumed to 
be formed by plants for protection 
against bacteria ; antitoxine. 
Al’gae (alga, seaweed), chlorophyll- 
containing Thallophytes, which 
usually grow immersed in water, 
fresh or marine; known popu- 
larly as ‘‘ Seaweeds,” or ‘‘ Water- 
weeds” ; al'gal, relating to Algae; ~ 
-Layer, the green band of gonidia in 
the thallus of heteromerous lichens, 
also styled ~ -Zone ; algi’nus + re- 
sembling a thread-like Alga ; Al’gist 
=Algol’ogist, a student of Algae ; 
al’gous=ALGAL; Algol’ogy, (Adyos, 
discourse), the science of Algae; 
Aigs, F. von Mueller’s word for 
Algae. 
Alien, used by H. C. Watson for 
introduced plants which have be- 
come naturalised in Britain. 
alif’erous (ala, a wing; fero, I bear), 
having wings; al‘iform (forma, 
shape), wing-shaped; alig’erous 
(gero, I bear) = ALIFEROUS (Crozier). 
alig’ular (a from, ligula, strap), 
Russow’s term for that leaf-face in 
Selaginella which is turned away 
from the ligule and stem. 
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Alimo’nia + (Lat. nourishment) = 
ascending sap. 
-alis, Latin termination indicative of 
belonging to; thus radic-alis, be- 
longing to the root, radia. 
alisma’ceous (Alis’ma, Dill., + ceous), 
belonging to the order Alismaceae, 
of which the genus named is the type. 
Aliz’arine (Fr. Alizari, madder-root), 
the colouring matter of the root of 
madder, Rubia tinctoria, Linn. 
Alkachlor’ophyll (Alkali+CHLoRo- 
PHYLL), a presumed constituent of 
chlorophyll, produced by the 
action of an alkali; alkales’cent, of 
the nature of an alkali; Alk’aloids 
(eldos, resemblance), general term 
for the organic bases in many 
plants, markedly medicinal or 
poisonous, as Morphia, Strychnia. 
allagophyll’ous (d\Aayi, a change, 
pvddjov, a leaf), alternate-leaved ; 
allagoste’mon, allagostem’onous, 
when stamens are attached alter- 
nately to the petals and the torus. 
allanto’dioid, applied to ferns which 
resemble the genus Allantodia, 
R. Br. in habit or fructification. 
allant’oid (dA\a@s, a sausage, €ldos, 
form), sausage-shaped. 
allassoton'ic (dA\doow, to vary, Tévos, 
turgescence), movements of mature 
organs, caused by augmentation of 
turgor with diminution of volume. 
allia’ceous, -ceus (alliwm, garlic,+ 
aceus), having the smell of garlic or 
onions; allia‘rius (Lat.) is a 
synonym. 
Alliance, a group of Orders, now 
usually styled Conort. 
Alliga’tor (alligo, I bind)=FuLcrum. 
alloch’rous, (déA\\os, another, ypéa, 
complexion), changing from one 
colour to another; Allocar’py 
(kapros fruit), fruiting from cross- 
fertilized flowers; Allog’amy (aos, 
marriage), cross-fertilization ; sub- 
divided into Grrronocamy, from 
another flower on the same plant, 
and Keno@amy, from another 
plant of the same species; adj. 
allog’amous. 
Alléol’ysis (dAdotos, different, dvots, 
