Achexe, a dry 1 -seeded carpel of an apocarpous fruit, e. g. 

 Anu.AMvi.Hnrs, without covering. A term applied to 



the pips 



flower 



devoid of any perianth. 





Acicttlar, needle-like, long, slender and rigid. 





Ace pfta ;h the youngest organs nearest to the apex. 





Aceoscopic side, that side of a lateral organ towards the 





axis. Cp. Basiscopic. 





Aculeate, priokly, usually applied to somewhat curved 





like those of a rose, and which are not morphologically branch 





An M r nate. ending in a tapering apex. 





Acyclic, not arranged in whorls. A term applied to tr 





of a flower when these are arranged spirally on the axis. 





-adelphous, combined in groups ; e. g. monadelphous, cc 









Adherens, when the members of a flower become unite 





course of grow t fi ; and of a 





meter, e. the corolla. Cp. 



Coherent. 





Adhesi.ix, the state of being adherent. 





Annate, see Adherent. 





not arising in the regular order from the g 

 iuently and irregularly. 

 lie arrangement of the parts of the floral en 



embryo, whether endosperm or perisperm. 



, relative j" >-i lion of lateral members on an ax 



i point of origin of the i 



