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An'ime — A resin procured from Hyniencva \ 
CorurhaTil. The name is also ai>plied to 
other clear varnish resins. 
ANiSA'Tirs— Partakinj^ of tlie scent of Anise, 
as ItUcium animlumy the Star Anise. 
Anisomk'bous or ITnsvjimetrical — 
Strictly speaking, applied to flowers 
when any one of the whorls has a 
different nianiher of parts frojii any 
other ; but when the pistils alone are 
reduced in number, the flower is still 
frequently called symmetrical or 
isoineroiis, if the calyx, corolla, and 
staminal whorl have all the same num- 
ber <'f parts. 
ANisornY'LLrs— Where one leaf of two 
placed oppositely is much larger than 
the other. (8ee StrobiUinihaf {Gold- 
fu&sia) anisoph)ilht.) 
Annot'ini— S hootsof the past year— AXXO- 
ti.m;s — B earing: the flowers or J^uit 
upon those shcKits. 
AN'NCAL,AN^*OT^'M:s,A^'^UA'lJs— Applied 
to a plant signiho'i that it prciducea 
seed and dies within the same year in 
which it fir^t germinated. An iinnual 
leaf is one whicli falls in the autumn, 
as contradistinguislied from ati ever- 
green which lasts throughout the 
winter. 
An'ni’i.au, Annula'ris, ANKrtA'un'K— 
Applied to an}' organ urset of organs dis- 
posed in a circle, and resembUng a ring. 
Ano'maloi's, ANO’MAtfS— Whore a plant is 
very unlike the. groat majority of those 
to which it is most nearly allied, as 
Apopkidlmn anoviahuHi unlike other 
Cupparidoous plants. 
Ante'rior (fri)iit) and PosteiuOR (back)— 
Often n.'^ed for lower and. upper respec- 
tively. 
An'theb — That part of the male organ con- 
taining the pollen or itn})regnating sub- 
stance. It is most frequently formed 
of two distinct cells, and is very vari- 
ously shaped, and generally attaefjed 
towards the summit of the tilanjent, 
tliough it i.s .sometimes sessile or with- 
out one.- When the attachment is at 
its base the anther is said to bo ter- 
minal, when by the middle of the back 
it is horizontal. The cells usually 
burst by a longitudinal slip to emit the 
pollen, but in some cases this escapes 
through pores only. The atjther of 
MiiroHUi and CwiMia is reduced to one 
cell by the other being entirely sup- 
pressed. In Laurineu' the anthers have 
been said to burst by valves, because, 
instead of deliiscing by a central line, 
the whole face of the cell separates 
from the anther, and curls backwards, 
adhering to it only at the apex, to 
whicli it is, as it were, hinged. 
An'thelmin'tic— C apable of killing worms. 
Tlui root of Pcinegranatc has been used. 
Anthkh'iiua — C eitaiii repiaidiictive organs, 
supposed to be analogous to anthers, or 
fecuiulative. 
An'th Ksis — 8ign ilies t he t)erio<l of flow ering. j 
An'thocy’an’E — The blue colouring matter I 
of plants. 1 
j Antical — Placed in front of a flower, the 
front being regarded as the iiart moat 
remote from the axis. Thus the label* 
lum of an Orchid flower is antical. I 
AXTi'scoRBu'Tic-Efficacious against scurvy, 
A common ]iroperty of Crucifer®. , 
Antiseptic— Efficacious against putrefac 
tion. ; 
Antrorse' — P ointing forw’ard, as some- 
lobes or teeth. 
Afk'talocs, Apk'talus — Destitute of 
petals. The flowers of Clematis 
are usually apeialous. Aphvl'lous, 
Aphy'l'lus — Destitute of leaves. 
A'pex — Applied to the opposite extremity 
of any organ to that by which it is 
attached, and which is considered its 
base, Apically — At tiie a])ex. 
Aphrodisi'acae — JC xciting a desire for 
sexual intercourse. Jadicia and otlier 
plants are said to possess this v*roperty. 
Ap'iculate, Apicula'tus— Furnished with 
an apicula ; polntletted. Apiculi— 
Minute peunts. (See HeliehrysitM 
apiculatiivi, a very common Ever- 
lasting Flower.) 
Apocar'pous, Apocar'pus— Signifies that 
the carpels or ovaries are all free aud 
distinct, like those of the Buttercup. 
Apo'physis— A swelling at the base of the 
theca in some mosses. ' 
Apotiie'ciu^i — The roruxded, shield-like 
fructification of ^ Lichens ; ^ the entire 
female fructification of a Lichen. 
Apostaxis — A term applied to unusual 
discliarge.s of the juices of plants. This 
may arise merely from an extreme 
abundance of flnid, which is in conse-' 
quence discharged, as in the Vine, from 
the serrations of the leaves. If, how- 
ever, it is elaborated sup which flows 
out, either from injury or weakness of 
the tissues, the effect may be injurious. 
And this is exactly the ease in what 
is called gumming— a condition which 
may be induced avtihcially by allow- 
ing water to drof) constantly over a 
blanch. This always proceeds from 
injured or di-eased tissues, and is with 
difliculty arrested when once set up, 
and, if so, is the certain forerunner 
of fatal canker. In some cases, as 
in the Tr;\gacanth plant, the gum ia 
organised, and is derived apparently 
from the medullary rays. In 0<>nifer8, 
a flow of resin is often attended with 
the same fatal results as gumming in 
Plums and other allied plants. In this 
case it seems to arise generally from 
root conflnement and a consequent 
check of circulation. — Plcv. M. J.. 
Berkeley. 
Applan'ate— Flattened out, t>r horizontally 
expanded. (See the fungus Foi/ies 
applanntns.) 
Appress'ed — S ignifies that a part is close 
to another throughout itsxvbole length, 
as the ]iubesceuce on some plants, and 
branches on others. 
Approx'imate, Approximatus — Parts 
which are close together, but not 
united. 
