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Alter'nate — O ne above the other in dif- 
ferent lines, as the leavee of many 
plants, or between other organs, as the 
stamens in respect to the petals, &c. 
AyrKllXATl'VUS, ALTER'NATUri, ALTER'- 
NIW. 
Alteu'natk — T heleavesof apeach-shootare 
alternate upon the shoot. 
Alveola'kts, A.LVK'or.ATE — Studded with 
cavities, somewhat resemhling the cells 
in a honeycomb. 
Al've'olus— A hollow vessel. 
Ama'uilis— L ovely. 
Am'adou — A soft leathery .substance pre- 
pared from species of Pohjporus, and 
used for economical and medical pur* 
j'wses. The. best is said to be prepared 
from Po({/porni^i now called Formes 
fovicntaritiii and F. ifjniarius — two 
common Australian fungi. 
Am.ero'id— L ike an amfeba — /.c,, a small 
Dortinn of protoplasm exhibiting creep- 
ing movement by putting out and 
drawing in jiseudopodia. 
Ama'rus.— B itten*. 
Ambiguus — Uncertain, as Pohjmevia am- 
hlgun^ of ur, certain habit. 
Amrrost'aucs — P ossessing a strong scent. 
For example, see the common weed 
ChenopodiumamhyoHioides. 
Amex'tlm, Am’en’T or Catkcn — L ike the 
male inflorescence of Conifers. 
AJ]'nios (a foetal memljrane). — A viscous 
fluid which in some ovules surrounds 
the embryo in the earliest state, and a 
portion of wldch afterwards thickens 
into the “perisperm.” 
Amor'phous — W ithout definite form. 
AAiPJitGAs'TitiUM — A stipnlar appendage, 
peculiar to certain IlepaticLC, which 
clasp and cover their stems. 
Ampiugenur, Ampiiigenous— G rowing all 
round an object. 
Aitphisar'ca — A form of fruit having 
inany^ cells, containing many seeds, 
superior, indehiscent ; indurated or 
M'oody externally, l>ulpy internally, of 
which Adansonio is an e.xample. 
Amphi'biocs, AMPHi'jBirs — (rrowing 
equally in water and on dry land. 
Amphi'j’Ropot.'S — Half inverted. When 
the ovule, being, as it were, attached 
laterally, the chalaza and foramen at 
opposite ends of its straight or curved 
axis are about equally distant from 
the base or point of attachment. 
Amplex'-Ihaul— S tiun-cla-jjdng. When the 
sessile base of the blade of a leaf, 
stipule, or peduncle clasps the stem 
horizontally. 
AjfPCLLA'CROfS, AMPULr.A'OKrS, Asipul- 
L.eeormis — H aving tlie form of a flask. 
AMYG'DALOin — Almond- like. 
Amvla'oeol'S — O f the nature of flour — 
starch grains. 
Am' V 1 .UM — G rains — starch grains. 
AN/ESTHE'Tia — Capable of rendering insen- 
sible, as preparations of the foliage of 
Erythroxylon Coca. 
Anat/ogy — R esemblance to a thing in form 
but not in function, or in function but 
not in form. Corresponding with a 
thing in many i>uints, but differing in 
more, or in points of more importance. 
Thus, the flowers of Pokntillct and 
Jianuneufus are aualogons, 
Anasar'ca — A disease in plants termed 
drops}', arising from «a superabufidance 
of fluids in their tissue. 
Akastomo'sjs — W here branchen of vascular 
ti.s.sue re*unite, as in the reticulations 
formed by the nerves or veins of many 
leaves. 
ANA'TROPors, Amatropes — Inverted. 
When the cha.laza is at the apex of the 
ovule and the foramen next to its b.ase, 
tlio axis remaining straight. In this, 
one of the most frequent forms of the 
ovule, the chalaza Is connected with 
the base by a cord, called the raphe, 
adhering to one side of the ovule, and 
bec<nning more or less incorporated 
with its coats, as the ovule enlarges 
into a seed. 
An'bl'UY- -A gouty nodular condition of 
certain roots, arising from the presence 
of grubs. 
Anci'pital (.dwreps, two-edged) — Flattened 
or coriipressed, with two edges more or 
less sharp. (Sec the scapes of Jpni’ 
nostaehys a common indigenous 
gvasB-like plant.) 
Andr.e'ciuai — T lie male organs cidlectively. 
Andkogyna'ris — 3)oiible flower.s in which 
both stauunsnud pistils have become 
petaluid. 
Ani)ROGOXi't>ia — P eculiar zoogonidia pro- 
duced by female plants, from which 
male plants are developed. 
AxDROG'YNors, Akorogynus— W hen ap- 
plied to a flower in synonymous with 
hermaphr. (lite. Also a spike or head 
of flowers wdien male and female 
flowers are mixed in it. 
ANDBOPETAi.A'iucs—Double flowers in 
which the stamens have become peta- 
loid, the pistils remaining unchanged. 
AndRO'rporangtum — vSporangiumenclosing 
Sjx>rcs of male plants, or androspores. 
Andro'hpouk-^A special kind’ of zoospores 
produced in cells, which originate the 
dwarf males in (Edogoniinn. 
Androps — I n the composition of words 
derived from the Greek, refers to the 
stamens. Thus JIoxaxdkous signifies 
having one stamen. 
Anfrac'tous, a nfractuospk— A pplied to 
anihej-s like those of cucumber plants, 
wliich are so \nnding as to present sinu- 
osities. (See also the .antliers of the 
Kaj.'ok tree, Briodtndron anfractifosuifi, ) 
AnGIOSPKRMs' or AN^nO.SPKH'MOUS peaxts 
— T hose having the seed enclosed in a 
pericarp. 
Angu'stuh — Narrow. Anqestissimo — 
Divided into the very narrowest 
laciniiu. (See narriuv foliage of lira- 
caoia aoipufdifoHaf a small tree of North 
Queensland.) 
