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Adiscalis. When the stamens, in the absence of a fleshy disc, 
proceed directly from the thalamus. 
Adnascens. A term descriptive of a young bulb. 
Adnate. Adhering the whole length. Anthers are adnate 
when attached by their whole length to the filament. 
Adnatum. Same as Adnascens. 
Adventitious. Applied to an organ when misplaced, or out of 
its ordinary position; thus the small bulbs sometimes 
observed on the flower stems of lilies are adventitious. 
Adverse.' When one part is placed in an opposite position to 
another. 
AiQUALis, .ZEquans. Equal, of the same proportions. 
^Eruginous. Green, the colour of verdigris. 
Aerophyte. A plant which grows entirely above the surface of 
the earth or water; an air plant. 
^Estivation. The manner in which the parts of the perianth 
are disposed, the principal forms of which are the valvular, 
twisted, induplicate, alternate, quincunxial, vexillary, coch- 
leate, imbricate, convolute, calyculate, and plicate. # 
Affinity. Differs from Analogy in so far that the resemblance 
which occasions it must depend on some important organ, 
while Analogy is more superficial or dependent on only a 
trivial property. 
Agglomerated. Gathered into a dense head or mass, as the 
flowers of a Scabious. 
Aggregate. Nearly the same as Agglomerate, usually applied 
to a dense kind of inflorescence. 
Agrestis. A term significant of rural vegetation, wild flowers. 
Aiophyllus. Implying an evergreen character. 
Akenium. A nut, a hard pericarpium, containing a single loose 
seed. 
Ala. A wing, or thin membrane. 
Alata, Alatus. Winged. 
Albescent. Hoary, having a whitish tinge. 
Albumen. A substance which affords nourishment to the 
embryo plant, and therefore constitutes the greater part of 
many seeds; it is usually of an oily farinaceous con¬ 
sistence. 
Alburnum. The layers of soft new wood next the bark of 
exogenous trees. 
( To be continued.). 
