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ANGIOSPERMS, ANGIOSPERMAE. Plants having their ovules enclosed in an ovary. 
Annuat, Applied to plants which grow up and perish in one season. 
ANNULAR. Ring-shaped. 
AnNuLATE. Furnished with rings or belts. 
Annuuus. In ferns, applied to an elastic ring which partially or wholly surrounds 
the sporangium and ruptures it at maturity. 
ANTERIOR, Placed in front, or turned away from the axis. 
AnTHER, That portion of a stamen which contains the pollen. 
ANTHERIDIUM. ‘The male sexual organ in Cryptogams, answering to the anther in 
Phanerogams. 
Antuerozorps. Motile cells provided with cilia, produced within an antheridium ; 
also called ‘* spermatozoids.’’ 
Antussis, The period of expansion of a flower. 
Anticous. Remote, or turned away from the axis. 
AppEraLous. Having no corolla or inner perianth. 
Apex. The tip or summit of any organ. 
ApHyLious. Not possessing leaves. 
Apicau. At the apex or summit. 
ApicuLatTE. Abruptly ending in a short and sharp point. 
Apocarrous, Applied to a flower in which the carpels or ovaries are separate. 
APPENDAGE. Something added or attached to an organ, but not an essential part 
of it. 
APPENDICULATE. Furnished with appendages. 
APPRESSED. Lying flat or pressed close for the whole length, as hairs to the surface 
of a leaf. 
Aquatic. Living in water. 
ARACHNOID. Resembling a spider’s web. 
ARBORESCENT. Resembling a tree in size and mode of growth. 
ArcHEGONIUM. The female sexual organ in Cryptogams, containing the oosphere, 
which after fertilization develops into the sporophyte. 
ArcuatE. Curved or bent like a bow. 
AREOLE. A small area or space marked out on any surface; a small interstice or 
cavity ; a space in any reticulated surface. 
AREnOLATE. Marked with areoles ; divided into distinct spaces or meshes. 
AREOLATION. A system of reticulated markings. 
Arit, Arintus. An expansion of the funicle, more or less enveloping the seed. 
ARILLATE. Provided with an aril. 
AristaTE. Awned; provided with a bristle-like point. 
ARTICULATED. Jointed ; separated into distinct members or joints, 
Ascrenping. Rising somewhat obliquely ; not quite erect. 
Asprerous. Rough; harsh to the touch, 
ATTENUATE. Tapering gradually ; drawn out. 
Avricte. <A small ear-like lobe or appendage at the base of a leaf. 
AURICULATE. Provided with auricles. 
AWL-SHAPED. Shaped like the point of an awl; narrow and tapering to a point. 
Awn. A bristle-like terminal or dorsal appendage ; especially common on the glumes 
of grasses. 
Awnep. Having awns. 
Axit, Axtnta, The angle contained between the axis and any organ arising from it, 
as a leaf, 
AxILE. Belonging to the axis or situated in it, as axile placentation. 
AXILLARY. Growing in an axil. 
Axis. The central line of a body in the direction of its length ; the stem. 
Baccatse. Berried ; having the form or nature of a berry. 
Bars. Hooked hairs. 
Barsate. Bearded; provided with long weak hairs arranged in tufts. 
Barsevp. Furnished with barbs or hooked hairs, | 
BARBELLATE. Provided with short stiff hairs, 
Bark. The outer covering or integument of the wood exterior to the cambium layer. 
Basa. At the base of any organ or part. 
Basrrrxep. Attached by the base or lower end. 
BASILAR, Basi 
Brak. A prolonged tip. 
Buakep. Ending ina beak; often applied to fruits which end in a long point. 
Berry. A succulent or pulpy fruit containing many seeds. 
