A pennine

Relating to the A pennines Mountains. A pennines. A chain of mountains in Italy, which begins at the end of the Maritime Alps, at about 90° Lon. E., in the territory of Genoa. They are divided into three parts: Northern A., as far as the sources of the Ronco; Central A., as far as the sources of the Sangro; and Southern A., reaching to the extreme cape of the peninsula. At first, they run from W. to E., skirting the Gulf of Genoa; they then turn to the S.E. and enter the peninsula through the middle, the entire length of which they penetrate. They are mountains of the secondary cla , their mean height being 5,000 ft., and display neither the pyramidal summits of the Alps, nor the lofty and abrupt peaks of the Pyrenees; though smooth in form, they present but a melancholy aspect, owing to the nakedne of their flanks. The entire length of the A. is about 800 m., and their highest point, Monte Corno in the Abruzzi, 10,206 ft. above the level of the sea. The Southern A. are partly in a volcanic state, but the only active crater is Mount Vesuvius. The A. Fig . 152. -VESUVIUS AND THE A PENNINES. (View from the Bay of Naples.) are not rich in minerals; the marbles of Carrara, Ser, ravezza, and Siena forming their principal wealth. For are there extensive forests attaching to them, although up to 3.000 ft. the principal chain is covered with a varied vegetation: the olive, the palm, the citron, and the orange forming the lower belt. Above this limit, these mountains are generally arid, and destitute of vegetation. A'pery, n. An affected imitation. Apet'alæ, n. pl. [From Gr. a, priv., and petal on , flower- leaf.) ( Bot . ) Plants whose flowers have no petals; those dicotyledonous plants which have a calyx but no corolla. They are also named Monochlamydeous plants. In the system of Bentley, they form the 3d division of the cla Angiosperms. In Lindley's arrangement, they form the alliance AS A RALES, q. v. Apet'alous, a . ( Bot . ) Without petals or corolla. pex, n.; pl. APEXES. [Lat. apex , pl. apices , from apis- cor, to reach after something.] The extreme end of a thing; the tip or summit of anything. IMG:content-0251.jpg:[blocks in formation] cise point is not yet very accurately ascertained, but all agree in locating it between the constellations of The Lyre and Hercules.